AGREE II: Advancing guideline development, reporting, and evaluation in health care

► AGREE II (Appraisal of Guidelines, for Research, and Evaluation), which comprises 23 items and a user ' s manual, offers refinements of a new way to develop, report, and evaluate practice guidelines. ► Key changes from the original version include a new seven-point response scale, with modifications to half of the items, and a new user ' s manual. ► AGREE II is available online at the AGREE Research Trust website ( www.agreetrust.org ).