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1. Cer-242-Radiation-Therapy-Brain-Metastases-Evidence-Summary (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2021 - Studies assessed whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), alone and … • The addition of systemic therapy to WBRT was assessed in 19 RCTS. … We assessed the SoE as either high, moderate, low, or insufficient. … The addition of systemic therapy to WBRT was assessed in 19 RCTS. … Fewer studies assessed SRS and post-surgery interventions.

2. Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain:Key questions:In patients with low back pain, what are the benefits and harms of identifying risk factors for chronicity and targeting treatment based on assessed… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   November 01, 2017 - the benefits and harms of identifying risk factors for chronicity and targeting treatment based on assessed … the benefits and harms of identifying risk factors for chronicity and targeting treatment based on assessed … the benefits and harms of identifying risk factors for chronicity and targeting treatment based on assessed … the benefits and harms of identifying risk factors for chronicity and targeting treatment based on assessed … diagnosis-and-treatment-of-low-back-painbr-key-questionsbr-olliin-patients-with-low-back-pain-what-are-the-benefits-and-harms-of-identifying-risk-factors-for-chronicity-and-targeting-treatment-based-on-assessed-riskliliin-pa

3. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Final Report on Prioritization of Patient Safety Practices for a New Rapid Review or Rapid Response | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   January 01, 2024 - with no clear intervention Cross-Cutting: Other Topics Monitoring, Auditing, and Feedback Practice was assessed … this PSP (strong evidence of harm; moderate to high evidence it does not help) Teach-Back Practice was assessed … a safety intervention Education and Training Staff Education and Training (Simulation) Practice was assessed … Medicine Learning Curves for New Procedures – the Case of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Practice was assessed … rather than a safety intervention Beta-Blockers and Reduction of Perioperative Cardiac Events PSP was assessed

4. Executive Summary_Systematic Review_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2022 Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2022 - PTSD diagnostic change or clinically meaningful response was assessed in 58 percent of studies. … Among non-PTSD outcomes, depression was the most commonly assessed (67% of studies). … An investigator assessed RoB for newly added studies and a subset of the 389 studies previously included … PTSD diagnostic change or clinically meaningful response were assessed in 58 percent of studies. … Among non-PTSD outcomes, depression was the most commonly assessed (67% of studies).Of the 48 newly

5. Management of Uterine Fibroids | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   September 01, 2019 - We assessed the evidence about management of uterine fibroids. … We extracted data, assessed risk of bias, and rated the strength of evidence for informing care. … Of 97 included randomized trials, 43 studies assessed medications, 28 assessed procedures, and 37 assessed

6. Enabling Health Care Decisionmaking Through Clinical Decision Support and Knowledge Management | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - Fourteen CDSS/KMS features were assessed for correlation with success of CDSSs/KMSs across all endpoints … Only 29 (19.6%) RCTs assessed the impact of CDSSs on clinical outcomes, 22 (14.9%) assessed costs, and … 3 assessed KMSs on any outcomes.

7. Disparities and Barriers to Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   January 01, 2022 - Twenty-six studies assessed disparities in survivorship care. … Forty-seven studies assessed barriers to survivorship care at various levels and their impact on key … We identified 26 studies that assessed disparities in survivorship care for CCS. … e.g., availability of services), and payers (e.g., network adequacy); we identified 47 studies that assessed … These predominantly assessed approaches that targeted patients.

8. Treatment Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - Our systematic review of the medical literature assessed the comparative effectiveness of major treatment … The endpoints assessed were clinical outcomes, modifiers of effectiveness by demographic and clinical … Five studies assessed modifiers of effectiveness in women due to demographic factors (≥65 or ≥80 years … Four studies assessed safety outcomes in women: two STEMI studies (PCI versus fibrinolysis) and two NSTEMI … studies (PCI versus CABG) assessed transfusion rates, incidence of intracranial hemorrhage, and bleeding

9. Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   May 01, 2019 - Two reviewers independently assessed the risk of bias for each study and together graded the strength … We identified 54 RCTs on efficacy: 31 assessed SCIT and 18 assessed SLIT and 5 on SCIT versus SLIT. … Overall, SLIT and SCIT were beneficial for the majority of asthma-related outcomes assessed in this report

10. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Maternal and Child Health: An Update (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2016 - One RCT that assessed the effects of ALA on infant birth weight also showed no effects. … Many more studies assessed length of gestation than assessed risk for preterm birth. … Too few studies assessed baseline status to examine this possibility. … outcomes that were similar to those assessed in RCTs. … Few studies assessed the effects of EPA alone and only one study assessed the effects of ALA alone.

11. Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - We assessed RLS symptom impact, sleep scale scores, disease-specific quality of life, withdrawals, and … We included observational studies that assessed long-term (>6 months) treatment adverse effects and withdrawals … comparator and 33 placebo-controlled RCTs provided efficacy and harms data, and 18 observational studies assessed … Four studies assessed nonpharmacologic interventions.

12. Mental-Illness-Adults-Prisons Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2013 - Ultimately, this review assessed the following incarceration-based interventions: • Pharmacologic … One trial each assessed risperidone and chlorpromazine. … Evidence was insufficient that any of the other treatments assessed (other pharmacologic therapies, … Three ongoing trials are examining three of the treatments assessed in this review. … A single trial assessed the effectiveness of IPT versus psychoeducation for KQ2.

13. Updating Current Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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    September 15, 2008 - Thus, in 2005, members of the Collaboration assessed whether 4-year updates might be adequate for some … We then also assessed each CER as a whole regarding the need for updating. … In all cases we assessed, there was none in which all conclusions were assessed “still valid” or “possibly … In Table 2, we list the CER title and the number of conclusions assessed to still be valid. … Summary of Assessments CER Title Number of conclusions assessed Safety issue?

14. Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2025 - This systematic review assessed the available evidence on screening, diagnosing, and treating children … convened on June 10, 2024, by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that assessed … We followed the Evidence-based Practice Center Methods Guide and assessed risk of bias, applicability

15. 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 - One team member assessed RoB using Cochrane’s RoB 2: A Revised Tool for Assessing Risk of Bias in Randomized … PTSD diagnostic change or clinically meaningful response were assessed in 55 percent of studies. … Among non-PTSD outcomes, depression was the most commonly assessed (69%), followed by anxiety (33%) … PTSD diagnostic change or clinically meaningful response were assessed in 61 percent of studies. … Among non-PTSD outcomes, depression was the most commonly assessed (59% of the newly added studies)

16. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Use of Structured Handoff Protocols for Intrahospital Within-Unit Transitions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2025 - Risk of bias was assessed with the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool or a modification of the National Institutes … of Health pre-post study tool, a narrative synthesis was performed, and certainty of evidence was assessed … Almost all studies were conducted in academic teaching hospitals and assessed physician-to-physician

17. First-Generation Versus Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Adults: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Page Contents Archived: This report was last assessed … Methods Two reviewers independently conducted study selection, assessed methodological quality, extracted … Patient-important outcomes were rarely assessed.

18. Gout Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2016 - Imaging modalities have also been assessed for both diagnosis and classification of gout. … We also included studies that assessed patient and practitioner factors that affect the diagnostic … Data Synthesis/Analysis For studies that assessed ultrasound, DECT, or another radiographic method, … • Precision, a measure of the confidence intervals in a pooled analysis, also was not assessed in … one of the clinical algorithms and two studies that assessed the other one, all in single clinics

19. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - Directness was assessed as it would be for pooled outcomes. … No studies assessed effects of balneotherapy on short- or long-term outcomes. … Heat, Infrared, and Therapeutic Ultrasound One RCT that assessed the effects of heat,66 one that assessed … on outcomes of interest.82-88 No studies that assessed long-term effects were identified. … • No studies assessed differences in adverse events by characteristics of subpopulation.

20. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement Measurement of Outcomes for People With Disabilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Structured Abstract Objective To examine how health care outcomes for general medical care have been assessed … A large number of outcome measures have been critically assessed and mapped to the International Classification