Objective. To identify a critical appraisal tool for clinical practice guidelines that could serve
as a basis for the development of an appraisal tool for clinical pathways. Design. Systematic …

Objective: To identify and compare clinical practice guideline appraisal instruments.
Methods: Appraisal instruments, defined as instruments intended to be used for guideline …

Introduction Clinical practice guidelines can improve healthcare processes and patient
outcomes, but are often of low quality. Guideline appraisal tools aim to help potential …

Background: International interest in clinical practice guidelines has never been greater but
many published guidelines do not meet the basic quality requirements. There have been …

Clinical practice guidelines are the most important documents for the incorporation of
scientific evidence in health decision making through the formulation of recommendations …

Objective. To describe systematically the structures and working methods of guideline
programs. Design. Descriptive survey using a questionnaire with 32 items based on a …

Objectives: To identify predictors of high-quality clinical practice guidelines. Methods: A total
of 86 guidelines from 11 countries were assessed by four independent appraisers per …

Background. Despite clinical guidelines penetrating every aspect of clinical practice and
health policy, doubts persist over their ability to improve patient care. We have designed and …

Background Despite the increasing number of manuals on how to develop clinical practice
guidelines (CPGs) there remain concerns about their quality. The aim of this study was to …

Clinical practice guidelines are one of the foundations of efforts to improve healthcare. In
1999, we authored a paper about methods to develop guidelines. Since it was published …