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Table 4 Grading system of evidence and strength of recommendation

From: Quality appraisal of clinical practice guidelines addressing massage interventions using the AGREE II instrument

Grading system

Criteria for rating evidence

Criteria for grading recommendation (N)

Number of guidelines

Organization/author responsible for guideline development

GRADE

A, B, C, D

1 (2), 2 (10)

16

CCGI, ACP, AOA, ACCP, TCM Recs, ASCO, JOA, NICE, John W. Devlin, SD Guy,

System developed by OPTIMa Collaboration

/

Offer, consider (5), do not offer (3)

2

OPTIMa

SIGN

1++, 1+, 1-, 2++, 2+, 2-, 3, 4

A, B, C, D

4

BGS, CCGPP, NICE

System recommended by

The Cochrane Collaboration Back Review Group and

Oxman and Guyatt

A, B, C, D

Recommended (4), Consider using (1), we cannot recommend (3), we do not recommend

2

COST B13, CCA

ACCP

High, moderate, low

Strong, weak (1)

1

ACCP

USPSTF

High, Moderate, Low

A, B (2), C (1), D, I (2)

1

SIO

Combined Grading system

A, B, C+, C, D, D+, D-

Strongly recommended (12), suggested use (4), neutral, suggested no use, strongly not recommended

2

OP

Ranking of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

I, II-1, II-2, II-3, III

A, B (1), C, D, E, I

1

SOGC

Classification criteria of TCM literature

I, II, III, IV, V

A, B, C, D, E

1

Chen

CPRC

I, II, III, IV

A, B (7), C, D (2)

 

CPRC

  1. N number of recommendations of corresponding grade. Combined grading system: This grading system was developed according to the Ottawa Panel for alphabetical grading system and to the Cochrane Collaboration for international nominal grading system
  2. GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation, SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, OPTIMa Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management Collaboration, ACCP American College of Chest Physicians, USPSTF U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, COST B13 COST B13 Working Group on Guidelines for Chronic Low Back Pain, SIO the Society for Integrative Oncology, BGS the British Geriatrics Society, CCA Canadian Chiropractic Association, CCGI The Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative, ACP The American College of Physicians, CCGPP Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters, AOA The American Osteopathic Association, TCM Recs Trustworthy Traditional Chinese Medicine Recommendations Working Group, COTB Orthopedics and Traumatology Branch of China Association of Chinese Medicine (CACM), AIMSS Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science, ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology, JOA Japanese Orthopaedic Association, NICE the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, SOGC the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada Clinical Practice-Gynaecology, CSMC Professional Committee of Spine Medicine of Chinese Association of integrated Traditional and western medicine (CAIM), CPRC Pediatric Rehabilitation Committee of China Association Rehabilitation Medicine (CARM)
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