Methodological and reporting quality of Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand clinical guidance documents^†.

ABSTRACT: The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) is the leading Australasian professional society for respiratory medicine that develops clinical practice guidelines and position papers to advance lung health through improved clinical care and research efforts. Published TSANZ clinical guidance documents were identified from the online society repository until March 2023. Each document was independently scored using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II (AGREE II) and the Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in HealThcare (RIGHT) checklists for methodological and reporting quality respectively. Twenty-eight position papers and seven clinical practice guidelines were evaluated. The median overall methodological quality score for the AGREE II checklist was fo

SUBMITTER: Soon WCL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12347317 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature