EvidenceGrade Class

An S7 class for representing IQWiG evidence grading results (Beleg/Hinweis/Anhaltspunkt).

Usage

EvidenceGrade(
  grade = character(0),
  grade_de = "",
  direction = "none",
  certainty = NA_real_,
  n_studies = NA_integer_,
  domains = list(),
  justification = "",
  metadata = list()
)

Arguments

grade

Character string: "proof" (Beleg), "indication" (Hinweis), "hint" (Anhaltspunkt), or "none" (kein Beleg)

grade_de

Character string: German grade name

direction

Character string: "benefit", "harm", or "none"

certainty

Numeric certainty score (0-1)

n_studies

Integer number of studies

domains

List of domain assessments

justification

Character string explaining the grade

metadata

List of additional metadata

Value

An EvidenceGrade object

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
grade <- EvidenceGrade(
  grade = "indication",
  grade_de = "Hinweis",
  direction = "benefit",
  n_studies = 3L,
  justification = "Consistent results from 3 RCTs with moderate risk of bias"
)
} # }