Table 1 Results for the clinical practice guideline case studies
| Â | Rheumatoid arthritis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | The Netherlands | England/Wales | Scotland | Germany | France |
Were research questions set on patient preferences? | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Was search strategy described? | No | No | Yes, prior to development | No | No |
Were results of search strategy summarised? | No | No | Yes, presented to development group | No | No |
Number of references with preference-related term in reference list (% of total number of references) | 12 (1.9%) | 34 (8%) | 1 (1%) | 8 (3%) | 5 (1%) |
|  | The Netherlands – Prostate carcinoma | England/Wales – Generalised anxiety disorder | Scotland –Chronic heart failure | Germany - Depression | France – Chronic heart failure |
Were research questions set on patient preferences? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Was search strategy described? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Were results of search strategy summarised? | No | No | No | No | No |
Number of references with preference-related term in reference list (% of total number of references) | 48 (5%) | 26 (6%) | 8 (5%) | 13 (1%) | 0 |