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101. Using the Principles of Randomized Controlled Trial Design to Guide Test Evaluation | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - Second, to assess the incremental sensitivity and specificity of adding the new test to estimate the … When do we need long-term RCTs to assess trade-offs between the benefits and harms of a new test? … RCTs are needed to assess the efficacy of an existing treatment for the extra cases detected by a new … more sensitive test, just as they are needed to assess the efficacy of new treatments. … Health Technol Assess 2006;10(15). Bates SM, Kearon C, Crowther M, et al.

102. Translation of a C. difficile Treatment Clinical Pathway Into Machine-Readable Clinical Decision Support Artifacts Prototyped for Electronic Health Record Implementation (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2019 - Moving forward, instruments to assess the quality of clinical pathways and CDS will be necessary to … Extract L2 Recommendation Statements, Classify, and Assess for CDS Inclusion Eligibility ........... … Assess Feasibility and Barriers for Conversion of L2 to L3 CDS Artifact Task 3. … Extract Data, Catalog, and Assess for CDS Inclusion Eligibility Task 2. … Assess Feasibility and Identify Barriers for Conversion to L3 CDS Artifact Task 3.

103. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Effectiveness of Treatments Options for the Prevention of Complications and Treatment of Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2021 - We will assess qualitative discordance (preliminarily defined as change in direction of conclusion and … Investigators will independently assess for discrepancies and then discuss these comparisons. … When available we will use existing frameworks and tools to assess for differences. … For trials with multiple publications and outcomes, we will assess each outcome separately, but will … Project Timeline Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements for Studies

104. Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2019 - deliberations, the Workgroup elected to focus on updating guidance on prioritization and selection of harms to assess … However, although the 2010 harms chapter recommended that EPC systematic reviews “always assess harms … Other issues include whether to assess composite harms (e.g., “serious harms” or “withdrawal due to adverse … Challenges in systematic reviews that assess treatment harms.

105. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2017 - Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children … With Otitis Media Methods Research Report Supplemental Project To Assess the … Otitis Media Methods Research Report Supplemental Project To Assess … Supplemental Project to Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children … We applied the same risk of bias assessments as in the original review, where it is possible to assess

106. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Prehospital Airway Management (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2019 - The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … Two team members will independently assess risk of bias. … will conduct sensitivity analyses by repeating meta-analyses with and without selected studies and assess … We will assess the applicability of individual studies as well as the applicability of a body of evidence … If we include studies from the ED to fill gaps in evidence, we will assess the applicability of these

107. Prehospital Airway Management: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2021 - If the RCTs are not sufficient, we will assess the observational studies for risk of bias and then include … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … Two team members will independently assess risk of bias. … We will assess the applicability of individual studies as well as the applicability of a body of evidence … If we include studies from the ED to fill gaps in evidence, we will assess the applicability of these

108. Improving Medication Safety in High Risk Medicare Beneficiaries Toolkit | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2019 - program assessed in the MEDIS-MB study; and (2) to provide our experience and the tools we used to assess … We chose a validated research tool to assess adverse drug events. … We chose a validated research tool to assess drug related problems. … The responses can be combined and summarized to assess the numbers and types of drug related problem … In addition, three questions were asked to assess overall satisfaction with healthcare received.

109. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 05, 2025 - randomized controlled trials [RCT], nonrandomized controlled studies, interrupted time series) To assess … Two reviewers will independently assess the risk of bias at the study and outcomes level. E. … To determine whether quantitative analyses are appropriate, we will assess the contextual, clinical, … Two trained reviewers will assess each domain for each key outcome, and differences will be resolved … Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2012 Jan;28(1):36-43. doi: 10.1017/S0266462311000687.

110. Implementation of Recommended Screening and Counseling Interventions to Prevent Mental Health Disorders in Children and Adolescents | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2025 - , in waiting rooms, and during the encounter with clinician) Study Designs Comparative studies that assess … Two reviewers will independently assess the risk of bias at the study and outcomes level. E. … To determine whether quantitative analyses are appropriate, we will assess the contextual, clinical, … Two trained reviewers will assess each domain for each key outcome, and differences will be resolved … Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2012 Jan;28(1):36-43. doi: 10.1017/S0266462311000687.

111. Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Systematic Review Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - The core of the controversy stems from differences in the rating systems each review applied to assess … If we conduct quantitative syntheses (i.e., meta-analysis), we will assess statistical heterogeneity … Can be used to make a current or lifetime diagnosis of PTSD or to assess symptoms over the past week. … Davidson Trauma Scale (DTS) 37 17-item, self-rating scale used to assess DSM-IV PTSD criteria ( … Assess the severity of PTSD symptoms (consist of the same 17 items as the PSS-I).

112. Telehealth: Mapping the Evidence for Patient Outcomes From Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - The approach used was to create an evidence map of systematic reviews published to date that assess the … reviews and the results of exploratory searches for primary studies on selected topics in order to assess … Future research also should assess the use and impact of telehealth in new health care organizational

113. Lower Limb Prostheses: Measurement Instruments, Comparison of Component Effects by Subgroups, and Long-Term Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2021 - Page Contents Purpose of Review To assess validity of instruments … of people with LLPs is needed to inform optimal matching of prosthetic components to patients and to assess

114. Treatment for Bipolar Disorder in Adults: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Page Contents Purpose of Review To assess the effectiveness … Assess the effect of drug and nondrug interventions for treating acute symptoms associated with bipolar

115. Principles in Developing and Applying Guidance for Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - and harms for different treatments and tests in a consistent way so that decisionmakers can fairly assess … Effectiveness studies use less stringent eligibility criteria, assess health outcomes, and have longer … We will continue to assess both the ability to implement our recommendations and the validity of the … Challenges in systematic reviews that assess treatment harms [review]. … Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2008;24(03):244–58. Black D. POM + EBM = CPD? [editorial].

116. M (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2009 - , we recommend: • At least two independent reviewers should assess SRs for quality … • Determining specific criteria to assess the quality of individual patient data meta-analyses. … Health Technol Assess 2003;7:1-76. 21. Moher D, Pham B, Klassen TP, et al. … Assess for relevance SRs relevant? … Assess for quality STEP 4. Determine use for SR STEP 5.

117. M (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2009 - , we recommend: • At least two independent reviewers should assess SRs for quality … • Determining specific criteria to assess the quality of individual patient data meta-analyses. … Health Technol Assess 2003;7:1-76. 21. Moher D, Pham B, Klassen TP, et al. … Assess for relevance SRs relevant? … Assess for quality STEP 4. Determine use for SR STEP 5.

118. Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
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     February 07, 2025 - We will only assess risk of bias for outcomes which will be included in the strength of evidence (SOE … Additionally, we plan to assess the credibility of potentially relevant effect modification using the … Below, we discuss the primary domains and how we will assess them: Study limitations. … Int J Technol Assess Health Care. Summer 2006;22(3):288-94. doi:10.1017/s0266462306051166. … Development of the Instrument to assess the Credibility of Effect Modification Analyses (ICEMAN) in

119. Guidance for the Conduct and Reporting of Modeling and Simulation Studies in the Context of Health Technology Assessment (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Health Technol Assess. 2004 Sep;8(36):iii-158. PMID: 15361314. 71. … EUR- ASSESS Project Subgroup report on Methodology. … Health Technol Assess. 2004 Dec;8(49):iii-192. PMID: 15544708. 154. … Health Technol Assess. 2009 Jan;13(8):iii, ix-50. PMID: 19203465. 158. … Health Technol Assess. 2003;7:iii, ix-x, 1-51. PMID: 14609481. 324.

120. Assessing the Predictive Validity of Strength of Evidence Grades: A Meta-Epidemiological Study | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - To determine the predictive validity, we used the Hosmer-Lemeshow test to assess calibration and the … C (concordance) index to assess discrimination.