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. 2010 Apr 12;5:26. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-26

Table 2.

Clinical practice guideline author agreement with Rules Document

Rule Category Agreement (%) Clarification (%)
Round one Round two Round one Round two

Drug recommendations overall 82 79 24 21

 1) Initiation dosing 93 43 7 64

 2) Titration dosing 89 89 11 0

 3) Switching dosing 100 100 14 0

 4) Cessation dosing 28 100 86 0

 5) Medication choice - 100 - 0

Contraindications/warnings overall 84 86 44 12

 1) Medical contraindications 80 69 75 0

 2) Psychiatric contraindications 94 89 30 15

 3) Psychosocial contraindications 63 100 47 0

Patient eligibility and exclusion 66 100 44 0

% Agreement indicates the percentage of rules in each category for which all three authors indicated agreement. % Clarification indicates the percentage of rules in each category where at least one author identified problems with the rule that needed to be addressed to ensure agreement with the CPG.