What tools and checklists have been developed to assess the quality of the methodological process for guideline development?
Several tools and checklists have been developed to assess the quality of the methodological process for guideline development. These include the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) criteria,446 the Conference on Guideline Standardization (COGS) checklist,447 and the Institute of Medicine's recent Standards for Systematic and Clinical Practice Guideines We Can Trust.449 Table 17 and Supplementary Appdenix 2 online show, respectively, the COGS criteria and the Institute of Medicine standards, and how each one of them is addressed in this Guideline.