Integrating Patient Preferences with Clinical Guidelines generation

An editorial by Krahn and Naglie (2008) in JAMA makes a case for incorporating patient preferences into clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). Our work in tailored interventions and subgroup analysis may inform this discussion.

The authors makes some suggestions, here in brief:

1. Find Preference-Related Evidence, 2 Integrate Preference-Related Evidence Into Recommendations, 3. Use Guidelines in Individual Decision Making, 4. Include Patients in the Guideline Development Process, 5. Evaluate Guidelines With Preferences in Mind.