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Acting on results that are not statistically significant is challenging for clinicians. Such results are often interpreted as evidence of lack of association or as useless evidence. We provide a framework for interpreting and applying non-significant results at the point of care using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach.
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Acting on results that are not statistically significant is challenging for clinicians. Such results are often interpreted as evidence of lack of association or as useless evidence. We provide a framework for interpreting and applying non-significant results at the point of care using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach.
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Contributors MHM and MCT conceived the idea of this guide and wrote the initial draft. FZ and MT revised the manuscript and contributed to the discussion.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.