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SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM
Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 95-105Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2010.12.001
Keywords
guideline criteria; formal consensus methods; Delphi method; nominal group technique; RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method; National Institutes of Health consensus development; conference; GRADE; diagnostic criteria
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- National Institutes of Health [NIAMS K23 AR053858-04]
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Guidelines or diagnostic criteria in clinical practice assist physicians in their clinical decision-making and improve health outcomes for patients. Diagnostic and classification criteria should be based on evidence from rigorously conducted controlled studies. Formal group consensus methods have been developed to organize subjective judgments and to synthesize them with the available evidence. This review discusses 4 types of formal consensus methods used in the health field and their applications in rheumatology: the Delphi method, Nominal Group Technique, RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method, and National Institutes of Health consensus development conference. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Semin Arthritis Rheum 41:95-105
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