| Table 9: Respondents' rating of usefulness of various formats in which to present CPGs in order to make them more accessible
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| Format | Level of usefulness; no. (and %*) of respondents
|
| Least useful | Somewhat useful
| Most useful | No response |
| Short pamphlet summarizing guidelines | 280 (16)
| 404 (22) | 1026 (62)
| 168 |
| Official manual containing several recent CPGs
| 296 (17) | 502 (27)
| 924 (56) | 156 |
| Journal article describing new guidelines |
293 (18) | 545 (32)
| 893 (50) | 147 |
| Pocket card summarizing guidelines | 504 (26)
| 426 (24) | 788 (50)
| 160 |
| Flow chart or clinical algorithm | 547 (27)
| 504 (29) | 669 (44)
| 158 |
| Table comparing various CPGs on similar topic
| 459 (24) | 613 (35)
| 633 (41) | 173 |
| Systematic review | 418 (25)
| 608 (33) | 679 (42)
| 173 |
| National directory | 513 (28)
| 580 (32) | 617 (40)
| 168 |
| Workshop | 525 (29)
| 565 (33) | 634 (38)
| 154 |
| Computer database of major CPGs | 665 (41)
| 489 (27) | 562 (32)
| 162 |
| *Percentages may not total 100 because of weighting by sample strata.
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