How to write a guideline: a proposal for a manuscript template that supports the creation of trustworthy guidelines.

ABSTRACT: Trustworthy health guidelines should provide recommendations, document the development process, and highlight implementation information. Our objective was to develop a guideline manuscript template to help authors write a complete and useful report. The McMaster Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation Centre collaborated with the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to develop guidelines for the management of venous thromboembolism. A template for reporting the guidelines was developed based on prior approaches and refined using input from other key stakeholders. The proposed guideline manuscript template includes: (1) title for guideline identification, (2) abstract, including a summary of key recommendations, (3) overview of all recommendations (executive summa

SUBMITTER: Nieuwlaat R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8759117 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature