J 2024

GRADE guidance 39: using GRADE-ADOLOPMENT to adopt, adapt or create contextualized recommendations from source guidelines and evidence syntheses

KLUGAR, Miloslav, Tamara LOTFI, Andrea J DARZI, Marge REINAP, Jitka KLUGAROVA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

GRADE guidance 39: using GRADE-ADOLOPMENT to adopt, adapt or create contextualized recommendations from source guidelines and evidence syntheses

Authors

KLUGAR, Miloslav, Tamara LOTFI, Andrea J DARZI, Marge REINAP, Jitka KLUGAROVA, Lucia KANTOROVA, Jun XIA, Romina BRIGNARDELLO-PETERSEN, Andrea POKORNÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Glen HAZLEWOOD, Zachary MUNN, Rebecca L MORGAN, Ingrid TOEWS, Ignacio NEUMANN, Patraporn BHATARASAKOON, Airton Tetelbom STEIN, Michael MCCAUL, Alexander G MATHIOUDAKIS, Kristen E D'ANCI, Grigorios I LEONTIADIS, Celeste NAUDE, Lenny T VASANTHAN, Joanne KHABSA, Malgorzata M BALA, Reem MUSTAFA, Karen DiValerio GIBBS, Robby NIEUWLAAT, Nancy SANTESSO, Dawid PIEPER, Saphia MOKRANE, Israa SOGHIER, Wanchai LERTWATTHANAWILAT, Wojtek WIERCIOCH, Shahnaz SULTAN, Jana ROZMARINOVA, Pavla DRAPACOVA, Yang SONG, Marwa AMER, Yasser S AMER, Shahab SAYFI, Ilse M VERSTIJNEN, Ein-Soon SHIN, Zuleika SAZ-PARKINSON, Kevin POTTIE, Alessandra RUSPI, Ana MARUSIC, K M SAIF-UR-RAHMAN, Maria X ROJAS, Elie A AKL and Holger J SCHUNEMANN

Edition

Journal of clinical epidemiology, New York, Elsevier, 2024, 0895-4356

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

30304 Public and environmental health

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 7.300 in 2023

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/24:00137433

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

UT WoS

001333305700001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85203628708

Keywords in English

GRADE; Guidelines; Adaptation; Adoption; Adolopment; Systematic reviews; Contextualization; Global health; Research waste

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 25/10/2024 12:35, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Abstract

V originále

Background and Objective: The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE)-ADOLOPMENT methodology has been widely used to adopt, adapt, or de novo develop recommendations from existing or new guideline and evidence synthesis efforts. The objective of this guidance is to refine the operationalization for applying GRADE-ADOLOPMENT. Methods: Through iterative discussions, online meetings, and email communications, the GRADE-ADOLOPMENT project group drafted the updated guidance. We then conducted a review of handbooks of guideline-producing organizations, and a scoping review of published and planned adolopment guideline projects. The lead authors refined the existing approach based on the scoping review findings and feedback from members of the GRADE working group. We presented the revised approach to the group in November 2022 (approximately 115 people), in May 2023 (approximately 100 people), and twice in September 2023 (approximately 60 and 90 people) for approval. Results: This GRADE guidance shows how to effectively and efficiently contextualize recommendations using the GRADEADOLOPMENT approach by doing the following: (1) showcasing alternative pathways for starting an adolopment effort; (2) elaborating on the different essential steps of this approach, such as building on existing evidence-to-decision (EtDs), when available or developing new EtDs, if necessary; and (3) providing examples from adolopment case studies to facilitate the application of the approach. We demonstrate how to use contextual evidence to make judgments about EtD criteria, and highlight the importance of making the resulting EtDs available to facilitate adolopment efforts by others. Conclusion: This updated GRADE guidance further operationalizes the application of GRADE-ADOLOPMENT based on over 6 years of experience. It serves to support uptake and application by end users interested in contextualizing recommendations to a local setting or specific reality in a short period of time or with limited resources. (c) 2024 Published by Elsevier Inc.