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Table 6 AGREE II overall assessment of the most often overlapping CPGs (assessed by at least five appraisals)

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

CPG

OA 1 (0-100 scale) Median (Q1-Q3) (No. of available assessments)

OA 1 (1-7 scale) Median (Q1-Q3) (No. of available assessments)

OA 2 No. of overall ratingsa

Quality rating No. of overall ratings

NICE 2016 [63]

88 (83-92.4)

(n=5)

6 (5.5-7)

(n=3)

3/5 Yes

2/5 Raw

3/3 High

ACP 2017 [47]

77 (68.3-82)

(n=4)

5 (5-5.5)

(n=3)

1/4 Yes

2/4 Yes with modifications

1/4 Raw

2/3 Moderate

1/3 Low

APS 2009 [65]

-

5.6 (5.1-6.0)

(n=4)

1/2 Yes

1/2 Yes with modifications

1/2 High

1/2 Satisfactory

APTA 2012 [56]

55 [44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65, 86, 87]

(n=3)

4.8

(n=2)

2/3 Yes with modifications

1/3 Raw

3/3 Low

KCE 2017 [43]

83.3 [41, 61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81, 86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103]

(n=3)

5 (4.5-6)

(n=3)

3/4 Yes

1/4 Yes with modifications

3/4 High

1/4 Moderate

CCGPP 2016 [55]

44 (29.2-47)

(n=3)

5

(n=2)

1/3 Yes with modifications

1/3 No

1/3 Raw

2/2 High

  1. OA1, Overall assessment 1; OA2, Overall assessment 2
  2. aFrequency of ratings across appraisals (e.g., 3 out of 5 appraisals judged “Yes”)
  3. Raw, raw recommendations for use within the same appraisal (e.g., one rater in NG 2021 judged “Yes” and one judged “yes with modification”
  4. ACP American College of Physicians, APS American Pain Society, APTA American Physical Therapy Association, CCGPP Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters, KCE Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence