A methodologic survey on use of the GRADE approach in evidence syntheses published in high-impact factor urology and nephrology journals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To identify and describe the use of the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach for rating the certainty of systematic reviews (SRs) evidence published in urology and nephrology journals.

Methods

SRs that were published in the top ten "urology and nephrology" journals with the highest impact factor according to the 2020 Journal Citation Reports (covering 2016-2020) were systematically searched and evaluated using the GRADE approach.

Results

A total of 445 SRs were researched. Sixty SRs of randomized control trials (RCTs) and/or non-randomized studies (NRSs) were evaluated using the GRADE approach. Forty-nine SRs (11%) rated the outcome-specific certainty of evidence (n = 29 in 2019-2020). We identified 811 certain

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9367121 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature