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Table 2 Clinical practice guideline author agreement with Rules Document

From: Designing an automated clinical decision support system to match clinical practice guidelines for opioid therapy for chronic pain

Rule Category

Agreement (%)

Clarification (%)

 

Round one

Round two

Round one

Round two

Drug recommendations overall

82

79

24

21

   1) Initiation dosing

93

43

7

64

   2) Titration dosing

89

89

11

0

   3) Switching dosing

100

100

14

0

   4) Cessation dosing

28

100

86

0

   5) Medication choice

-

100

-

0

Contraindications/warnings overall

84

86

44

12

   1) Medical contraindications

80

69

75

0

   2) Psychiatric contraindications

94

89

30

15

   3) Psychosocial contraindications

63

100

47

0

Patient eligibility and exclusion

66

100

44

0

  1. % Agreement indicates the percentage of rules in each category for which all three authors indicated agreement. % Clarification indicates the percentage of rules in each category where at least one author identified problems with the rule that needed to be addressed to ensure agreement with the CPG.