Publishing clinical prActice GuidelinEs (PAGE): Recommendations from editors and reviewers

Nan Yang; Wei Zhao; Wen-An Qi; Chen Yao; Chong-Ya Dong; Zhen-Guo Zhai; Tong Chen; En-Mei Liu; Guo-Bao Li; You-Lin Long; Xin-Yi Wang; Zi-Jun Wang; Ruo-Bing Lei; Qi Zhou; Yao-Long Chen; Liang Du; TERM working group

doi:10.1016/j.cjtee.2022.06.007

Publishing clinical prActice GuidelinEs (PAGE): Recommendations from editors and reviewers

Chin J Traumatol. 2022 Nov;25(6):312-316. doi: 10.1016/j.cjtee.2022.06.007. Epub 2022 Jun 27.

Authors

Nan Yang¹, Wei Zhao², Wen-An Qi³, Chen Yao⁴, Chong-Ya Dong⁴, Zhen-Guo Zhai⁵, Tong Chen⁶, En-Mei Liu⁷, Guo-Bao Li⁸, You-Lin Long⁹, Xin-Yi Wang¹⁰, Zi-Jun Wang¹, Ruo-Bing Lei¹¹, Qi Zhou¹, Yao-Long Chen¹², Liang Du¹³; TERM working group

Affiliations

¹ Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
² Editor-in-Chief Office, Chinese Medical Association Publishing House, Beijing, 100052, China.
³ Editorial Department, British Medical Journal (Chinese Edition), Chinese Medical Association Publishing House, Beijing, 100052, China.
⁴ Department of Biostatistics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China; Clinical Research Institute, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
⁵ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, China; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, 100029, China.
⁶ Department of Hematology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China; Institute of Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
⁷ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China; National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders Chongqing, 400014, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, 400014, China.
⁸ National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518112, China.
⁹ Medical Device Regulatory Research and Evaluation Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China; Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
¹⁰ Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
¹¹ National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders Chongqing, 400014, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, 400014, China; Chevidence Lab of Child & Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatric Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China.
¹² Research Unit of Evidence-Based Evaluation and Guidelines (2021RU017), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Guidelines and Standards Research Center, Chinese Medical Association Publishing House, Beijing, 100052, China; WHO Collaborating Centre for Guideline Implementation and Knowledge Translation, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China. Electronic address: chenyaolong@lzu.edu.cn.
¹³ Medical Device Regulatory Research and Evaluation Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China; Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. Electronic address: duliang0606@vip.sina.com.

Abstract

Transparency Ecosystem for Research and Journals in Medicine (TERM) working group summarized the essential recommendations that should be considered to review and publish a high-quality guideline. These recommendations from editors and reviewers included 10 components of essential requirements: systematic review of existing relevant guidelines, guideline registration, guideline protocol, stakeholders, conflicts of interest, clinical questions, systematic reviews, recommendation consensus, guideline reporting and external review. TERM working group abbreviates them as PAGE (essential requirements for Publishing clinical prActice GuidelinEs), and recommends guideline authors, editors, and peer reviewers to use them for high-quality guidelines.

Keywords: Editor; Guidelines; Peer review; Recommendations; Transparency.

MeSH terms

Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic*