Broad ranging search terms were used for developing a search strategy in 3 stems; setting (primary care [i.e. general/family practice, ambulatory care, community care, generalist care], safety synonyms [i.e. error, adverse event, fault, malpractice] and types of tool [i.e. indicator, survey, guideline, scale] (see web Additional file 1: Appendix 1).
The Attitudes Towards Guidelines Scale (AGS) consists of seven subscales: general attitude, usefulness, reliability, lack of individual or team competence, lack of organisational competence, impracticality and availability [ 53].
The following search terms were used in the various databases and at various stages of the search: heterogeneity, applicability, clinical, assessment, checklist, guideline(s), scale, and criteria.
According to Hinkin's guidelines on scale development, the items in our scale were generated by following a deductive approach based on a theoretical foundation.
But cutting back may be a little easier in the future, thanks to the FDA's recent proposed guidelines to scale down sodium levels in processed and restaurant food.
After the revision of the merger guidelines the scale was more differentiated, classifying markets with an HHI between 0.15 and 0.25 as moderately concentrated markets.
Another finding concerned GPs' doubts regarding the usefulness of guideline depression scales in primary care settings.
EORTC QLQ-HCC18 was developed in four stages on the basis of the EORTC guidelines for scale development [ 9].
No change was followed by slow change in clinical practices over 6 years in Kenyan hospitals, possibly linked to dissemination of guidelines at scale.
Each residual corresponds with the OR of adherence with guidelines (logarithmic scale) of the unit, with the whole county as reference in the comparisons.
The NFI-MS provides a brief and easy-to-use tool for the measurement of fatigue in MS. It was developed from the reported experience of fatigue by patients in accordance with the latest FDA guidelines for scale development.
