Conclusiveness resolves the conflict between quality of evidence and imprecision in GRADE

Sten Anttila; Johannes Persson; Niklas Vareman; Nils-Eric Sahlin

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.03.019

Conclusiveness resolves the conflict between quality of evidence and imprecision in GRADE

Sten Anttila, Johannes Persson, Niklas Vareman, Nils-Eric Sahlin

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The objective of our article is to show how “quality of evidence” and “imprecision,” as they are defined in Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) articles, may lead to confusion. We focus only on the context of systematic reviews.

Translated title of the contribution	Conclusiveness resolves the conflict between quality of evidence and imprecision in GRADE
Original language	English
Article number	JCE9148
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume	2016
Issue number	75
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.03.019
Publication status	Published - 2016 Jun 18

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Brännmark, J. (Researcher), Persson, J. (PI), Wahlberg, L. (Researcher), Wallin, A. (Researcher), Sjöstrand, E. (Researcher), Sahlin, N.-E. (PI), Anttila, S. (Researcher), Levay, C. (Researcher), Vareman, N. (Researcher), Wahlberg, L. (Researcher), Bruine de Bruin, W. (Researcher), D. Davis, A. (Researcher), Fischhoff, B. (Researcher) & McNeil, B. (Researcher)
2015/01/01 → 2020/12/31
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