• The instrument successfully differentiates between highand low-quality guideline content. 7•
The new user’s manual is well received by users. 7• Users provided considerable …

AGREE II is a widely used standard for assessing the methodological quality of practice
guidelines. This article describes the development of the AGREE Reporting Checklist, which …

Background: We established a program of research to improve the development, reporting
and evaluation of practice guidelines. We assessed the construct validity of the items and user…

Background: We undertook research to improve the AGREE instrument, a tool used to evaluate
guidelines. We tested a new seven-point scale, evaluated the usefulness of the original …

Background Guidelines continue to be underutilized, and a variety of strategies to improve
their use have been suboptimal. Modifying guideline features represents an alternative, but …

… (c) were published in peer-reviewed journals or reported in a conference abstract. …
Certain relationships marked with a “U” are those for which no compensation was received; …

Purpose To develop a systematic review that would address the following question: Should
patients with stage II colon cancer receive adjuvant therapy? Methods A systematic review …

Objectives To determine whether informed consent introduces selection bias in prospective
observational studies using data from medical records, and consent rates for such studies. …

… This article is based on an unpublished master's thesis by Melissa C. Brouwers entitled “Uncertainty
Orientation and Protection Motivation: Individual Differences in Health Compliance.”…

Importance Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) may lack rigor and suitability to the setting in
which they are to be applied. Methods to yield clinical practice guideline recommendations …