AGREE II for TCM: Tailored to evaluate methodological quality of TCM clinical practice guidelines.

ABSTRACT: Background: The Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument has been widely used in the methodological quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines (CPG). Chinese medicine CPGs have unique characteristics which distinguish them from those of Western medicine, e.g. syndrome differentiation, on which treatments are based. As such, certain domains and items in AGREE II are unsuitable for assessing TCM CPGs. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust and supplement the description and rating section of some items of the AGREE Ⅱinstrument. Purpose: To adjust and expand AGREE II according to characteristics of TCM clinical practice guidelines. Methods: A research working group was established, consisting of a core working group and an expert

SUBMITTER: Xie X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9877221 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature