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. 2012 Feb 9:1:3.
doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-1-3.

Prospective systematic review registration: perspective from the Guidelines International Network (G-I-N)

Philip Van der Wees  1 , Amir Qaseem, Minna Kaila, Guenter Ollenschlaeger, Richard Rosenfeld; Board of Trustees of the Guidelines International Network (G-I-N)
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Prospective systematic review registration: perspective from the Guidelines International Network (G-I-N)

Philip Van der Wees et al. Syst Rev. .

Abstract

Clinical practice and public health guidelines are important tools for translating research findings into practice with the aim of assisting health practitioners as well as patients and consumers in health behavior and healthcare decision-making. Numerous programs for guideline development exist around the world, with growing international collaboration to improve their quality. One of the key features in developing trustworthy guidelines is that recommendations should be based on high-quality systematic reviews of the best available evidence. The review process used by guideline developers to identify and grade relevant evidence for developing recommendations should be systematic, transparent and unbiased. In this paper, we provide an overview of current international developments in the field of practice guidelines and methods to develop guidelines, with a specific focus on the role of systematic reviews. The Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) aims to stimulate collaboration between guideline developers and systematic reviewers to optimize the use of available evidence in guideline development and to increase efficiency in the guideline development process. Considering the significant benefit of systematic reviews for the guideline community, the G-I-N Board of Trustees supports the international prospective register of systematic reviews (PROSPERO) initiative. G-I-N also recently launched a Data Extraction Resource (GINDER) to present and share data extracted from individual studies in a standardized template. PROSPERO and GINDER are complementary tools to enhance collaboration between guideline developers and systematic reviewers to allow for alignment of activities and a reduction in duplication of effort.

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