ARC Yorkshire & Humber Lunch & Learn - GRADE in relation to systematic reviews

GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations) is a framework used in Cochrane reviews and more widely for summarising evidence from effectiveness studies. It allows us to get away from just saying there is no evidence of effect, or the intervention was effective, and instead describe how certain (or uncertain) the result is, as well as the size of an effect, in plain language. Understanding the approach should make it easier to interpret and critique systematic reviews, whether or not they have used GRADE.