Enhancing understanding: The development of a glossary of health technology assessment adaptation terms
Enhancing understanding: The development of a glossary of health technology assessment adaptation terms
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增进理解：制定卫生技术评估适应术语词汇表
DOI：
10.1017/s0266462309990675
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
R. Milne
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作者：
C. Rosten;D. Chase;Nicholas J Hicks;R. Milne
背景：欧洲各地人们使用健康技术评估(HTA)术语的方式差异很大。在阅读不同背景下的HTA报告时，这种差异可能会导致误解。这项工作是EUnetHTA项目的成果之一，于2006至2008年间开展。目标：这项研究的目的是开发一个HTA适应术语的词汇表，以帮助减少对HTA报告中使用的术语的误解，而不是来自读者自己的语境。方法：检查几个HTA词汇表，以确定附加词汇表可以为读者提供新内容的方式，并确定要纳入的适应术语。28个欧洲环境技术评估组织为词汇表提供了术语，并起草了每个具体术语在其特定环境中如何使用的说明和实例。然后，各组织对其他小组提供的说明进行了评论，并共同为某些术语起草了一份单一说明。结果：编制了HTA适应术语词汇表。它提供了与适应相关的42个潜在混淆的HTA术语的全面的描述、例子和评论。结论：该词汇表将是欧洲HTA机构在阅读在不同背景下产生的HTA报告以及适应其他国家产生的HTA报告时的宝贵资源。词汇表将有助于增进理解，并有助于促进适应进程。
Background: The way people use health technology assessment (HTA) terms varies considerably across Europe. Such variation can lead to misunderstandings when reading HTA reports from different contexts. This work is one of the outputs of the EUnetHTA Project and was undertaken between 2006 and 2008. Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop a glossary of HTA adaptation terms to help reduce the misunderstandings of terms used in HTA reports from contexts other than the reader's own. Methods: Several HTA glossaries were examined to identify ways in which an additional glossary could offer readers something new and to identify adaptation terms for inclusion. Twenty-eight European HTA organizations provided terms for the glossary and drafted descriptions and examples of how each specific term was used in their particular setting. The organizations then commented on the descriptions provided by the other groups and worked together to draft a single description for certain terms. Results: A glossary of HTA adaptation terms was developed. It provides a comprehensive range of descriptions, examples, and comments for forty-two potentially confusing HTA terms related to adaptation. Conclusions: This glossary will be a valuable resource for European HTA agencies when reading HTA reports produced in different contexts and for adapting HTA reports produced in other countries. The glossary will help improve understanding and help facilitate the adaptation process.