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321. 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 - test performance when the reference standard is imperfect: (a) to forgo the classical paradigm and assess … Assess the index test’s ability to predict patient-relevant outcomes instead of test accuracy. … Assess the concordance of difference tests instead of test accuracy. … Assess the condordance in the results of the index and reference tests (i.e., treat them as two alternative … Health Technol Assess 2007; 11(50):iii, ix-51.

322. Amended Protocol: Management of Infantile Epilepsy (pdf file)
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     March 07, 2021 - We will assess the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness, and harms for each intervention to support … We will assess randomized trials for Key Question 1 and 2 using the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 (ROB2) … Below, we discuss the primary domains and how we will assess them: Risk of bias (see the above section … Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2006 Jul;22(3):288-94. PMID: 16984055. 8. … Primarily, while they support the effort of the systematic review to assess the effectiveness and risk

323. Behavioral Interventions for Migraine Prevention (pdf file)
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     September 27, 2022 - , and progressive muscle relaxation for migraine prevention in adults, but did not comprehensively assess … We will assess the risk of bias in each study included for a KQ. … We will assess randomized trials for Key Questions 1 and 2 using the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 (ROB2) … Although we will assess selective outcome reporting, we will not incorporate it in the overall risk … Below, we discuss the primary domains and how we will assess them: Risk of bias (see the above section

324. Cad-Women-Diagnosis Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - higher risk for complications with invasive screening.4 Types of Noninvasive Technologies NITs can assess … have CAD and were not being tested for chest pain symptoms (e.g., postrevascularization testing to assess … While this focus was adequate for identifying studies to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the NIT … In order to assess sex differences in NIT diagnostic accuracy or the impact on clinical outcomes, a … Additional studies of the NIT modalities to assess differing symptomatology and timing at presentation

325. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - often include process elements (e.g., whether participants had equal opportunities to contribute) to assess … However, it may be difficult to assess whether a specific deliberative event had a direct effect on … studies use both qualitative and quantitative methods to describe the deliberative activity and to assess

326. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - often include process elements (e.g., whether participants had equal opportunities to contribute) to assess … However, it may be difficult to assess whether a specific deliberative event had a direct effect on … studies use both qualitative and quantitative methods to describe the deliberative activity and to assess

327. Impact of Community Health Worker Certification on Workforce and Service Delivery for Asthma and Other Selected Chronic Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - Thus, the overarching goal of this project is to assess the current state of evidence of the processes … For eligible systematic reviews and guidelines, we will assess their quality and extract select key elements … We will use ROBIS to assess the quality of systematic reviews and the AGREE-II instrument to assess guidelines … ROBIS: A new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed.

328. Slide 1 (pdf file)
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     October 13, 2011 - ─ Assess what is known about public deliberation ─ Conduct a large randomized controlled experiment

329. Supporting Patient and Consumer Involvement in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (pdf file)
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     October 13, 2011 - § Assess what is known about public deliberation § Conduct a large randomized controlled experiment

330. 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 - in peer-reviewed journals and grey literature with full text available (if sufficient information to assess … For the key questions, we will assess the efficacy and comparative effectiveness of outcomes using minimal … We will assess the clinical and methodological heterogeneity and variation in effect size to determine … appropriateness of pooling data. 17 We will assess statistical heterogeneity with Cochran's Q test … We will assess strength of evidence for key final health outcomes measured with validated scales.

331. Management of Infantile Epilepsy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2021 - We will assess the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness, and harms for each intervention to support … We will assess randomized trials for Key Question 1 and 2 using the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 (ROB2) tool … Below, we discuss the primary domains and how we will assess them: Risk of bias (see the above section … Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2006 Jul;22(3):288-94. PMID: 16984055. … Primarily, while they support the effort of the systematic review to assess the effectiveness and risk

332. Long-Term Drug Therapy and Drug Holidays for Osteoporotic Fracture Prevention (pdf file)
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     October 05, 2018 - outcomes:  Primary: Incident radiographic vertebral fracture  Secondary: Change in BMD (Will assess … For each of these outcomes, two investigators will independently assess each study for bias in several … We will assess the clinical and methodological heterogeneity (participant population, intervention, … We will assess statistical heterogeneity with Cochran’s Q test and measure magnitude with I2 statistic … Based on these elements, we will assess the overall strength of evidence for each comparison and outcome

333. Systematic Review of Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - These include questions to assess selection bias, confounding, performance bias, detection bias, and … Two independent reviewers will assess risk of bias for each study. … When recent, relevant existing systematic reviews are identified for a particular outcome, we will assess … above, in cases where we identify a recent eligible meta-analysis for an eligible outcome, we will assess … ROBIS: A new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed.

334. Systematic Review of Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2019 - These include questions to assess selection bias, confounding, performance bias, detection bias, and … Two independent reviewers will assess risk of bias for each study. … When recent, relevant existing systematic reviews are identified for a particular outcome, we will assess … Two reviewers will assess each domain for each key outcome, and differences will be resolved by consensus … ROBIS: A new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed.

335. Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol-Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2021 - applicability of the evidence to primary care; (3) to assess whether some medications are more or less … based on the AHRQ Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews , 40 including questions to assess … Two independent reviewers will assess risk of bias for each study. … To assess statistical heterogeneity, we will calculate the chi-squared statistic and the I 2 statistic … Two reviewers will assess each domain for each key outcome, and differences will be resolved by consensus

336. Evaluation of Dietary Protein Intake Requirements | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2023 - Information from these sources will be used to assess publication and reporting bias and inform future … We will first describe the results in evidence tables, and then assess the clinical and methodological … 25 We will identify heterogeneity (inconsistency) through visual inspection of the forest plots to assess … the amount of overlap of CIs and the I 2 statistic, which quantifies inconsistency across studies to assess … Thus, including all metabolic studies that assess protein or amino acid requirements, regardless of HDI

337. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 10 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Assess whether modeling may be useful. … Step 3: Assess whether modeling could be useful in the PET and AD evidence report. … Step 4: Assess whether prior modeling studies could be utilized. … Health Technol Assess 2004; 8(36):iii-xi, 1. 13. … Health Technol Assess 2007; 11(52):iii-xi, 1. 26.

338. Feeding and Nutrition Interventions in Cerebral Palsy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - We will assess the quality of systematic reviews using the AMSTAR measurement tool (Appendix B). … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess the quality of studies … For case series, we will use a tool adapted from EPC work to develop methods to assess risk of bias. … Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. … For the pooled results, a test should be done to ensure the studies were combinable, to assess their

339. Breastfeeding and Health Outcomes for Infants and Children | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2025 - Once the title and abstract screening stage is complete, two reviewers will independently assess the … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Systematic Reviews and Individual Studies We will assess … Two independent reviewers will assess the risk of bias for each primary study. … this domain as part of our rating. 43 , 53 , 54 We may assess additional domains when appropriate, … Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2007(153):1-186. U. S.

340. Breastfeeding and Health Outcomes for Infants and Children (pdf file)
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     February 03, 2025 - Once the title and abstract screening stage is complete, two reviewers will independently assess the … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Systematic Reviews and Individual Studies We will assess … Two independent reviewers will assess the risk of bias for each primary study. … The primary domains we will assess as part of our SOE assessment are study limitations, directness, … Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2007(153):1-186. 23. U. S.