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Table 1 Characteristics of WHO guidelines (n = 182)

From: Using RIGHT (Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Healthcare) to evaluate the reporting quality of WHO guidelines

Characteristics

 

Number (%)

Publication year

2008

10 (5)

2009

21 (12)

2010

14 (8)

2011

24 (13)

2012

19 (10)

2013

13 (7)

2014

15 (8)

2015

19 (10)

2016

29 (16)

2017

18 (10)

Developer

WHO

164 (90)

WHO in partnership with other organisations

18 (10)

Reported using GRADE to assess and/or formulate the recommendation

Yes

148

No

34

Topic

Infectious diseases

86 (47)

Maternal and child health

34 (19)

Nutrition, exercise and chronic disease prevention

21 (12)

Public health emergencies including pandemics

6 (3)

Environment and health

6 (3)

Smoking and substance abuse

6 (3)

Cancer

5 (3)

Mental health and neurologic disorder

4 (2)

Health policy

3 (2)

Non-communicable diseases

3 (2)

Disability and frailty

2 (1)

Others

6 (3)

Guideline end-usera

Programme managers/staff

123 (68)

Policy-makers

121 (66)

Healthcare workers

114 (63)

Technical/financial supporters

45 (25)

National advisory board/government sectors

48 (26)

Patient/consumer/public group or community

27 (15)

Non-governmental organisation

23 (13)

Researcher/academic staff

10 (5)

Industry

9 (5)

Training providers or facilitators

8 (4)

Other

20 (11)

Not reported

9 (5)

  1. aOne guideline may have several types of end-users