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261. Allergy-Seasonal Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/allergy-seasonal_executive.pdf
     July 01, 2013 - Bousquet and colleagues49 examined the responsiveness, defined as the ability of an instrument to measure … To maximize our ability to compare outcomes across trials, we selected the most commonly used symptom … comparing trials that studied a small proportion of the drugs in a class, we were limited in our ability … Effects of seasonal allergic rhinitis on selected cognitive abilities.

262. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 137 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism-update_disposition-comments.pdf
     August 06, 2014 - non-comparative design, so we consider the addition of comparative studies as substantially increasing our ability … intervention being the best course of treatment, there are many mediating factors that limit our ability … However, it also limits its ability to translate into the “real world” when the same therapy is eventually … We note that our ability to isolate specific “effective ingredients” of typically multi-component ASD … assistance of our technical experts, we selected a minimum sample size of 10 in order to maximize our ability

263. Disposition of Comments for Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colorectal-cancer-staging_disposition-comments.pdf
     November 20, 2014 - This conclusion is also questionable since contrast enhancement improves the ability to detect liver … metastases for example both by MRI or CT and also improves the ability to detect lymph nodes. … non-enhanced images for rectal T and N staging, and did not find that contrast-enhancement improved the ability … For example, CT of the abdomen and pelvis is recommended for colorectal cancer staging due to its “ability … are important for both the patient as well as facilities, since they provide facilities with the ability

264. Methods Guide Atkins (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methods_guide_atkins.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - primarily looked at changes in scales of cognitive function over 6 months which may not reflect their ability … Finally, intervention features may affect the ability to generalize the effectiveness or safety of the … flexible and will likely evolve, attention to the general concepts described here will improve the ability

265. Prostate-Cancer-Test Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-test_executive.pdf
     April 01, 2013 - under the curve (AUC) is a common metric that measures the accuracy of diagnostic tests, that is the ability … Table B shows select data from this modeling that compares the ability of PCA3 and tPSA to identify … dashed line indicated where the sensitivity equals 1-specificity, indicating a test with no predictive ability

266. Methods-Guidance-Applicability Methods (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-applicability_methods.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - primarily looked at changes in scales of cognitive function over 6 months which may not reflect their ability … Finally, intervention features may affect the ability to generalize the effectiveness or safety of the … flexible and will likely evolve, attention to the general concepts described here will improve the ability

267. Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disruptive-behavior-disorder_clinician.pdf
     August 01, 2016 - Adverse effects of medications reported in included studies were mild or moderate, but the ability

268. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/substanceabuse_hi_impact.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - They viewed these interventions as having some ability to meet the need for improved patient compliance … They viewed these interventions as having a moderate ability to meet the need for improved patient

269. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 263: Management of Postpartum Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-disposition-comments.pdf
     May 31, 2023 - pressures, which has been in use since the 1800’s, has dramatically but incompletely improved the ability … The ability to obtain and quantify these variables provide an in-depth understanding of vascular physiology

270. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/substance-abuse-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
     June 01, 2013 - The FDA has requested additional data supporting the efficacy of Probuphine, including:  The ability

271. nnovative Methods in Stakeholder Engagement: An Environmental Scan (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stakeholders-engagement-others_research-2012-1.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - At the same time, AHRQ is committed to sharing information and experience that will enhance the ability … stakeholders may wish to consider to enhance the process of engaging stakeholders and stakeholders’ ability … Anyone who might influence an organization’s ability to achieve its mission or who can provide input … One interviewee pointed out that even when audiences have the ability to access social media or new … the NCI Charette System™, a holistic, collaborative community-planning process that ―harnesses the talents

272. Slide 1
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/exposure-definition-and-measurement_chapter-4.pptx
     January 01, 2013 - However, the ability to operationalize exposure as a continuous variable may be limited by the availability … Precision of Exposure Measure The source of the data being used for the analysis can limit the ability

273. pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment-protocol-130718 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
     July 19, 2013 - Antibiotic PD relates PK parameters to the ability of an antibiotic to kill or inhibit growth of bacterial … The efficacy of an antibiotic depends on its ability to reach the site of infection in sufficient concentrations … heterogeneity of treatment effect, measurement of absolute (rather than relative) benefits and harms, and the ability

274. Hibbard-notes-151007 copy - Teresa (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/hibbard-presentation.pdf
     May 29, 2025 - That is, patients who aregetting good  care should  actually be gaining in  their ability to self

275. Blumenthal-notes-151008 copy-Teresa (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/blumenthal-presentation.pdf
     May 29, 2025 - described   how insufficient time with  their physicians impinged  on   their opportunity and  ability

276. Outcome Measures Framework: Literature Review Findings and Implications (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research.pdf
     April 15, 2019 - FITBIR) Data harmonization; Repository Provides data dictionary based NINDS CDE project, with ability … the use of standardized measures that are tied to theoretically-based constructs and facilitate the ability … standardized outcome measures, whether in terms of reduced start-up time in new studies or increased abilities … Further, the NQF QPS provides users with the ability to search for such cross-cutting measures using … Usability refers to the ability of a user to accomplish a goal or task effectively, efficiently, and

277. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-risk-bias.ppt
     June 01, 2012 - While inadequate reporting does not in itself lead to systematic bias, it does limit a reviewer’s ability … Inadequate reporting does not introduce systematic bias itself, but it limits the ability to assess the … while inadequate reporting does not introduce systematic bias itself, it does limit the reviewer’s ability … Inadequate reporting does not introduce systematic bias, but it does limit the reviewers’ ability to

278. Hemorrhage-Postpartum Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hemorrhage-postpartum_executive.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - expected to be optimistic—results of a large trial and the higher quality studies do not demonstrate ability … This lack of direct comparison of treatment options hinders our ability to understand what treatments … the complete trajectory of care of women in many of the studies we reviewed, which compromises our ability … Few studies addressed medications commonly used to treat PPH, precluding our ability to draw conclusions

279. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/trauma-child-interventions_research-protocol.pdf
     March 26, 2012 - March 26, 2012 focus on both the emotional regulation capacities of the traumatized child and the ability … attrition) but they provide information (say, through sensitivity analysis) to allow the reader the ability … Major flaws preclude the ability to draw causal inferences between the intervention and the outcome. … Such conditions may be associated with heterogeneity of treatment effect and the ability to generalize

280. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/05_depression_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - The agent might also improve the ability of marginalized patients to return to the workforce or otherwise … Experts also noted that any improvement in functional ability in these patients may be associated with … Furthermore, most of the experts were highly optimistic about this agent’s ability to meet this need … The success of the Buddy-to-Buddy program relies on its ability to match veterans in need with appropriate