AGREE II
The Appraisal of Guidelines for REsearch & Evaluation (AGREE) Instrument was developed to address the issue of variability in guideline quality.
To that end, the AGREE instrument is a tool that assesses the methodological rigour and transparency in which a guideline is developed.
The purpose of the AGREE II, is to provide a framework to:
- assess the quality of guidelines;
- provide a methodological strategy for the development of guidelines; and
- inform what information and how information ought to be reported in guidelines.