The construct of certainty of evidence has not been disseminated to systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines; response to 'The GRADE Working Group' et al.

J Clin Epidemiol

Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan; Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Min-Iren Asukai Hospital, Tanaka Asukai-cho 89, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8226, Japan; Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine / Public Health, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.

Published: July 2022

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