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AcronymsBelow you will find a guide to many of the acronyms that apply to evidence-based maternity care, referencing quality tools, quality courses, agencies and organizations, and databases. "Online source" indicates that the resource is available online without charge. A cost-free registration may be required for access to some entries with this designation. Clinical effectiveness quality tools Maternity care quality and safety courses Agencies and organizations Databases of clinical effectiveness research
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| AGREE | Appraisal of Guidelines, Research and Evaluation |
| What: | Checklist for evaluating quality of clinical practice guidelines |
| Website: | http://www.agreecollaboration.org/ |
| Articles: | Brouwers MC, Kho ME, Browman GP, et al. AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care. AGREE Next Steps Consortium. CMAJ. 2010;182(18):E839-42. Brouwers MC, Kho ME, Browman GP, et al. Development of the AGREE II, part 1: performance, usefulness, and areas for improvement. AGREE Next Steps Consortium. CMAJ. 2010;182(10):1045-52. (Online Source, PDF) Brouwers MC, Kho ME, Browman GP, et al. Development of the AGREE II, part 2: assessment of the validity of items and tools to support application. AGREE Next Steps Consortium. CMAJ. 2010;182(10):E472-78. (Online Source, PDF) |
| ADAPTE | None identified |
| What: | An approach to enhance efficiency in guideline development and improve utilization by adapting guidelines developed in one context for use in another context. |
| Website: |
http://www.adapte.org/www/ |
| Articles: |
ADAPTE Collaboration. The ADAPTE Process: Guideline Adaptation: a resource toolkit. Version 2.0. 2009. (Online Source) Fervers B, Burgers JS, Voellinger R, et al. Guideline adaptation: an approach to enhance efficiency in guideline development and improve utilization. Qual Saf Health. Care 2011; Jan 5 [Epub ahead of print] |
| AMSTAR | A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews |
| What: | A 37-item assessment tool designed to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews by building upon previous tools, empirical evidence, and expert consensus |
| Website: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810543/ |
| Articles: | Shea BJ, Grimshaw JM, Wells GA, et al. (2007). Development of AMSTAR: A measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2007;7(10). (Online Source) Shea BJ, Hamel C, Wells GA, et al. AMSTAR is a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009;62(10):1013-20. |
| ASSERT | A Standard for the Scientific and Ethical Review of Trials |
| What: | Checklist for evaluating the quality of proposals for, and for monitoring, randomized controlled trials |
| Website: | http://www.assert-statement.org/ |
| Article: | None identified |
| CAN- ADAPTE |
Guideline Adaption Project |
| What: | Adaptation of the work of the international ADAPTE Collaboration for use in Canada. |
| Website: | http://www.partnershipagainstcancer.ca/priorities/cancer-guidelines/strategic-initiatives/guideline-adaptation-project-can-adapte/ |
| Article: | Harrison HB, van den Hoek J. CAN-IMPLEMENT: Guideline adaptation and implementation planning resource. Canadian Guideline Adaptation Study Group. Version 1.0. April 2010. (Online Source, PDF) |
| CASP | Critical Appraisal Skills Programme |
| What: | Tools for developing and applying skills to critically assess research reports |
| Website: | http://www.sph.nhs.uk/what-we-do/public-health-workforce/resources/critical-appraisals-skills-programme |
| Article: | Taylor RS, Reeves BC, Ewings PE, Taylor RJ. Critical appraisal
skills training for health care of professionals: a randomized
controlled trial. BMC Med Educ. 2004;4:30. (Online Source) |
| CHERRIES | Checklist for Reporting Results of Internet E-Surveys |
| What: | Checklist for standardized reporting of online surveys |
| Website: | None identified |
| Article: | Eysenbach G. Improving the quality of web surveys: the Checklist for Reporting Results of Internet E-Surveys (CHERRIES). J Med Internet Res. 2004;6(3):e34. (Online Source) |
| COGS | Conference on Guideline Standardization |
| What: | Checklist for standardized reporting of guidelines |
| Website: |
http://gem.med.yale.edu/cogs/ |
| Article: |
Shiffman RN, Shekelle P, Overhage JM, Slutsky J, Grimshaw J,
Deshpande AM. Standardized reporting of clinical practice guidelines: a
proposal from the Conference on Guideline Standardization. Ann Int Med. 2003;139(6):493-8. (Online Source) |
