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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/economic-evaluation-data/research
October 23, 2012 - Economic data of interest include information that contributes directly to cost-effectiveness analyses … to include economic data in a systematic review, it may be sufficient to review available economic analyses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/medicine-safety-databases/abstract
January 01, 2005 - We will conduct sensitivity analyses to refine the algorithms and will characterize the patients in each … use pattern after sensitivity analyses, by age and sex.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/transparency-neuropathy/research
July 28, 2017 - grade with and without ClinicalTrials.gov records for pain and quality of life, conducting sensitivity analyses … Conclusions
Researchers conducting systematic reviews should account for reporting bias in their analyses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/decision-models-guidance_methods.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Sensitivity analyses (to assess the influence of model inputs) and stability analyses (to evaluate the … analyses using ordered bar charts). … the need to perform sensitivity and
stability analyses. … In statistical analyses, account for heterogeneity. … Random-effects
meta-analyses are not always conservative.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atypical-antipsychotics-off-label-update_disposition-comments.pdf
September 01, 2011 - A clinical rationale for these
decisions should be provided or separate analyses should be presented … We
have revised our depression
analyses, conducting separate
analyses for augmention
studies of tx … Patient heterogenity is an
issue in most of our analyses. … Yet the computation of the overall effects in several
of the meta-analyses, which may be one of the … Actually, we refrained from
doing pooled analyses across,
drugs in response to reviewers
comments
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-presentation-risk-of-bias.pdf
December 01, 2017 - Previous Reviews
• When using an existing systematic review in a
new systematic review or subgroup analyses … Previous Reviews
If you are using an existing systematic review in a new systematic review or subgroup analyses … Use Risk of Bias Assessments in Synthesizing Evidence (I)
At stage 4, you conduct preplanned analyses … Consider and conduct, as appropriate, additional quantitative or qualitative sensitivity analyses or … When summarizing evidence, consider conducting sensitivity analyses to evaluate whether including studies
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/adhd-heart-disease-adults_research.pdf
November 01, 2011 - Alternative Analyses
Appendix L. … We also performed analyses to test other key study assumptions. … Alternative analyses, ADHD medication use, and serious cardiovascular disease
Alternative Analyses, … Alternative Analyses Addressing Age
These analyses were stratified by age 2-17 years and age 18-24 years … Alternative Analyses Excluding Children with Serious
Psychiatric Illness
These analyses excluded
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antiplatelet-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
September 25, 2013 - As such, we have refrained from these analyses. … It
had already been included in our analyses. … – e.g. modified ROC analyses – are generally
rarely reported). … We used fixed effects analyses as sensitivity analyses. … In such cases we
actually performed meta-analyses.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/reporting-findings-updated-reviews/white-paper
May 16, 2013 - preferably shown in graphic form), while at the same time having access to the entire set of data and the analyses … Yet whereas policymakers need access to the entire data set and analyses that comprise a systematic review
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-207-ptsd-disposition-comments.pdf
May 17, 2018 - We did not include any high risk of bias studies in our
meta analyses or SOE gradings. … Peer Reviewer 1 Methods Why did this SR not include sensitivity analyses like the
2013 SR? … We have now indicated that STATA was used for all
meta analyses. … This study did not report findings from such
an analyses. … Peer Reviewer 1
General
3) not doing quantitative sensitivity analyses.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/prehospital-airway-management-draft-report.pdf
November 01, 2020 - Controlled clinical trials (CCTs) were included as RCTs in meta-analyses. … Forest plots for the primary analyses are included in Appendix H. … below (forest plots for sensitivity analyses are included in Appendix I). … Sensitivity analyses resulted in similar findings
(Appendix I-20 to I-25). … (when performed) and qualitative analyses are included.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prehospital-airway-management-draft-report.pdf
November 01, 2020 - Controlled clinical trials (CCTs) were included as RCTs in meta-analyses. … Forest plots for the primary analyses are included in Appendix H. … below (forest plots for sensitivity analyses are included in Appendix I). … Sensitivity analyses resulted in similar findings
(Appendix I-20 to I-25). … (when performed) and qualitative analyses are included.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-performance_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Summarizing results from major axis regressions or Bland-Altman
analyses is probably informative. … Again, it is advisable to seek expert
statistical help when considering such quantitative analyses, … An important piece of information gained from such analyses is the range of
9-11
values defined … The difference versus average analyses from
each study are represented by three horizontal lines: a … Applying the right
statistics: analyses of measurement studies.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/prostate-cancer-test/research-protocol
October 14, 2011 - Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
The quality of included systematic reviews/meta-analyses will … (e.g., sensitivity or subgroup analyses); and assessment of bias across studies? … (e.g., sensitivity or subgroup analyses); and assessment of bias across studies? … Assuming that two unmatched analyses can be performed for PCA3 testing and a comparator, further analyses … What contributions do languages other than English make on the results of meta-analyses?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_executive.pdf
March 01, 2012 - as to compare results of our meta-
analyses with previously published similar analyses. … Our results are similar to that of previous
pooled analyses of patients with total hip and total knee … The results of previous meta-
analyses are in general agreement with the findings of our
comparative … In base case analyses, prolonged prophylaxis
increases the occurrence of minor bleeding and surgical … Sensitivity Analyses: A “what if” analysis that helps
determine the robustness of a study.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoporosis-bone-fracture_disposition-comments.pdf
March 01, 2012 - The quality of these meta-analyses could vary greatly. … Also
what is the real value to include all these prior-meta-analyses
while some earlier meta-analyses … We performed all the meta-
analyses that we judged were appropriate based on the
analyses conducted … additional trials not included in the prior analyses. … It did
not do de novo meta-analyses when meta-analyses already
existed.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/atypical-antipsychotics-seniors-death_research.pdf
August 01, 2007 - Results were confirmed in propensity score analyses and
instrumental variables estimation adjusting for … yielded no substantive changes
relative to traditional multivariable Cox regression analyses. … In instrumental variable analyses, conventional APMs continued to be associated with greater
risks of … Sensitivity analyses revealed that very large relative risks of 5 or greater would be needed
linking … This is evidence that our analyses did not differentially adjust important
confounding variables with
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-update/final-report-update-2018
July 16, 2018 - Eligibility for network meta-analyses required the following: (1) patients with early RA had not attempted … Network meta-analyses found higher ACR50 response for combination therapy of biologics plus MTX than … Qualitative synthesis and network meta-analyses suggest that the combination of MTX with TNF or non-TNF
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/menopause_executive.pdf
March 01, 2015 - 1 that reported subgroup analyses were included. … For vasomotor symptoms and quality-of-life outcomes,
network meta-analyses formed the primary analyses … Finally, interpreting network and pairwise meta-analyses
deserves comment. … In the pairwise meta-analyses, only
direct randomized comparisons are included; the network
analyses … Data extraction
errors in meta-analyses that use standardized mean differences.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/coronary-stents-outcomes_research.pdf
January 01, 2010 - The resulting analyses will better inform national practice patterns overall and in
important patient … We refer to these latter analyses as 6 and 12 month landmark
analyses. … S ens itivity Analys es
We conducted two sensitivity analyses. … P res pec ified Outc omes
Death
Prior analyses comparing survival in DES and BMS treated patients … Unadjusted and adjusted results from time-to-event analyses for prespecified
endpoints.