User testing of a Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network public guideline for the parents of children with autism.

Background: The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) is the leading national clinical guideline producer in Scotland. Improved design and dissemination of guidelines produced for the public can empower people to take an active role in self-management and shared decision-making. The public version of the guideline examined covered getting assessed and diagnosed with autism, and approaches that can help.

Guideline registries and libraries: a mixed-methods approach identified issues to be addressed with content.

Objective: To establish what GIN guideline community members see as the desirable features of a guidelines library and registry of guidelines in development STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: An explorative mixed-methods study was undertaken, including scoping activity and semi-structured interviews with guideline developers and endorsers from nine member organizations of the Guidelines International Network.

Results: A small number of desirable features of a guideline library were identified: comprehensiveness; single source of information to avoid searching multiple sites; inclusion of related materials; being up to date; searchability and ease of use. No existing library of guidelines was considered to have all of these features.

Developing Guidelines Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.

These authors discuss several challenges and solutions for developers of COVID-19–related guidelines and recommendations.