Grading of recommendations5
| Guidelines | ||
|---|---|---|
| Strong recommendation | Weak recommendation | |
| Patients | Most people in your situation would want the recommended course of action and only a small proportion would not | The majority of people in your situation would want the recommended course of action, but many would not |
| Clinicians | Most patients should receive the recommended course of action | Recognise that different choices will be appropriate for different patients and that you must make greater effort to help each patient to arrive at a management decision consistent with his or her values and preferences; decision aids and shared decision making are particularly useful |
| Policymakers | The recommendation can be adopted as a policy in most situations | Policymaking will require substantial debate and involvement of many stakeholders |