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ArticleBMC medical research methodology2024

Co-creation of a step-by-step guide for specifying the test-management pathway to formulate focused guideline questions about healthcare related tests.

Mariska K Tuut, Gowri Gopalakrishna, Mariska M Leeflang, Patrick M Bossuyt, Trudy van der Weijden, Jako S Burgers, Miranda W Langendam

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Mariska K TuutDepartment of Family Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute CAPHRI, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, Maastricht, MD, 6200, The Netherlands. mariska.tuut@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
Gowri GopalakrishnaDepartment of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Mariska M LeeflangDepartment Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Patrick M BossuytDepartment Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Trudy van der WeijdenDepartment of Family Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute CAPHRI, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, Maastricht, MD, 6200, The Netherlands.
Jako S BurgersDepartment of Family Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute CAPHRI, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, Maastricht, MD, 6200, The Netherlands.
Miranda W LangendamDepartment Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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European Research Council FP7/2007-2013
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Abstract

backgroundGuideline development on testing is known to be difficult for guideline developers. It requires consideration of various aspects, such as accuracy, purpose of testing, and consequences on management and people-important outcomes. This can be outlined in a test-management pathway. We aimed to create and user-test a step-by-step guide for guideline developers for designing a test-management pathway.

methodsDevelopmental design with a co-creative strategy. We created a draft step-by-step guide, that was user tested in a workshop with 19 experts, and by interviewing 7 guideline panel members.

resultsOur proposed guide consists of five blocks of signalling questions: patients/population, index test(s), current practice/comparison/control, people-important outcomes, and the link between testing and outcome(s). The user testing led to refinement of the signalling questions, the use of inclusive terminology, and addition of a test-management pathway figure with detailed explanation.

conclusionsThe step-by-step guide for formulating focused guideline questions regarding healthcare related testing can help in identifying relevant characteristics of the population, tests, and outcomes and to create a test management pathway. This should facilitate the formulation of evidence-based guideline recommendations about healthcare related testing.

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Practice Guidelines as TopicDelivery of Health CareHumansEducation in guideline methodsGuidanceGuidelinesHealthcare related testingMethodology

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