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Table 2 Quality assessment of guidelines

From: Scope, quality and inclusivity of international clinical guidelines on mental health and substance abuse in relation to dual diagnosis, social and community outcomes: a systematic review

Guideline

Domain1: Scope and purpose

Domain2: Stakeholder involvement

Domain 3: Rigour of development

Domain 4: Clarity of presentation

Domain 5: Applicability

Domain 6: Editorial independence

Overall quality

Recommendation of use

NICE 2011 [37]

100.00%

84.00%

73.00%

95.00%

67.00%

83.00%

7

Recommended

NICE 2014 [55]

100.00%

84.00%

73.00%

95.00%

67.00%

83.00%

7

Recommended

RANZCP 2016 [50]

83.00%

72.00%

35.00%

83.00%

33.00%

42.00%

4

Recommended with modification

BAP 2012 [40]

83.00%

61.00%

54.00%

83.00%

42.00%

42.00%

5

Recommended with modification

WFSBP 2017 [41]

83.00%

50.00%

60.00%

67.00%

25.00%

42.00%

4

Recommended with modification

gov.uk 2017 [42]

94.00%

67.00%

60.00%

72.00%

33.00%

33.00%

7

Recommended

DGPPN and DG-Sucht 2017 [43]

83.00%

56.00%

63.00%

78.00%

33.00%

50.00%

4

Recommended with modification

NICE 2011 [44]

100.00%

84.00%

73.00%

95.00%

67.00%

83.00%

7

Recommended

ASAM 2015 [46]

67.00%

72.00%

52.00%

83.00%

38.00%

58.00%

5

Recommended with modification

APA 2018 [45]

89.00%

56.00%

65.00%

83.00%

42.00%

75.00%

6

Recommended

Singapore MOH 2011 [54]

67.00%

56.00%

25.00%

89.00%

38.00%

17.00%

3

Not recommended

VA/DoD 2010 [53]

83.00%

56.00%

58.00%

83.00%

38.00%

17.00%

4

Recommended with modification

CANMAT & ISBD 2018 [57]

67.00%

61.00%

31.00%

61.00%

29.00%

42.00%

3

Not recommended

SIGN 2013 [47]

94.00%

83.00%

71.00%

95.00%

50.00%

50.00%

7

Recommended

WFSBP 2015 [49]

83.00%

50.00%

60.00%

67.00%

25.00%

42.00%

4

Recommended with modification

NICE 2016 [38]

100.00%

84.00%

73.00%

95.00%

67.00%

83.00%

7

Recommended

NICE 2014 [48]

100.00%

84.00%

73.00%

95.00%

67.00%

83.00%

7

Recommended

BAP 2019 [51]

83.00%

61.00%

54.00%

83.00%

33.00%

42.00%

5

Recommended with modification

BAP 2016 [56]

83.00%

61.00%

54.00%

83.00%

33.00%

42.00%

5

Recommended with modification

APA 2020 [52]

89.00%

56.00%

65.00%

83.00%

42.00%

75.00%

6

Recommended

Australian government 2016 [39]

78.00%

56.00%

21.00%

89.00%

38.00%

25.00%

3

Not recommended

  1. APA American Psychiatric Association, ASAM American society of addiction medicine, BAP British Association of psychopharmacology, CANMAT and ISBD Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments and International Society for Bipolar Disorders, gov.UK United Kingdom guidelines on clinical management, DGPPN and DG-Sucht German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics and the German Association for Addiction Research and Therapy, NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, RANZCP Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, Singapore MOH Singapore Ministry of Health, VA/DoD Department of Veterans Affairs and The Department of Defense, WFSBP World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry