A Reporting Tool for Practice Guidelines in Health Care: The RIGHT Statement
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · Cochrane · +10 more institutions
Abstract
The quality of reporting practice guidelines is often poor, and there is no widely accepted guidance or standards for such reporting in health care. The international RIGHT (Reporting Items for practice Guidelines in HealThcare) Working Group was established to address this gap. The group followed an existing framework for developing guidelines for health research reporting and the EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) Network approach. It developed a checklist and an explanation and elaboration statement. The RIGHT checklist includes 22 items that are considered essential for good reporting of practice guidelines: basic information (items 1 to 4), background (items 5 to 9),…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 44.77
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 42
Authors
22- YCYaolong ChenCorresponding
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Cochrane, American College of Physicians, McMaster University, Sorbonne Université, Peking University, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, University of Split, University of East Anglia, American University of Beirut, Taipei Medical University
- KYKehu Yang
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Peking University, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Sorbonne Université, American College of Physicians, American University of Beirut, University of Split, Taipei Medical University, University of East Anglia, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, McMaster University, Cochrane
- AMAna Marušić
American University of Beirut, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, University of Split, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Taipei Medical University, American College of Physicians, Cochrane, University of East Anglia, McMaster University, Peking University, Sorbonne Université, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
- AQAmir Qaseem
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, American College of Physicians, American University of Beirut, University of East Anglia, Taipei Medical University, McMaster University, Cochrane, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Peking University, Sorbonne Université, University of Split
- JJJoerg J Meerpohl
Taipei Medical University, University of Split, American College of Physicians, Sorbonne Université, McMaster University, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, University of East Anglia, American University of Beirut, Cochrane, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Peking University
Topics & keywords
- Checklist
- Medicine
- Guideline
- Health care
- Transparency (behavior)
- Quality assurance
- Quality (philosophy)
- MEDLINE