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161. Integrating Palliative Care in Ambulatory Care of Noncancer Serious Chronic Illness: A Mixed-Methods Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2022 - Two reviewers screened websites and search results, abstracted data, assessed risk of bias or study quality … effect on increasing advance directive documentation (SOE: low) and other graded outcomes were not assessed

162. 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 - We assessed risk of bias (RoB) for all included studies using the Revised Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 ( … Risk of bias ratinga for all included studies assessed using Cochrane RoB 2 methods ................ … PTSD diagnostic change or clinically meaningful response were assessed in 55 percent of studies. … PTSD diagnostic change or clinically meaningful response were assessed in 61 percent of studies. … PTSD outcome, we instead assessed RoB for the PTSD dichotomous outcome in these three studies.

163. Nephropathy-Contrast-Induced Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - using a random- effects model using the DerSimonian and Laird method.8 Two reviewers independently assessed … A body of evidence was assessed as having high study limitations if greater than 50 percent of the studies … A body of evidence was assessed as having low study limitations if most (51% or greater) of the studies … Bodies of evidence not meeting one of the above criteria were assessed as having medium study limitations … IOCM versus LOCM, all studies had a problem with one or more of the five risk-of-bias items that we assessed

164. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2011 - changes, and ultimate health outcomes, such as mortality and morbidity from HCV infection, will be assessed … risk of bias of systematic reviews, randomized trials, and cohort and case control studies will be assessed … clear statement of the questions(s), reported inclusion criteria, used an adequate search strategy, assessed … To determine the appropriateness of meta-analysis, the clinical and methodological diversity and assessed … The applicability of studies will be assessed in terms of the degree to which the study population,

165. Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
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     July 28, 2010 - We will lay out the variation in outcomes assessed, and we will assess variation in how each outcome … What outcomes were assessed (short-term and long-term)? 1. How were they measured? 2. … Outcomes Assessed (Measures and Timing) and Patient Characteristic Interacted with Treatment D. … Outcomes Assessed (Measures and Timing) and Patient Characteristics Interacted with Therapy Study … Potential Safety Issues or Harms Study Safety Issues or Harms Assessed MPP Therapy Comparison

166. PKU Surveillance Assessment_CER 56_Low (pdf file)
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     January 15, 2013 - abstracting the study conditions and findings for each new included study into an evidence table, we assessed … One new study assessed the effect of concurrent Phe levels and lifetime Index of dietary control ( … Two of the three studies measured reductions in Phe levels, and one assessed cognitive outcomes. … One trial of LNAAs assessed neuropsychological outcomes and reported higher rates of anxiety associated … Two of the three studies measured reductions in Phe levels, and one assessed cognitive outcomes.

167. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - highlighted if available Assessment Methods We conducted a literature search (Appendix A) and assessed … dose reduction in which the intervention was not explicitly aimed at tapering), prioritizing studies assessed … However, the quality of evidence was assessed as low due to methodological limitations in the studies … Methods We assessed the topic for priority for a systematic review or other AHRQ Effective Health … Appropriateness and Importance We assessed the nomination for appropriateness and importance, based

168. Interventional Treatments for Acute and Chronic Pain: Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2021 - Literature identified during the updated search will be assessed by following the same process of dual … Outcomes will be assessed based on continuous measures (e.g., mean differences) as well as dichotomous … Publication bias will be assessed using funnel plots and statistical methods when there are at least … Grading the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes: Outcomes to be assessed for … The strength of evidence for comparison-outcome pairs within each KQ will be initially assessed by one

169. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 273_Treatment of Stages I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 20, 2024 - All nonrandomized studies included in this systematic review were assessed at serious to critical risk … The secondary analyses of the RTOG 9811 trial was not preplanned, was assessed at higher risk of bias

170. Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2024 - Studies were inconsistent regarding the association between treatment effect and baseline OCD severity as assessed … After double screening, we extracted study data, assessed risk of bias, and conducted network and pairwise

171. CER 216 Disposition of Comments Report: Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations (pdf file)
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     April 24, 2019 - Some of these suggested references did appear in our searches and w ere assessed but did not meet our … We assessed the suggested references that w ere not in our search for inclusion, but did not identify … We assessed the suggested references for inclusion: Grabow ski - We review ed this article and have … Some of these suggested references did appear in our searches and w ere assessed for inclusion. … We assessed the suggested references that did not appear in our search for inclusion.

172. Comparative Effectiveness of Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - When rigorously assessed, adherence to hand hygiene standards is especially disappointing; many hospitals … The quality of studies will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria: Initial assembly … The quality of included nonrandomized comparative intervention studies will be also assessed based on … Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question Applicability of findings in this review will be assessed … Selected studies will be assessed for relevance against target populations, interventions of interest

173. PCA3 Testing for the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - The strength of association between the test results and the outcomes of interest will be assessed as … Strength of evidence for each PCA3/comparator pair will be assessed as described in Section F of this … Quality will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria for randomized prospective interventional … Analysis: adjustment for potential confounders and intention-to-treat analysis Quality will be assessed … If a grey literature search was conducted, was the search strategy provided, and how was quality assessed

174. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Prevention in Adults of Infection With Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2024 - We assessed the strength of evidence from this review as Low. … We assessed the strength of evidence of this conclusion as Low. … Assessed in MHS II or III 7. Backman C, Taylor G, Sales A, et al. … Assessed in MHS II or III 25. Lee MB, Greig JD. … Assessed in MHS II or III 52. White KA, Soe MM, Osborn A, et al.

175. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - When rigorously assessed, adherence to hand hygiene standards is especially disappointing; many hospitals …  The quality of studies will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria: o Initial …  The quality of included nonrandomized comparative intervention studies will be also assessed … Selected studies will be assessed for relevance against target populations, interventions of interest … The quality of the abstracted studies and the body of evidence will be assessed by two independent

176. final Fibromyalgia CER protocol_3-31-14 (pdf file)
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     April 03, 2014 - However, we will not limit our search so that potential language bias can be assessed Study quality … The risk of bias of the individual RCTs that comprise each pooled analysis will be assessed per the … Were important variables known to impact the outcome(s) assessed at baseline? … Yes Who assessed outcomes? No Uncertain Not reported 10. … Were outcomes assessed using valid and reliable measures, and used consistently across all study

177. Disposition of Comments for CER 159 Insomnia (pdf file)
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     December 30, 2015 - Our systematic review assessed many harms outcomes. … We assessed harms reported in the original research. … assessed as low. … Please see the Methods section of the full report for how strength of evidence is assessed. … We selected global outcomes and sleep outcomes and assessed the strength of evidence on these.

178. Autism-Adolescents Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - We also assessed the harms of interventions, defined by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently assessed quality (study design, diagnostic approach, … approach reported modest improvements in adaptive behavior over a 2-year period.26 This study also assessed … Few studies of allied health interventions met our criteria.45-47 One fair quality RCT assessed a 12 … Both studies assessed outcomes shortly after treatment, so longer term effects of the interventions

179. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (Amended) (pdf file)
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     July 02, 2020 - Quality Assessment For randomized controlled trials, quality will be assessed using criteria adapted … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).8 Limitations of observational studies will be assessed and

180. Blood-Clots-Hip-Knee-Surgery Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - Two independent investigators assessed studies for inclusion in a parallel manner based on a priori … Additionally, RCTs were assessed for randomization technique and allocation concealment. … Observational studies were assessed for sample size, participant selection method, exposure measurement … final health outcomes, adequate study duration with clinically relevant treatment modalities, assessed … Harms were not assessed in these trials or observational studies.