Guideline appraisal with AGREE II: Systematic review of the current evidence on how users handle the 2 overall assessments.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument is the most commonly used guideline appraisal tool. It includes 23 appraisal criteria (items) organized within 6 domains and 2 overall assessments (1. overall guideline quality; 2. recommendation for use). The aim of this systematic review was twofold. Firstly, to investigate how often AGREE II users conduct the 2 overall assessments. Secondly, to investigate the influence of the 6 domain scores on each of the 2 overall assessments.

Materials and methods

A systematic bibliographic search was conducted for publications reporting guideline appraisals with AGREE II. The impact of the 6 domain scores on the overall assessment of guideline quality was examined using a multiple linear regressi

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann-Eßer W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5373625 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature