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Table 2 Average appraisal scores and average overall assessments of each guideline

From: A systematic review and quality assessment of complementary and alternative medicine recommendations in insomnia clinical practice guidelines

Guideline

Metric

Appraiser 1

Appraiser 2

Average

Standard Deviation

Lam 2019 [32] (Overall)

Appraisal Score

3.8

4.5

4.2

0.7

Overall Assessment

3.0

4.0

3.5

1.0

Lam 2019 [32] (CAM Section)

Appraisal Score

3.8

4.5

4.2

0.7

Overall Assessment

3.0

4.0

3.5

1.0

Silvestri 2019 [33] (Overall)

Appraisal Score

3.8

3.8

3.8

0.0

Overall Assessment

4.0

4.0

4.0

0.0

Silvestri 2019 [33] (CAM)

Appraisal Score

3.6

3.3

3.4

0.3

Overall Assessment

3.0

3.0

3.0

0.0

Riemann 2017 [35] (Overall)

Appraisal Score

5.0

4.7

4.8

0.3

Overall Assessment

6.0

5.0

5.5

1.0

Riemann 2017 [35] (CAM Section)

Appraisal Score

4.6

4.7

4.6

0.1

Overall Assessment

5.0

5.0

5.0

0.0

Qaseem 2016 [37] (Overall)

Appraisal Score

5.8

6.0

5.9

0.2

Overall Assessment

6.0

6.0

6.0

0.0

Qaseem 2016 [37] (CAM Section)

Appraisal Score

4.7

4.9

4.8

0.2

Overall Assessment

6.0

6.0

6.0

0.0

Denlinger 2014 [38] (Overall)

Appraisal Score

3.5

3.5

3.5

0.0

Overall Assessment

3.0

4.0

3.5

0.0

Denlinger 2014 [38] (CAM Section)

Appraisal Score

3.3

2.7

3.0

0.6

Overall Assessment

2.0

3.0

2.5

1.0

Howell 2013 [39] (Overall)

Appraisal Score

6.0

5.7

5.8

0.3

Overall Assessment

6.0

5.0

5.5

1.0

Howell 2013 [39] (CAM Section)

Appraisal Score

4.8

4.7

4.7

0.1

Overall Assessment

5.0

4.0

4.5

1.0