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

Objectives We conducted a comparative review of clinical practice guideline development
handbooks. We aimed to identify the main guideline development tasks, assign weights to …

Background. Clinical practice guidelines should be based on the best available evidence.
However, this evidence is often incomplete, controversial, or lacking. Other considerations …

Abstract Objectives To investigate whether Appraisal of Guidelines for Research &
Evaluation (AGREE) II users apply a cut-off based on standardized domain scores or overall …

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 …

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

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 …

Background Clinical practice guidelines are an important element of evidence-based
practice. Considering an often complicated body of evidence can be problematic for …

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