| CONSORT | Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials |
| What: | Checklist for standardized reporting of randomized controlled trials |
| Website: | http://www.consort-statement.org/ |
| Articles: | Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting paralell group randomized trials. BMJ. 2010;340:c332. (Online Source) Moher D, Hopewell S, Schulz KF, et al. CONSORT 2010 Explanation and Elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. BMJ. 2010;340:c869. (Online Source) Antes, G. The new CONSORT statement. Editorial. BMJ. 2010;340:c1432. (Online Source) |
| EQUATOR | Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research |
| What: | Network supporting good reporting of health research studies, with reporting guidelines library and resources for authors, editors, and developers |
| Website: | http://www.equator-network.org/ |
| Articles: | Simera I, Altman DG, ACP Journal Club. Writing a research article that is “fit for purpose”: EQUATOR Network and reporting guidelines. Ann Int Med. 2009;151(4):JC2-2, JC2-3. Simera I, Moher D, Hoey, J, et al. A catalogue of reporting guidelines for health research. Eur J Clin Invest. 2010;40(1):35-53. (Online Source) |
| GEM | Guideline Elements Model |
| What: | An XML- based guideline document model that can store and organize the heterogeneous information contained in practice guidelines. It is intended to facilitate translation of natural language guideline documents into a format that can be processed by computers. |
| Website: | http://gem.med.yale.edu/ |
| Articles: | Shiffman RN, Michel G, Adelwaheb E, Thornquist E. Bridging the guideline implementation gap: a systematic, document-centered approach to guideline implementation. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2004;11(5):418-426. (Online Source, PDF) Shiffman RN, Michel G. Toward improved guideline quality: using the COGS statement with GEM. Fieschi M, et al., eds., Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Medical Informatics. Medinfo. 2004;159-163. (Online Source, PDF) |
| GLIA | Guideline Implementability Appraisal |
| What: | A tool for the appraisal of the implementability of clinical guidelines. |
| Website: | http://gem.med.yale.edu/glia/login.htm;jsessionid=7A90E57A6CB856714832DA9BF247D7A6 |
| Article: | Shiffman RN, Dixon J, Brandt C, et al. The Guideline Implementability Appraisal (GLIA): development of an instrument to identify obstacles to guideline implementation. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2005;5(23). (Online Source) |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation |
| What: | Checklist for grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations, which will soon be available as free software |
| Website: |
http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org |
| Articles: |
GRADE Working Group. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ. 2004;328(7454):1490. (Online Source) Guyatt GH, Oxman AD, Schünemann HJ, Tugwell P, Knotterus A. GRADE guidelines: a new series of articles in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. J Clin Epidemiol. 2010 Dec 23 [Epub ahead of print, announcing a 20-part guide] |
| GRRAS | Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies |
| What: | A proposed set of general guidelines for reporting reliability and agreement studies. |
| Website: | None identified |
| Article: | Kottner J, Audigé L, Brorson S, et al. Guidelines for reporting reliability and agreement studies (GRAAS) were proposed. J Clin Epidemiol. 2011;64(1):96-106. (Online Source, PDF) |
| IPDAS | International Patient Decision Aid Standards |
| What: | Internationally approved criteria to determine the quality of patient decision aids |
| Website: | http://www.ipdas.ohri.ca/ |
| Article: | Elwyn G, O'Connor A, Stacey D, Volk R, Edwards A, Coulter A, Thomson R, Barratt A, Barry M, Bernstein S, Butow P, Clarke A, Entwistle V, Feldman-Stewart D, Holmes-Rovner M, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Moumjid N, Mulley A, Ruland C, Sepucha K, Sykes A, Whelan T; International Patient Decision Aids Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration. Developing a quality criteria framework for patient decision aids: online international Delphi consensus process. BMJ. 2006;333(7565):417. (Online Source, PDF) |
| MINORS | Methodological Index for Non-randomized Studies |
| What: | Checklist for assessing quality of non-randomized studies |
| Website: |
None identified |
| Articles: |
Slim K, Nini E,Forestier D, Kwiatkowski F, Panis Y, Chipponi J.
