@article{ref1,
title="Process for developing rehabilitation practice recommendations for individuals with traumatic brain injury",
journal="BMC neurology",
year="2017",
author="Callender, Librada and Brown, Rachel and Driver, Simon and Dahdah, Marie and Collinsworth, Ashley and Shafi, Shahid",
volume="17",
number="1",
pages="e54-e54",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Attempts at measuring quality of rehabilitation care are hampered by a gap in knowledge translation of evidence-based approaches and lack of consensus on best practices. However, adoption of evidence-based best practices is needed to minimize variations and improve quality of care. Therefore, the objective of this project was to describe a process for assessing the quality of evidence of clinical practices in traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitative care. <br><br>METHODS: A multidisciplinary team of clinicians developed discipline-specific clinical questions using the Population, Intervention, Control, Outcome process. A systematic review of the literature was conducted for each question using Pubmed, CINAHL, PsychInfo, and Allied Health Evidence databases. Team members assessed the quality, level, and applicability of evidence utilizing a modified Oxford scale, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Methods Guide, and a modified version of the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation scale. <br><br>RESULTS: Draft recommendations for best-practice were formulated and shared with a Delphi panel of clinical representatives and stakeholders to obtain consensus. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Evidence-based practice guidelines are essential to improve the quality of TBI rehabilitation care. By using a modified quality of evidence assessment tool, we established a process to gain consensus on practice recommendations for individuals with TBI undergoing rehabilitation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2377",
doi="10.1186/s12883-017-0828-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-017-0828-z"
}