The construct of certainty of evidence has not been disseminated to systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines; response to 'The GRADE Working Group' et al

Affiliations

¹ Division of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Kasumi 1-2-3, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551 Japan; Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: shutaitou@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
² Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan; Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Kyoritsu Hospital, Chuo-cho 16-5, Kawanishi 666-0016, Japan; Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine / School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
³ Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan; Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Min-Iren Asukai Hospital, Tanaka Asukai-cho 89, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8226, Japan; Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine / Public Health, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.

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Shunsuke Taito et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul:147:171-172.

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.03.013. Epub 2022 Mar 24.

¹ Division of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Kasumi 1-2-3, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551 Japan; Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: shutaitou@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
² Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan; Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Kyoritsu Hospital, Chuo-cho 16-5, Kawanishi 666-0016, Japan; Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine / School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
³ Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan; Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Min-Iren Asukai Hospital, Tanaka Asukai-cho 89, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8226, Japan; Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine / Public Health, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.

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The construct of certainty of evidence has not been disseminated to systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines: author's reply.
Schünemann HJ, Neumann I. Schünemann HJ, et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022 Jul;147:173. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.03.015. Epub 2022 Mar 24. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022. PMID: 35341950 No abstract available.

The GRADE Working Group clarifies the construct of certainty of evidence.
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