title: Consumer contributions in developing clinical practice guidelines.
abstract: Clinical practice guidelines are designed for use with consumers. However, consumers are rarely consulted about their development. This paper describes a research project to develop clinical practice guidelines for a community meeting to prevent and intervene with assaultive behavior. The research included consumer input from psychiatric inpatients. The two-phase approach with the consumers included a focus group, followed by survey research. Results, problems, and recommendations are presented.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Service for Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ericsson
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D003256:Community Participation; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*