Table 3 Recommendations characteristics
From: Updated recommendations: an assessment of NICE clinical guidelines
Original recommendations | Updated recommendations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 1106) | (n = 1309) | |||
CGs, n (%) | ||||
- Anaemia management in chronic kidney disease | 50 | (4.5) | 52 | (4.0) |
- Caesarean section | 108 | (9.8) | 124 | (9.5) |
- Chronic heart failure | 92 | (8.3) | 95 | (7.3) |
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 193 | (17.5) | 182 | (13.9) |
- Epilepsy | 220 | (19.9) | 285 | (21.8) |
- Fertility | 167 | (15.1) | 213 | (16.3) |
- Head injury | 83 | (7.5) | 126 | (9.6) |
- Infection control | 99 | (9.0) | 102 | (7.8) |
- Lung cancer | 94 | (8.5) | 130 | (9.9) |
CGs topic, n (%) | ||||
- Blood and immune system/Urogenital | 50 | (4.5) | 52 | (4.0) |
- Cardiovascular | 92 | (8.3) | 95 | (7.3) |
- Central nervous system | 220 | (19.9) | 285 | (21.8) |
- Gynaecology, pregnancy and birth | 275 | (24.9) | 337 | (25.7) |
- Injuries, accidents and wounds | 83 | (7.5) | 126 | (9.6) |
- Public health | 99 | (9.0) | 102 | (7.8) |
- Respiratory | 287 | (25.9) | 312 | (23.8) |
Recommendations purpose, n (%) | ||||
- Access to services - Referral and approach to care - Service organisation | 168 | (15.2) | 226 | (17.3) |
- Diagnostic | 188 | (17.0) | 223 | (17.0) |
- Monitoring - Follow up | 64 | (5.8) | 68 | (5.2) |
- Prevention practices | 153 | (13.8) | 164 | (12.5) |
- Supporting patients and carers | 212 | (19.2) | 239 | (18.3) |
- Treatment | 309 | (27.9) | 372 | (28.4) |
- >1 purpose or others | 12 | (1.1) | 17 | (1.3) |
Recommendations strength - SIGN, n (%) | ||||
- A | 194 | (17.5) | 133 | (14.1) |
- B | 98 | (8.9) | 87 | (9.2) |
- C | 140 | (12.7) | 118 | (12.5) |
- D | 440 | (39.8) | 402 | (42.7) |
- GPP | 214 | (19.3) | 187 | (19.9) |
- Others | 20 | (1.8) | 14 | (1.5) |
Recommendations strength - GRADE, n (%) | ||||
- Legal | - | - | 11 | (3.0) |
- Strong | - | - | 49 | (13.3) |
- Weak | - | - | 308 | (83.7) |
Update status, n (%) | ||||
- Amended | 94 | (8.5) | 104 | (7.9) |
- Deleted | 124 | (11.2) | - | - |
- New – added | - | - | 294 | (22.5) |
- New – replaced | 78 | (7.1) | 74 | (5.7) |
- Not changed | 27 | (2.4) | 25 | (1.9) |
- Not reviewed | 783 | (70.8) | 812 | (62.0) |