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.