The strength of our approach is that it was developed in accordance with current recommendations for the development of reporting guidelines, using an international and multidisciplinary team of editors and content experts in economic evaluation and reporting [ 22].
Since development of reporting guidelines is complex and time-consuming, developers should first consider whether a requirement exists for a new or extended reporting guidelines, or if the existing ones should continue to be used.
The North Carolina study emphasizes community involvement in the development of report-back protocols to address the interests and concerns of study participants: In terms of the ambiguity, [the participants] thought it was important that the scientists present la verdad (the truth).
Promoting the use of the Guidance might improve the development of reporting guidelines.
UNICEF supports the prevention of violence against children in Indonesia and the urgent development of reporting mechanisms on child abuse.
Moher and colleagues have outlined the importance of a structured approach to the development of reporting guidelines [ 6].
In recent years, the need to establish common, minimum standards of quality resulted in the development of reporting guidelines.
This knowledge led to development of reports and rules based alerts and reminders for use in daily clinical practice.
With considerable investment in the development of reporting guidelines, a large number of new, updated, and expanded reporting guidelines have become available since 2010.
Development of reporting guidelines to assist authors in writing and readers in critically appraising reports of network meta-analyses is timely.
