How to write a guideline : A proposal for a manuscript template that supports the creation of trustworthy guidelines
Nieuwlaat, Robby (Department OfHealth Research Methods. Evidence. and Impact. McMaster University)
Wiercioch, Wojtek (Department OfHealth Research Methods. Evidence. and Impact. McMaster University)
Brozek, Jan L. (Department OfHealth Research Methods. Evidence. and Impact. McMaster University)
Santesso, Nancy (Department OfHealth Research Methods. Evidence. and Impact. McMaster University)
Kunkle, Robert (American Society of Hematology)
Alonso-Coello, Pablo (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Anderson, David R. (Department of Medicine. Dalhousie University)
Bates, Shannon (Department of Medicine. McMaster University)
Dahm, Philipp (Department of Urology. University of Minnesota)
Iorio, Alfonso (Department of Medicine. McMaster University)
Lim, Wendy (Department of Medicine. McMaster University)
Lyman, Gary H. (Department of Medicine. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. University of Washington School of Medicine)
Middeldorp, Saskia (Department of Vascular Medicine. Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences. Amsterdam University Medical Centers. University of Amsterdam)
Monagle, Paul (Kids Cancer Centre. Sydney Children's Hospital)
Mustafa, Reem A. (Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. Department of Medicine. University of Kansas Medical Center)
Neumann, Ignacio (Department of Internal Medicine. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)
Ortel, Thomas L. (Department of Pathology. Duke University Medical Center)
Rochwerg, Bram (Department of Medicine. McMaster University)
Vesely, Sara K. (Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Hudson College of Public Health. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center)
Witt, Daniel M. (Department of Pharmacotherapy. College of Pharmacy. University of Utah)
Cuker, Adam (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Perelman School of Medicine. University of Pennsylvania)
Schünemann, Holger (Department of Medicine. McMaster University)

Date:	2021
Abstract:	Trustworthy health guidelines should provide recommendations, document the development process, and highlight implementation information. Our objective was to develop a guideline manuscript template to help authors write a complete and useful report. The McMaster Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation Centre collaborated with the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to develop guidelines for the management of venous thromboembolism. A template for reporting the guidelines was developed based on prior approaches and refined using input from other key stakeholders. The proposed guideline manuscript template includes: (1) title for guideline identification, (2) abstract, including a summary of key recommendations, (3) overview of all recommendations (executive summary), and (4) the main text, providing sufficient detail about the entire process, including objectives, background, and methodological decisions from panel selection and conflict-of-interest management to criteria for updating, as well as supporting information, such as links to online (interactive) tables. The template further allows for tailoring to the specific topic, using examples. Initial experience with the ASH guideline manuscript template was positive, and challenges included drafting descriptions of recommendations involving multiple management pathways, tailoring the template for a specific guideline, and choosing key recommendations to highlight. Feedback from a larger group of guideline authors and users will be needed to evaluate its usefulness and refine. The proposed guideline manuscript template is the first detailed template for transparent and complete reporting of guidelines. Consistent application of the template may simplify the preparation of an evidence-based guideline manuscript and facilitate its use.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Blood advances, Vol. 5 Núm. 22 (November 2021) , p. 4721-4726, ISSN 2473-9537

DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003577
PMID: 34521104

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