Ensuring Clinical Practice Guidelines Meet the Needs of the End-User: a Prioritization Survey for Guideline Topics for Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia.

Background: Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are complex to assess and manage, and a lack of updated clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) leads to variation in clinical practice. When generating CPGs, involvement of end-users in developing and prioritizing topics is key to creating effective recommendations. Methods: To inform the creation of a CPG for the management of BPSD, we completed a Canada-wide online BPSD topic prioritization survey using Qualtrics. In January-Ma