More than one third of clinical practice guidelines on low back pain overlap in AGREE II appraisals. Research wasted?

Table 3 ICC of overlapping CPGs assessed by at least three appraisals

CPG	ICC AVERAGE	CI LOWER	CI UPPER	ICC INDIVIDUAL	CI LOWER	CI UPPER	AGREEMENT
ACP 2017 [47]	0.98	0.95	1.00	0.89	0.72	0.98	Perfect
APTA 2012 [56]	0.96	0.90	0.99	0.77	0.52	0.96	Perfect
APS 2009 [65]	0.96	0.86	0.99	0.82	0.56	0.97	Perfect
ICSI 2018 [44]	0.95	0.77	0.99	0.86	0.53	0.98	Perfect
CAAM 2016 [42]	0.92	0.70	0.99	0.8	0.44	0.97	Perfect
VADOD 2017 [48]	0.92	0.72	0.99	0.74	0.4	0.95	Perfect
DHA 2017 [45]	0.9	0.61	0.98	0.75	0.34	0.95	Perfect
KNGF 2013 [46]	0.89	0.6	0.98	0.66	0.27	0.93	Perfect
OMG 2012 [61]	0.89	0.56	0.98	0.72	0.3	0.95	Perfect
CCGPP 2016 [55]	0.85	0.55	0.98	0.54	0.2	0.89	Perfect
NICE 2016 [63]	0.84	0.54	0.97	0.39	0.13	0.82	Perfect
CHENG 2012 [59]	0.83	0.31	0.97	0.61	0.13	0.92	Perfect
NASS 2014 [51]	0.82	0.33	0.97	0.6	0.14	0.92	Perfect
NASS 2013 [50]	0.70	0.03	0.95	0.43	0.01	0.86	Substantial
ICSI 2012 [54]	0.68	0.01	0.95	0.42	0,00	0.86	Substantial
KCE 2017 [43]	0.66	0.19	0.94	0.25	0.04	0.72	Substantial
SIGN 2013 [62]	0.62	0.00	0.94	0.36	-0.13	0.85	Substantial
PSP 2017 [52]	0.62	0.00	0.93	0.35	-0.01	0.82	Substantial
CCGI 2018 [60]	0.54	0.00	0.92	0.28	-0.06	0.79	Moderate
DAI 2017 [58]	0.46	0.00	0.89	0.22	-0.03	0.72	Moderate
NICE 2009 [64]	0.3	0.00	0.85	0.13	-0.09	0.65	Fair
TOP 2017 [53]	0.16	0.00	0.81	0.06	-0.14	0.59	Slight
ASIPP 2013 [49]	0.14	0.00	0.88	0.04	-0.25	0.65	Slight

ACP American College of Physicians, APS American Pain Society, APTA American Physical Therapy Association, ASIPP American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, CAAM China Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, CCGI Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative, CCGPP Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters, CPG Clinical Practice Guideline, DAI Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, DHA Danish Health Authority, ICC Intraclass Correlation Coefficient, ICSI Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, KCE Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, KNGF Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Fysiotherapie, NASS North American Spine Society, NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, OMG Ottawa Methods Group, PSP Polish Society of Physiotherapy, SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, TOP Toward Optimized Practice Low Back Pain Working Group, VADoD Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Collaboration Office

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