• Camila Torres Bezerra, Antonio José Grande, Vivianny Kelly Galvão, Douglas Henrique Marin Dos Santos, Álvaro Nagib Atallah, and Valter Silva.
• PhD. Lawyer, Postgraduate Program on Society, Technologies and Public Policies, Centro Universitário Tiradentes (UNIT), Maceió (AL), Brazil.
• Sao Paulo Med J. 2022 Nov 1; 140 (6): 829836829-836.

BackgroundGrading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) is a tool for assessing evidence produced in synthesis reports.ObjectivesTo present the translation into Portuguese of the GRADE checklist, whose original version is in English, and to describe and explain each topic, in order to provide examples to researchers and professionals who will use the tool.Design And SettingDescriptive study developed at Centro Universitário Tiradentes, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.MethodsThis was a translation of the GRADE checklist, with the addition of the Risk Of Bias In Systematic Reviews (ROBIS) tool in the checklist, with examples of its use.ResultsSituations of practical use of the tool were presented in order to facilitate and expand the use of assessment of the quality and strength of evidence among Portuguese speakers.ConclusionsThe GRADE checklist is valuable in helping to assess the strength and quality of evidence for synthesis reports for healthcare decision-making.

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