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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/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/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/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/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/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.
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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/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-test_research-protocol.pdf
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/cancer-ovarian-contraceptives_executive.pdf
June 01, 2013 - review the relevant scientific literature
on topics assigned to them by AHRQ
and conduct additional analyses … No comparative effectiveness analyses
have been conducted to inform decisions about the use of
OCs … We stratified analyses by study
type (i.e., case-control, cohort, pooled analyses). … Of these, 39 were case-
control studies, 10 were cohort studies, and 6 were pooled
analyses. … None of the pooled analyses met criteria for
inclusion in the meta-analyses examining OC use and
ovarian
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-test_disposition-comments.pdf
April 01, 2013 - a couple
additional analyses may be helpful. … Abstracts often
represent early analyses of data that may contain
errors and/or analyses may change … Abstracts often represent early analyses of data that
may contain errors and/or analyses may
change … biopsies, and these separate analyses have been
performed. … , and their analyses were
informative.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-adult-treatment_executive.pdf
April 01, 2013 - For analyses of the efficacy of psychological interventions,
we stratified our meta-analyses by comparison … Heterogeneity was also explored through sensitivity
analyses. … Quantitative pairwise meta-analyses were
conducted using Stata® version 11.1. … Analyses were generally not powered to detect anything
but large differences. … These sensitivity analyses
did not produce significantly different results for our
pairwise meta-analyses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_research-protocol.pdf
August 22, 2008 - In this systematic review, some of the data will allow for meta-
analyses to pool the data. … Subgroup and sensitivity analyses. … In this systematic review, some of the data will allow for meta-analyses to pool the data. … Subgroup and sensitivity analyses. … Subgroup analyses will be conducted to assess the effect age, gender, and baseline clinic...
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/adhd-heart-disease-children_research.pdf
January 01, 2023 - All analyses were done with SAS version 9.1. All p-values were two
sided. … In addition to analyses on the full cohort of users and non-users, we conducted several
analyses within … Age
Results of subgroup analyses are presented in Tables 5a-c. … Sensitivity Analyses—Adjustment Method
In sensitivity analyses to examine the effect of allowing the … (including remote
user comparison and new user analyses) and the results of our sensitivity analyses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ced-appendix-3.xlsx
June 24, 2022 - to be pursued; if identified data are used, analyses are conducted within secure network areas from … : There is established knowledge on how to conduct such studies, but the question of when such analyses … If not, can sensitivity analyses be designed to examine their potential influence? … If not, can sensitivity analyses be designed to examine their potential influence? … FDA Design_sensivity analyses Prespecify the essential sensivity analyses and other statistical diagnositics
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/aggression_research-protocol.pdf
October 05, 2015 - Systematic reviews, with or without meta-analyses
•! … (PRISMA) checklist.63 All
methods and analyses are determined a priori. … analyses.
15! … We plan to stratify
analyses and/or perform subgroup analyses when possible and appropriate to examine … For any quantitative analyses, we will conduct sensitivity analyses including high
risk-of-bias studies
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-reporting-bias_methods.pdf
November 01, 2013 - Analysis reporting bias
The selective reporting, in published studies, of one or more analyses as a … only for the whole study population when
analyses were also done for subpopulations. … Effect of reporting
bias on meta-analyses of drug trials: reanalysis of
meta-analyses. … Direction
and impact of language bias in meta-analyses of
controlled trials: empirical study. … 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/cer-273-anal-cancer-disposition-comments.pdf
August 20, 2024 - • Some reviewers felt that the long-term update (post hoc, secondary analyses) of the
RTOG 9811 … The secondary
analyses of the RTOG 9811 trial was not preplanned, was assessed at higher risk of
bias … outcomes using data from the parent trial report as
opposed to the report with post hoc, secondary analyses