Methodological index for non-randomized studies (MINORS): development
and validation of a new instrument. ANZ J Surg. 2003;73(9):712-6. Slim K, Nini E, Forestier D, Brugere C, Kwiatkowski F, Panis Y, Chipponi J. Validation of a methodological index (MINORS) for non-randomized studies. Ann Chir. 2003;128(10):688-93. |
| MOOSE | Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology |
| What: | Checklist for standardized reporting of observational research |
| Website: |
None identified |
| Article: |
Stroup DF, Berlin JA, Morton SC, Olkin I, Williamson GD, Rannie D,
Moher D, Becker BJ, Sipe TA, Thacker SB, for the Meta-analysis Of
Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) Group. Meta-analysis of
observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting. JAMA. 2000;283(15):2008-12. (Online Source) |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (formerly QUOROM) |
| What: | Checklist and flow chart for standardized reporting of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials |
| Website: | http://www.prisma-statement.org/ |
| Article: | Moher D, Liberati A,Tetzlaff J, Altman DG. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2009;151(4):264-269. (Online Source) |
| SORT | Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy |
| What: | Checklist and flow charts for assessing quality, quantity and consistency of evidence when rating individual studies or bodies of evidence |
| Website: |
None identified |
| Article: |
Ebell MH, Siwek J, Weiss BD, Woolf SH, Susman J, Ewigman B, Bowman
M. Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT): A Patient-Centered
Approach to Grading Evidence in the Medical Literature. Am Fam Physician. 2004;69(3):548-56. (Online Source) |
| SQUIRE | Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence |
| What: | Standards for writing high-quality articles about health care quality improvement |
| Website: | http://www.squire-statement.org/ |
| Articles: | Ogrinc G, Mooney SE, Estrada C, et al. The SQUIRE (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence) guidelines for quality improvement reporting: explanation and elaboration. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17(Supplement I):i13-i32. (Online Source) Davidoff F, Batalden P, Stevens D, Ogrinc G, Mooney SE. Publication guidelines for quality improvement studies in health care: evolution of the SQUIRE project. BMJ. 2009;338:a3152. |
| STARD | Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy |
| What: | Checklist and flow chart for standardized reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy |
| Website: |
http://www.stard-statement.org/ |
| Article: |
Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, Gatsonis CA, Glasziou PP, Irwig
LM, Lijmer JG, Moher D, Rennie D, de Vet HCW, for the STARD Group.
Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic
accuracy: the STARD initiative. Ann Int Med. 2003;138(1):40-5. |
| STARLITE | Sampling strategy, type of study, approaches, range of years, limits, inclusion and exclusions, terms used, electronic sources |
| What: | Proposed standards for reporting literature searches |
| Website: | None identified |
| Article: | Booth A. “Brimful of STARLITE”: Toward standards for reporting literature searches. J Med Libr Assoc. 2006;94(4):421-9, e205. (Online Source) |
| STROBE | Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology |
| What: | Guidelines for reporting observational studies |
| Website: |
http://www.strobe-statement.org |
| Article: |
von Elm E, Altman DG,Egger M, et al.; STROBE Initiative. The Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies. PLoS Med. 2007;4(10):e296. (Online Source) |
| SUPPORT | Supporting Policy Relevant Reviews and Trials |
| What: | Tools for those who make decisions about health policies and programs (i.e., health system managers and policy makers) and those who support them |
| Website: | http://www.support-collaboration.org/supporttool.htm |
| Article: | Oxman A, Hanney S, eds. SUPPORT Tools for Evidence-Informed Health Policymaking (STP) [special issue with 19 articles. Health Res Policy Syst. 2009;7(suppl. 1). (Online Source) |
| TREND | Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-Randomized Designs |
| What: | Checklist for standardized reporting of non-randomized studies |
| Website: |
http://www.trend-statement.org |
| Article: |
Des Jarlais DC, Lyles C, Crepaz N, for the TREND Group. Improving
the reporting quality of nonrandomized evaluation so of behavioral and
public health interventions: the Trend Statement. Am J Public Health. 2004;94(3):361-6 |
| ALARM | Advances in Labor and Risk Management |
| What: | Multidisciplinary course for high-quality intrapartum care |
| Website: | http://www.sogc.org/alarm2005/english/index.shtml |
| Article: | Windrim R, Ehman W, Carson GD, Kollesh L, Milne K. The ALARM course: 10 years of continuous professional development in intrapartum care and risk management in Canada. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2006;28(7):600-2. |
| ALSO | Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics |
| What: | Course to help maternity caregivers develop and maintain knowledge and skills to effectively manage perinatal emergencies |
| Website: |
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/cme/aafpcourses/clinicalcourses/also.html |
| Article: |
Beasley JW, Dresang LT, Winslow DB, Damos JR. The Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) program: fourteen years of progress. Prehospital Disaster Med. 2005;20(4):271-5. (Online Source, PDF) |
| Care Team OB |
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| What: | Blends maternity care curriculum of the ALSO program with the teamwork development curriculum of the Team Strategies & Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS®) program in institutional course for skills enhancement, emergency preparedness, teamwork and communication enhancements |
| Website: |
None identified |
| Article: |
Dresang LT, Davis S, Miller K, Olden C, Atwood L. Chapter L: Safety in maternity care. In: Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Course Syllabus. August 2010; 1-15. (Online Source, PDF) |
| MOET | Managing Obstetric Emergencies and Trauma |
| What: | Advanced course for obstetricians and anesthesiologists to improve knowledge and skills for dealing with difficult, serious, and life-threatening conditions in obstetrics |
| Website: | http://www.alsg.org/en/?q=en/moet |
| Article: | Grady K, Howell C, Cox C. Managing Obstetric Emergencies and Trauma: The MOET course manual. Second edition. London: RCG Press, 2007. |
| MORE OB | Managing Obstetrical Risks Efficiently |
| What: | Comprehensive, three-year, patient safety, professional development, and performance improvement program for caregivers and administrators in hospital maternity units |
| Website: | http://moreob.com/ |
| Article: | Milne JK, Lalonde AB. Patient safety in women's health-care: professional |
| PROMPT | Practical Obstetric Multiprofessional Training |
| What: | Training package for midwives, obstetricians and anesthesiologists to implement a fully evaluated obstetric emergencies course within their maternity units |
| Website: | http://www.prompt-course.org/welcome |
| Article: | Draycott T, Winter C, Crofts J, Barnfield S, eds. PROMPT: Practical Obstetric Multiprofessional Training: course manual. London: RCOG Press, 2008. |
| Team STEPPS |
Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety |
| What: | A teamwork system designed for health care professionals focused on improving patient safety, which has been applied to maternity care |
| Website: |
http://teamstepps.ahrq.gov/ |
| Articles: |
Clancy CM, Tornberg DN. TeamSTEPPS: Assuring optimal teamwork in clinical settings. Am J Med Quality. 2007;22(3):214-217. (Online Source, PDF) King HB, Battles J, Baker DP, et al. TeamSTEPPS: team strategies and tools to enhance performance and patient safety. In: Henriksen K, Battles JB, Keyes MA, et al. eds. Advanced in patient safety: New directions and alternative approaches. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ);2008:5-20. (Online Source, PDF) |
