Methodology for clinical practice guidelines-consensus methods for building recommendations
Fan Manru
Shen Quan
Wang Danqi
Zhan Jing
Jin Yinghui.
Abstract：It is an essential part to form recommendation through expert consensus during the development of clinical practice guidelines. This article, by referring to some relevant guideline handbooks, introduced in detail the definition, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, as well as the general process of some major methods to reach a consensus, including the Informal Consensus, the Delphi Method, the Nominal Group Technique, the Consensus Development Conference, the Modified Delphi Methods, the GRADE Grid. Particularly, this article also explained the modified Delphi Methods raised by ASCO(American Society of Clinical Oncology)thoroughly and systematically. It is expected to provide a reference for guideline developer on how to reach consensus when making the recommendation.
Keywords：Guideline developmentRecommendationConsensus method
Publication Date：2019-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 647-653 )