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Table 5 The guideline-updating process in the future (n = 39)a

From: The updating of clinical practice guidelines: insights from an international survey

 

Answers

 

Yes

No

Not sure/unknown

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

N

(%)

It is worth having living guidelines b

25

(64.1)

6

(15.4)

8

(20.5)

Plans to set up a protocol to improve the updating process

18

(46.2)

10

(25.6)

11

(28.2)

Share resources with other organizations

21

(53.8)

1

(2.6)

17

(43.6)

Resources to share (n = 21)

      

   - References

20

(95.2)

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1

(4.8)

   - Evidence synthesis

19

(90.5)

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2

(9.5)

   - Key questions

18

(85.7)

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3

(14.3)

   - Search strategies

18

(85.7)

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3

(14.3)

   - Evidence tables

18

(85.7)

1

(4.8)

2

(9.5)

   - Considered judgement formsc

14

(66.7)

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7

(33.3)

  1. aAnalysis of included institutions; bConsidering "living guidelines" as those that are continuously being monitored and updated; cDocument that explicitly includes the factors taken into account when grading recommendations.