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. 2014 May 19;9(5):e95369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095369

Table 2. Quality Scores using AGREE II Instruments for included CPGs on RA.

Agree II domains ACR BSR BSR &BHP Eular Forestieret al. Gossecet al. Hurkmanet al. NICE OttawaPanel RACGP SIGN (mn ±SD)
[30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38][42] [43] [44]
Domain 1 17% 83% 89% 17% 86% 89% 47% 75% 97% 97% 81% 70.4%±42%
Domain 2 25% 75% 75% 36% 67% 64% 86% 89% 72% 86% 94% 70.6%±26%
Domain 3 11% 34% 32% 44% 71% 58% 69% 52% 65% 84% 55% 52.4%±23%
Domain 4 11% 83% 67% 14% 100% 39% 94% 39% 61% 100% 97% 64.0%±28%
Domain 5 17% 50% 8% 0% 46% 0% 4% 17% 10% 17% 35% 18.5%±35%
Domain 6 38% 38% 46% 0% 50% 21% 8% 92% 42% 33% 54% 38.3%±23%
Quality of CPGs (mn±SD) 3.5±0.5 4.5±0.71 4.5±0.71 4±1.41 5.5±0.5 5±0 5±0 4±0 5.5±0.71 6.5±0.71 5±1.41 4.8±0.61
Assessed by PR & LB PR &LB PR & LB PR & LB PR & LB PR & LB PR & LB PR & LB PR & KTA PR & LB PR & LB PR & LB

ACR: American College of Rheumatology, BSR: British society of rheumatology; EULAR: The European League against rheumatism; NICE: National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence; SIGN: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network; Inline graphic: mean; SD: standard deviation.