From: Guidelines for guideline developers: a systematic review of grading systems for medical tests
No. | Category/sub category | Definition |
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Process characteristics: basic guideline requirements relating to the guideline development process | ||
1 | Scope & purpose | Â |
1a | Overall aim | The overall aim of system is explicit. The system is specific to medical tests |
2 | Stakeholders | Â |
2a | Relevant professional groups | The system requires involvement of relevant professional groups |
2b | Piloted among users | The system has been piloted among guideline developers and reports on user feedback |
3 | Clarity & presentation | Â |
3a | Clear organization and content layout | The system contains a chronological description of the process for developing guidelines. |
3b | Recommendations easily identifiable | The system promotes a clear and structured layout for presenting recommendations e.g., summarized in a box, typed in bold, underlined or presented as flow charts or algorithms |
3c | Examples provided | The system provides adequate examples in the form of, tables, forms, layouts of evidence summaries e.g., in GRADE known as ‘’evidence profile’ |
3d | Glossary | The system includes a glossary explaining terminology |
4 | Dissemination & communication | Â |
4a | External peer review recommended | The system recommends external peer review of completed guidelines |
4b | Recommends methods for dissemination | The system recommends methods for dissemination and communicated of completed guidelines to target audience(s) |
4c | Procedure for updating guideline | The system provides an explicit procedure for updating the guideline |
5 | Editorial independence | Â |
5a | Addresses conflicts of interest | The system specifies the need to address conflicts of interest of guideline members and information on funding |
5b | Addresses funders | |
Total | 5 categories/12 subcategories | Â |