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Grading the quality of evidence in complex interventions: a guide for evidence-based practitioners

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Evidence-based practitioners who want to apply evidence from complex interventions to the care of their patients are often challenged by the difficulty of grading the quality of this evidence. Using the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach and an illustrative example, we propose a framework for evaluating the quality of evidence that depends on obtaining feedback from the evidence user (eg, guideline panel) to inform: (1) proper framing of the question, (2) judgements about directness and consistency of evidence and (3) the need for additional contextual and qualitative evidence. Using this framework, different evidence users and based on their needs would consider the same evidence as high, moderate, low or very low.

Source: BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

DOI: 10.1136/ebmed-2016-110577

Authors: M Hassan Murad, Jehad Almasri, Mouaz Alsawas, Wigdan Farah

Institution: Mayo Clinic

Language: English

Topic: Clinical practice guidelines implementation

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2559798449