Table 2.
Mean AGREE II domain scores for the eight publications classified as the highest methodological level (systematic literature search and structured consensus process by representative experts; S3)
| Authors, reference (ID) | Domain 1 score: scope & purpose | Domain 2 score: stakeholder involvement | Domain 3 score: rigor of development | Domain 4 score: clarity of presentation | Domain 5 score: applicability | Domain 6 score: editorial independence | Rate the overall quality of this guideline | I would recommend this guideline for use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jin, Cai, Cheng, Cheng, Deng, Fan, Fang, Huang, Huang, Huang [19] (358) | 100% | 67% | 77% | 83% | 58% | 100% | 6 | Yes |
| Gralnek, Hassan, Beilenhoff, Antonelli, Ebigbo, Pellisè, Arvanitakis, Bhandari, Bisschops, Van Hooft [16] (302) | 100% | 78% | 94% | 100% | 58% | 100% | 7 | Yes |
| Alhazzani, Møller, Arabi, Loeb, Gong, Fan, Oczkowski, Levy, Derde, Dzierba [15] (76) | 100% | 47% | 85% | 83% | 67% | 100% | 7 | Yes |
| Thomas, Baldwin, Bissett, Boden, Gosselink, Granger, Hodgson, Jones, Kho, Moses [11] (696) | 100% | 67% | 69% | 100% | 71% | 100% | 7 | Yes |
| Sultan, Lim, Altayar, Davitkov, Feuerstein, Siddique, Falck-Ytter, El-Serag [14] (678) | 100% | 89% | 96% | 94% | 63% | 100% | 7 | Yes |
| Motlagh, Yamrali, Azghandi, Azadeh, Vaezi, Ashrafi, Zendehdel, Mirzaei, Basi, Rakhsha [17] (518) | 97% | 69% | 49% | 67% | 46% | 83% | 6 | Yes |
| Rubin, Ryerson, Haramati, Sverzellati, Kanne, Raoof, Schluger, Volpi, Yim, Martin [18] (613) | 100% | 67% | 81% | 100% | 67% | 100% | 7 | Yes |
| Zhao, Xie, Wang [20] (789) | 100% | 56% | 65% | 67% | 75% | 50% | 6.5 | Yes |
AGREE II scores were ranked on a Likert scale from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree.