Quality of evidence is a key determinant for making a strong GRADE guidelines recommendation.

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The objective of the study was to assess the association between Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) factors and the strength of recommendations.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Clin Epidemiol

Title: Journal of clinical epidemiology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1878-5921

ISSN (Print): 0895-4356

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 2015

Volume: 68

Issue: 7

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[1 ] Division of Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, USF Health Program for Comparative Effectiveness Research, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA; Moffitt Cancer Center and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA. Electronic address: bdjulbeg@health.usf.edu.

[2 ] Division of Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, USF Health Program for Comparative Effectiveness Research, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA; Moffitt Cancer Center and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA.

[3 ] Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Amory 260, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

[4 ] Department of Pathology, John Hopkins Hospital, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

[5 ] Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Rm. 2C12 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1.

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Publisher Item ID: S0895-4356(15)00052-9

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.12.015

PubMed ID: 25766057

SO-VID: 85be9029-098a-41e7-a5f1-73f37dfe1d34

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Keywords: Quality of evidence,quality improvement,Practice recommendations,trustworthy guidelines,Practice guidelines,Guideline development,Evidence-based medicine

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Keywords: Quality of evidence, quality improvement, Practice recommendations, trustworthy guidelines, Practice guidelines, Guideline development, Evidence-based medicine

Quality of evidence is a key determinant for making a strong GRADE guidelines recommendation.

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