GRADE guidelines 26: informative statements to communicate the findings of systematic reviews of interventions

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 119, Issue , 2020, Pages 126-135

  Santesso, Nancy ^a   Glenton, Claire ^b   Dahm, Philipp ^c   Garner, Paul ^d   Akl, Elie A ^e   Alper, Brian ^f,g   Brignardello Petersen, Romina ^a   Carrasco Labra, Alonso ^a   De Beer, Hans ^h   Hultcrantz, Monica ⁱ   Kuijpers, Ton ^j   Meerpohl, Joerg ^k   Morgan, Rebecca ^a   Mustafa, Reem ^a,l   Skoetz, Nicole ^m   Sultan, Shahnaz ⁿ   Wiysonge, Charles ^o,p,q   Guyatt, Gordon ^a   Schünemann, Holger J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f EBSCO Industries Inc   (United States)

^g University of Missouri   (United States)

^h Guide2Guidance ^*  (Netherlands)

ⁱ Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

^j DUTCH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^o SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^q STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Evidence based Medicine; Health communication; Language; Persuasive communication; Review literature as topic; Surveys and Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85076865412     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.10.014     Document Type: Article

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