Journal article
Development of the AGREE II, part 2: assessment of validity of items and tools to support application
Abstract
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's manual in the beta version of the AGREE II.
METHODS: We designed guideline excerpts reflecting high-and low-quality guideline content for 21 of the 23 items in the tool. We designed two study packages so that one low-quality and one high-quality version of each …
Authors
Brouwers MC; Kho ME; Browman GP; Burgers JS; Cluzeau F; Feder G; Fervers B; Graham ID; Hanna SE; Makarski J
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 182, No. 10, pp. e472–e478
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
July 13, 2010
DOI
10.1503/cmaj.091716
ISSN
0820-3946