This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-subcomponent-type defines the following codes:
Code | Display | Definition |
RiskOfBias | Risk of bias | methodologic concerns reducing internal validity. |
Inconsistency | Inconsistency | concerns that findings are not similar enough to support certainty. |
Indirectness | Indirectness | concerns reducing external validity. |
Imprecision | Imprecision | fuzzy or wide variability. |
PublicationBias | Publication bias | likelihood that what is published misrepresents what is available to publish. |
DoseResponseGradient | Dose response gradient | higher certainty due to dose response relationship. |
PlausibleConfounding | Plausible confounding | higher certainty due to risk of bias in opposite direction. |
LargeEffect | Large effect | higher certainty due to large effect size. |