Developing Summary of Findings (SoF) tables for Cochrane reviews

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Schunemann H
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Abstract: With the release of RevMan 5 and the new Cochrane Handbook, review authors are encouraged to include a Summary of Findings (SoF) table in their review. A SoF table is an optional, although strongly recommended, means of presenting findings for the most important outcomes, whether or not evidence for outcomes is available from research studies (i.e. the summary for an outcome may be "no research evidence available"). A SoF table includes, where appropriate; typical absolute risks for people receiving experimental and control interventions; estimates of relative effect (e.g. risk ratio or odds ratio); a depiction of the quality of the body of evidence; comments; and footnotes. The assessment of the quality of the body of evidence should follow the GRADE framework, which combines considerations of risk of bias, directness, heterogeneity, precision and publication bias. Participants of this workshop will learn how to prepare a SoF table for a review.