Table 2.
Strength of Recommendation and Quality of Evidence for GRADEd Recommendations Stratified by Domain of Disease Management
| Strength of Recommendation, n (%)a,b | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | Treatment | Prevention | Other | |||||
| Quality of Evidence | Weak | Strong | Weak | Strong | Weak | Strong | Weak | Strong |
| High | 1 (0.4) | 20 (8.4) | 2 (0.3) | 54 (7.6%) | 0 | 20 (26.3) | 0 | 2 (2.7) |
| Moderate | 13 (5.5) | 82 (34.6) | 29 (4.1) | 204 (28.7) | 5 (6.6) | 21 (27.6) | 3 (4.1) | 16 (21.9) |
| Low | 48 (20.3) | 52 (21.9) | 117 (16.5) | 238 (33.5) | 12 (15.8) | 15 (19.7) | 27 (37.0) | 22 (30.1) |
| Very low | 14 (5.9) | 7 (3.0) | 32 (4.5) | 35 (4.9) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (2.6) | 0 | 3 (4.1) |
| Total | 76 (32.1) | 161 (67.9) | 180 (25.3) | 531 (74.7) | 18 (23.7) | 58 (76.3) | 30 (41.1) | 43 (58.9) |
Abbreviations: GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation.
aPercentages represent overall percentages within each domain of disease management.
bTotal number of observations exceeds 1042 because some recommendations were designated as pertaining to more than 1 domain.