TABLE 1.
Yes | No | |
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Panel assembly | ||
Included experts for relevant clinical and nonclinical disciplines | X | |
Included individual who represents the views of patients and society at large | X | |
Included a methodologist with appropriate expertise (documented expertise in conducting systematic reviews to identify the evidence base and the development of evidence-based recommendations) | X | |
Literature review | ||
Performed in collaboration with librarian | X | |
Searched multiple electronic databases | X | |
Reviewed reference lists of retrieved articles | X | |
Evidence synthesis | ||
Applied prespecified inclusion and exclusion criteria | X | |
Evaluated included studies for sources of bias | X | |
Explicitly summarized benefits and harms | X | |
Used PRISMA1 to report systematic review | X | |
Used GRADE to describe quality of evidence | X | |
Generation of recommendations | ||
Used GRADE to rate the strength of recommendations | X |
Definition of abbreviation: GRADE = Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation; PRISMA1 = Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, version 1.