Raising the Quality of Rheumatology Management
Published EULAR management recommendations were identified through the EULAR website. Supporting publications describing the systematic literature review process were also accessed where necessary. Each recommendation was assessed according to the AGREE II tool using the AGREE guideline online appraisal system. The recommendations were scored on each question using the 7-point response scale (from 7 = strongly agree to 1 = strongly disagree), which results in a score for each domain. The recommendations were given an overall quality score and a statement on whether the use of the recommendation could be supported. A summary of the areas assessed by each domain is given in Supplementary Table S1 http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/54/8/1392/suppl/DC1, available at Rheumatology Online, with full details given on the AGREE enterprise website.
Methods
Published EULAR management recommendations were identified through the EULAR website. Supporting publications describing the systematic literature review process were also accessed where necessary. Each recommendation was assessed according to the AGREE II tool using the AGREE guideline online appraisal system. The recommendations were scored on each question using the 7-point response scale (from 7 = strongly agree to 1 = strongly disagree), which results in a score for each domain. The recommendations were given an overall quality score and a statement on whether the use of the recommendation could be supported. A summary of the areas assessed by each domain is given in Supplementary Table S1 http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/54/8/1392/suppl/DC1, available at Rheumatology Online, with full details given on the AGREE enterprise website.