Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 407-408, June 2011

Comment on: “Evaluation and comparison of guidelines for the management of people with type 2 diabetes from eight European countries” by Stone et al. on behalf of the GUIDANCE study group (Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2010; 87(2): 252–60)

University of Antwerp, Primary and Interdisciplinary Care - Antwerp (PICA), Universiteitsplein 1, 2620 Antwerp (Wilrijk), Antwerp, Belgium

Received 17 January 2010; accepted 15 June 2010. published online 20 July 2010.

Abstract 

The authors compared eight national type 2 diabetes guidelines for key process and outcome indicators. The comparison was performed after accurate selection, and quality of the different guidelines was assessed by means of the AGREE instrument, developed to address the issue of variability in guideline quality. Unless this precise methodological description some concerns remain after reading the paper.

Keywords: Guideline development, Diabetes mellitus type 2

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PII: S0168-8227(10)00320-7

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2010.06.019

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 407-408, June 2011

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