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Table 2 AGREE II quality assessment

From: Preparing for pandemics: a systematic review of pandemic influenza clinical management guidelines

Author/organisation

Focus

Year

Language

D1 (%)

D2 (%)

D3 (%)

D4 (%)

D5 (%)

D6 (%)

Overall score (1: low, 7: high)

Evidence typea

GRADE used

Ang, B. et al. [49]

A (H1N1)

2009

English

69

47

54

78

54

0

3

E

N

Arbo, A [76].

A (H1N1)

2009

Spanish

36

28

10

78

38

0

2

U

N

Aristizábal, G. et al. [51]

A (H1N1)

2009

Spanish

94

64

29

86

50

0

4

E

N

Capozzi, C. et al. [52]

A (H1N1)

2009

Italian

75

19

28

72

21

0

3

S

N

Cheng, A. C. et al. [53]

A (H1N1)

2009

English

61

56

42

94

25

54

3

C

N

Cojocaru, V. et al. [54]

A (H1N1)

2009

Romanian

50

53

18

61

35

0

2

U

N

Salud Madrid [55]

A (H1N1)

2009

Spanish

78

33

38

69

27

0

3

E

N

Fernández-Cruz, E. et al. [56]

A (H1N1)

2009

Spanish

39

19

7

61

19

0

2

U

N

GTEI [57]

A (H1N1)

2009

Spanish

75

44

71

81

58

50

6

E

N

GPPI [58]

A (H1N1)

2009

Spanish

69

14

67

58

19

8

3

C

N

Hajjar, L. A. et al. [59]

A (H1N1)

2009

English

64

31

35

72

44

0

3

U

N

Mexico [60]

A (H1N1)

2009

Spanish

89

61

67

81

40

54

6

S

Y

El Salvador [61]

A (H1N1)

2009

Spanish

50

6

9

61

60

0

3

U

N

India [62]

A (H1N1)

2009

English

28

6

11

64

48

0

2

U

N

MOH Argentina [63]

A (H1N1)

2009

Spanish

56

17

21

78

58

0

2

S

N

MOH Brazil [64]

A (H1N1)

2009

Portuguese

81

33

26

86

46

0

3

S

N

MOH El Salvador [65]

A (H1N1)

2009

Spanish

72

22

23

78

48

0

3

C

N

MOH Italy [66]

Pandemic influenza

2009

Italian

36

14

8

47

27

0

1

U

N

PAHO [92]

A (H1N1)

2009

English

64

42

47

83

17

0

3

E

N

PAHO (b) [67]

A (H1N1)

2009

English

78

14

18

89

69

4

4

E

N

Picone O. et al. [68]

A (H1N1)

2009

French

83

28

19

72

40

0

3

U

N

Soria, J. et al. [69]

A (H1N1)

2009

Spanish

67

58

42

72

69

67

5

E

N

France [70]

A (H1N1)

2009

French

75

28

10

75

69

0

4

U

N

WHO [71]

A (H1N1)

2009

English

92

56

34

92

85

0

4

C

N

GT-PBE [72]

A (H1N1)

2010

Spanish

86

44

79

81

29

50

6

S

Y

Lee, PI. et al. [73]

A (H1N1)

2010

English

42

14

15

72

10

0

2

U

N

MOH Mexico [74]

A (H1N1)

2010

Spanish

28

6

4

64

50

0

2

U

N

Schaberg, T. et al. [75]

A (H1N1)

2010

German

33

31

47

72

40

67

3

S

N

Arbo Sosa, A and Araya S [76].

A (H1N1)

2011

Spanish

25

6

5

28

8

0

1

U

N

Fiore, A. E. et al. [77]

Pandemic influenza

2011

English

81

39

59

75

65

4

4

E

N

Hajjar, Al. S. et al. [78]

A (H1N1)

2011

English

64

36

22

78

44

0

3

E

N

Zhong, N. et al. [95]

Pandemic influenza

2011

English

75

36

32

92

38

50

3

S

N

Rodriguez, A. et al. [79]

A (H1N1)

2012

Spanish

97

61

56

81

60

46

5

C

N

Evans, A G. et al. [80]

A (H7N9)

2013

English

78

56

43

75

31

0

3

S

N

MOH Russia [81]

Pandemic influenza

2013

Russian

75

56

70

56

54

0

3

S

N

Saldías, F [82].

Pandemic influenza

2013

Spanish

42

6

23

64

40

0

2

U

N

Garcia, C. et al. [83]

Pandemic influenza

2014

Spanish

92

61

78

89

48

50

6

S

N

Bin, C. et al. [84]

Pandemic influenza

2016

Chinese

83

39

34

92

6

0

3

E

N

US CDC [96]

Pandemic influenza

2016

English

28

25

13

53

4

0

1

U

N

British Columbia [85]

Pandemic influenza

2017

English

53

31

14

64

33

0

2

U

N

China NHFPC [93]

A (H7N9)

2017

Chinese

58

14

7

56

25

25

1

U

N

JAMRD [86]

Pandemic influenza

2017

Japanese

67

36

29

50

35

4

2

C

N

MOH Colombia [87]

Pandemic influenza

2018

Spanish

83

39

20

67

25

8

3

O+

N

Taiwan CDC [88]

Infl. A

2018

Chinese

64

8

24

92

35

0

3

S

N

China NHFPC [89]

Pandemic infl.

2020

Chinese

67

22

13

81

8

0

3

U

N

Fernandez, O. et al. [90]

Pandemic infl.

2020

Spanish

36

36

21

33

27

0

1

S

N

WHO [94]

Pandemic influenza

2022

English

97

61

82

83

73

67

7

S

Y

MOH Japan [91]

A (H5N1)

-

Japanese

33

11

3

28

13

0

1

U

N

  1. The table presents the CMGs included in the review and the individual domain (D) and overall quality score for each. D1: scope and purpose, D2: stakeholder involvement, D3: rigour of development, D4: clarity of presentation, D5: applicability, D6: editorial independence
  2. Key: D: domain, S: systematic methods, E: expert consensus, C: combination of systematic methods and expert consensus, O: other methods used, U: unclear, Y: yes, N: no
  3. Abbreviations: CDC Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, GRADE The Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation, GPPI Grupo Promotor de Políticas Informadas, GTEI Grupo de Estudio de Infecciones en el Paciente Crítico, GT-PBE Grupo de Trabajo de Pediatría Basada en la Evidencia, HCID high-consequence infectious disease, JMARD Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, MoH Ministry of Health, NHFPC China National Health and Family Planning Commission, PAHO Pan-American Health Organisation, US United States of America, WHO World Health Organization
  4. aMethods used to search for evidence