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| What: | U.S. federal agency for improving quality, health care safety and effectiveness; commissions evidence reports about health care practices and preventive services and sponsors a guidelines clearinghouse, among much other work |
| Website: | http://www.ahrq.gov/ |
| Articles: | Helfand M, Morton S, Guallar E, Mulrow C, eds. Challenges of
summarizing better information for better health: the Evidence-base
Practice Center Experience [special issue]. Ann Int Med. 2005;142(12 part 2):1033-1125. (Online Source) Colleagues can make a difference. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada MORE(OB) program. Best Pract Res: Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2007;21(4):565-79. |
| G-I-N | Guidelines International Network |
| What: | Promotes cooperation in clinical practice guidelines development, adaptation, and implementation; maintains guidelines library |
| Website: | http://www.g-i-n.net/ |
| Articles: | Holmes M. The Guidelines International Network: translating best evidence into best practice around the globe. Healthc Q. 2008:11(1):64-7, 2. Ollenschläger G, Marshall C, Qureshi S, Rosenbrand K, Burgers J, Mäkelä M, Slutsky J; Board of Trustees 2002, Guidelines International Network (G-I-N). Improving the quality of health care: using international collaboration to inform guideline programmes by founding the Guidelines International Network (G-I-N). Qual Saf Health Care. 2004;13(6):455-60. |
| INAHTA | International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment |
| What: | Promotes cooperation and sharing of information among agencies and organizations that carry out health technology assessment |
| Website: |
http://www.inahta.org/ |
| Article: |
Hailey D. Toward transparency in health technology assessment (a checklist for HTA reports). Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2003;19(1):1-7. |
| NICE | National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (formerly, National Institute for Clinical Excellence) |
| What: | Provides national guidance on health promotion and on prevention and treatment of ill health in the UK; makes systematic reviews and guidelines available in formats for various stakeholders |
| Website: |
http://www.nice.org.uk/ |
| Article: |
Pearson SD, Rawlins MD. Quality, innovation, and value for money: NICE and the British National Health Service. JAMA. 2005;294(20):2630-2. |
| NICS | National Institute of Clinical Studies |
| What: | As part of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), NICS works to improve health care by getting the best available evidence from health and medical research into everyday practice |
| Website: | http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/nics/index.htm |
| Article: | None identified |
| USPSTF | United States Preventive Services Task Force |
| What: | Independent panel that systematically reviews evidence about effectiveness and harms of clinical preventive service, and develops recommendations |
| Website: |
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/prevenix.htm |
| Article: |
Eisenberg JM, Kamerow DB, eds. The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [special
issue]. Am J Prev Med. 2001;20(3, supplement 1):1-107. |
| DARE | Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects |
| What: | Database of structured abstracts that assess the quality of systematic reviews |
| Website: |
http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/Home.aspx?DB=DARE |
| Article: |
None identified |
| HTA | Health Technology Assessment Database |
| What: | Database of abstracts of technology assessments carried out by members of International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment |
| Website: |
http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/Home.aspx?DB=HTA |
| Article: |
None identified |
| NHS EED | National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database |
| What: | Database of structured abstracts that assess the quality of economic evaluations of health care interventions |
| Website: | http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/Home.aspx?DB=NHS%20EED |
| Article: | Nixon J, Duffy S, Armstrong N, Craig D, Glanville J, Christie J, Drummond M, Kleijnen J. The usefulness of the NHS Economic Evaluation Database to researchers undertaking technology assessment reviews. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2003;20(3):249-57. |
| RHL | The WHO Reproductive Health Library |
| What: | Electronic review journal presenting the best evidence on reproductive and sexual health from Cochrane reviews as practical actions for clinicians and policy makers in low- and middle-income countries, in online and CD formats |
| Website: |
http://apps.who.int/rhl/en/index.html |
| Article: |
None identified |
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