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Table 3 Evidence collection and appraisal process (N = 265)

From: Trends in the development process of clinical practice guidelines: a questionnaire survey for the guideline development groups in Japan

   

Publication period

P

by 2005

2006–2010

2011–2015

2016–2019

(N = 40)

(N = 47)

(N = 77)

(N = 101)

Database

 Ichushi a

n (%)

29 (87.9)

35 (78.3)

64 (83.1)

84 (82.2)

0.762 b

 JMEDplus a

n (%)

9 (27.3)

12 (26.1)

10 (13.0)

8 (7.9)

0.001 b

 PubMed

n (%)

37 (92.5)

46 (100.0)

74 (96.1)

101 (99.0)

0.123 b

 Cochrane

n (%)

21 (52.5)

25 (56.5)

48 (62.3)

61 (60.4)

0.366 b

Number of articles

 Searched

mean (SD)

7441.7 (13,052.7)

3721.0 (6460.0)

3924.4 (5427.8)

5772.4 (10,802.2)

0.826 c

 Appraised

mean (SD)

603.5 (708.0)

303.9 (304.4)

638.6 (1050.0)

550.7 (923.9)

0.823 c

 Cited

mean (SD)

305.6 (208.7)

377.5 (349.9)

493.6 (783.1)

350.9 (329.4)

0.806 c

Yield rate of articles

 Appraised/Searched

mean (SD)

0.155 (0.219)

0.267 (0.268)

0.315 (0.356)

0.241 (0.270)

0.402 c

 Cited/Searched

mean (SD)

0.165 (0.241)

0.312 (0.285)

0.346 (0.337)

0.182 (0.201)

0.841 c

CPGs using two or more reviewers for

 Searching

n (%)

16 (60.0)

15 (55.6)

15 (45.5)

48 (77.4)

0.059 b

 Appraising

n (%)

15 (78.9)

16 (80.0)

16 (61.5)

45 (78.9)

0.963 b

 Citing

n (%)

13 (43.3)

18 (54.5)

24 (61.5)

48 (78.7)

0.001 b

  1. a Ichushi and JMEDplus are databases for Japanese medical journal articles
  2. b Mantel-Haenszel test for trend
  3. c Jonckheere-Terpstra test
  4. Abbreviations: CPG clinical practice guideline, SD standard deviation