Table 6 Methods for determining the effect of the GRADE approach on SR conclusions
|  | Classification of SR authors’ conclusion | Classification of our conclusion (after GRADE assessments) | Effect of our use of the GRADE approach on the SR conclusion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Certainty | Definitive | High | No change | |
Moderate, low, or very low | The level of certainty of the SR conclusion decreased | |||
Recognizing uncertainty | High | The level of certainty of the SR conclusion increased | ||
Moderate, low, or very low | No change | |||
Recognizing uncertaintya | High, moderate, or low | The level of certainty of the SR conclusion increased | ||
Very low | No change | |||
Effect size | Minimally contextualized approach | Negligible effect | Negligible effect | No change |
Important effect | The magnitude of the effect in the conclusion of the SR increased | |||
Important effect | Negligible effect | The magnitude of the effect in the conclusion of the SR decreased | ||
Important effect | No change | |||
Partially contextualized approach | Negligible effect | Negligible effect | No change | |
Small, moderate, or large effect | The magnitude of the effect in the conclusion of the SR increased | |||
Small effect | Negligible effect | The magnitude of the effect in the conclusion of the SR decreased | ||
Small effect | No change | |||
Moderate or large effect | The magnitude of the effect in the conclusion of the SR increased | |||
Moderate effect | Negligible or small effect | The magnitude of the effect in the conclusion of the SR decreased | ||
Moderate effect | No change | |||
Large effect | The magnitude of the effect in the conclusion of the SR increased | |||
Large effect | Negligible, small, or moderate effect | The magnitude of the effect in the conclusion of the SR decreased | ||
Large effect | No change | |||