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361. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - Laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) is now commonly performed using a robotic-assisted approach. … predefined protocols (selective reporting bias) and other issues (such as appropriateness of analytic approach … Outcomes: We will use the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) 19 approach … will present the overall quality or certainty of the evidence for key outcomes according to the GRADE approach

362. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Formulating an effective evaluation approach requires careful consideration of the context in which … they are more theoretically motivated.19,20 At the same time there are situations when a multivariate approach … predictive value; Prev = prevalence; Se = Sensitivity; Sp = specificity The herein recommended approach … rather than the threshold, and might therefore be most appropriately investigated using the HSROC approach … The summary line approach is also most helpful when different explicit thresholds are used across studies

363. Future Research Needs – Methods Research Series | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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364. Models of Care That Include Primary Care for Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - Methods/Approach A realist synthesis or review answers the broad question "What works, how, why, for … Overview of Iterative Approach As with all realist reviews, our methods will be iterative, including … In the meetings with both groups, our approach will be the same: we will present our initial (and then … are identified we will conduct 'cluster searching'. 21 - 23 This is part of the purposive sampling approach … As we approach the conclusion of the project, we will conduct a final meeting with our stakeholders.

365. ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF INCLUDED STUDIES (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2011 - One method is often referred to as a components approach. … The second common approach is to use a tool or composite approach that combines different components … As with the earlier steps, EPCs should adopt a dual reviewer approach to this step as well. … Unfortunately, this approach is not transparent, and it is likely not to be reproducible. … For some aspects of quality assessment, this approach may be reasonable.

366. Transitions of Care From Pediatric to Adult Services for Children With Special Healthcare Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2022 - federally funded national resource center on healthcare transitions) developed a structured clinical approach … This approach, called "Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition," includes: transition policy, transition … include components and activities, timing, frequency, duration, use of technology, training, delivery approach … methodological limitations, relevance, coherence, and adequacy, and follow the same general philosophical approach

367. Chapter 9: Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Note that the naïve estimate for the sensitivity and specificity of the index test approach the true … Options for Systematic Reviewers So how should one approach the challenge of synthesizing information … If so, the approach to such a review is detailed in Chapter 11 in this Medical Test Methods Guide . … An alternative and well-known approach is to perform difference versus average analyses (Bland-Altman-type … If so, the approach to such a review is detailed in Chapter 11 of this Medical Test Methods Guide.

368. Respectful Maternity Care: Dissemination and Implementation of Perinatal Safety Culture to Improve Equitable Maternal Healthcare Delivery and Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2022 - and observational studies will be assessed using a priori established criteria consistent with the approach … have sufficient (≥10) studies. 51 These criteria and methods will be used in concordance with the approach … We will review and highlight studies by using a hierarchy-of-evidence approach, where the best evidence … Similar to the approach for assessing risk of bias for individual studies, the strength of evidence ( … Quality will be initially assessed by one researcher for selected outcomes (see PICOTS) by using the approach

369. Disposition of Comments: CER 227 Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     April 16, 2020 - A better approach may be to separate the approaches into single and multimodal approaches. … Section Comment Response Dave Schechter General Just wanted to expose you to the EAET treatment approach … Emotions and emotional approach and avoidance strategies in fibromyalgia. … American Psychological Association (APA) General We agree that there needs to be a standardized approach … Such an approach allows for additive or synergistic benefits derived from combining treatments, while

370. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 221 Behavioral Programs for Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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     September 28, 2015 - This approach was used to include as many studies as possible (i.e., those that did report data for … However, such an approach does not take absolute difference into account (only relative ranking). … This approach may also explain some heterogeneity in the data and use all studies for each variable … In summary, we agree that using a multivariable Bayesian model is a potential alternative approach … I did appreciate this approach.

371. ADHD-Update-protocol-160818 (pdf file)
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     August 18, 2016 - Important questions remain about the accuracy of this approach in primary care settings. … Overall, the comments affirmed our planned approach. … We will review and highlight studies using a hierarchy-of-evidence approach. … The strength of evidence will be assessed using the approach described in AHRQ’s Methods Guide.28 In … brief, the approach requires assessment of five domains: study limitations (previously named risk

372. rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-update-protocol-170515 (pdf file)
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     May 15, 2017 - The ACR recommends a treat-to-target approach to remission or low disease activity rather than a nontargeted … approach, for symptomatic early RA, based on a low level of evidence.13 Treating to target includes … They also recommend a treat-to-target approach to remission or low disease activity. … In case data do not allow a quantitative approach, we will assess these questions qualitatively. … Because we lack access to individual patient data, we will most likely use a qualitative approach to

373. Methods White Paper: Improving the Utility of Evidence Synthesis for Decision Makers in the Face of Insufficient Evidence (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - Review purposes and early decisions about synthesis approach .....................................11 … Context Approach Does a test, strategy, or intervention work? … What is the “best” approach among several alternative tests, strategies, or interventions considering … For reviews proposing a “best-evidence approach,” reviewers should plan and describe in the protocol … This approach is consistent with the EPC Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness

374. Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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375. Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Final Report (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2022 - This approach was used to calculate the measure in the patient registries’ dashboards for this pilot … However, there were challenges to the use of this approach as well, notably the issue of extracting … This approach employed standard methods focused on identifying the linguistic patterns that are used … Precision and recall using custom approaches Approach Concept Precision Recall Custom Approach Presence … First, the Outcome Criteria Framework Implementation Guide presents an approach for defining outcome

376. Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2022 - Finally, we outline an approach to incorporating NRSIs within an SR and key considerations for reporting … Conclusion: The main change from the previous guidance is the overall approach to decisions about inclusion

377. labor-dystocia-protocol-amended-160728 (pdf file)
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     July 28, 2016 - fetal descent in the second stage of labor, or on maternal and neonatal outcomes.8-10 The statistical approach … Overall, the comments affirmed our planned approach. … The strength of evidence will be assessed using the approach described in AHRQ’s Methods Guide.20,26 … In brief, the approach requires assessment of five domains: study limitations (previously named risk … The quality of relevant existing reviews will be graded using a components approach, with key components

378. Disposition of Comments for Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - TEP #1 Discussion/ Conclusion The methodological approach section will be particularly useful to … We note that the approach selected for this report did not have an impact on our conclusions or the … We note that the approach selected for this report did not have an impact on our conclusions or the … We note that the approach selected for this report did not have an impact on our conclusions or the … We used standard descriptions of good, fair, and poor quality and adapted the quality grading approach

379. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 03, 2011 - outcome measures may not differ between disabled and nondisabled populations, but the methodological approach … One approach is to use a medical orientation, focusing on pathology, such as classifications based … Our strategy explicitly anticipates having to commence the search with a broad approach and the possible

380. Children's Health | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 07, 2025 - Children and Adolescents Research Report October 1, 2018 EPC Pilot Project: A Dual Approach