Resources

HELP files

The HELP files in the GRADEpro software provide information to create Summary of Findings (SoF) Tables and use the GRADE approach to grade the quality of the evidence.

For more information, please consult the following:

The Cochrane Handbook

The Cochrane Handbook includes two principle chapters which provide information on how to create Summary of Findings Tables using the information from Cochrane systematic reviews and GRADEing the evidence.

Chapter 11: Presenting results and ‘Summary of findings’ tables

Chapter 12: Interpreting results and drawing conclusions

Powerpoint presentations about Summary of Findings Tables and the GRADE approach

Presentation 1: Background to Summary of Findings Tables and the GRADE approach

Presentation 2: An introduction to Summary of Findings Tables and GRADEpro and calculating and presenting results

Additional materials

GRADE Working Group. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ 2004; 328: 1490-1494. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/328/7454/1490.pdf

Schunemann, et al. An official ATS statement: Grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in ATS guidelines and recommendations. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 174(5):605-14, 2006.http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/174/5/605

Guyatt G, Gutterman D, Baumann M, Adrizzio-Harris D, Hylek E, Phillips B, Raskob G, Schünemann H. Grading Strength of Recommendations and Quality of Evidence in Clinical Guidelines - Report from an ACCP working group. Chest 129(1):182-187, 2006. http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/reprint/129/1/174

BMJ series in press.

More articles can be found at www.gradeworkinggroup.org/publications