| Ref ID | 833 |
| First Author | A.L.C. Martimbianco |
| Journal | SAO PAULO MEDICAL JOURNAL |
| Year Of Publishing | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.scielo.br/j/spmj/a/pVmdZzXs3T9v9TpNXxRnc3q/?format=pdf&lang=en |
| Keywords |
• Non-Cochrane reviews • Certainty • COVID |
| Problem(s) |
• Interpreted without considering certainty or overall quality of the evidence base |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Brazil |
| Aim | To assess how many systematic reviews indexed in MEDLINE (via PubMed) on the therapeutic or preventive options for COVID-19 assessed the certainty of the evidence through the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From 177 included systematic reviews on the therapeutic or preventive options for COVID-19, indexed on MEDLINE (via PubMed) on January 20, 2021. Of the 177 systematic reviews on interventions conducted in relation to COVID-19, only 37/177 (21%) assessed the certainty of the evidence using GRADE. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 177 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 1075 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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