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Checklist for identifying guidelines requiring adaptation |
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| Factors influencing the applicability or transferability of guidelines across different settings |
Response (positive answers increase the likelihood that recommendations should be flagged as requiring adaptation) |
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| 1. Is there important variation in need (prevalence, baseline risk or health status) that might lead to different decisions? |
□ Yes □ Unclear □ No |
| 2. Is there important variation in the availability of resources that might lead to different decisions? |
□ Yes □ Unclear □ No |
| 3. Is there important variation in costs (e.g. of drugs or human resources) that might lead to different decisions? |
□ Yes □ Unclear □ No |
| 4. Is there important variation in the presence of factors that could modify the expected effects (e.g. resistance patterns of microbiological pathogens), which might lead to different decisions? |
□ Yes □ Unclear □ No |
| 5. Is there important variation in the relative values of the main benefits and downsides that might lead to different decisions? |
□ Yes □ Unclear □ No |
Schünemann et al. Health Research Policy and Systems 2006 4:25 doi:10.1186/1478-4505-4-25 |
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