GRADE evidence profiles

To provide an overview of the body of evidence for each comparison relevant to the research question, GRADE evidence profiles are created and added to the appendix of the report. These evidence profiles can serve as a basis for the content discussions during the expert meetings. To create these evidence profiles it is highly recommended to use the GRADEpro software, which can be downloaded for free (http://ims.cochrane.org/revman/other-resources/gradepro/download).

When a meta-analysis is possible, it is recommended to extract the necessary information to Review Manager (RevMan) first, and subsequently to import this information from RevMan into GRADEpro (using the button ‘Import from RevMan’). More information on the use of RevMan can be found here: http://ims.cochrane.org/revman.

Once all information is extracted in GRADEpro, evidence profiles can be created by clicking the ‘Preview SoF table’ button, selecting the format ‘GRADE evidence profile’ and exporting them to a Word Document.