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Table 2 Circumstances to develop a Rapid Guideline

From: Development of rapid guidelines: 2. A qualitative study with WHO guideline developers

Scenarios

Mediana

IQRa

Emergent epidemic of an infectious disease

7

7–7

Management/control of biological, chemical or radioactive hazards

7

6.2–7

Management of infectious diseases by

MDR organisms in hospitals/ICU

5

4–6

New evidence: infectious diseases

6

6–7

New evidence: neglected diseases

6

5–6.7

Diagnostic tests

3

3–5

New evidence for chronic diseases

3

2–5.7

Post-traumatic stress disorder

4.5

2–6

  1. ICU Intensive-care unit, IQR Interquartile range, MDR Multidrug-resistant
  2. aAgreement measured through a Likert scale from 1 to 7; Strongly Agreed (7), Agreed (6), Somewhat Agreed (5), Neither Agreed or Disagreed (4), Somewhat Disagreed (3), or Disagreed (2), Strongly Disagreed (1)