Yes | No | |
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 methodologist with appropriate expertise | X | |
Literature review | ||
Performed in collaboration with a librarian | X | |
Searched multiple electronic databases | X | |
Reviewed reference lists of retrieved studies | X | |
Evidence synthesis | ||
Applied pre-specified inclusion and exclusion criteria | X | |
Evaluated included studies for sources of bias | X | |
Explicitly summarised 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 | NA |
PRISMA: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses; GRADE: Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation; NA: not applicable.