Faraday Martha, Hubbard Heddy, Kosiak Beth, Dmochowski Roger
American Urological Association, Baltimore, MD, USA.
BJU Int. 2009 Aug;104(3):294-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08729.x.
The American Urological Association (AUA), as the premier urological organization in the USA, has been a pioneering force in the development of practice guidelines. Recently the AUA evaluated their guidelines development procedures and implemented several changes that resulted in more scientifically rigorous, transparent and efficient processes. These changes include narrowing the scope of the guideline, strengthening the systematic literature review, updating data-analysis capabilities, altering panel members' roles to exclude laborious data extraction, and identifying and specifying levels of evidence for guideline recommendations. In addition to a more scientifically sound guideline, the outcome of these modifications is a timely, less costly document involving fewer burdens on panel members.
作为美国首屈一指的泌尿外科学组织，美国泌尿外科学会（AUA）一直是实践指南制定过程中的先驱力量。最近，AUA对其指南制定程序进行了评估，并实施了多项变革，从而形成了更具科学严谨性、透明度和效率的流程。这些变革包括缩小指南范围、加强系统文献综述、更新数据分析能力、改变小组成员的角色以排除繁琐的数据提取工作，以及确定并明确指南建议的证据级别。除了制定出科学性更强的指南外，这些修改的结果是形成了一份及时、成本更低且对小组成员负担更小的文件。
