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61. Newer Medications for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Associated With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (pdf file)
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    April 21, 2015 - There are two validated and widely used, nearly identical instruments used to assess LUTS, the American … Our review will comprehensively assess newer medications for LUTS/BPH newly used in the last 10 years … Information from grey literature will also be used to assess publication and reporting bias and inform … One investigator will independently assess risk of bias for eligible studies; a second investigator … We will assess strength of evidence for key final health outcomes measured with validated scales.

62. Healthcare Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services for People with Disabilities (pdf file)
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    January 16, 2024 - Studies that were not designed specifically to assess barriers/facilitators to the receipt of clinical … For all Key Questions, we will assess existing systematic reviews. … As such, we will assess risk of bias for these study types when possible for all Key Questions. … For Key Question 1, we will assess and consider the general quality of other included study designs … For descriptive studies or surveys, we will adapt the criteria for observational studies and assess

63. The Role of Immunotherapy and the Management of Asthma: Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    September 14, 2016 - For Key Questions 2 and 4 we will also include cohort studies and case reports to assess safety. … Two authors will independently assess the included studies for sources of systematic bias according … We will assess the quality and consistency of the available evidence, including assessment of the risk … Assessing Applicability We will assess the applicability of studies in terms of the degree to which … It can be used to diagnose asthma, characterize the severity of asthma, and/or assess the patient's

64. Fecal-Incontinence Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    November 30, 2014 - If the risk of bias assessment tool is similar to our approach, we will separately assess risk of bias … We will assess the heterogeneity among clinical, methodological and PICOTS elements to determine the … Evid rep/technol assess 2007; Dec;(161):1-379. PMID: 18457475. 5. Clinic M. Fecal Incontinence. … AMSTAR is a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic … Are statistical methods used to assess the primary outcome appropriate to the data?

65. Disposition of Comments for CER 196 The Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma (pdf file)
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    March 23, 2018 - We did not assess cost. … This approach to using validated instruments to assess symptoms is consistent with recommendations … This approach to using validated instruments to assess symptoms is consistent with recommendations … We did not set out to assess this comparison separately (i.e., not outlined in our protocol), and … This approach to using validated instruments to assess symptoms is consistent with recommendations

66. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 6 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - studies in many populations and settings, (3) publications that provide too little information to assess … Element Potential Characteristics To Describe and Assess Challenges When Assessing Studies … − Assess heterogeneity in meta-analysis and comment of sources of heterogeneity in estimates. … Element Potential Characteristics To Describe and Assess Challenges When Assessing Studies … Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ). 1999(5):1-6. 7. Hutchinson ML, Zahniser DJ, Sherman ME, et al.

67. Ptsd-Adults-Trauma-Interventions Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    November 08, 2012 - These reports will critically assess the comparative effectiveness of selected interventions aimed at … Two independent reviewers will assess the risk of bias for each study. … • Can be used to make a current or lifetime diagnosis of PTSD or to assess symptoms over the past … • Can be used to make a current or lifetime diagnosis of PTSD or to assess symptoms over the past … • Assess the severity of PTSD symptoms (consist of the same 17 items as the PSS- I).

68. bipolar-disorder-treatment-protocol-140623 (pdf file)
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    June 23, 2014 - Two investigators will independently assess risk of bias for all included studies. … We will use minimum important differences (MIDs) to assess the efficacy and comparative effectiveness … We will assess harms as dichotomous variables to acknowledge the inherent difficulties of assessing … There are various ways to assess harms; each has problems. … Are the statistical methods used to assess the primary outcomes appropriate to the data?

69. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Strategies To Improve Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2017 - Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Strategies To Improve Mental Health … Care for Children and Adolescents Methods Research Report Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency … Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents Methods Research Report Supplemental Project To Assess … Supplemental Project to Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Strategies to Improve Mental Health

70. Use of Observational Studies in Systematic Reviews of (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2010 - • This paper provides a framework for decisionmaking on the inclusion of observational studies to assess … effects in comparative effectiveness reviews • Comparative effectiveness reviewers should routinely assess … Assess the risk of bias of observational studies to answer the gap review questions. … Assess whether observational studies address the review questions. … Health Technol Assess 2003;7:iii-x, 1- 173. 10. West S, King V, Carey TS, et al.

71. Use of Observational Studies in Systematic Reviews of (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2010 - • This paper provides a framework for decisionmaking on the inclusion of observational studies to assess … effects in comparative effectiveness reviews • Comparative effectiveness reviewers should routinely assess … Assess the risk of bias of observational studies to answer the gap review questions. … Assess whether observational studies address the review questions. … Health Technol Assess 2003;7:iii-x, 1- 173. 10. West S, King V, Carey TS, et al.

72. FRN 30: Outpatient Case Management for Adults With Medical Illnesses and Complex Care Needs: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2015 - Intervention • Studies to assess the intensity of CM including whether the frequency of CM contacts, … • Assess potential ways to standardize CM. … • Assess the impact of the use of information technology on the effectiveness of CM. … • Assess which resource utilization is the primary outcome for CM. … • Assess how CM can be incorporated into Accountable Care Organizations.

73. Research Protocol: Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases (pdf file)
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    October 10, 2019 - For the outcomes functional status and quality of life we will assess whether the outcome assessment … For each risk-of-bias criterion, we will assess high, moderate or unclear, and low risk of bias. … Specifically, we will assess whether combination treatments of WBRT plus SRS are more effective than … The suitability evaluation will assess homogeneity, transitivity, and consistency of the data. … To assess transitivity, we will establish the available connections for each review question and the

74. Untitled (pdf file)
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    February 25, 2016 - The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)3,4 is a widely-used instrument to assess consciousness at the site of injury … The aims of this review are to assess the predictive utility, reliability, and ease of use of the tGCS … Key Question 1 does not directly assess the utility of the tGCS compared with the mGCS for predicting … Two investigators will independently assess risk of bias for each study. … The study may also be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential

75. Total Worker Health® (TWH) (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2016 - Risk-of-Bias Assessment To assess the risk of bias (internal validity) of studies eligible for KQ 2, … These criteria included questions to assess selection bias, confounding, performance bias, detection … To assess publication bias, we looked for evidence of unpublished literature through searches of gray … We also reviewed, when available, the original protocols for included trials to assess for selective … We could not assess whether strategies were more or less effective based on their complexity (single

76. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    November 09, 2011 - The analysis will assess the evidence of the effectiveness of new safe practices and the adoption of … Questions Considering the above goals for the project, the first step we needed to perform was to assess … Assess the effect of the patient safety practice on outcomes and possible unexpected effects, including … For studies with multiple intervention sites, assess the influence of context on the effectiveness

77. Appendicitis Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    December 09, 2013 - In quantitative analyses, we will consider performing subgroup analyses to assess the impact of each … We will also perform subgroup analyses by individual risk of bias items to assess the impact of each … We will assess directness of the evidence (“direct” vs. … Health Technol Assess. 2006 Nov; 10(47):1-167, iii-iv. [PMID: 17083855] 20. Alvarado A. … Health Technol Assess. 2004 Jun;8(25):iii, 1-234.

78. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Trials Evaluating Treatment for Infertility | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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79. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Trials Evaluating Treatment for Infertility | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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80. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2006 Winter;22(1):26-32. … Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2006 Winter;22(1):33-8. … Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2006 Winter;22(1):26-32. … Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2006 Winter;22(1):33-8. … Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep) 2008 Nov;(172):1-362.