Table 2.
Content and steps of the Korean Diabetes Association’s diabetes clinical practice guidelines production process
| Stepwise development content of content of guidelines adaptation | |
|---|---|
| Guideline development planning | Organization of guideline committees (development groups, working committees) |
| Planning and consensus on revision direction in the development planning phase | |
| Guideline development preparation | Search for guidelines |
| Evaluation of guidelines | |
| Evaluation of literature selected through systematic review | |
| Guideline development step I (recommendation development) | Drafting initial recommendations |
| Survey and incorporate user feedback (utilization, acceptance, adoption, etc.) | |
| Agree on a way to adopt recommendations | |
| Guideline development step II (guideline writing) | Drafting a guideline |
| 1. present a summary (table) of the finalized recommendations | |
| 2. description of the development process and methods | |
| 3. describe the rationale or background | |
| 4. presentation of evidence | |
| 5. presentation of summary and appendices | |
| Review and guideline finalization | Internal reviewed by users: Korean Diabetes Association Executive Board and Primary Care Committee |
| External review: related societies (Korean Association of Internal Medicine, Korean Endocrinology Society, Korean Society for the Study of Obesity, Korean Ophthalmological Society, Korean Society of Hypertension, Korean Society of Lipid Atherosclerosis, Korean Society of Nephrology, Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, Korean Society of Infectious Diseases) | |
| Disclosed to members through the Korean Diabetes Association website | |
| Finalization of the guideline | |
| Accreditation and distribution | Certification after external review |
| Publication | |
| Apply for evaluation for accreditation by the Korean Medical Association | |
| Disseminate and spread: publications, courses, releasing materials on homepage, web online production | |