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261. Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/suicidal-thoughts-young-people-amendement.pdf
     February 05, 2025 - 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

262. Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - 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 … the prior EPC methods work.8 The harms chapter of the EPC Methods Guide recommended that reviewers assess … Challenges in systematic reviews that assess treatment harms. … • Do not assume studies adequately assess harms because methods used to assess and report benefits

263. Evidence Summary: CER 231 Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-231-dementia-interventions-evidence-summary_0.pdf
     August 01, 2020 - by 2060.1,2 The goal is to understand the evidence base for effective care interventions, and to assess … understand the evidence base for effective care interventions for PLWD and their caregivers in order to assess

264. Hypertension-Pulmonary-Arterial Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypertension-pulmonary-arterial_executive.pdf
     April 01, 2013 - evaluated the quality of individual studies using the approach described in the Methods Guide.20 To assess … the severity of PAH, to predict events such as lung transplantation or death, or to assess a patient … Our findings do not support any recommendations for replacing existing measurement tools to assess … We reviewed 37 studies involving 4,192 patients that assess the effectiveness of drug treatment for … There was also concern that the population was not always adequately described to assess applicability

265. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-diff-infections_research-protocol.pdf
     May 24, 2010 - and scientific directors, contact reviewers to determine progress and collect completed reviews, and assess … For observational study quality, we will use the AHRQ tools to assess quality of observational studies … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … Meta-analysis to assess risk factors for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. … Meta-analysis to assess risk factors for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.

266. Research Protocol: Improving Cultural Competence To Reduce Health Disparities for Priority Populations (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cultural-competence_research-protocol.pdf
     July 09, 2014 - 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 strength of evidence for outcomes drawn from more than one study for a given patient … Are the statistical methods used to assess the primary outcomes appropriate to the data?

267. Glasgow Coma Scale for Field Triage of Trauma: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - trauma systems, as it helps to identify potentially seriously injured patients Purpose of Review To assess … developed for evaluation of studies on prognosis27 and diagnosis.28 Investigators did not review, assess … – Evidence was insufficient to assess effects of patient or assessor characteristics on comparative … For predictive utility, prospective studies that independently assess patients using the tGCS and the … Finally, studies that assess measures of predictive utility other than discrimination (e.g., calibration

268. Asthma-Immunotherapy-2011 Research (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Credibility of the Checklists To Assess Quality of Observational Studies (Evaluation by Participating … Int J Technol Assess Health Care 1995 Fall;11(4):770-778. 38. … How did the authors find the studies and assess their quality? … Health Technol Assess 2000;4(2):i-iv, 1-111. 58. Ariens GA, van Mechelen W, Bongers PM, et al. … Stat Methods Inter- Rater Reliability Assess 2002;3:1-16. 115. Gwet KL.

269. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_research-protocol.pdf
     April 01, 2013 - Additional results will be scanned, and medical librarians will assess their relevancy. … We will assess the risk of bias by following the guidelines in the chapter, “Assessing the Risk of Bias … For KQ 3, we plan to use the same rating system as described in the 2008 report to assess risk of bias … We will use I-squared29 and tau30 tests to assess heterogeneity in study results. … We will assess strength of evidence by following the guidelines from the chapter, “Grading the Strength

270. 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

271. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-cough_research-protocol.pdf
     October 22, 2012 - underlying cause of the cough should not make the instrument perform differently in its ability to assess … endotracheal intubation) Interventions • KQ 1: Qualitative and quantitative instruments used to assess … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies We will assess the methodological quality … The study may have been missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential … Assessing Applicability We will assess applicability across our key questions using the method described

272. March 2nd Mitigating Racial Bias in Healthcare Algorithms Public Meeting (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/impact-healthcare-algorithms-racial-ethnic-disparities-March-2.pdf
     May 15, 2023 - introduced at all stages of algorithm development and implementation o Organizations making efforts to assess … both KQs • Assessed studies’ methodologic ROB using ROBINS-I and piloted an appraisal supplement to assess … Assess whether performance of a tool at approval/clearance holds up in use with RWD, and if any biases … from a health equity lens and that methods are adequately reported • Invest in further research to assess … algorithms 107 Potential Next Steps (2) • Cross-specialty learning to develop best approaches to assess

273. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Objectives Is distinct from rating the quality of individual studies Is generally used only to assess … The grading step requires reviewers to assess the aggregate quality of studies within each major study … In the absence of statistical testing or measurement of heterogeneity, EPC reviewers can assess consistency … In addition, EPC reviewers should assess the resulting interrater reliability for each domain. … present information that will help decisionmakers judge the risk of bias in the estimates of effect, assess

274. Ced-Appendix-3 (xls file)
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     June 24, 2022 - measure device or medical product utilization; NEST_data • The specific data elements required to assess … NAM 2018 There are some common “rules” that could help assess uncertainty in RWD sources. … NAM2019 Data Data are of adequate quality to assess eligibility, key prognostic factors, treatment exposure … NAM2019 Questions to consider to assess and minimize bias in non-randomized observational comparisons … NAM2019 Data_sufficiency Data are of adequate quality to assess eligibility, key prognostic factors,

275. Medical Care for Adults with Down Syndrome (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/care-adults-down-syndrome-protocol-amendment.pdf
     February 05, 2025 - for Alzheimer-type dementia at age 40.22 Purpose of the Review This systematic review will assess … Where possible, gray literature will also be used to assess and inform future research needs. … If meta-analysis is possible, we will assess the clinical and methodological heterogeneity and variation … Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes Two investigators will independently assess … Abbreviations: AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AMSTAR A Measurement Tool to Assess

276. Glasgow.Presentation (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 -  Approach  to  Patient-­‐Centered  Care   5’s  activity/  Multimedia  Example   • Assess … Model:    A  Guide  for  Making  Decisions   about  Self-­‐management  Plans   • ASSESS

277. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/phenylketonuria_research-protocol.pdf
     March 29, 2011 - incorporate relevant data from searches of the grey literature into the review as appropriate, and assess … will contact the reviewers to determine their progress and to collect completed reviews, and will assess … For observational studies, we will assess three broad characteristics: 1) the selection of the study … Our team will assess the applicability of the results gathered from the literature according to EPC … For observational studies, we will assess three broad characteristics: 1) the selection of the study

278. Disposition of Comments for Use of Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in the Management of Heart Failure (pdf file)
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     November 20, 2013 - We do agree with the reviewer that there are a number of prognostic models that were created to assess … Good systematic review methodology implies that we do not assess information from excluded studies. … Rev 8 General Why not use the method from Deeks 2005 to assess publication bias in diagnostic studies … We agree with the reviewer that more concise tables may be easier to assess than the current tables. … These studies may not have had the aim to assess the independent predictive value of BNP.

279. Emergency Medical Service/911 Workforce Infection Control and Prevention Issues (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - Two members from the team will independently assess each citation to determine whether it meets inclusion … To assess effectiveness, we will abstract data on the main outcomes of each study, whether or not there … Paired reviewers will independently assess the quality of each study by focusing primarily on classifying

280. Tonsillectomy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 10, 2016 - We  will,  however,  re-­assess  a  sample  of  non-­English   studies  as  we  update  our  MEDLINE   … Systematic  Reviews  of  Health  Care  Interventions26)  appropriate  to  each  study   design  to  assess … We  will  assess  strength  of  evidence  as  stipulated  in  the  Effective  Health  Care  Program’s … We  will  assess  reporting  bias  of  randomized  controlled  trials   by  examining  outcomes  of   … Assessing Applicability We  will  assess  the  applicability  of  findings  reported  in  the  included