Using GRADEpro to create a Summary of Findings table for a Cochrane systematic review

Authors of Cochrane systematic reviews can use GRADEpro to create a Summary of Findings (SoF) table. GRADEpro will help you to create the table and to use GRADE to grade the quality of the evidence in the review. Because GRADEpro is a separate software from RevMan, you will need to import your RevMan file into GRADEpro, create and save the table in GRADEpro, and then import that table into RevMan.

GRADEpro is set up to make it easy to fill in the 3 key parts of a SoF table:

i. information about the review (top part of SoF)

ii. GRADE of the quality of evidence (last column and footnotes of the SoF) iii. summary of the statistical results (first columns of the SoF)

If you need any help while creating your SoF, there is a HELP file. You can access it directly from the GRADEpro toolbar, or by hovering over sections of the GRADEpro screen and clicking directly on that word or area.

Steps to create a Summary of Findings Table

An example of a Summary of Findings table can be found at the end of this document and it is used in the steps below.

1. Download GRADEpro at /gradepro/GradeProSetup.exe.

2. Before starting your SoF, finish the statistical analyses in RevMan and save your RevMan file

on your computer.

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3. Open GRADEpro. Choose ‘New profile”. Name and save the new file.

4. At this point there is an empty GRADEpro screen. Import your RevMan file. From the

<File> menu, choose <Import From > Review Manager file> and select your RevMan file.

5. All data from the meta-analyses in the RevMan file were imported. GRADEpro structures that information similar to how it is

structured in RevMan in the left sidebar. You will first see each comparison. Click on each comparison and expand the tree to see the outcomes that were imported.