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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/wireless-motility-capsule_research-protocol.pdf
March 14, 2012 - Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question –
At the completion of our review, we will grade the strength … Effectiveness and Comparative
Effectiveness Reviews.24,25 Both of these evidence grading schemes are based on GRADE … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: March 14, 2012
the estimate); 3) “low” grade … GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality
of evidence and strength of recommendations.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/infantile-epilepsy-amended-protocol.pdf
March 07, 2021 - We will grade the SOE
based on the EPC Methods Guide recommendations.4 The primary domains assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
December 16, 2011 - Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question
Two independent reviewers will grade the strength of the … evidence for major outcomes and
comparisons using the Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) GRADE approach … We will grade the following key outcomes: birth injury,
preeclampsia, neonatal hypoglycemia, maternal … We will not grade the evidence on the test properties of the screening
and diagnostic tests (KQ1). … Low-quality cohort studies will receive an
initial grade of “low” strength of evidence.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-259-partial-breast-irradiation-executive-summary.pdf
January 01, 2023 - There were significantly fewer acute
AEs and late AEs Grade ≥2 with IORT. … in clinical trials, for example, postmenopausal age range,
estrogen receptor (ER) positive status, grade … patients who participated, for example age <50 years,
invasive lobular carcinoma, tumor size 2.1-3 cm, grade
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nephropathy-contrast-induced_executive.pdf
October 01, 2015 - consistency, precision, reporting bias, and magnitude of
effect.8
Following the guidance of the GRADE … The body of evidence was considered high grade if study
limitations were low and there were no problems … GRADE guidelines 6.
Rating the quality of evidence--imprecision.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/delirium-disposition-comments.pdf
September 03, 2019 - Using positive results to determine which outcomes to
grade could potentially introduce some bias into … We reviewed the outcomes where we did not grade
the body of evidence (did not do SOE) to ensure that … outlined in the AHRQ
Methods Guidance, which is very similar to the
approach developed by others such as GRADE … For those that aren’t familiar with AHRQ reports or
GRADE methodology, the phrase "strength of evidence … We added a footnote to Figures A and B of the
Executive Summary defining each evidence grade.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tethered-spinal-cord-protocol.pdf
July 19, 2023 - determining strength of evidence for each primary
clinical outcome by following the principles for adapting GRADE … unmeasured
confounders) as described in the AHRQ Methods guides.15
A final strength of evidence grade … The strength
of evidence will be assigned an overall grade of high, moderate, low, or insufficient
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-202-thermoplasty-comments.pdf
December 14, 2017 - Peer Reviewer 2 Methods Please explicitly define the GRADE criteria approach. … Classically, RCTs are usually reported as "the
highest grade of evidence". furthermore, Air 2 used a … We would
encourage consideration of a greater grade of ‘High’ be used
to communicate the strength of … Given the ‘Low’ result describing pulmonary physiology, we
would recommend AHRQ consider a ‘High’ grade … Each of the outcomes we
deemed critical has its own strength of
evidence grade for each intervention
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain_executive.pdf
October 01, 2011 - evidence for each Key
Question using the four categories recommended in the
AHRQ guide:19 A “high” grade … further research is very unlikely to change our
confidence in the estimate of effect; a “moderate” grade … A recent large,
good-quality NIH-funded trial found the combination
of pharmaceutical grade glucosamine … product (no pharmaceutical-grade glucosamine
available in the United States).
13
Table A. … • Most trials showing therapeutic benefits from
glucosamine were conducted using
pharmaceutical-grade
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/polyunsaturated-fatty-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2024 - low-quality evidence per the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment,
Development, and Evaluations (GRADE … GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of
evidence and strength of recommendations. … Healthcare Research and Quality
DRI Dietary reference intake
EPC Evidence-based Practice Center
GRADE
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/saturated-fat-replacement-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2024 - low-quality evidence per the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment,
Development, and Evaluations (GRADE … GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of
evidence and strength of recommendations. … Healthcare Research and Quality
DRI Dietary reference intake
EPC Evidence-based Practice Center
GRADE
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-pain-opioid-treatment_executive.pdf
September 19, 2014 - Summary of evidence
Key Question Outcome
Strength of
Evidence
Grade Conclusion
1. … Summary of evidence (continued)
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Key Question Outcome
Strength of
Evidence
Grade Conclusion … Summary of evidence (continued)
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Key Question Outcome
Strength of
Evidence
Grade Conclusion … Summary of evidence (continued)
14
Key Question Outcome
Strength of
Evidence
Grade Conclusion … Summary of evidence (continued)
15
Key Question Outcome
Strength of
Evidence
Grade Conclusion
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/venous-ulcers-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
September 13, 2012 - clinical severity,
etiology, anatomy, and pathophysiology.5 In this classification scheme, the highest grade … We will grade
the strength of evidence based on the quantity, quality, and consistency of the best available … further research is
very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of the effect); 2) “moderate” grade … confidence in the estimate of the effect and is likely to change the
estimate); and 4) “insufficient” grade … dressing,
wound filler
Foams • Sterile, nonlinting, absorptive dressing made of open cell, medical grade
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/reporting.ppt
September 01, 2009 - to be limited to men under 65 years of age but is not dependent on baseline PSA level or histologic grade
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/han.pdf
December 26, 2012 - represented by quality ratings
o Non-‐quantitative (verbal)
o Emerging formal rating systems (USPSTF, GRADE … Slide 24: Representing
ambiguity in clinical evidence: USPSTF
A page of grade definitions from
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/grades-predictive-values/white-paper
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/epilepsy-medicine_research-protocol.pdf
February 01, 2008 - Grading the Strength of Evidence
We will use EPC methodology based on the criteria and methods of GRADE … The GRADE system uses four required domains – risk of bias, consistency, directness, and
precision.45 … Definitions for grading the strength of evidence
Grade Definition
High There is high confidence that … GRADE
handbook for grading quality of evidence and strength
of recommendation. … The GRADE Working Group;
2008.
46. Gartlehner G, Hansen RA, Nissman D, et al.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-illness-adults-prisons_executive.pdf
August 01, 2013 - of the 16
included trials received a medium risk-of-bias rating and 1
received a low risk-of-bias grade … The various domains were considered together, along with
the size of the evidence base, to grade the … To receive a grade
of low or better, at least two studies must have reported
consistent results for … We assigned a low strength-of-evidence grade for the
following findings. … interventions (continued)
Comparison Outcome
Risk of
Bias Consistency Precision Directness
SOE
Grade
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/high-cholestorol-medicines-update_research-protocol.pdf
December 31, 2013 - We will grade evidence for each outcome identified in
the KQs. … We will classify evidence pertaining to KQs 1, 2, and 3 into four categories: (1) “high”
grade (indicating … research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of the effect); (2)
“moderate” grade … confidence in the estimate of the effect and
is likely to change the estimate); and (4) “insufficient” grade … The
grade of evidence for each KQ will be based on consensus.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/effect-dietary-digestible.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Grading the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes
We will grade the strength … of the body of evidence (SOE) per the EPC methods guide on
assessing SOE.18 We will grade SOE for selected