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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xml:lang="en" lang="en"><hr/><p><b>English</b></p><hr/><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem KGGradeStrength</b></p><a name="KGGradeStrength"> </a><a name="hcKGGradeStrength"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://smart.who.int/base/CodeSystem/KGGradeStrength</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">strong<a name="KGGradeStrength-strong"> </a></td><td>Strong</td><td>The guideline panel is confident that the desirable effects of following the recommendation clearly outweigh the undesirable effects — or clearly do not, for a recommendation against — so most informed people would choose the recommended course.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">conditional<a name="KGGradeStrength-conditional"> </a></td><td>Conditional</td><td>The desirable effects probably outweigh the undesirable effects, but the panel is less confident: the balance is close, the evidence uncertain, or values and preferences vary, so different choices will suit different people or settings. GRADE's 'weak'; WHO uses 'conditional'.</td></tr></table></div><div xml:lang="fr" lang="fr"><hr/><p><b>French</b></p><hr/><p class="res-header-id"><b>Narratif généré : CodeSystem KGGradeStrength</b></p><a name="fr-KGGradeStrength"> </a><a name="fr-hcKGGradeStrength"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://smart.who.int/base/CodeSystem/KGGradeStrength</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Affichage</b></td><td><b>Définition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">strong<a name="fr-KGGradeStrength-strong"> </a></td><td>Strong</td><td>The guideline panel is confident that the desirable effects of following the recommendation clearly outweigh the undesirable effects — or clearly do not, for a recommendation against — so most informed people would choose the recommended course.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">conditional<a name="fr-KGGradeStrength-conditional"> </a></td><td>Conditional</td><td>The desirable effects probably outweigh the undesirable effects, but the panel is less confident: the balance is close, the evidence uncertain, or values and preferences vary, so different choices will suit different people or settings. GRADE's 'weak'; WHO uses 'conditional'.</td></tr></table></div><div xml:lang="ar" lang="ar"><hr/><p><b>Arabic</b></p><hr/><p class="res-header-id"><b>السرد المُنشأ: CodeSystem KGGradeStrength</b></p><a name="ar-KGGradeStrength"> </a><a name="ar-hcKGGradeStrength"> </a><p>يُعرّف هذا case-sensitive نظام الشيفرة <code>http://smart.who.int/base/CodeSystem/KGGradeStrength</code> الرمز التالي<f test="code-count != 1">s</f>:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>الكود</b></td><td><b>العرض</b></td><td><b>التعريف</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">strong<a name="ar-KGGradeStrength-strong"> </a></td><td>Strong</td><td>The guideline panel is confident that the desirable effects of following the recommendation clearly outweigh the undesirable effects — or clearly do not, for a recommendation against — so most informed people would choose the recommended course.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">conditional<a name="ar-KGGradeStrength-conditional"> </a></td><td>Conditional</td><td>The desirable effects probably outweigh the undesirable effects, but the panel is less confident: the balance is close, the evidence uncertain, or values and preferences vary, so different choices will suit different people or settings. GRADE's 'weak'; WHO uses 'conditional'.</td></tr></table></div><div xml:lang="zh" lang="zh"><hr/><p><b>Chinese</b></p><hr/><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: 代码系统 KGGradeStrength</b></p><a name="zh-KGGradeStrength"> </a><a name="zh-hcKGGradeStrength"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://smart.who.int/base/CodeSystem/KGGradeStrength</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">strong<a name="zh-KGGradeStrength-strong"> </a></td><td>Strong</td><td>The guideline panel is confident that the desirable effects of following the recommendation clearly outweigh the undesirable effects — or clearly do not, for a recommendation against — so most informed people would choose the recommended course.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">conditional<a name="zh-KGGradeStrength-conditional"> </a></td><td>Conditional</td><td>The desirable effects probably outweigh the undesirable effects, but the panel is less confident: the balance is close, the evidence uncertain, or values and preferences vary, so different choices will suit different people or settings. GRADE's 'weak'; WHO uses 'conditional'.</td></tr></table></div><div xml:lang="ru" lang="ru"><hr/><p><b>Russian</b></p><hr/><p class="res-header-id"><b>Сгенерированный нарратив: CodeSystem KGGradeStrength</b></p><a name="ru-KGGradeStrength"> </a><a name="ru-hcKGGradeStrength"> </a><p>Данная система кодов <code>http://smart.who.int/base/CodeSystem/KGGradeStrength</code> case-sensitive определяет следующие коды:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Код</b></td><td><b>Отображение</b></td><td><b>Определение</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">strong<a name="ru-KGGradeStrength-strong"> </a></td><td>Strong</td><td>The guideline panel is confident that the desirable effects of following the recommendation clearly outweigh the undesirable effects — or clearly do not, for a recommendation against — so most informed people would choose the recommended course.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">conditional<a name="ru-KGGradeStrength-conditional"> </a></td><td>Conditional</td><td>The desirable effects probably outweigh the undesirable effects, but the panel is less confident: the balance is close, the evidence uncertain, or values and preferences vary, so different choices will suit different people or settings. GRADE's 'weak'; WHO uses 'conditional'.</td></tr></table></div><div xml:lang="es" lang="es"><hr/><p><b>Spanish</b></p><hr/><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: SistemaDeCodigos KGGradeStrength</b></p><a name="es-KGGradeStrength"> </a><a name="es-hcKGGradeStrength"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://smart.who.int/base/CodeSystem/KGGradeStrength</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">strong<a name="es-KGGradeStrength-strong"> </a></td><td>Strong</td><td>The guideline panel is confident that the desirable effects of following the recommendation clearly outweigh the undesirable effects — or clearly do not, for a recommendation against — so most informed people would choose the recommended course.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">conditional<a name="es-KGGradeStrength-conditional"> </a></td><td>Conditional</td><td>The desirable effects probably outweigh the undesirable effects, but the panel is less confident: the balance is close, the evidence uncertain, or values and preferences vary, so different choices will suit different people or settings. GRADE's 'weak'; WHO uses 'conditional'.</td></tr></table></div></div>
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value="How strongly a recommendation is made. Strength is NOT certainty: a strong recommendation can rest on low-certainty evidence and a conditional one on high certainty. Moved from smart-kg/methodologies/grade.md by bean wg7r, 2026-09-24 (owner: 'needs to be part of skill/SKOS'). Read with the `grade` skill. Source: folio-assistant cat-harness/code-lists/grade-recommendation-strength.json (bean wg7r), codes and definitions verbatim; Andrews JC, et al. GRADE guidelines: 15. Going from evidence to recommendation — determinants of a recommendation's direction and strength. J Clin Epidemiol 2013;66(7):726-735; WHO Handbook for Guideline Development, 2nd ed. (2014), which uses 'conditional' for GRADE's 'weak' <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.02.003>."/>
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