Library of risk of bias tools

AGREE II

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Tool area Health
Link to the tool AGREE II tool

Details

Website https://www.agreetrust.org/resource-centre/agree-ii/
Primary publication Brouwers MC, Kho ME, Browman GP, Burgers JS, Cluzeau F, Feder G, Fervers B, Graham ID, Grimshaw J, Hanna SE, Littlejohns P, Makarski J, Zitzelsberger L; AGREE Next Steps Consortium. AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care. CMAJ. 2010 Dec 14;182(18):E839-42.
DOI 10.1503/cmaj.090449
Guidance document AGREE II guidance
Training

AGREE II training tools: https://www.agreetrust.org/resource-centre/agree-ii/agree-ii-training-tools/

https://www.agreetrust.org/resource-centre/agree-ii/agree-ii-training-tools/https://www.agreetrust.org/resource-centre/agree-ii/faq-agree-ii-2/

Language English
Translations

Multiple translations available, see here for link: https://www.agreetrust.org/resource-centre/agree-ii/agree-ii-translations/

Record last updated 10/01/2025

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Evaluations

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Key Criteria

Focuses on risk of bias, or makes a distinction between items that assess risk of bias and other aspects of study quality No
Offers a method to reach either a domain specific or overall assessment of risk of bias Yes
Tool development involving a range of stakeholders from different disciplines (e.g. methodologists, statisticians, clinicians) Yes
Avoids recommending use of summary numerical quality scores No