Barriers to and Facilitators for the Use of Research Evidence in Oral Health Policies and Guidelines: An International Qualitative Study
Abstract
ABSTRACT Objectives To explore perceived barriers to and facilitators for using research evidence to inform guidelines and policies in oral health (OH) reported by guideline developers and policymakers. Methods An abductive reasoning approach utilising in‐depth semi‐structured interviews was used. Interviewed individuals had a high‐level understanding of the processes involved in developing OH evidence‐informed guidelines and policy documents, including methodological steps and workflow. Purposive sampling was used to select participants with experience generating national or regional documents from different continents. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. After validation, data were analysed thematically using NVivo software. Transcriptions were coded and collated into themes and subthemes, with coding saturation achieved after coding all transcripts and confirming that no new codes emerged. Results Participants worked in seven organisations across Europe, North America, and South America, including professional associations, scientific societies, governmental, and global organisations. Participants' perceptions were classified into seven main themes: research evidence (availability of evidence synthesis, direct and local evidence, certainty of the evidence and emerging research evidence), guidelines and policy documents (accessibility to guidelines, documents terminology, question scope and methodological rigour), organisational and system‐level (costs,…
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