This series of presentations was originally part of the Cochrane Learning Live webinar programme, and offers an introduction to how to use GRADE to assess the quality of the evidence in a systematic review and how to present the evidence in a 'Summary of findings' table by using the GRADEpro GDT software.

The sessions are presented by Dr Nancy Santesso from the Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Dr Santesso is a member of the GRADE Working Group.

We have edited the presentation from Dr Santesso's webinar into several sections, which you can view at the following links:

• Introduction to GRADE and GRADEpro GDT

• How to start a project in GRADEpro GDT

• Organizing and updating outcomes in ‘Summary of findings’ table

• Presenting narrative outcomes in ‘Summary of findings’ table

• Presenting a dichotomous outcome in ‘Summary of findings’ table

• Presenting a continuous outcome in ‘Summary of findings’ table

• Assessing and presenting the quality of evidence in ‘Summary of findings’ table

• Exporting ‘Summary of findings’ table

• Miscellaneous questions on GRADE and ‘Summary of findings’ tables

Another narrated demonstration of how to generate a ‘Summary of findings’ table, using a different example, is available at the link below.

The webinar was delivered in May 2016.

Link: 

Creating a 'Summary of findings' table in GRADEpro GDT [additional screencast]

Author information: 

Santesso, Nancy; Sambunjak, Dario; Watts, Chris