Efficient clinical evaluation of guideline quality: Development and testing of a new tool

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Grimmer, Karen ^a   Dizon, Janine Margarita ^a,b   Milanese, Steve ^a   King, Ellena ^a   Beaton, Kate ^a   Thorpe, Olivia ^a   Lizarondo, Lucylynn ^a   Luker, Julie ^a,c   Machotka, Zuzana ^a   Kumar, Saravana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AGREE II instrument; Guideline quality assessment; iCAHE guideline quality checklist; Psychometric testing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84901636393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-63     Document Type: Article

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