Background To ensure that clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) form a sound basis for
decision-making in health care, it is necessary to be able to reliably assess and ensure their …

• The instrument successfully differentiates between highand low-quality guideline content.
7• The new user's manual is well received by users. 7• Users provided considerable …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations
around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that …

Objective The tools used for critically appraising the quality of clinical practice guidelines are
complex and not suitable for the busy end users. So rapid, effective and simple instruments …

Clinical practice guidelines are being developed in many countries throughout the world to
improve quality of patient care. However, the methods used to develop guidelines vary …

BACKGROUND: The influence of a guideline on clinical practice depends on the extent to
which the recommendations in the guideline are acted upon (degree of adherence). AIM: To …

Abstract Objective The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) is a
representative, quantitative evaluation tool for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines …

Background In the last decade, guideline organizations faced a number of problems,
including a lack of standardization in guideline development methods and suboptimal …

Rationale, aims and objectives A clear process for selecting and adopting clinical practice
guidelines in the new topic areas is needed. The aim of this study is to design and develop a …