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101. Executive Summary: Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2023 - We assessed the effectiveness and harms of EBRT for palliative treatment of MBD, comparing dose-fractionation … Study risk of bias (i.e., quality) was assessed using predefined criteria. … We analyzed effects and assessed strength of evidence (SOE) for the primary outcomes of pain, function

102. Vitamin-D-Calcium-Protocol-130611 (pdf file)
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     September 13, 2013 - The update report will assess all outcomes assessed in the original 2009 report with the exception of … ROB will be assessed at the study level in duplicate for each published study. … The validity and the adequate description of outcomes and results will also be assessed. … Items to be assessed include eligibility criteria and sampling of the study population, blinding of … Assessing Applicability As for evaluation the overall SOE, applicability will be assessed for each

103. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 14, 2010 - The quality of RCTs will be assessed using the Jadad scale11 as well as an assessment of concealment … in the Methods Reference Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.12 Items assessed … The need to include observational studies will also be carefully assessed according to the guidelines … Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question For each outcome, heterogeneity will be assessed using the … The evidence for publication bias will be assessed using the Egger’s test will be presented in funnel

104. Closing the Quality Gap Series: The Patient-Centered Medical Home | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Outcomes: KQ 1: Patient experiences, assessed using a validated measure. … The last two should be assessed using validated measures. … Types of outcomes assessed: Patient experiences, assessed using a validated measure. … The last two will be assessed using validated measures. … The strength of evidence for the highest priority outcomes in KQ 1 will be assessed using the approach

105. Evidence Summary: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2019 - Scope and Key Questions Scope of Review The systematic review assessed the effectiveness of systemic … We assessed the effectiveness of systemic antibiotics, systemic corticosteroids and emerging and other … Further, we assessed the effectiveness of combinations of treatments, and we compared different regimens … Lung function was the most frequently assessed outcome, and often studies did not measure final health … A number of studies included patients assessed in an emergency department with a broad range of severity

106. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 268: Impact of Healthcare Algorithms on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2023 - criteria and dual review, we screened all records for KQ 1 and KQ 2 and selected eligible studies that assessed … We assessed studies’ methodologic risk of bias (ROB) using the Risk Of Bias in Non-randomized Studies … cardiovascular risk, four studies addressed kidney or liver donation or transplant, and three studies assessed … assessing how, and how much, a particular algorithm may contribute to or redress a disparity needs to be assessed

107. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2021 - One investigator rated risk of bias (RoB), extracted data, and assessed certainty of evidence; a second … No studies assessed provider or hospital factors of RP comparative effectiveness. Conclusions.

108. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - The quality of included studies was assessed, data extracted, and results summarized qualitatively and … The strength of the evidence was assessed for primary outcomes to reflect the confidence in effect estimates

109. Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: Comparative Effectiveness Review and Meta-Analysis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - We assessed the effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention programs by reviewing all interventional … Both reviewers assessed the risk of bias for each study.

110. Ankyloglossia Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2015 - Two reviewers independently assessed the full text of each included study. … Strength of evidence is assessed for a limited set of critical outcomes, typically those related to … We assessed applicability by identifying potential population, intervention, comparator, outcome, and … in the control group had crossed over to receive frenotomy before outcomes were assessed.10 Harms … Overall, three good- quality10,11,13 and one fair-quality12 RCT assessed whether surgical treatment

111. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 276: Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - were inconsistent regarding the association between treatment effect and baseline OCD severity as assessed … We assessed the risk of bias and evaluated the SoE using standard methods. … were inconsistent regarding the association between treatment effect and baseline OCD severity as assessed

112. Topic Brief: Updating Pharmacotherapy for Adults with Alcohol Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings (pdf file)
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     September 30, 2022 - One RCT24 assessed variation in the effectiveness of Naltrexone treatment by age. … Four RCTs22, 30-32 assessed variation in the effectiveness of Naltrexone treatment using either daily … Four additional studies assessed the effectiveness of Atomoxetine,37 Topiramate,38 and Nalmefene43 among … Appropriateness and Importance We assessed the nomination for appropriateness and importance. … The impact of a new evidence review was qualitatively assessed by analyzing the current standard of

113. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
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     December 23, 2014 - In January 2014 AHRQ published a surveillance report that assessed whether an update of CER No. 31 was … Only systematic reviews that assessed and reported individual study risk of bias will be assessed for … Systematic review quality will be assessed using modified AMSTAR criteria.33 An additional question … Were important variables known to impact the outcome(s) assessed at baseline? … Yes Who assessed outcomes? No Uncertain Not reported 10.

114. bipolar-disorder-treatment-protocol-140623 (pdf file)
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     June 23, 2014 - quality.15 Study-level risk of bias must be assessed using validated risk of bias tools appropriate … Systematic review quality and risk of bias will be assessed using modified AMSTAR criteria. … We will calculate MID for outcomes for which strength of evidence is assessed. … Outcomes in studies assessed as having a high risk of bias will be compared to synthesized evidence … The potential for reporting bias, when assessed, will be evaluated by the potential for publication

115. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     October 18, 2010 - All information available on neonatal outcomes will be assessed. … Loss to followup will be assessed according to the process described below. … Unintended crossover to opposite intervention group(s) will be assessed based on information reported … When not clearly reported in the paper, loss to followup will be assessed by comparing the number of … Heterogeneity in outcomes will be assessed using Cochran’s Q, recognizing this test has low power to

116. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2011 - The quality of each systematic review was assessed using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews … The quality of each study was assessed using criteria established by the USPSTF, and poor quality studies … Data Synthesis We assessed overall strength for each body of evidence addressing a particular outcome … Two controlled trials assessed the efficacy of treatment of subclinical hyperthyroidism; both of these … Both assessed changes in blood pressure. One also evaluated change in BMI.

117. Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - Assessment of Feasibility, Reliability and Validity We assessed feasibility in three ways: during tool … At VAGLAHS, we assessed validity by physician implicit review (JLM or KAL) of records of cases that failed … At JHH/SKCCC, we assessed validity by comparing nurse abstraction to a physician investigator (SMD) gold … standard abstraction for the 9 record IRR sample, and assessed quality control by comparing nurses’ … a cancer-related outpatient setting, then the presence or absence of nausea or vomiting should be assessed

118. Cystic-Fibrosis-Hgh Surveillance (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Protein turnover: No studies assessed the association between changes in protein turnover and … Exercise tolerance: 10 observational studies assessed the association between exercise tolerance … Bone mineralization: No studies assessed this association. … Protein turnover: No studies assessed this November 2011 No new studies assessed these associations … Exercise tolerance: No studies assessed this association.

119. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - Two independent reviewers assessed studies for inclusion in a parallel manner by using criteria defined … Observational studies were not pooled with RCTs and were assessed in a qualitative fashion only. … Additional domains were not assessed because they were deemed irrelevant to this review. … Only two direct comparative randomized trials assessed for final health outcomes,51,52 and three direct … In patients with mixed ACS, the impact of device therapy on many intermediate outcomes was not assessed

120. Allergy-Seasonal Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - The quality of individual RCTs was assessed using the United States Preventive Services Task Force ( … The quality of harms reporting was assessed using the USPSTF rating, with specific attention to both … Four main domains were assessed: risk of bias, consistency, directness, and precision. … Empty cells indicate outcomes that were not assessed. … The evidence for benefit is truly insufficient; equivalence was not assessed.