Epistemonikos Foundation, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile.
Programa de TTM y Dolor Orofacial, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile.
F1000Res. 2023 Oct 3;12:1261. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.141423.1. eCollection 2023.
Oral diseases are a major global public health problem that impacts the quality of life of those affected. While widespread consensus exists on the importance of high-quality, evidence-informed guidelines to inform practice and public health decisions in medicine, appropriate methodologies and standards are not commonly adhered to among producers of oral health guidelines. This systematic survey aims to identify organizations developing evidence-informed guidelines and policy documents in oral health globally, and describe the methods and processes used. We will conduct manual searches on the websites of guideline developers, Ministries of Health, and scientific societies. Additionally, we will systematically search electronic databases to identify published guidelines and collect the name of the responsible entity. We will include organizations that regularly develop guidelines on any oral health topic and that explicitly declare the inclusion of research evidence in its development process. Subsequently, we will use a standardized form to extract data about the characteristics of the organization, the characteristics of their guideline or policy documents, and their formal recommendation development processes. These data will be extracted from various sources, such as the organization's official website, the methods section of each guideline, or methodological handbooks. We will use descriptive statistics to analyze the extracted data. This systematic survey will synthesize key characteristics and methodologies used by organizations developing evidence-informed guidelines. This study will provide the basis for future development of a sustainable and connected collaborative network for evidence-informed guidelines and policy documents in oral health globally. The results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and targeted dissemination of findings with the identified organizations. Our systematic survey represents a necessary first step toward improving the field of oral health policies and guidelines.
口腔疾病是一个全球性的重大公共卫生问题，影响着患者的生活质量。尽管在医学领域，高质量、基于证据的指南对于指导实践和公共卫生决策具有重要意义，已达成广泛共识，但制定口腔卫生指南的相关组织并未普遍遵循适当的方法和标准。本系统调查旨在确定全球范围内制定循证指南和政策文件的组织，并描述其使用的方法和流程。
我们将对手册开发人员、卫生部和科学协会的网站进行人工搜索。此外，我们还将系统地搜索电子数据库，以确定已发表的指南，并收集负责实体的名称。我们将包括那些定期制定任何口腔健康主题指南的组织，以及明确声明在其制定过程中纳入研究证据的组织。随后，我们将使用标准化表格提取有关组织特征、指南或政策文件特征以及其正式推荐制定流程的数据。这些数据将从组织的官方网站、每个指南的方法部分或方法手册等各种来源中提取。我们将使用描述性统计来分析提取的数据。
本系统调查将综合分析制定循证指南的组织的关键特征和方法。这项研究将为未来在全球范围内建立一个可持续和互联的循证指南和政策文件合作网络奠定基础。研究结果将通过同行评议出版物、会议报告以及与已确定的组织有针对性地传播研究结果进行传播。我们的系统调查是改善口腔卫生政策和指南领域的必要第一步。
