Temas de Epidemiología Clínica

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AGREE Collaboration (Appraisal of Guidelines, Research and Evaluation) presenta la revisión 2009 del instrumento para evaluar la elaboración y reporte de Guías de Práctica Clinica.

Este es el «Key Message» publicado por Sibbald B, Brouwers MC, Kho ME, Browman GP, Burgers JS, Cluzeau F, et al.  AGREE II: Advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care. J Clin Epidemiol. 2010 Jul 23. [Epub ahead of print]

• AGREE II (Appraisal of Guidelines, Research and Evaluation), which comprises 23 items and a user’s manual, offers refinements of a new way to develop, report and evaluate practice guidelines.
• Key changes from the original version include a new seven-point response scale, with modifications to half of the items, and a new user’s manual.
• AGREE II is available online at the AGREE Research Trust (www.agreetrust.org).
  

En estos dos artículos se explica la elaboración de la guía:

Brouwers MC, Kho ME, Browman GP, Burgers JS, Cluzeau F, Feder G, et al. Development of the AGREE II, part 1: performance, usefulness and areas for improvement.  CMAJ. 2010;182(10):1045-52.

Brouwers MC, Kho ME, Browman GP, Burgers JS, Cluzeau F, Feder G, et al. Development of the AGREE II, part 2: assessment of validity of items and tools to support application. CMAJ.2010;182(10):E472-8