Reporting Interest-Holder Engagement in Practice Guidelines: The RIGHT-MuSE Checklist
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: As part of the development of practice guidelines, developers need to systematically engage relevant interest-holder groups. The Reporting Items for practice Guidelines in HealThcare (RIGHT) checklist for reporting practice guidelines lacks detailed guidance on how to report the engagement process. OBJECTIVE: To develop a standardized checklist for reporting interest-holder engagement in practice guidelines, named the RIGHT-MuSE checklist. DESIGN: The development process followed the methods recommended by the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR) Network, as well as lessons learned from the development of the RIGHT statement and its extensions. Key steps included developing the protocol, registering the project, establishing a working group, conducting background work, generating an initial list of items, conducting a consensus survey, holding panel discussions, and creating the final RIGHT-MuSE checklist and an accompanying explanation and elaboration document. SETTING: International collaboration. PARTICIPANTS: 25 panelists from various guideline development interest-holder groups. MEASUREMENTS: Consensus agreement on checklist items. RESULTS: The final RIGHT-MuSE checklist consists of 11 items covering the guidance used, methods of engagement, characteristics of interest-holders, evaluation of engagement, and management of conflicts of interest. The checklist is supplemented with a glossary of key terms and detailed explanations for each item to facilitate its use. LIMITATION: The RIGHT-MuSE checklist has not been evaluated in a broader context or widely applied in real-world guideline development processes. CONCLUSION: Guideline developers can use the RIGHT-MuSE checklist to comprehensively report on interest-holder engagement. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: The Vincent and Lily Woo Foundation.
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine
Authors: Xuan Yu, Lili Zeidan, Joanne Khabsa, Jennifer Petkovic, Thomas Agoritsas, Imad Bou Akl, Lubna A. Al-Ansary, Yasser Sami Amer, Asma Ben Brahem, Stephanie Chang, Thomas Concannon, Ivan D. Florez, Mouna Jameleddine, Lyubov Lytvyn, Ana Marušić, Michael McCaul, Lorenzo Moja, Celeste Naude, Marisha Palm, Jordi Pardo Pardo, Michael Saginur, Rebekah Thomas, David Tovey, Liliya Eugenevna Ziganshina, Peter Tugwell, Vivian Welch, Janne Estill, Zhaoxiang Bian, Yaolong Chen, Elie A. Akl
Institutions: Hong Kong Baptist University, American University of Beirut, University of Ottawa, Bruyere Health Research Institute, University Hospital of Geneva, McMaster University, American University of Beirut Medical Center, King Saud University, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Universidade de São Paulo, King Saud Medical City, King Khalid University Hospital, American College of Physicians, Tufts University, RAND Corporation, Universidad de Antioquia, University of Split, Stellenbosch University, World Health Organization, Tufts Medical Center, Montfort Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Kazan State Medical University, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Geneva, Lanzhou University, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7166514155