Development process

Our approach

POPCORN-NCD is being developed following the EQUATOR Network methodology for reporting guideline development. This rigorous, internationally-recognized approach ensures:

• Evidence-based content through systematic scoping reviews
• International consensus via multi-round e-Delphi surveys
• Diverse perspectives from researchers, editors, and knowledge users
• Transparent development with open sharing of materials and progress
• Broad applicability across geographical regions and model types

Five-step development process

1

Establish the Scientific Advisory Group

• Agree on the reporting guideline scope
• Provide ongoing guidance on development and implementation strategy

Completed

2

Generate candidate reporting guideline checklist items

• Conduct scoping reviews to extract relevant items for e-Delphi
• Review candidate items to establish the organization, completeness, and redundancy of the candidate items list

In Progress

3

Perform the international e-Delphi survey

• Recruit, screen, and register international participants for the e-Delphi survey
• Conduct a two-round evaluation of candidate items

Upcoming

4

Conduct consensus and writing meetings

• Obtain expert consensus on the final list of checklist items
• Develop the reporting guideline with checklist, explanation and elaboration document, and implementation tools

Upcoming

5

Disseminate the reporting guideline

• Make the reporting guideline available to all stakeholder groups and publish it in an open-access journal with an open license
• Engage with researchers and support the adoption of the reporting guideline

Upcoming