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. 2021 Oct 5;7(6):e185. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2021.1020

Table 2.

Quality assessment AGREE-II scores (n = 10)

Clinical practice guideline Agree-II domain Rating
Scope and purpose Stakeholder involvement Rigor of development Clarity of presentation Applicability Editorial independence Combined overall rating Three key domains scorea Non-key domains scoreb
Grupo de Trabajo, 201838 100 83 71 89 58 100 83 85 82
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 201937 83 72 72 83 83 92 92 79 83
MacQueen et al, 201641 89 78 70 67 60 83 75 77 72
Beyond Blue, 201142 69 81 63 92 52 83 83 76 71
Cheung et al, 201843 97 75 82 92 42 71 83 76 77
Driot et al, 202044 67 83 44 44 29 75 50 67 47
Seo et al, 201845 75 64 50 78 56 71 67 62 70
Ministerio de Salud, 2013a46 89 61 58 72 29 42 67 54 63
Garland et al, 201647 78 53 63 56 48 42 58 53 61
Ministerio de Salud, 2013b48 83 61 67 67 29 25 67 51 60

AGREE-II, Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation, Second Edition.

a.

Three key domains (stakeholder involvement, rigor of development, editorial independence).

b.

Non-key domains (scope and purpose, clarity of presentation, applicability); high-quality score ≥70; minimum quality score 50 to <70; low-quality score <50.