To summarise the method for developing practice guidelines and describes the rules for rating and analysis of the scores, according to the "Formal consensus" method used by the French National Authority for Health (HAS)
Date
December 2010
Summary
As a consensus method, its purpose is to formalise the degree of agreement among experts by identifying and selecting, through iterative ratings with feedback, the points on which experts agree and the points on which they disagree or are undecided. The guidelines are subsequently based on agreement points.
As a practice guideline method, its purpose is the drafting of a small number of concise unambiguous recommendations, which address the questions asked.
It is a rigorous and explicit method based on the involvement of professionals in the field to which the guideline relates and of patient or user representatives, on the use of an external peer review phase, and on transparency, independence of development, and prevention and management of conflicts of interest.
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