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. 2007 Nov 21;23(1):37–44. doi: 10.1007/s11606-007-0440-9

Table 5.

Clinical Acceptability Appraisal: Summary of Panel Judgments Regarding Guideline Perceived Comprehensiveness and Perceived Validity for 16 Selected Topics, Any Residual Guideline Content Aside from Those 16 Topics, and Overall

  AAOS ACOEM Intracorp McK ODG
Perceived comprehensiveness of 16 topics, fraction (%)
Not comprehensive
 All 16 topics 11/16 (69) 4/16 (25) 0/16 (0) 2/16 (13) 2/16 (13)
Intermediate
 All 16 topics 2/16 (25) 6/16 (38) 5/16 (31) 6/16 (38) 6/16 (38)
 Topics covered* 2/5 (40) 6/12 (50) 5/16 (31) 6/14 (43) 6/14 (43)
Comprehensive
 All 16 topics 3/16 (19) 6/16 (38) 11/16 (69) 8/16 (50) 8/16 (50)
 Topics covered* 3/5 (60) 6/12 (50) 11/16 (69) 8/14 (57) 8/14 (57)
Residual content Not comprehensive Comprehensive Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate
Overall Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate
Perceived validity of topics covered, fraction (%)
Not valid
 Topics covered* 0/5 (0) 0/12 (0) 5/16 (31) 0/14 (0) 0/14 (0)
Uncertain
 Topics covered* 3/5 (60) 6/12 (50) 10/16 (63) 8/14 (57) 9/14 (64)
Valid
 Topics covered* 2/5 (40) 6/12 (50) 1/16 (6) 6/14 (43) 5/14 (36)
Residual content N/A Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain Uncertain
Overall Valid Valid Not Valid Uncertain Uncertain

*Excludes topics that were judged not comprehensive on the assumption that the guideline was not intended to cover those topics. For example, if 11 of 16 guidelines were judged “not comprehensive” then the guideline covered 5 of the 16 topics and only those 5 topics are included in this denominator.