Investigating the role and applicability of patient versions of guidelines in oncology and deriving recommendations for the development, dissemination and implementation of patient versions in Germany: protocol for multiphase study

• Dawid Pieper,
• Nancy Santesso,
• Monika Nothacker,
• Monika Becker,
• Susanne Blödt,
• Thomas Langer,
• Stefanie Bühn,
• Nora Meyer,
• Günther Carl,
• Markus Follmann,
• Stefanie Frenz,
• Corinna Schaefer

Affiliations

Dawid Pieper

1Institute for Research in Operative Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Cologne, Germany

Nancy Santesso

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Monika Nothacker

Institute for Medical Knowledge Management, Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Monika Becker

Institut für Forschung in der Operativen Medizin, University Witten Herdecke, Witten, Germany

Susanne Blödt

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Unversität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Public Health, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Langer

2Institute for Genetics, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Stefanie Bühn

Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), Witten / Herdecke University, Cologne, Germany

Nora Meyer

Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), Witten / Herdecke University, Cologne, Germany

Günther Carl

German Prostate Cancer Support Group, Bonn, Germany

Markus Follmann

Office of the German Guideline Program in Oncology (GGPO), c/o German Cancer Society, Berlin, Germany

Stefanie Frenz

Frauenselbsthilfe Krebs Bundesverband, Bonn, Germany

Corinna Schaefer

German Agency for Quality in Medicine, Berlin, Germany