European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Publications Policy – Update 2020

1. Publication types

Because of the new educational and other activities launched by the ESGE Governing Board and its Committees/Working Groups, ESGE now publishes a greater range of documents than described in the 2012 policy document on ESGE guideline development [1]. [Table 1] presents details of the current types of ESGE publications and the corresponding responsible Committees/Working Groups:

Table 1 ESGE documents and responsible committee/working group.

Document type	Aim	Number of members involved	Methodology used					Review/Revision	Responsible Committee
			PICO	Review of evidence	GRADE [2]	Consensus	Other
Guideline	To provide evidence-based recommendations on the clinical and technical applications of GI endoscopy. Guideline development is based on AGREE II criteria [3]	10 – 15	+	+	+	+ (Face-to-face meeting, Delphi)	AGREE II	Peers, MS, IM, GB	Guidelines
Quality Improvement Initiative	To establish performance measures to assess quality of endoscopic procedures	TBD	+	+	+	+ (Face-to-face meeting, Delphi)	ISFU [4]	MS, IM, GB	Quality
Curriculum	To develop training curricula for advanced endoscopic procedures	TBD	+	+	+	+ (Face-to-face meeting, Delphi)	–	Peers, MS, IM, GB	Curriculum Working Group
Position Statement	To provide the opinion of the Governing Board on political and strategic issues or on those scientific fields where there is lack of adequate evidence	TBD	–/+	–/+	–	–/+	TBD	GB +/–MS +/–IM +/–	GB, all Committees
Technical Review	To provide review of new GI endoscopy techniques/ technologies	TBD	–/+	+	–/+	–/+	–	Peers, GB, MS, IM	Research
Cascade Guideline	To adapt ESGE Guidelines to developing countries	4 – 5	–	–	–	+ (Delphi)	Resource-sensitive levels	GB	IAWG
Other	Nonstructured documents such as surveys, research questions, etc	TBD	–/+	–/+	–/+	–/+	TBD	Peers, GB, MS, IM	GB, All committees

AGREE: Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation; GB: Governing Board; GI: gastrointestinal; GRADE: Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation; IAWG: International Affairs Working Group; IM: Individual Members; MS: Member Societies; ISFU: Importance, Scientific acceptability, Feasibility, Usability; PICO: Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome; TBD: To be decided.

• References

• 1 Dumonceau J-M, Hassan C, Riphaus A. et al. European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline Development Policy. Endoscopy 2012; 44: 626-629
• 2 Atkins D, Best D, Briss PA. et al. GRADE Working Group. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ 2004; 328: 1490
• 3 Consortium. TANS. Appraisal of guidelines for research and evaluation II. AGREE II Instrument. 2009: 1-5
• 4 ISFU system. National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC). http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov