What is GRADE-CERQual?

GRADE-CERQual is an approach for assessing how much confidence to place in the findings of a qualitative evidence synthesis. The overall assessment of confidence (high, moderate, low, very low) is made on the basis of an assessment of four components: methodological limitations, coherence, adequacy, and relevance.

Overall confidence in the evidence

Examples of review findings and GRADE-CERQual assessments

Cooper S, Schmidt BM, Sambala EZ, et al. Factors that influence parents' and informal caregivers' acceptance of routine childhood vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019;2019(2):CD013265. Published 2019 Feb 18. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD013265 

Glenton C, Carlsen B, Lewin S, et al. Healthcare workers' perceptions and experiences of communicating with people over 50 years of age about vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021;7(7):CD013706. Published 2021 Jul 20. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD013706.pub2 

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