Clinical practice guidelines for Indigenous peoples with middle ear disease in Australia: a systematic scoping review

Practitioner adherence to clinical practice guidelines specific for Indigenous peoples with otitis media is critical to ensuring a consistent impact and, by extension, closing the gap in related life outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Australia. It is important to evaluate guideline impact through establishing current practitioner adherence rates. Furthermore, increasing awareness of culturally appropriate research approaches and availability of evaluation tools, such as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Quality Appraisal Tool, should improve the conduct of future Indigenous research.