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The AGREE instrument applied to visual health: an assessment of the health protocols used in Spain to measure the effects exposure to VDT
Author(s) -
SEGUI CRESPO MM,
LOPEZ NAVARRO A,
RONDA PEREZ E,
TASCON BERNABEU E,
MARTINEZ VERDU FM
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.364.x
Subject(s) - protocol (science) , delphi method , delphi , medical physics , applied psychology , medical education , measure (data warehouse) , psychology , medicine , computer science , data mining , pathology , alternative medicine , artificial intelligence , operating system
Purpose Developing an instrument for appraising health protocols and testing its application through the assessment of a specific clinical protocol applied in Spain to protect the visual health of workers using computers. Methods In the development of the appraisal tool, the Spanish version of the AGREE instrument was taken as the starting point and modifications were then introduced. For the assessment of the health protocol a Delphi technique and the nominal group were used. A group of 9 experts carried out the individual anonymous assessment. The level of agreement between experts for responses to each of the questions was defined, as was the number who had chosen the same option for closed responses. Results The appraisal tool comprised 13 questions organised into 5 domains, and one final question aimed at eliciting a global evaluation of the protocol. Regarding the agreement between experts, this exceeded 50% for 10 of the 14 questions. Responses most frequently chosen by the assessors for all of the questions were the least favourable to the protocol indicating the protocol significantly failed to fulfil the conditions addressed in the majority of the questions considered. Conclusion Application of this appraisal tool has enabled a good degree of agreement to be reached for experts’ responses when assessing aspects related to the clinical protocol for visual health of workers using computers demonstrating its applicability and capacity for obtaining conclusive widely endorsed assessments.