GRADE guidelines 26: informative statements to communicate the findings of systematic reviews of interventions

OBJECTIVES: Clear communication of systematic review findings will help readers and decision makers. We built on previous work to develop an approach that improves the clarity of statements to convey findings and that draws on Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We conducted workshops including 80 attendants and a survey of 110 producers and users of systematic reviews. We …