Evidence to Decision framework provides a structured "roadmap" for making GRADE guidelines recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

It is unclear how guidelines panelists discuss and consider factors (criteria) that are formally and not formally included in the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. To describe the use of decision criteria, we explored how panelists adhered to GRADE criteria and sought to identify any emerging non-GRADE criteria when the panelists used the Evidence to Decision (EtD) framework as part of GRADE application.

Study design and setting

We used conventional and summative qualitative analyses to identify themes emerging from face-to-face, panel meeting discussions. Forty-eight members from 12 countries participated in the development of five guidelines for the management of venous thromboembolism by the American Society of

SUBMITTER: Li SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7275375 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature