Table 1: Clinical guideline Adaptation Process based on ADAPTE Process.

S.No

Steps

Ethiopia, 2016

I

Set-up Preparation

 

1

Establish an organizing committee, working panel or resource team.

2

Determine criteria for selection of guideline topic and select a topic using criteria.

X

3

Check if adaptation is feasible.

X

4

Identify necessary resources and skills.

5

Complete tasks of the set-up phase.

6

Write the plan for adaptation.

II

Adaptation (Scope, purpose, Search, Screen, Assess, Decide, Select and customize)

 

7

Determine and clarify the health-related question

8

Search for guidelines and other relevant documentation.

9

Screen the retrieved guidelines and record their characteristics and content.

X

10

Eliminate a large number of the retrieved guidelines using the AGREE instrument.

X

11

Assess the quality of the guideline.

X

12

Assess the currency of the guideline.

13

Assess the content of the guideline.

X

14

Assess the consistency of the guideline.

X

15

Assess the acceptability and applicability of the recommendations.

X

16

Review assessments

X

17

Select among guidelines and recommendations to create an adapted guideline.

X

18

Prepare a draft of the adapted guideline.

III

Finalization (External review and acknowledgement, and final production)

 

19

Seek feedback on the draft adapted guideline from those who would be using it.

X

20

Consult with endorsement bodies

21

Consult with developers of guidelines used as sources.

 

22

Acknowledge source documents

X

23

Plan for aftercare of the adapted guideline.

24

Produce a final document of the guideline.

√: The process is applied or done; X: The process is not done or not reported.