Table 1.

The AGREE II Domain-Standardized Scores for CPG on Alzheimeŕs Dementia Diagnostic Recommendations.

Guideline	Organization	Publication Year	Country and Language	Scope and Purpose	Stakeholder Involvement	Rigor of Development	Clarity of Presentation	Applicability	Editorial Independence
Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in Brazil16,17	Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology	2005	Brazil, Portuguese	64	26	57	88	18	15
Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care 18	National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) & Social Care Institute for Excellence	2006	United Kingdom, English	92	88	83	86	65	77
Management of patients with dementia: A national clinical guideline 19	Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network	2006	United Kingdom, English	69	64	92	93	93	58
Recommendations for best practices in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in managed care 31	The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation	2006	United States, English	74	64	49	86	29	40
Dementia 21	Ministry of Health, Singapore	2007	Singapore, English	86	69	49	90	52	4
Cognitive impairment in the elderly recognition, diagnosis, and management 20	British Columbia Medical Association	2007	Canada, English	68	17	16	72	29	10
Diagnosis and treatment of dementia23–29	Third Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia	2008	Canada, English	68	57	74	93	24	92
Guideline for Alzheimer’s disease management 22	California Workgroup on Guidelines for Alzheimer’s Disease Management	2008	United States, English	76	53	38	75	22	19
Management of dementia 36	Ministry of Health, Malaysia	2009	Malaysia, English	99	71	81	93	34	94
Dementia: diagnosis and treatment guideline 33	Group Health Cooperative	2009	United States, English	26	22	18	49	11	8
Clinical practice guideline. Diagnosis and treatment of dementia in elderly in primary care 35	Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social	2009	México, Spanish	92	53	51	54	21	48
Clinical practice guideline about comprehensive care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias 34	Agència d’Informació, Avaluació i Qualitat en Salut de Cataluña	2010	Spain, Spanish	100	88	80	92	38	92
EFNS guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Alzheimeŕs disease. 30	European Federation of Neurological Societies	2010	International (Europe), English	65	47	70	88	28	83
Dementia: Diagnosis and Treatment 37	Regional Health Council—Tuscany	2011	Italy, English	75	63	27	79	3	15
Alzheimer’s disease. Clinical practice guideline 32	Argentine Neurological Society Research Group on Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neurosciences	2011	Argentina, Spanish	76	49	44	63	20	58
Mean scores				75.4	55.3	55.3	80.0	32.4	47.5
Range				26-100	17-88	16-92	49-93	3-93	4-94

Abbreviations: CPG, clinical practice guideline; EFNS, European Federation of Neurological Societies.