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Quality of evidence is a key determinant for making a strong GRADE guidelines recommendation
Benjamin Djulbegovic1, Ambuj Kumar1, Richard M Kaufman2
1Division 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.
Objectives:
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.
Study Design And Setting:
The study was conducted as part of the development of clinical practice guideline (CPG) by American Association of Blood Banking related to role of prophylactic vs. therapeutic transfusion for the management of thrombocytopenia. The association between GRADE factors and strength of recommendations was assessed using logistic regression and multilevel mixed effect logistic regression model.
Results:
Seventeen members of the CPG panel participated in the recommendation process. The quality of evidence was the only statistically significant (odds ratio = 4.5; P < 0.001) GRADE factor associated with the strength of recommendations. The predictive model showed that there is about 90% probability that panelists would issue the same (strong) recommendation when confidence in the effects of intervention is high vs. 10% when the quality of evidence is very low.
Conclusion:
The results showed that quality of evidence is a key determinant for making a strong vs. a weak recommendation.
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