Table 3.
Summary and comparison of the strength and direction of all identified recommendations categorized by topic
| Topic | Number of guidelines |
Number of recommendations |
Grade of recommendations | Direction of recommendations | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong | Moderate | Weak | Very weak | Based on EC | PP/Other | In favor of intervention |
Against intervention |
Neither for nor against intervention |
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| Overall | 10 | 549 (100%) | 30% | 11% | 23% | 10% | 24% | 2% | 45% | 38% | 16% |
| Assessment and diagnosis | 8 | 82 (15%) | 35% | 7% | 21% | 12% | 23% | 1% | 48% | 39% | 13% |
| Non-pharmacological interventions | 10 | 255 (46%) | 30% | 12% | 24% | 10% | 21% | 3% | 50% | 32% | 18% |
| Pharmacological interventions | 9 | 145 (26%) | 28% | 11% | 20% | 9% | 28% | 3% | 36% | 49% | 16% |
| Invasive treatment | 8 | 42 (8%) | 19% | 10% | 26% | 14% | 29% | 2% | 21% | 52% | 26% |
| Multimodal pain management | 7 | 25 (5%) | 28% | 8% | 36% | 4% | 24% | 0% | 88% | 12% | 0% |
EC = expert consensus; PP = practice point.