Comprehensive consideration of multiple determinants from evidence to recommendations in guidelines for most traditional Chinese medicine was suboptimal: a systematic review

Table 5 Appropriateness of recommendations with low or very low certainty of evidence N (%)

Discordant recommendations	Type of recommendations
Discordant recommendations	GRADE recommendations^a (N = 104)	TCM recommendations^b (N = 504)
Appropriate discordant recommendations	91(87.5)	19(3.8)
Inappropriate discordant recommendations	13(12.5)	485(96.2)
Totals	104(100.0)	504(100.0)

CPG clinical practice guidelines, GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation, TCM traditional chinese medicine
^aThe proportion of multiple items was compared to all 104 GRADE recommendations
^bThe proportion of multiple items was compared to all 504 TCM recommendations

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