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241. Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - facilities, and from 0 to 17 percent in the home-care setting. 1,2 Various systems have been used to assess … It will also assess future research needs on this important clinical topic. … and Data Management After studies are selected for inclusion, data will be abstracted and used to assess … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies Predefined criteria will be used to assess … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems

242. Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - Purpose of Review To assess the effectiveness of tonsillectomy for treating children with obstructive … We implemented a mixed-effects, arm-based meta-analysis to assess the influence of different surgical … We did not assess harms separately by indication because there is no reason to expect that they would … Particularly in studies intended to assess effects of tonsillectomy on throat infections, parents of … Measures commonly used to assess objective improvements in obstructed breathing, such as the AHI, are

243. The Effect of Protein Intake on Health: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2025 - To assess chronic disease risk, studies used intermediate markers, including surrogate markers for bone … studies used intermediate markers or sarcopenia diagnostic components rather than direct outcomes to assess

244. Closing the Quality Gap Series: End-of-Life and Hospice Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies The review of eligible studies to assess … If necessary, we will add criteria to assess unique aspects of the conduct of studies on a given topic … We will also assess other elements of study design that affect the applicability of the studies. … First, we will assess studies to ensure that they included a relevant palliative care population and … Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ) 2004; (110):1-6. PMID: 15649108. Gysels M, Higginson IJ, eds.

245. Findings of Bayesian Mixed Treatment Comparison Meta-Analyses: Comparison and Exploration Using Real-World Trial Data and Simulation | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - One explored subgroup effects with a binary covariate to assess whether efficacy of SGAs differs between … The other explored a continuous covariate to assess whether treatment efficacy varies by disease duration

246. Disposition of Comments Report for Assessment and Management of Chronic Cough (pdf file)
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     January 07, 2013 - We sought to measure the validity, reliability, and responsiveness of various instruments used to assess … As described above, we have restructured KQ1 to focus on: ability to assess cough frequency or cough … frequency, or 2) assess severity/impact on life,. … The Punum ladder was developed as a tool to PROSPECTIVELY assess the MID of health related quality … The review was not tasked to assess the ability of treatments to reduce cough during bronchoscopy

247. Nonpharmacological Versus Pharmacological Treatments for Adult Patients With Major Depressive Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies To assess the risk of bias (internal … Two independent reviewers will assess the risk of bias for each study. … If we conduct quantitative syntheses (i.e., meta-analysis), we will assess statistical heterogeneity … As appropriate, we may update the results of these reviews quantitatively or qualitatively and assess … Two trained reviewers will assess each domain for each key outcome, and differences will be resolved

248. Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies We will assess the methodological quality … Quality B studies may not be randomized or may be missing information, making it difficult to assess … If quantitative analyses are undertaken, we will consider performing subgroup analyses to assess the … We will assess directness of the evidence (“direct” vs. … Health Technol Assess. 2004;8:iii, 1-iii234. Higgins JPT GSe.

249. Treatments for Acute Pain: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 08, 2019 - review would provide valuable information.39 Purpose of the Review This systematic review will assess … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … Two team members will independently assess quality. … We will use this information to assess the situations in which the evidence is most relevant and to … (risk and (predict$ or assess$)).ti,ab,kf. 26. or/16-25 27. Patient Compliance/ 28.

250. Treatments for Acute Pain: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2020 - review would provide valuable information. 39 Purpose of the Review This systematic review will assess … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … Two team members will independently assess quality. … The Key Questions are designed to assess the comparative effectiveness and harms by patient demographics … &/li> (risk and (predict$ or assess$)).ti,ab,kf.

251. Strategies to Improve Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies To assess the risk of bias (internal … Two independent reviewers will assess the risk of bias for each study. … If we conduct quantitative syntheses (i.e., meta-analysis), we will assess statistical heterogeneity … Two reviewers will assess each domain for each key outcome, and differences will be resolved by consensus … Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews.

252. Research to Improve the Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services to People with Disabilities (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2024 - Potential research areas include the following: • Educational interventions • Develop and assess the … • Develop and assess the impact of educational interventions to improve communication between clinicians … • Develop methods to assess provider knowledge about disabilities and the delivery of clinical preventive … 8 Each of these items could be measured by funders, and trends could be examined and shared to assess … I Statement The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of

253. Comparative Effectiveness of Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques versus Angiography Alone | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - effectiveness review on the use of IVDx applications in patients with CAD is timely and necessary to assess … We will extract relevant data and assess methodological quality. … We expect to require input from the clinical experts (cardiologists or radiologists) in our team to assess … We will assess the precision (precise or imprecise) of the evidence based on the degree of certainty … We will assess the directness (direct or indirect) of the evidence, whether there is a single, direct

254. Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2021 - type Published in peer-reviewed journals with full text available (if sufficient information to assess … relevant completed studies that did not report outcomes and analyses in the published literature to help assess … We will assess the appropriateness of pooling data based on the conceptual clinical and methodological … We will assess statistical heterogeneity with Cochran’s Q test and measure magnitude with I 2 statistic … the Strength of Evidence for Major Comparisons and Outcomes Two investigators will independently assess

255. Interactive Media for Diabetes Self-Management: Issues in Maximizing Public Health Impact (Session I) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2019 - At Kaiser Permanente Colorado, he and his colleagues have developed and validated instruments that assess … They also have developed resources to facilitate self-management and assess patient reports to determine

256. Disposition of Comments Report for Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment (pdf file)
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     July 03, 2012 - The tools to assess the studies (ACCE framework, partial- QUADAS and NOS) are appropriate. … Given the conclusion of this report on the clinical validity of SNPs-panels to assess risk, a discussion … few critical points that are not evident from this presentation: 1) "The aim of this review is to assess

257. Dietary Total Fat Intake and Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Intake and Child Growth and Development Outcomes: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2024 - Methodology used to assess food and beverage intake of children and adults depends on the circumstance … Nutrient Databases Used to Assess Food and Nutrient Intakes Despite the limitations addressed above, … (parenteral [intralipid] or stable isotope) Studies that only assess exposure to fatty acids from a … Otherwise, we will qualitatively assess the literature for indications of publication bias. … We will assess statistical heterogeneity of sensitivity and subgroup analyses (e.g., differences by study

258. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment for Hepatitis C in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - This review will assess the comparative effectiveness of pegylated interferon alfa-2a and pegylated interferon … studies), 16 and methods developed by the US Preventive Services Task Force 17 will be adapted to assess … We will use standard c2 tests to assess the presence of statistical heterogeneity among studies, and … We will also assess differences in treatment effect or harm in relevant subgroups stratified by race, … Health Technol Assess. 2003;7(27):iii-x, 1-173. PMID: 14499048.

259. Maternal Morbidity and Mortality | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2022 - We will use information from grey literature to assess publication and reporting bias and inform future … relevant completed studies that did not report outcomes and analyses in the published literature to help assess … We will assess similarity within/across population, exposure, outcome measure(s) and, if appropriate, … We will assess statistical heterogeneity with Cochran’s Q test and measure magnitude with I 2 statistic … Grading the Strength of Evidence for Major Comparisons and Outcomes Two investigators will independently assess

260. Comparative Effectiveness of Terbutaline Pump for the Prevention of Preterm Birth | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - The most appropriate measure to assess the efficacy of tocolytic agents should focus on improved health … outcomes for infants; yet, most tocolytic trials to date have insufficient power to assess this endpoint … Surrogate endpoints (such as delay in delivery) are therefore common and meta-analyses are used to assess … The methodology to assess ITT, loss to followup, and confounding by indication, is described in more … Therefore, to determine if an ITT analysis has been conducted in these study designs, we will assess