Assessing the Quality of Global Clinical Practice Guidelines on Gout Using AGREE II Instrument

Conclusions The quality of gout CPGs was suboptimal, and various incompatible grading systems of quality of evidence and strength of recommendations were used. The use of a standardized international grading system is essential to ensure high methodological quality of gout CPGs. Tools such as AGREE II could substantially improve the development and update of future gout CPGs.
Source: JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research