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281. Disposition of Comments for CER 175 Total Worker Health (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/worker-health_disposition-comments.pdf
     May 31, 2016 - To assess this requires a comparison of organizations operating under the TWH with the organization … Key Question 1 does not include the need to assess what is meant by integration nor the issues discussed … As new instruments are developed to assess program integration, these instruments will need to be used … as a component of studies that assess TWH programs. … There is no currently available scale that can be used to assess the state of a health or safety program

282. Assessing Applicability | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-applicability/slides

283. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-screening_research-protocol.pdf
     October 20, 2011 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess the risk of bias … We will use standard  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. 10.

284. Evaluation of Effectiveness and Safety of Antiepileptic Medications in Patients With Epilepsy (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/epilepsy-medicine_research-protocol.pdf
     February 01, 2008 - (Table 5) The rating system does not attempt to assess the comparative validity across different types … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … Statistical heterogeneity will be addressed using the I2 statistic to assess the degree of inconsistency … Visual inspection of funnel plots and Egger’s weighted regression statistics will be used to assess … To assess study design, we will rank studies as having no limitations, serious limitations, or very

285. Title (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/obesity-child_research-protocol.pdf
     March 31, 2010 - Various measures have been used in the field to assess adiposity and childhood obesity. … waist-to-height ratio, skinfold thickness and related cut points, have been increasingly used to assess … The study may have been missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential … We will assess the strength of the study designs according to those which best control confounding, … We will assess the quality and consistency of the best available evidence, including assessment of

286. Binge-Eating Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/binge-eating_research-protocol.pdf
     July 21, 2014 - 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. … To determine whether quantitative analyses are appropriate, we will assess the clinical and methodological … 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

287. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review: Implementing Recommended Mental Health and Substance Use Screening and Counseling Interventions in Primary Care Settings for in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/behavioral-health-screening-disposition-comments.pdf
     April 09, 2025 - In order to assess the true outcomes of receiving mental health care in primary care offices, an RCT … Our report did not assess the effectiveness of screening measures. … It may be too soon to assess the impact of these recommendations, and ongoing implementation studies … The scope of the report, however, was not to assess the effectiveness of screening interventions but … rather to assess the effectiveness of implementation approaches.

288. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ear-infection_research-protocol.pdf
     August 07, 2012 - Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies - To assess the risk of bias of studies, … To determine whether quantitative analyses are appropriate, we will assess the clinical heterogeneity … Two reviewers will assess each domain and the overall grade for each key outcome listed in the PICOTS … Assessing Applicability - We will assess the applicability both of individual studies and of the body … To assess the applicability of a body of evidence, we will consider the consistency of results across

289. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/vte-protocol-8-4-10.pdf
     February 01, 2008 - select the most appropriate form of prophylaxis, the AAOS encourages practitioners to individually assess … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … Visual inspection of funnel plots and Egger’s weighted regression statistics will be used to assess … Subgroup and sensitivity analyses will be conducted to assess the effect of heterogeneity (both clinical … We will assess whether or not the effect sizes were on the same side of unity; whether the range of

290. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_research-protocol.pdf
     February 01, 2008 - select the most appropriate form of prophylaxis, the AAOS encourages practitioners to individually assess … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … Visual inspection of funnel plots and Egger’s weighted regression statistics will be used to assess … Subgroup and sensitivity analyses will be conducted to assess the effect of heterogeneity (both clinical … We will assess whether or not the effect sizes were on the same side of unity; whether the range of

291. Colorectal-Surgery-Preparation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-surgery-preparation_research-protocol.pdf
     March 26, 2013 - Instead, we will assess and report each methodological quality item (as Yes, No, or Unclear/Not Reported … moderate risk of bias may not be randomized or may be missing information, making it difficult to assess … In quantitative analyses, we will consider performing subgroup analyses to assess the impact of each … We will assess directness of the evidence (“direct” vs. … Health Technol Assess 2003;7(27):iii-x, 1-173. PMID: 144990348. 26.

292. Maternal and Fetal Effects of Mental Health Treatments in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review of Pharmacological Interventions (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/protocol-pharm-pregnant-women_0.pdf
     December 05, 2018 - Child Cohort Study33 and the Danish National Birth Cohort,34 capture sufficiently large samples to assess … To assess the risk of bias (i.e., internal validity), we will use the ROBINS-141 tool for observational … To determine whether quantitative analyses are appropriate, we will assess the clinical and methodological … Two reviewers will assess each domain for each key outcome, and differences will be resolved by consensus … Health Technol Assess. 2016 Mar;20(23):1-176. doi: 10.3310/hta20230. PMID: 27029490. 37.

293. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-bias_methods.pdf
     July 01, 2012 - In this context, systematic reviewers have not yet achieved consensus on the optimal criteria to assess … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … in and of itself, does not introduce systematic bias, but it does limit the reviewers’ ability to assess … ” • Two reviewers should independently assess individual criteria as well as global categorization … Health Technol Assess. 2004;8(25):iii, 1-234. 6.

294. Tinnitus Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tinnitus_executive.pdf
     August 01, 2013 - assessment scales for case- control studies and cohort studies,7 and the Jadad scale for RCTs8) to assess … audiologist, neurologist, mental health professional); administration of scales/ questionnaires to assess … Lengths of followup were too short to assess the durability of treatment over time, and the validity … • Assess the responsiveness to change of outcome measurement instruments (e.g., visual analog scale … Health Technol Assess. 2007;11(42): iii-xii, 1-154. PMID: 17927921. 4.

295. Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in Management of Asthma - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-201-indoor-allergen-reduction-asthma-evidence-summary.pdf
     February 01, 2018 - Institute Advisory Council Asthma Expert Working group.1 The objective of the systematic review is to assess … sensitization and disease severity, and the combinations of treatments examined, that limited our ability to assess

296. Antiplatelet-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antiplatelet-treatment_executive.pdf
     September 01, 2013 - Other Analyses To assess the impact of study-level characteristics on estimates of the effect size, … Primary studies reported limited information on the methods used to assess analytic validity. … However, given the inappropriateness of the methods used to assess agreement, even high correlation … acid (AA) to assess the response to both clopidogrel and aspirin. … Health Technol Assess. 2004 Jun;8(25):iii, 1-iii234. 29.

297. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/rt-bone-metatases-final-protocol-amendment.pdf
     August 10, 2022 - We will also assess how effectiveness and harms may be modified by patient and clinical characteristics … non-English language articles to identify studies that would otherwise meet inclusion criteria, to assess … .33 Because nonrandomized studies are at increased risk of selection bias and confounding, we will assess … no flaw is likely to cause major bias; the study may be missing information making it difficult to assess … Reporting bias is difficult to assess as systematic identification of unpublished evidence is challenging

298. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer's-type Dementia (CATD) (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/catd-protocol-draft_0.pdf
     November 02, 2018 - Bias of Individual Studies and Quality of Systematic Reviews Based upon AHRQ guidance, we will assess … For treatment effects, we will assess consistency in direction (effect estimates on same side of no … Based on these elements, we will assess the overall SOE29 for each comparison and outcome as: 28 … Eliminated the plan to try to formally assess systematic reviews for author conflict of interest. … Strength of evidence Stated that we’d assess strength of evidence at nonspecific domain level.

299. Dietary Intake of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Plasma Lipid and Cardiovascular Events (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/polyunsaturated-fatty-protocol.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - In addition, we will assess the adequacy of analyses. … Assessing Applicability We will assess applicability in terms of generalizability to the general population … Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2016 Aug(223):1-1252. doi: 10.23970/ahrqepcerta223. … Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2020 Dec 18;37:e7. doi: 10.1017/s0266462320002159.

300. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 48_Use of Life Cycle Assessment in the Healthcare Industry: Environmental Impacts and Emissions Associated With Products, Processes and Waste (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lifecycle-assessment-disposition-comments.pdf
     November 20, 2024 - While the authors agree that midpoint and endpoint indicators are essential assess impacts beyond