Table 2.

Clinical practice guideline scores.

Guideline	Mean scores (% [SD])						Overall assessment (%, [SD])	Raters that would recommend, n = 3 raters
	(1) Scope and purpose	(2) Stakeholder involvement	(3) Rigor of development	(4) Clarity of presentation	(5) Applicability	(6) Editorial independence		Yes	Yes, with modifications
Drake et al. [10]	33.3 [11.1]	35.2 [8.5]	16.7 [7.3]	31.5 [8.5]	6.9 [4.8]	11.1 [12.7]	5.6 [9.6]	0	0
CCA/CAN [11]	81.5 [3.2]	96.3 [3.2]	92.6 [20.1]	75.9 [23.1]	68.1 [18.8]	80.6 [12.7]	77.8 [9.6]	2	1
de Berker et al. [12]	35.2 [21.0]	31.5 [30.6]	52.8 [11.1]	70.4 [13.9]	31.9 [23.7]	33.3 [36.3]	38.9 [25.5]	1	2
Stockfleth and Kerl (2006) [13]	53.7 [17.9]	29.6 [3.2]	69.4 [18.2]	29.6 [13.9]	20.8 [11.0]	38.9 [19.2]	27.8 [25.5]	1	2
Stockfleth et al. (2008) [14]	87.0 [8.5]	51.9 [32.6]	47.2 [12.1]	59.3 [21.0]	31.9 [8.7]	8.3 [8.3]	27.8 [9.6]	0	2
Stockfleth et al. (2011) [15]	24.1 [8.5]	16.7 [0]	35.2 [8.0]	35.2 [11.6]	13.9 [2.4]	44.4 [4.8]	33.3 [16.7]	0	2
Rossi et al. [16]	37.0 [28.0]	18.5 [17.9]	24.1 [11.2]	55.6 [30.9]	26.4 [8.7]	8.3 [14.4]	22.2 [25.5]	0	1
Mean score for domain	50.2 [27.2]	39.9 [30.3]	48.3 [27.4]	51.1 [24.1]	28.6 [21.7]	32.1 [29.1]	33.3 [26.4]

SD = standard deviation.