Resources for GRADEpro
HELP files
We highly recommend using the HELP files found in the GRADEpro software. The HELP files provide specific information to create Summary of Findings (SoF) Tables and use the GRADE approach to grade the quality of the evidence. You can also access the HELP file from your desktop if you choose to add the icon when downloading GRADEpro.
Also found in the HELP files is a brief step by step task list to create an SoF.
The Cochrane Handbook
The Cochrane Handbook includes two principle chapters which provide information on how to create Summary of Findings Tables using the information from Cochrane systematic reviews and GRADEing the evidence.
Chapter 11: Presenting results and ‘Summary of findings’ tables
Chapter 12: Interpreting results and drawing conclusions
Webinars and online modules
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Online modules for GRADE criteria and Summary of Findings Tables
A variety of online modules have been created to help GRADE the evidence in systematic reviews and create Summary of Findings Tables. Each module is approximately 15 to 20 minutes long and can be watched in any order. Topics include an introducation of GRADE, imprecision, risk of bias, publication bias. Modules continue to be produced. If you have any suggestions for topics, please contact support@gradepro.org.
Introduction and overview of GRADE and Summary of Findings Tables
This 40 minute webinar is a recording of an online webinar hosted by the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre on 11 February 2010. It provides a general overview of how to interpret results of systematic reviews and draw conclusions using the GRADE approach, how to summarise and present those results in a Summary of Findings Table, and how to start with GRADEpro to create Summary of Findings tables.
Also available is the pdf of the slides used during the webinar(without commentary).
GRADEing the evidence
This 40 minute webinar is a recording of an online webinar hosted by the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre on 11 February 2010. It explains the GRADE criteria used to evaluate the quality of evidence in a systematic review. It provides examples of each of the 5 main criteria: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, and publication bias, as well as 3 other criteria: magnitude of effect, dose response, confounding.
How to create a Summary of Findings Table using GRADEpro
This 40 minute webinar is a demonstration of how to use GRADEpro to create a Summary of Findings Table. It explains and shows the step-by-step process from importing RevMan data into GRADEpro, creating the table, and then importing a completed table back into RevMan. This is an online webinar which was recorded on 02 March 2010.
Workshop materials and presentations about Summary of Findings Tables and the GRADE approach
- Presentation 1: Background to Summary of Findings Tables and the GRADE approach
- Presentation 2: An introduction to Summary of Findings Tables and GRADEpro and calculating and presenting results
- Handout: Calculations in Summary of Findings Tables
- Workshop exercise materials: Workshop for Developing Summary of Findings Tables from Cochrane Reviews
Additional materials
A series of articles freely available and published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology about GRADE and Summary of Findings Tables. Each article explains key issues in GRADE (e.g. choosing outcomes). Up to 20 articles will be published in the near future and will be posted here.
- Introduction—GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables
- Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes
- Rating the quality of evidence
- Rating the quality of evidence—study limitations (risk of bias)
Other articles
- Guyatt et al. What is "quality of evidence" and why is it important to clinicians? BMJ 2008; 336: 995-998
- Guyatt et al. GRADE: An emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ 2008; 336: 924-926.
- GRADE Working Group. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ 2004; 328: 1490-1494.
- Schunemann, et al. An official ATS statement: Grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in ATS guidelines and recommendations. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 174(5):605-14, 2006.
- Guyatt G, Gutterman D, Baumann M, Adrizzio-Harris D, Hylek E, Phillips B, Raskob G, Schünemann H. Grading Strength of Recommendations and Quality of Evidence in Clinical Guidelines - Report from an ACCP working group. Chest 129(1):182-187, 2006.
More articles can be found at the List of GRADE working group publications and grants
