Evidence Based Practice Guideline: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Utilize the National Guideline Clearinghouse database to locate an Evidence-Based Practice Guideline, related to your topic identified in Module 1. Perform a rapid critical appraisal of the Evidence-Based Guideline by answering the following questions in APA format.
Developers and Funding: Who were the guideline developers? Were the developers of the guideline representative of key stakeholders in this specialty (inter-disciplinary)? Who funded the guideline development? Were any of the guideline developers funded researchers of the reviewed studies?
Strategy: Did the team have a valid development strategy? Was an explicit (how decisions were made), sensible, and impartial process used to identify, select, and combine evidence?
Review/Peer Review: Testing/Intent of Use Did its developers carry out comprehensive, reproducible literature review within the past 12 months of its publication/revision? Were all important options and outcomes considered? Has the guideline been subjected to peer review and testing? Is the intent of use provided (i.e. national, regional, local)?
Recommendations: Is each recommendation in the guideline tagged by the level/strength of evidence upon which it is based and linked to the scientific evidence? Do the guidelines make explicit recommendations (reflecting value judgments about the outcomes)? Are the recommendations clinically relevant? Are the recommendations practical/feasible? Are resources (people and equipment) available? Are the recommendations a major variation from current practice? Can the outcomes be measured through standard care? Will the recommendations help me in caring for my patients?
