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401. Strategies for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care (pdf file)
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     August 04, 2022 - What are the gaps in measurement and what are the implications for our current ability to measure and assess … is unlikely to be large randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with patient-level randomization that assess … As such, we will assess risk of bias for Questions 2 and 5a. … However, we will assess and consider the quality of studies identified for the remaining questions. … Predefined criteria will be used to assess the risk of bias for each individual included study, using

402. Executive Summary: Breastfeeding and Health Outcomes for Infants and Children (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2025 - We used existing systematic reviews and a thorough process to select and assess the credibility of these … Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2007 Apr(153):1-186. 2. Odom EC, Li R, Scanlon KS, et al.

403. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Several measures are available to assess severity. … Other intermediate measures are used to assess the progress of individuals in rehabilitation settings … Two investigators used the appropriate form to independently assess the risk of bias of eligible studies … Results from the RCT were primarily used to assess SOE because the cohort study provided unadjusted … Only one eligible study used an MCID to assess effectiveness.

404. Trauma Informed Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2023 - education/training on how trauma exposure can affect health; 2) education/training on how to discuss and assess … type Published in peer-reviewed journals with full text available (if sufficient information to assess … One investigator will independently assess risk of bias for eligible studies by outcome; a second investigator … We will assess the clinical and methodological heterogeneity and variation in effect size to determine … Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes: Two investigators will independently assess

405. CER 215 Executive Summary: Adverse Effects of Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2019 - Adverse Effects of Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults Purpose of Review To assess … The objective of this review is to assess comparative adverse effects of pharmacologic antidepressants … None of the trials were powered to evaluate harms as they were all designed to assess efficacy. … We found no evidence to assess harms for several therapies of interest including fluvoxamine, 11 … with therapies used to treat MDD in older patients, particularly well controlled studies powered to assess

406. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - In field triage, emergency medical services (EMS) personnel assess and monitor circulation and respiration … The first step is to assess variables such as level of consciousness, circulation, and respiration. … Scope and Key Questions The scope of this review is limited to measures that assess the physiologic … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … We will assess whether quantitative synthesis (i.e., meta-analysis) is possible based on the quantity

407. Improving Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities for Priority Populations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Only systematic reviews that assess included study risk of bias will be assessed for review quality. … Additional items will be developed to assess potential risk-of-bias not addressed by the Cochrane tool … Two investigators will independently assess risk of bias for all included studies. … We will assess the clinical and methodological heterogeneity and variation in effect size to determine … We will assess strength of evidence for published systematic reviews replacing de novo review processes

408. Executive Summary_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2024 Update of the Evidence Base for the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) and the PTSD CheckList (PCL) were measures most frequently used to assess … The CAPS and the PCL were measures most frequently used to assess continuous PTSD outcomes, used in

409. Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2024 - Purpose of the Review This systematic review will assess the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness … If evidence is available, we will also assess how differences in effectiveness and harms are influenced … the risk of bias of the included RCTs using the Cochrane Collaboration’s Risk of Bias 2 tool28 to assess … will follow the procedures outlined in the EPC Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews to assess … We will assess scalability of interventions by summarizing dropout rates and any other relevant information

410. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 12, 2012 - We will assess the quality of systematic reviews using the AMSTAR measurement tool (Appendix B). … • For case series, we will use a tool adapted from EPC work to develop methods to assess risk of … Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews … tool for assessing risk of bias for RCT's, PART I Use this form to assess risk of bias for randomized … For the pooled results, a test should be done to ensure the studies were combinable, to assess their

411. Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - For randomized clinical trials (RCTs), we will assess the risk of bias using a modified Cochrane Risk … Additional items will be developed to assess potential risk-of-bias not addressed by the Cochrane tool … We developed an instrument to assess risk of bias for observational studies using the RTI Observational … We will assess the heterogeneity among clinical, methodological and PICOTS elements to determine the … Are statistical methods used to assess the primary outcome appropriate to the data?

412. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 10, 2012 - Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review Two independent investigators will assess … We will assess each randomized trial for the following criteria: methods for randomization, allocation … Egger’s weighted regression statistics will be used to assess for the presence of publication bias … We will assess whether or not the effect sizes are on the same side of unity, whether the range of … Methods, Inclusion/ Exclusion Criteria Two independent investigators will assess studies

413. Ovarian Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 28, 2017 - ovariandisorders.html Products Research Report June 28, 2017 Supplemental Project To Assess

414. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults (pdf file)
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     October 19, 2020 - difficult for hospitals to standardize this process.4,5 Currently, at least 20 different tools exist to assess … is important to identify the appropriate context for which such interventions are efficacious, and assess … If we are unable to reach the study authors or receive a response within 6 weeks, we will assess the … If data permit, we will assess the impact through quantitative analysis (e.g., meta-regression, sensitivity … Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2006 Jul;22(3):288-94. PMID: 16984055. 14.

415. Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - difficult for hospitals to standardize this process. 4,5 Currently, at least 20 different tools exist to assess … is important to identify the appropriate context for which such interventions are efficacious, and assess … If we are unable to reach the study authors or receive a response within 6 weeks, we will assess the … If data permit, we will assess the impact through quantitative analysis (e.g., meta-regression, sensitivity … Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2006 Jul;22(3):288-94. PMID: 16984055.

416. Screening for Hepatitis C | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess the risk of bias of … We will use standard x 2 tests to assess the presence of statistical heterogeneity among studies and … We will assess the applicability of studies in terms of the degree to which the study population, interventions … Health Technol Assess 2003;7(27):iii-x, 1-173. PMID: 14499048. Owens DK, Lohr KN, Atkins D et al.

417. Medication-Therapy-Management Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Specific concerns for our review include including questions to assess selection bias, confounding, … 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 … Assessing Applicability We will assess applicability of the evidence following guidance from the … Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews

418. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - For newly found studies, we will record additional data and assess their risk of bias. … At the level of the evidence-base, and for each pertinent exposure-outcome relationship, we will assess … We will also assess each new study for the same risk of bias questions addressed by the original report … Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ). 2004 Mar(94):1-8. PMID: 15133888. … Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ). 2004 Mar(93):1-6. PMID: 15133887.

419. Tonsillectomy for Recurrent Infection and Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - We will, however, re-assess a sample of non-English studies as we update our MEDLINE search. … infection; rather, we will capture how each study operationalizes these indications and potentially assess … We will use the same screening forms and inclusion criteria to assess eligibility of citations recommended … We will assess strength of evidence as stipulated in the Effective Health Care Program's Methods Guide … We will assess reporting bias of randomized controlled trials by examining outcomes of trials as reported

420. Colorectal-Cancer-Protocol_130520 (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2013 - combination of tests) for correctly establishing the stage of the cancer, it is also important to assess … We will assess the risk of bias of each individual study (see the section on assessing the risk of bias … of individual studies) to assess its risk of bias for each outcome and will use the aggregate risk … Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2006 Summer;22(3):288-94. PMID: 16984055 16. … Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews