GRADE Certainty Ratings: Thresholds Rather Than Categories of Contextualization (GRADE Guidance 41)
Although considering context in choosing thresholds remains worthwhile, the GRADE working group will no longer use the categorization of contextualization. It will instead refer simply to chosen thresholds or ranges for determining the target of certainty rating.
Authors
- KM Saif‐Ur‐Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8702-7094)
- Brian S. Alper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4300-4928)
- Ariel Izcovich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9053-4396)
- Bernardo Sousa‐Pinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1277-3401)
- Gordon Guyatt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2352-5718)
- Monica Hultcrantz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5140-4289)
- Elie A. Akl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3444-8618)
- Martin Mayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3210-2274)
- M. Hassan Murad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5502-5975)
- Reem A. Mustafa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2091-0875)
- David Tovey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8889-9246)
- Holger J. Schünemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3211-8479)
- David M. Rind
- Ignacio Neumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8406-6880)
Institutions
- Universidad del Salvador (AR)
- Cone Health (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Humanitas University (IT)
- Harvard University (US)
- East Sussex County Council (GB)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- San Sebastián University (CL)
- EBSCO Industries (United States) (US)
- Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (US)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
- Stockholm Health Care Services (SE)
- Impact (CA)
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital (IT)
- McMaster University (CA)
- American University of Beirut (LB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7326/annals-25-00548
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 34.44