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Table 4 Knowledge translation strategies employed per guideline

From: Twelve years of clinical practice guideline development, dissemination and evaluation in Canada (1994 to 2005)

Strategies used per guideline

Year of development

n = 1360 guidelines

Change

 

1994–1999

n = 730

mean strategies (95% CI)

2000–2005

n = 630

mean strategies

(95% CI)

mean

Total knowledge translation strategies

4.78 (4.58–4.98)

4.12 (3.89–4.36)

- 0.66

Passive strategies

3.38 (3.27–3.50)

2.94 (2.79–3.09)

- 0.44

Educational strategies

0.74 (0.68–0.80)

0.64 (0.58–0.71)

- 0.10

Implementation strategies

0.65 (0.57–0.72)

0.53 (0.45–0.61)

- 0.12