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GRADE guidelines: 13. Preparing Summary of Findings tables and evidence profiles—continuous outcomes
Gordon H. Guyatt,Kristian Thorlund,Andrew D Oxman,Stephen D. Walter,Donald L. Patrick,Toshi A. Furukawa,Bradley C. Johnston,Paul J. Karanicolas,Elie A. Akl,Gunn Elisabeth Vist,Regina Kunz,Jan Brozek,Lawrence L. Kupper,Sandra L. Martin,Joerg J Meerpohl,Pablo Alonso-Coello,Robin Christensen,Holger J. Schünemann +17 more
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Alternatives include presenting results in the units of the most popular or interpretable measure, converting to dichotomous measures and presenting relative and absolute effects, presenting the ratio of the means of intervention and control groups, and presenting the results in minimally important difference units.About:
This article is published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.The article was published on 2013-02-01. It has received 461 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Units of measurement.read more
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Development and application of health outcome descriptors facilitated decision-making in the production of practice guidelines
Wojtek Wiercioch,Robby Nieuwlaat,Philipp Dahm,Alfonso Iorio,Reem A. Mustafa,Reem A. Mustafa,Ignacio Neumann,Bram Rochwerg,Veena Manja,Veena Manja,Pablo Alonso-Coello,Thomas L. Ortel,Nancy Santesso,Sara K. Vesely,Elie A. Akl,Elie A. Akl,Holger J. Schünemann +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on the development and application of health outcome descriptors (HODs) to inform decision-making by panels developing guideline recommendations, which serve as a valuable tool to promote an explicit, common understanding of health outcomes during clinical guideline development.
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors as adjuncts for postoperative pain management: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
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Screening for depression in children and adolescents: a protocol for a systematic review update
Andrew H. Beck,John C. LeBlanc,Kate Morissette,Candyce Hamel,Becky Skidmore,Heather Colquhoun,Eddy Lang,Eddy Lang,Ainsley Moore,John J. Riva,Brett D. Thombs,Brett D. Thombs,Scott B. Patten,Heather Bragg,Ian Colman,Gary S. Goldfield,Stuart G. Nicholls,Kathleen Pajer,Beth K. Potter,Robert Meeder,Priya Vasa,Brian Hutton,Beverley Shea,Beverley Shea,Eva Graham,Julian Little,David Moher,David Moher,Adrienne Stevens +28 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits and harms of screening for depression in children and adolescents were evaluated using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach.
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GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction-GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables
Gordon H. Guyatt,Andrew D Oxman,Elie A. Akl,Regina Kunz,Gunn Elisabeth Vist,Jan Brozek,Susan L Norris,Yngve Falck-Ytter,Paul Glasziou,Hans deBeer,Roman Jaeschke,David Rind,Joerg J Meerpohl,Philipp Dahm,Holger J. Schünemann +14 more
TL;DR: The GRADE process begins with asking an explicit question, including specification of all important outcomes, and provides explicit criteria for rating the quality of evidence that include study design, risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, and magnitude of effect.
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GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence
Howard Balshem,Mark Helfand,Mark Helfand,Holger J. Schünemann,Andrew D Oxman,Regina Kunz,Jan Brozek,Gunn Elisabeth Vist,Yngve Falck-Ytter,Joerg J Meerpohl,Susan L Norris,Gordon H. Guyatt +11 more
TL;DR: The approach of GRADE to rating quality of evidence specifies four categories-high, moderate, low, and very low-that are applied to a body of evidence, not to individual studies.
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