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. 2023 Jul 11;23:230. doi: 10.1186/s12906-023-04062-0

Table 2.

Average Appraisal Scores and Average Overall Assessments of Each Guideline

Guideline Metric Appraiser 1 Appraiser 2 Average Standard Deviation

Raine et al. 2022 [37] & Spinelli et al. 2022 [38]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 5.5 5.5 5.5 0.0
Overall Assessment 6.0 5.0 5.5 0.7

Raine et al. 2022 [37] & Spinelli et al. 2022 [38]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 4.2 4.0 4.1 0.0
Overall Assessment 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Lodyga et al. 2021 [42]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 3.9 4.0 3.9 0.0
Overall Assessment 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Lodyga et al. 2021 [42]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 3.0 3.3 3.1 0.2
Overall Assessment 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Miehlke et al. 2021 [43]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 5.0 4.7 4.8 0.2
Overall Assessment 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0

Miehlke et al. 2021 [43]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 4.1 4.1 4.1 0.0
Overall Assessment 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Levine et al. 2020 [47]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 3.9 3.8 3.9 0.1
Overall Assessment 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Levine et al. 2020 [47]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.0
Overall Assessment 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0

Colombel et al. 2019 [48]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 3.7 3.5 3.6 0.2
Overall Assessment 4.0 3.0 3.5 0.7

Colombel et al. 2019 [48]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 3.5 3.1 3.3 0.3
Overall Assessment 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0

Ko et al. 2019 [53]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 4.8 4.7 4.8 0.1
Overall Assessment 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0

Ko et al. 2019 [53]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 4.3 4.0 4.2 0.2
Overall Assessment 4.0 3.0 3.5 0.7
Kucharzik et al. 2019 [54] (Overall) Appraisal Score 5.5 5.4 5.5 0.1
Overall Assessment 6.0 5.0 5.5 0.7
Kucharzik et al. 2019 [54] (CAM Section) Appraisal Score 4.9 5.0 4.9 0.1
Overall Assessment 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0
Panaccione et al. 2019a [56] & Panaccione et al. 2019b [57] (Overall) Appraisal Score 5.2 5.4 5.3 0.2
Overall Assessment 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0
Panaccione et al. 2019a [56] & Panaccione et al. 2019b [57] (CAM Section) Appraisal Score 4.3 4.6 4.4 0.2
Overall Assessment 4.0 5.0 4.5 0.7

Sood et al. 2019 [59]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 4.4 4.5 4.4 0.1
Overall Assessment 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Sood et al. 2019 [59]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 3.8 4.0 3.9 0.1
Overall Assessment 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Forbes et al. 2017 [66]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 4.7 4.7 4.7 0.0
Overall Assessment 5.0 4.0 4.5 0.7
Forbes et al. 2017 [66] (CAM Section) Appraisal Score 4.5 4.3 4.4 0.1
Overall Assessment 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Nguyen et al. 2017 [68]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 4.9 5.0 4.9 0.0
Overall Assessment 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0

Nguyen et al. 2017 [68]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 4.0 3.8 3.9 0.2
Overall Assessment 4.0 3.0 3.5 0.7

Bernstein et al. 2016 [69]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 3.5 4.0 3.7 0.3
Overall Assessment 3.0 4.0 3.5 0.7

Bernstein et al. 2016 [69]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 2.9 2.7 2.8 0.2
Overall Assessment 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0

Harbord et al. 2016 [70]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 3.8 3.2 3.5 0.5
Overall Assessment 4.0 3.0 3.5 0.7

Harbord et al. 2016 [70]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 3.0 2.7 2.8 0.2
Overall Assessment 4.0 3.0 3.5 0.7

Bressler et al. 2015 [71]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 4.8 5.0 4.9 0.1
Overall Assessment 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0

Bressler et al. 2015 [71]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 4.1 4.3 4.2 0.2
Overall Assessment 4.0 5.0 4.5 0.7

Eliadou et al. 2015 [72]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 3.4 3.6 3.5 0.1
Overall Assessment 4.0 3.0 3.5 0.7

Eliadou et al. 2015 [72]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 2.8 2.7 2.7 0.1
Overall Assessment 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0

Fichera & Zoccali 2015 [73]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 3.3 3.0 3.2 0.2
Overall Assessment 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0

Fichera & Zoccali 2015 [73]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 2.6 2.3 2.5 0.2
Overall Assessment 3.0 2.0 2.5 0.7

Lee et al. 2014 [77]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 5.0 5.2 5.1 0.1
Overall Assessment 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0

Lee et al. 2014 [77]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 4.2 4.2 4.2 0.0
Overall Assessment 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Ueno et al. 2013 [83]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 4.6 4.7 4.6 0.0
Overall Assessment 4.0 5.0 4.5 0.7

Ueno et al. 2013 [83]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 3.7 3.7 3.7 0.0
Overall Assessment 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Mowat et al. 2011 [85]

(Overall)

Appraisal Score 4.7 4.8 4.8 0.1
Overall Assessment 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0

Mowat et al. 2011 [85]

(CAM Section)

Appraisal Score 3.8 4.0 3.9 0.1
Overall Assessment 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0