Open AccessAdaptation of international evidence based clinical practice guidelines: The ADAPTE process
Author(s) -
Abdelhamid Attia
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
middle east fertility society journal/middle east fertility society journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2090-3251
pISSN - 1110-5690
DOI - 10.1016/j.mefs.2013.03.002
Subject(s) - adaptation (eye) , clinical practice , process (computing) , task (project management) , quality (philosophy) , process management , computer science , scientific evidence , knowledge management , medicine , business , psychology , nursing , engineering , systems engineering , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience , operating system
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines are important tools to unify practice and improve patient’s outcomes in terms of morbidity and mortality. The generation of EBCPGs is not an easy task. It requires a lot of resources, expertise and time. So, in low resources countries, adaptation of high quality guidelines is the way to go. This can be done in a scientific way using the ADAPTE methodology and toolkits