134 Chapter 3 Appendix 2. Data extraction form ‘Evidence in diagnostic recommendations in clinical practice guidelines’ Recommendation id: Unique id Recommendation: Text of the recommendation Data extraction by: First author Data extraction checked by: Name of the author that checked the data Question Answer General information recommendation Is the recommendation graded? (e.g. strong/weak (conditional), level A, level 1) This should be stated in the text of the recommendation Yes No Unclear Direction of the recommendation This should be stated in the text of the recommendation For use of the diagnostic test Against use of the diagnostic test Unclear What is the target condition that the recommendation is aimed at? i.e. diagnosis, e.g. pneumonia, colorectal cancer Narrative Does the recommendation concern a single test or does it concern multiple tests? Single test Multiple tests Unclear General information clinical practice guideline The information needed for these questions is typically found in general sections of the guideline (e.g. title page, introduction, methods section) Scope of the CPG Diagnosis only Broader than diagnosis Unclear Composition of the CPG panel Monodisciplinary: one professional stakeholder group is represented Multidisciplinary: several stakeholder groups are represented Unclear Target audience of the CPG Monodisciplinary Multidisciplinary Unclear Quality of the clinical practice guideline Did the authors of the CPG report use of the GRADE approach? Yes, this is literally stated No, not reported Unclear Do you recognize elements of the GRADE approach in the CPG? E.g. GRADE Evidence Profiles, Evidence-to-decision frameworks, rate the importance of outcome measures Yes No Unclear
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