STUDY QUESTION Based on the best available evidence in the literature, what is the optimal management of routine psychosocial care at infertility and medically assisted reproduction (MAR) clinics? SUMMARY ANSWER Using the structured methodology of the Manual for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Guideline Development, 120 recommendations were formulated that an...

Intervention Half of the practices received a guideline intervention and the other half received no intervention. The intervention involved local development and dissemination of the WHO ICD-10 Primary Health Care guidelines (1996 version). General practitioners (GPs) were encouraged to adapt the WHO guidelines with colleagues from local psychiatric services. One GP from each intervention pract...

BACKGROUND Evidence-based guidelines have the potential to improve healthcare. However, their de-novo-development requires substantial resources -- especially for complex conditions, and adaptation may be biased by contextually influenced recommendations in source guidelines. In this paper we describe a new approach to guideline development -- the systematic guideline review method (SGR), and i...

Background: Visual impairment has been recognized as a global health problem. Periodic optometric eye examinations have long been recognized as the “backbone” of strategies to prevent vision loss and blindness. The purpose of this study was to develop a frequency of eye examinations guideline for typical optometric eye examinations in Canada using the best available evidence. Methods: Guideline...

BACKGROUND Accurate diagnosis is a fundamental aspect of appropriate healthcare. However, clinicians need guidance when implementing diagnostic tests given the number of tests available and resource constraints in healthcare. Practitioners of health often feel compelled to implement recommendations in guidelines, including recommendations about the use of diagnostic tests. However, the understa...

OBJECTIVE To identify the number of Australian clinical practice guidelines, and their key characteristics. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Clinical practice guidelines that were produced or reviewed between 2003 and 2007 for use in Australia at a national or state level were identified by approaching health-related organisations and searching websites. Their characteristics were abstracted ...

ramadan fasting is specific intermittent fasting comprising significant changes in routine lifestyle pattern and may affect body homeostasis and metabolism. in spite of several studies conducted on the effects of ramadan fasting on various aspects of health and disease, because of heterogeneity in methodology and procedures (sometimes inevitable), a comprehensive concluding for reliable results...

Guiding Principles This document presents official recommendations of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) on the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus (HBV) infection in adults and children. Unlike previous AASLD practice guidelines, this guideline was developed in compliance with the Institute of Medicine standards for trustworthy practice guidelines and use...