Skip to main content

Table 4 Comparison of AGREEII domain scores for guidelines developed by scientific societies and by patient advocacy groups

From: Methodological quality of guidelines for management of Lyme neuroborreliosis

Domain

Scientific society

Advocacy group

p- value

 

Mean

SD (range)

Mean

SD (range)

 

D1 Scope and purpose

0.478

0.109

0.445

0.115

0.7761

D2 Stakeholders involvement

0.24

0.0149

0.32

0.04

0.5732

D3 Rigour of development

0.216

0.092

0.14

0.04

0.2763

D4 Clarity of presentation

0.752

0.093

0.375

0.155

0.0151*

D5 Applicability

0.054

0.046

0.02

0.02

0.4358

D 6 Editorial independence

0.192

0.1852

0.15

0.02

0.7976

Overall guideline assessment

0.42

0.12

0.33

0.83

0.4534

  1. *p < 0.05