Improving GRADE evidence tables part 3: Detailed guidance for explanatory footnotes supports creating and understanding GRADE certainty in the evidence judgments

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 28-39

  Santesso, Nancy ^a,b   Carrasco Labra, Alonso ^a,b,c   Langendam, Miranda ^a,d   Brignardello Petersen, Romina ^c,e,f   Mustafa, Reem A ^a,f   Heus, Pauline ^g   Lasserson, Toby ^h   Opiyo, Newton ^h   Kunnamo, Ilkka ⁱ   Sinclair, David ^j   Garner, Paul ^j,k   Treweek, Shaun ^l   Tovey, David ^h   Akl, Elie A ^a,m   Tugwell, Peter ⁿ   Brozek, Jan L ^a,b   Guyatt, Gordon ^a,b   Schünemann, Holger J ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of McMaster   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h St Albans House ^*  (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^k Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group ^*  (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^m AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

ⁿ OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Evidence Profile; Explanations; GRADE; GRADEpro; Guidelines; Levels of evidence; Summary of Findings table; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DATA BASE; GRADING OF RECOMMENDATIONS ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH; STANDARDS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH REPORT; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84974652904     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.12.006     Document Type: Article

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