Clinical practice guidelines for the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain in primary healthcare: a systematic review

Ernstzen, Dawn V.; Louw, Quinette A.; Hillier, Susan L.

doi:10.1186/s13012-016-0533-0

Implementation Science

Table 3 All domain scores

From: Clinical practice guidelines for the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain in primary healthcare: a systematic review

	CPG 1	CPG 2	CPG 3	CPG 4	CPG 5	CPG 6	CPG 7	CPG 8	CPG 9	CPG 10	CPG 11	CPG 12	Total	Percentage (%)
Domain 1: scope and purpose
1. Overall objectives specific	21	20	21	17	18	18	19	17	15	16	13	14	209	83
2. Health questions specific	18	20	21	19	21	9	18	16	14	15	13	9	193	77
3. Population is specific	18	21	20	16	20	8	20	17	16	20	17	12	205	81
Domain 2: stakeholder involvement
4. Guideline development group	19	18	20	15	21	15	18	19	20	7	6	10	188	75
5. Views and preferences of target population	5	21	18	11	21	6	7	14	2	4	3	3	115	46
6. Target users clearly defined	20	16	20	21	21	16	18	19	18	17	12	4	202	80
Domain 3: rigor of development
7. Systematic methods	15	17	21	21	21	19	10	13	12	6	16	4	175	69
8. Criteria for evidence selection	14	19	21	21	21	17	5	15	19	7	16	4	179	71
9. Strengths and limitations of evidence	13	19	20	18	18	6	5	20	19	10	9	4	161	64
10. Methods for formulating recommendations	19	17	21	18	19	8	10	21	17	5	8	11	174	69
11. Health benefits, side-effects, risks were considered in formulating recommendations	20	19	19	17	19	19	21	21	9	18	12	20	214	85
12. Explicit link between recommendations and evidence	19	17	21	20	21	12	10	19	17	11	12	12	191	76
13. Externally reviewed prior to publication	15	18	21	16	21	6	16	18	15	7	10	9	172	68
14. A procedure for updating guideline	13	20	15	20	19	5	4	18	3	3	14	3	137	54
Domain 4: clarity of presentation
15. Recommendations specific; unambiguous	20	19	21	20	20	18	17	20	17	15	13	18	218	87
16. Different options for management	18	19	14	21	21	20	13	18	18	15	15	16	208	83
17. Key recommendations easily identifiable	20	19	21	20	21	18	16	20	19	14	12	14	214	85
Domain 5: applicability
18. Barriers and facilitators to application	15	16	19	20	17	11	6	8	11	4	4	5	136	54
19. Advice/Tools to put recommendations to practice	14	20	21	20	18	8	13	10	9	7	8	6	154	61
20. Potential resource limitations have been considered	9	13	12	18	15	11	7	12	4	3	3	3	110	44
21. Monitoring and audit criteria	15	20	14	20	19	20	9	13	3	8	8	3	152	60
Domain 6: editorial independence
22. Views of funding body vs guideline content	20	21	21	15	10	20	14	21	12	21	3	17	195	77
23. Competing interests of guideline development group members have been recorded and addressed	21	21	21	15	20	21	8	21	3	21	3	20	195	77

CPG clinical practice guideline
Domain score = (obtained score–minimum possible score)/(maximum possible score–minimum possible score) × 100 = % [25]

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