Validity and usability testing of a health systems guidance appraisal tool, the AGREE-HS.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health systems guidance (HSG) provides recommendations to address health systems challenges. No tools exist to inform HSG developers and users about the components of high quality HSG and to differentiate between HSG of varying quality. In response, we developed a tool to assist with the development, reporting and appraisal of HSG - the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation-Health Systems (AGREE-HS). This paper reports on the validity, usability and initial measurement properties of the AGREE-HS.

Methods

To establish face validity (Study 1), stakeholders completed a survey about the AGREE-HS and provided feedback on its content and structure. Revisions to the tool were made in response. To establish usability (Study 2), the revised tool was applied t

SUBMITTER: Brouwers MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6011397 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature