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181. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/knowledge-brief-2-methods-public-deliberation-130213.pdf
     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

182. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/trauma-interventions-maltreatment-child_research-protocol.pdf
     January 12, 2012 - KQ 2 will assess child welfare outcomes, specifically safety, placement stability, and permanency. … KQ 5 will review the evidence on treatment adherence, and KQ 6 will assess adverse events during … Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies To assess the risk of bias of studies, we will … Two independent reviewers will assess the risk of bias for each study. … Assessing Applicability We will assess the applicability 34, 36 both of individual studies and

183. Trauma Informed Care (pdf file)
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     April 19, 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

184. Digestible Carbohydrate Intake and Maternal-Infant Outcomes: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/carbohydrate-intake-protocol.pdf
     April 08, 2024 - total digestible carbohydrates or enough data to allow this to be calculated • Studies that only assess … digestible carbohydrate intake via infusions • Studies that only assess exposure to digestible … Assessment of Risk of Bias for Individual Studies We will use predefined criteria to assess the risk … 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

185. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-249-malnutrition-hospitalized-adults-evidence-summary_0.pdf
     October 01, 2021 - To assess clinical utility of measurement tools we sought to identify prospectively controlled studies … However, use of imaging specifically to assess malnutrition is infrequent and has important limitations

186. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-249-malnutrition-hospitalized-adults-evidence-summary.pdf
     October 01, 2021 - To assess clinical utility of measurement tools we sought to identify prospectively controlled studies … However, use of imaging specifically to assess malnutrition is infrequent and has important limitations

187. Alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy-140326 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
     January 27, 2012 - applicability of the evidence to primary care; (3) to assess whether some medications are more or less … Two independent reviewers will assess risk of bias for each study. … To assess statistical heterogeneity, we will calculate the chi-squared statistic and the I2 statistic … 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 Methods

188. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 262_Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder in Outpatient Settings: Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - approaches in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center Guidance to assess … Neither ondansetron nor prazosin had adequate data to assess harms. … There are too few studies to assess the efficacy of medications in this setting or to characterize differences

189. EHC Protocol: Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults and Children: Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Medical Strategies (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-stones-protocol.pdf
     September 24, 2024 - Objectives of the Review This systematic review will assess the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness … • Study Designs: RCTs; NRSI with concurrent comparator group and primary study aim/outcome to assess … In some cases, we may report an outcome-specific ROB rating within a study if we assess the outcome … Two reviewers will independently assess the ROB for each study; disagreements on domain-level … We will assess statistical heterogeneity for any quantitative synthesis with the I2 statistic and will

190. Disposition of Comments for Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
     November 24, 2014 - As stated in our Methods section, “To assess the risk of bias (i.e., internal validity) of studies, … This approach uses questions to assess selection bias, confounding, performance bias, detection bias … We believe that the description in our methods section, “To assess the risk of bias (i.e., internal … VAT/VAP data would also assess specific outcomes: ventilator days, ICU days, days to becoming afebrile … For example, patients randomized to PK/PD antibiotic therapy vs a control group, could assess results

191. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-tympanostomy_research-protocol.pdf
     September 02, 2016 - For newly found studies, we will record additional data and assess their risk of bias. … For studies identified in the original review, we will also assess the congruence of any additional … At the level of the evidence-base, and for each pertinent exposure-outcome relationship, we will assess … We will assess whether the additional information in the registry records changes the risk of bias assessments … If meta-analyses are not conducted, we will assess whether the new studies fall within the range of

192. A Case Control Study to Assess Association of Variations in OCT Genes with Effectiveness of Metformin in Diabetic Patients | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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193. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Strategies To Improve Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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194. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Strategies To Improve Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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195. AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program: Synthesizing evidence to improve health care practice and delivery (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/epc-health-care-practice-delivery.pdf
     November 01, 2022 - They grade and assess the strength of the evidence base.

196. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_research-protocol.pdf
     March 09, 2010 - In order to assess the benefits or harms of any therapy, it is critical to have a comparison treatment … the measure, it is important to be able to measure clinically meaningful responses to therapy and to assess … • Case control studies are acceptable to assess for adverse events of DMARD treatment (KQ3, KQ4) … Data elements include descriptors to assess applicability, quality elements, intervention/exposure details … To assess individual observational studies, we will adapt a basic set of quality criteria used in previous

197. Using Deliberative Methods to Engage Patients, Consumers, and the Public (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/deliberative-methods_presentation-2011.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - University of Michigan with funding from National Institute on Aging Goal of deliberation: ─ Assess … prioritize social or health services to improve health and understand their reasoning Evaluation: assess

198. Modeling to evaluate benefits and harms of new diagnostic tests compared to established diagnostic tests – uses and limitations (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/benefits-harms-modeling_research.pdf
     November 19, 2009 - utility of medical tests.8,9 Herein, we discuss the rationale for and impact of using modeling to assess … Decision analysis is a natural framework to assess such tradeoffs. … Health Technol Assess 2007;11:iii-xi, 1. 13. Gillies CL, Lambert PC, Abrams KR, et al. … Health Technol Assess 2004;8:iii-xi, 1. 28. Philips Z, Bojke L, Sculpher M, et al. … Health Technol Assess 2007;11:iii-xi, 1. 57.

199. worker-health-protocol-150526 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/worker-health_research-protocol.pdf
     May 26, 2015 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies: To assess … These include questions to assess selection bias, confounding, performance bias, detection bias, and … Two independent reviewers will assess risk of bias for each study. … Two reviewers will assess each domain for each key outcome, and differences will be resolved by consensus … Source: Berkman et al.23 Assessing Applicability: We will assess the applicability of individual studies

200. Strategies for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/strategies-integrating-behavioral-health-protocol.pdf
     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