Living recommendations do not “flip-flop”: examining the probability of directional changes to recommendations in living guidelines
Although living recommendations do change direction, the current analysis suggests that this happens infrequently and instances of recommendations flip-flopping are likely rare. Guideline users can be confident that the decisions they make today would not suddenly change following updates to living recommendations.
Authors
- Heath White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-5278)
- Tari Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7990-1623)
- Vanessa Glennon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2792-7706)
- Samuel Whittle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7417-7691)
- Anneliese Synnot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4008-4208)
- Kelvin Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-8599)
- Abdulbasit Seid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5979-3426)
Institutions
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (AU)
- National Stroke Foundation (AU)
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital (AU)
- Atlas of Living Australia (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-06-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111874
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.51