Table 1 |
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Attributes of osteoarthritis treatment guidelines published within the past 5 years |
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| Year |
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| literature |
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| Guideline |
Year |
search |
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| [Reference no.] |
published |
completed |
Guideline development attributes |
End users |
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| Canadian Consensus |
2000 |
Not stated |
Rheumatologists; general and family practitioners |
Primary-care physicians, |
| Conference [11] |
Grading of evidence |
rheumatologists |
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| Formal consensus methods for recommendations |
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| External review |
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| North of England [12,13] |
1998 |
Not stated |
Multidisciplinary committee |
Primary-care physicians |
| (Does state that |
Meta-analyses of evidence |
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| recommendations |
Grading of evidence |
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| cease to apply |
Informal consensus for recommendations |
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| December 1999) |
Recommendation strength grading |
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| External review |
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| Algorithms for the |
1997 |
Not stated |
Multidisciplinary committee |
Primary-care physicians |
| Diagnosis and Management |
Grading of evidence |
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| of Musculoskeletal |
Formal and informal consensus methods for |
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| Complaints (ADMMC) |
recommendations |
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| [14,15,16,33] |
Formal approval process by stakeholders |
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| ICSI[17,18] |
1999 (2000) |
Not stated |
Multidisciplinary committee |
Physicians, nurses, allied |
| Grading of evidence |
health professionals, |
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| Assume informal consensus for recommendations |
health policy makers |
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| External review |
health care researchers |
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| EULAR [6] |
2000 |
December 1998 |
Rheumatologists, orthopaedic surgeons, and |
Not stated |
| guideline methodologists |
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| Meta-analyses of evidence |
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| Grading of evidence |
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| Delphi consensus method |
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| Recommendation strength grading |
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| Internal review |
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| ACR[4,5] |
2000 |
Not stated |
Rheumatologists |
Not stated |
| Informal grading of evidence |
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| Informal consensus for recommendations |
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| External review |
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ACR = American College of Rheumatology; EULAR = European League Against Rheumatism; ICSI = Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement. |
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Pencharz et al. Arthritis Res 2002 4:36 doi:10.1186/ar381 |
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