C-CHANGE guideline partners and methodology
| Guideline group | Grading system or methodology |
|---|---|
| Canadian Action Network for the Advancement, Dissemination and Adoption of Practice-Informed Tobacco Treatment (1) | This independent expert body in guideline review conducted a review and identified 6 guidelines that met criteria for quality and applicability to local context. Summary statements were extracted and assigned a grade of recommendation and level of evidence by a second expert panel. (2) The ADAPTE framework was used to guide the contextual adaptation (www.g-i-n.net/working-groups/adaptation/history); AGREE II was used to rate and select appropriate guidelines. |
| Canadian Cardiovascular Society – guideline for the management of heart failure (3) | GRADE |
| Canadian Cardiovascular Society – guideline for the management of dyslipidemia (4) | GRADE |
| Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation | Hypertension Canada process (www.hypertension.ca) |
| Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (5) | The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology guideline steering committee used the AMSTAR tool (www.amstar.ca/docs/AMSTARguideline.pdf) to assess the methodological quality of the systematic reviews; conclusions from the reviews were assigned a level of evidence (6)– (9) based on quality of the study, and level of evidence was used to develop appropriate wording for the guideline. |
| Diabetes Canada (10) | Diabetes Canada process (www.guidelines.diabetes.ca/) |
| Hypertension Canada (11) | Hypertension Canada process (www.hypertension.ca) |
| Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons/Obesity Canada (12) | GRADE |
| Heart and Stroke Foundation (13) | GRADE |
Note: AGREE II = Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation II, AMSTAR = Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews, C-CHANGE = Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized National Guidelines Endeavour, GRADE = the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation framework. (14)