How “should” we write guideline recommendations? Interpretation of deontic terminology in clinical practice guidelines: survey of the health services community

E A Lomotan; G Michel; Z Lin; R N Shiffman

doi:10.1136/qshc.2009.032565

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How “should” we write guideline recommendations? Interpretation of deontic terminology in clinical practice guidelines: survey of the health services community

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Jan 2011	49	15	15
Feb 2011	30	2	18
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Apr 2011	37	5	13
May 2011	41	5	10
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Sep 2011	26	3	10
Oct 2011	29	4	3
Nov 2011	19	3	4
Dec 2011	61	2	1
Jan 2012	53	2	4
Feb 2012	35	0	5
Mar 2012	50	0	2
Apr 2012	54	0	4
May 2012	37	1	5
Jun 2012	47	1	1
Jul 2012	40	0	3
Aug 2012	29	2	3
Sep 2012	47	1	3
Oct 2012	50	1	2
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Apr 2013	40	3	3
May 2013	43	1	5
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Jul 2013	23	3	3
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Oct 2013	39	0	1
Nov 2013	35	1	8
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Feb 2014	17	1	1
Mar 2014	41	2	3
Apr 2014	32	3	3
May 2014	40	2	1
Jun 2014	21	3	3
Jul 2014	30	1	2
Aug 2014	28	1	2
Sep 2014	16	2	2
Oct 2014	16	2	0
Nov 2014	24	2	3
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Mar 2015	22	0	6
Apr 2015	14	0	0
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Jun 2015	17	0	0
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Aug 2015	16	1	2
Sep 2015	27	0	2
Oct 2015	9	0	1
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Oct 2016	18	2	2
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Mar 2017	15	0	0
Apr 2017	10	0	1
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Jul 2017	19	1	1
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Oct 2017	45	6	1
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Dec 2017	26	0	0
Jan 2018	109	4	5
Feb 2018	63	2	3
Mar 2018	90	8	2
Apr 2018	92	3	1
May 2018	85	5	1
Jun 2018	64	2	1
Jul 2018	70	6	2
Aug 2018	58	1	0
Sep 2018	46	2	1
Oct 2018	55	3	0
Nov 2018	108	2	1
Dec 2018	47	0	0
Jan 2019	58	1	0
Feb 2019	96	3	5
Mar 2019	79	2	0
Apr 2019	105	1	1
May 2019	82	2	0
Jun 2019	136	3	3
Jul 2019	102	4	1
Aug 2019	83	4	2
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May 2021	54	11	4
Jun 2021	5	3	2
Jul 2021	7	5	1
Aug 2021	4	4	3
Sep 2021	4	3	0
Oct 2021	101	5	1
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Dec 2021	85	3	0
Jan 2022	100	4	1
Feb 2022	55	1	2
Mar 2022	71	3	2
Apr 2022	71	5	0
May 2022	83	5	2
Jun 2022	81	3	1
Jul 2022	38	0	0
Aug 2022	73	4	7
Sep 2022	75	5	3
Oct 2022	168	2	2
Nov 2022	54	3	0
Dec 2022	60	1	1
Jan 2023	55	4	1
Feb 2023	99	2	0
Mar 2023	25	2	1
Apr 2023	28	4	0
May 2023	51	4	1
Jun 2023	56	10	4
Jul 2023	47	1	0
Aug 2023	41	1	0
Sep 2023	53	1	0
Oct 2023	48	0	1
Nov 2023	58	2	1
Dec 2023	121	5	2
Jan 2024	47	8	2
Feb 2024	77	3	7
Mar 2024	94	6	4
Total	8896	430	434

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