Table 4 Quality assessment of the Evidence describes the four different categories of the quality assessment of the included guidelines and pathways of this study
High Quality Evidence | Medium Quality Evidence | Low Quality Evidence | Very Low Quality Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
Guidelines/pathways based on both systematic reviews and consensus methods or those developed following the NICE protocol [82]. | Guidelines/pathways based on systematic review only or based on other types of well referenced evidence. | Guidelines/pathways based on consensus methods only. | Guidelines/pathways that are unclear (e.g. apparently evidence based but failing to clarify how this was obtained). |