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Letters, numbers, symbols and words: how to communicate grades of evidence and recommendations.

Abstract

The GRADE Working Group is developing and evaluating a common, sensible approach to grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in health care. In this article, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using letters, numbers, symbols or words to represent grades of evidence and recommendations. Using multiple strategies, we searched for comparative studies of alternative ways of representing ordered categories in any …

Authors

Schünemann HJ; Best D; Vist G; Oxman AD

Journal

Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 169, No. 7, pp. 677–680

Publication Date

September 30, 2003

ISSN

0820-3946