Efficient clinical evaluation of guideline quality: development and testing of a new tool

Table 2 Average % total iCAHE scores (Standard Deviation) (over the three testers) for the six guidelines, and % total score considering all 23 questions in the AGREE II instrument, using the scoring rubric[15]

Guideline	iCAHE	Rank*	AGREE II	Rank
	Total % score		Total % score^§
AANN and ARN [23]	73.8 (4.1)	4	55.9	6
Barbosa [24]	71.4 (0.0)	5	56.7	5
Brain Trauma Foundation [25]	92.9 (0.0)	3	78.1	3
Golisz [26]	73.8 (14.9) ⁺	4	74.5	4
NICE [27]	97.6 (4.1)	2	84.9	2
SIGN [28]	100.0 (0.0)	1	97.3	1

*The guidelines are ranked by quality for each instrument.
^§NB The % total AGREE II scores have no measure of variance.
⁺Significant differences between testers (p < 0.05) are noted in italics for the iCAHE instrument.

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