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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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.
Original languageEnglish
Article number241
Number of pages8
JournalBMC Medical Research Methodology
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Oct 2024

Keywords

  • Healthcare related testing
  • Guidelines
  • Methodology
  • Education in guideline methods
  • Guidance
  • DIAGNOSTIC-TESTS
  • GRADE
  • RECOMMENDATIONS

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