Developing the RIGHT-COI&F extension for the reporting conflicts of interest and funding in practice guidelines: study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Conflicts of interest (COI) and funding may influence the development of practice guidelines, but there are no internationally endorsed guidelines specifically focusing on the reporting on issues related to COI and funding in practice guidelines. Our aim is to develop an extension of the essential Reporting Items of Practice Guidelines in Healthcare (RIGHT) for COIs and Funding in practice guidelines (i.e., RIGHT-COI&F).

Methods

We will follow the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR) network's toolkit for developing a reporting guideline in six stages: (I) identifying the need for the extension; (II) registering the project and setting up working groups; (III) collecting the initial items; (IV) reaching consensus on the items to be i

SUBMITTER: Xun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9279782 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature