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Table 1 Attributes of osteoarthritis treatment guidelines published within the past 5 years

From: A critical appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of lower-limb osteoarthritis

  

Year

  
  

literature

  

Guideline

Year

search

  

[Reference no.]

published

completed

Guideline development attributes

End users

Canadian Consensus

2000

Not stated

Rheumatologists; general and family practitioners

Primary-care physicians,

Conference [11]

  

Grading of evidence

rheumatologists

   

Formal consensus methods for recommendations

 
   

External review

 

North of England [12,13]

1998

Not stated

Multidisciplinary committee

Primary-care physicians

  

(Does state that

Meta-analyses of evidence

 
  

recommendations

Grading of evidence

 
  

cease to apply

Informal consensus for recommendations

 
  

December 1999)

Recommendation strength grading

 
   

External review

 

Algorithms for the

1997

Not stated

Multidisciplinary committee

Primary-care physicians

Diagnosis and Management

  

Grading of evidence

 

of Musculoskeletal

  

Formal and informal consensus methods for

 

Complaints (ADMMC)

  

recommendations

 

[14,15,16,33]

  

Formal approval process by stakeholders

 

ICSI[17,18]

1999 (2000)

Not stated

Multidisciplinary committee

Physicians, nurses, allied

   

Grading of evidence

health professionals,

   

Assume informal consensus for recommendations

health policy makers

   

External review

health care researchers

EULAR [6]

2000

December 1998

Rheumatologists, orthopaedic surgeons, and

Not stated

   

   guideline methodologists

 
   

Meta-analyses of evidence

 
   

Grading of evidence

 
   

Delphi consensus method

 
   

Recommendation strength grading

 
   

Internal review

 

ACR[4,5]

2000

Not stated

Rheumatologists

Not stated

   

Informal grading of evidence

 
   

Informal consensus for recommendations

 
   

External review

 
  1. ACR = American College of Rheumatology; EULAR = European League Against Rheumatism; ICSI = Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement.