Table 4 Practice guideline 2: unresected NSCLC stage IIIA and IIIB Patients
From: A mixed methods approach to understand variation in lung cancer practice and the role of guidelines
Item | Rating percentageA | Mean | SD | Mode | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disagree | Neutral | Agree | ||||
Assessment of the Recommendations | ||||||
a. Aware of the recommendations | 10.0 | 2.5 | 87.5 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 7.0 |
b. Agree with the recommendations | 5.4 | 5.4 | 89.2 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 7.0 |
c. Recommendations are unambiguous | 5.3 | 7.9 | 86.8 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
d. Recommendations are supported by the evidence | 5.3 | 2.6 | 92.1 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
e. Recommendations are current | 2.6 | 10.5 | 86.8 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
f. Recommendations are easy to apply in their clinical context | 5.3 | 7.9 | 86.8 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
g. Recommendations are too rigid for the patients they are intended | 76.3 | 5.3 | 18.4 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
h. Recommendations do not align with how they typically manage these patients | 81.6 | 7.9 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
i. Recommendations apply to the patients they target | 2.6 | 5.3 | 92.1 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
j. Recommendations are biased | 89.7 | 10.3 | 0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
k. Support for the recommendations | 2.6 | 7.7 | 89.7 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 6.0a |
l. Clinical practice of respondent aligns with the recommendations | 2.6 | 7.7 | 89.7 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
Assessment of the Evidentiary Base | ||||||
a. It is complete | 5.3 | 13.2 | 81.6 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
b. It is convincing | 2.6 | 10.5 | 86.8 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 5.0a |
c. It is informative | 2.6 | 7.9 | 89.5 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 7.0 |
d. It is relevant to typical patients | 2.6 | 2.6 | 94.7 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 7.0 |
e. It is strong | 5.4 | 13.5 | 81.1 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
f. It is current | 5.3 | 18.4 | 76.3 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 7.0 |