Table 1.
Relevance to primary care of recommendations, and of publications cited as evidence, for all included clinical guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
| Clinical guideline and development center | Recommendations |
Publications |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total in guideline, N | PCR, N | PCR and evidence based, N (%) | Cited as evidence, N | PCR, N (%) | |
| National Clinical Guideline Centre | |||||
| CG95 Chest pain of recent onset | 89 | 48 | 48 (54) | 48 | 20 (42) |
| CG97 Lower urinary tract symptoms | 82 | 48 | 22 (27) | 92 | 13 (14) |
| CG100 Alcohol-use disorders | 37 | 15 | 5 (14) | 22 | 2 (9) |
| CG101 Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseasea | 12 | 12 | 10 (83) | 24 | 9 (38) |
| CG103 Delirium | 27 | 27 | 24 (89) | 129 | 8 (6) |
| CG108 Chronic heart failurea | 25 | 22 | 17 (68) | 48 | 5 (10) |
| CG109 Transient loss of consciousness | 41 | 28 | 17 (41) | 35 | 21 (60) |
| CG111 Nocturnal enuresis | 99 | 93 | 39 (39) | 103 | 35 (34) |
| CG126 Stable angina | 50 | 32 | 19 (38) | 35 | 9 (26) |
| CG127 Hypertensiona | 37 | 37 | 24 (65) | 147 | 66 (45) |
| Subtotal | 499 | 362 | 225 (45) | 683 | 188 (28) |
| National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health | |||||
| CG113 Generalised anxiety disordera | 49 | 46 | 35 (71) | 124 | 58 (47) |
| CG120 Psychosis with coexisting substance misuse | 78 | 45 | 20 (26) | 27 | 14 (52) |
| CG123 Common mental health disorders | 69 | 68 | 23 (33) | 63 | 45 (71) |
| CG133 Self-harm (longer term management) | 57 | 51 | 24 (42) | 147 | 66 (45) |
| Subtotal | 253 | 210 | 102 (40) | 361 | 183 (51) |
| National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health | |||||
| CG99 Constipation in children and young people | 46 | 37 | 33 (72) | 75 | 13 (17) |
| CG102 Bacterial meningitis | 111 | 22 | 18 (16) | 35 | 11 (31) |
| CG110 Pregnancy and complex social factors | 53 | 53 | 53 (100) | 137 | 101 (74) |
| CG128 Autism in children and young people | 69 | 35 | 6 (9) | 91 | 52 (57) |
| Subtotal | 279 | 147 | 110 (75) | 338 | 177 (52) |
| National Collaborating Center for Cancer | |||||
| CG121 Lung cancera | 91 | 11 | 11 (12) | 12 | 1 (8) |
| CG122 Ovarian cancer | 27 | 11 | 11 (41) | 30 | 12 (40) |
| Subtotal | 118 | 22 | 22 (100) | 42 | 13 (31) |
| NICE Internal Short Clinical Guideline Technical Team | |||||
| CG96 Neuropathic pain | 17 | 17 | 17 (100) | 95 | 12 (13) |
| CG116 Food allergy in children and young people | 19 | 19 | 19 (100) | 54 | 17 (31) |
| Subtotal | 36 | 36 | 36 (100) | 149 | 29 (19) |
| Total | 1,185 | 777 | 495 (42) | 1,573 | 590 (38) |
Abbreviation: PCR, primary care relevant.
a
Update of existing guidelines with only new recommendations included.