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Table 1 Validity assessment of the STRICTA 2010 on reporting guidelines development process

From: STRICTA: is it time to do more?

Step

Item No.

Item

Satisfaction of STRICTA 2010

Initial steps

1

Identify the need for a guideline

Yes

2

Review the literature

Yes

3

Obtain funding for the guideline initiative

Yes

Pre-meeting activities

4

Identify participants

Yes

5

Conduct a Delphi exercise

No

6

Generate a list of items for consideration at the face-to-face meeting

No

7

Prepare for the face-to-face meeting

No

Face-to-face consensus meeting itself

8

Present and discuss results of pre-meeting activities and relevant evidence

No

Post-meeting activities

9

Develop the guidance statement

Yes

10

Develop an explanatory document (E&E)

Yes

11

Develop a publication strategy

Yes

Post-publication activities

12

Seek and deal with feedback and criticism

Yes

13

Encourage guideline endorsement

Yes

14

Support adherence to the guideline

No

15

Evaluate the impact of the reporting guidance

No

16

Develop Web site

Yes

17

Translate guideline

Yes

18

Update guideline

No

  1. Structured according to the EQUATOR Guidance for Developers of Health Research Reporting Guidelines [21]
  2. E&E: explanation and elaboration