Focus groups and interviews with the public led to the development of a template for a GRADE Plain Language Recommendation (PLR)

OBJECTIVE: Clear communication of health care recommendations to patients and the public is essential. Current work has focused on creating patient versions of guidelines without much attention to single recommendations. In this study, we built on previously conducted research to test a template and explore the public's perceptions of, and attitudes towards plain language guideline recommendations. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We conducted four …