RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evaluating the effectiveness of an educational and feedback intervention aimed at improving consideration of sex differences in guideline development
JF Quality and Safety in Health Care
JO Qual Saf Health Care
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e18
OP e18
DO 10.1136/qshc.2007.025643
VO 19
IS 6
A1 D G Keuken
A1 J A Haafkens
A1 J Mohrs
A1 N S Klazinga
A1 P J E Bindels
YR 2010
UL http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/19/6/e18.abstract
AB Objectives To investigate the effect of an educational and feedback intervention to enhance consideration of sex differences in clinical guideline development.Design Preintervention and postintervention questionnaires in intervention and control groups. Content analysis of intervention guidelines and former versions.Setting Guideline consultants, working-group members and guideline documents of two Dutch guideline-developing organisations.Main outcome measures Attitudes of guideline developers concerning the importance of considering sex differences and the number of the sex-specific statements in the contents of guideline documents.Results The attitude of the intervention group did not change significantly relative to the control group. Consideration of sex-related factors within the guidelines increased relative to available previous versions.Conclusion Education and expert feedback may increase consideration of sex differences in guidelines. Further efforts are needed to implement and test these interventions.