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Strength of Recommendations

STRONG RECOMMENDATION

 

CONDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION
  • Benefits outweigh harms of a practice that is recommended

 
  • Benefits probably outweigh harms of a practice that is recommended 
  • Harms outweigh benefits of a practice that is not recommended

 
  • Harms probably outweigh benefits of a practice that is not recommended
  • Most persons will benefit from the recommended practice
  • Not everyone will benefit from the recommended practice. There is a need for more careful consideration of:  a) how much persons value the outcomes of a recommended practice and b) potential impact on health equity (if applicable)

 
  • There is good quality evidence (consider certainty and/or confidence in evidence)
  • There is low quality evidence and more research is needed for the area of focus (consider certainty and/or confidence in evidence)

 

Note: The strength of the recommendation statement is detailed directly below each recommendation statement and in the Summary of Recommendations. For more information on the process the expert panel used for determining the strength of each recommendation, please see Appendix D.

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