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A multistakeholder development process to prioritize and translate COVID-19 health recommendations for patients, caregivers and the public. A case study of the COVID-19 recommendation map

Authors	POTTIE Kevin SMITH Maureen MATTHEWS Micayla SANTESSO Nancy MAGWOOD Olivia KREDO Tamara SCOTT Sarah BAYLISS Kerin SAAD Ammar HARIDAS Rinila DETAMBEL Nicole MOTILALL Ashley TAN Yvonne STEINBERG Sally LITYNSKA Justyna DIETL Bart IOIRI Alfonso REVEIZ Ludovic WELCH Vivian KLUGAR Miloslav MBUAGBAW Lawrence ROJAS Maria Ximena FLOREZ Ivan D LOTFI Tamara QASEEM Amir MATHEW Joseph L AKL Elie A TUGWELL Peter SCHUNEMANN Holger J
Year of publication	2022
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of clinical epidemiology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Web	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435622000890
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.012
Keywords	COVID-19; Recommendations; Guidance; Plain language summaries; GRADE; Patient and public guidelines; COVID-19 vaccines
Description	Background and Objectives: To develop a digital communication tool to improve the implementation of up-to-date COVID-19 recommendations. Specifically, to improve patient, caregiver and public understanding of healthcare recommendations on prevention, diagnoses and treatment. Methods: Multi-stakeholder engagement design. In conjunction with the COVID-19 Recommendations and Gateway to Contextualization RecMap, we co-developed a stakeholder prioritization, drafting and editing process to enhance guideline communication and understanding. Results: This paper presents the multi-stakeholder development process with three distinct plain language recommendation formats: formal recommendation, good practice statement, and additional guidance. Our case study of COVID-19 plain language recommendations PLRs addresses both public health interventions (e.g., vaccination, face masks) and clinical interventions (e.g., home pulse oximetry). Conclusion: This paper presents a novel approach to engaging stakeholders in improving the communication and understanding of published guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. (C) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.