Development of a Quality Checklist Using Delphi Methods for Prescriptive Clinical Prediction Rules: the QUADCPR.
OBJECTIVE: Clinical prediction rules (CPRs) are clinician decision-making aids designed to improve the accuracy of a variety of decisions made during patient care. To our knowledge, there are no formally developed consensus-based guidelines designed to provide standards for the creation of CPRs. METHODS: The study used a 3-round Delphi method for consensus of a quality checklist initially developed based on recommendations derived from the literature. The 9 Delphi participants were randomly selected from the authors of peer-reviewed publications of prescriptive CPRs. RESULTS: During the 3 rounds, the Delphi participants modified the originally derived checklist and, based on a consensus standard, agreed upon a final 23-item checklist, which involved 4 constructs: (1) sample and participants, (2) outcome measures, (3) quality of tests and measures, and (4) statistical assumptions. CONCLUSIONS: Use of the checklist has potential for improving the design and reporting of future prescriptive CPRs.
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- Orthopedics
- Mandatory Reporting
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Patient Care
- Orthopedics
- Mandatory Reporting
- Humans
- Delphi Technique
- Decision Support Techniques
- Checklist
- Adult