GRADE guidelines: 18. How ROBINS-I and other tools to assess risk of bias in nonrandomized studies should be used to rate the certainty of a body of evidence

To provide guidance on how systematic review authors, guideline developers, and health technology assessment practitioners should approach the use of the risk of bias in nonrandomized studies of interventions (ROBINS-I) tool as a part of GRADE's certainty rating process.

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - February 9, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Holger J. Sch ünemann, Carlos Cuello, Elie A. Akl, Reem A. Mustafa, Jörg J. Meerpohl, Kris Thayer, Rebecca L. Morgan, Gerald Gartlehner, Regina Kunz, S Vittal Katikireddi, Jonathan Sterne, Julian PT Higgins, Gordon Guyatt, GRADE Working Group Tags: Original Article Source Type: research