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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. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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?

6. 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)

7. 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

8. 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.

9. Undescended-Testicle Executive (pdf file)
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   December 01, 2012 - Two reviewers independently assessed the quality of each study, and then results were adjudicated. … Strength of the Body of Evidence We assessed the strength of the evidence for the main comparisons … Two studies assessed laparoscopy for determining the Table A. … We assessed the strength of evidence for our primary outcome of testicular descent (Table E). … Each surgical approach was assessed independently for ability to achieve testicular descent because

10. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2021 - tools we sought to identify prospectively controlled studies in which some patients were screened or assessed … for malnutrition while other patients were either (1) not screened or assessed or (2) assessed with … Eleven RCTs assessed hospital-initiated malnutrition interventions.

11. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2021 - tools we sought to identify prospectively controlled studies in which some patients were screened or assessed … for malnutrition while other patients were either (1) not screened or assessed or (2) assessed with … Eleven RCTs assessed hospital-initiated malnutrition interventions.

12. Assessing the Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2017 - Some EPC reviews may exclude studies assessed as high risk of bias while others include them. … This requires the review’s protocol to include clear definitions of the types of biases that will be assessed … • Studies should be assessed on their design-specific criteria and conduct rather than quality of reporting … to be conducted in sequence • Developing a protocol a priori that delineates how studies will be assessed … that need to be conducted in order Developing a protocol a priori that delineates how studies will be assessed

13. Cer-235-Pharma-Nonpharm-Ptsd-Update-Appendix-G-1 (xls file)
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    May 29, 2025 - details NOTE: Amount of attrition categorized as follows: Low: • ≥80% randomized participants measured/assessed … Moderate: • <80% to ≥70% randomized participants measured/assessed High: • <70% to ≥50% randomized participants … measured/assessed Extreme: • <50% randomized participants measured/assessed Unclear: • Not reported

14. Topic Coming Back CER 28 DMARDs in Children with JIA NSD _SJ Clean (pdf file)
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    March 27, 2014 - These instruments were assessed for test-retest reliability, inter- and intra-rater reliability, internal … h The outcomes measures assessed were those most commonly used in clinical trials and practice, as well … The outcome measures assessed were: Measures of disease activity: Active joint count (AJC) Physician

15. Smoking-Pregnancy-Infants Executive (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2014 - Risk-of-Bias Assessment We assessed quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using the Cochrane … Two reviewers independently assessed risk of bias as low, high, or unclear for each domain. … Key Question 2 was organized by the infant outcomes being assessed, Key Question 3 was organized by … We assessed the strength of evidence for effectiveness, infant outcomes, and harms of interventions. … For effectiveness, we assessed strength of evidence based on the good and fair included RCTs because

16. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2010 - Each full- text article was assessed independently by two reviewers using detailed a priori inclusion … Observational analytic studies were assessed using modified cohort and case-control Newcastle-Ottawa … The methodological quality of uncontrolled studies was assessed using a quality checklist developed by … The strength of evidence was assessed for four key outcomes considered by the clinical investigators … Each of the comparative studies assessed different interventions, including: sodium hyaluraonate versus

17. Executive Summary: ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2024 - Studies have rarely assessed test-retest reliability, no findings have been replicated prospectively … • Very few studies have assessed performance of diagnostic tools for ADHD in children under the … Studies have rarely assessed test-retest reliability, no findings have been replicated prospectively … Very few studies have assessed performance of each of the diagnostic tools for ADHD in children under

18. Total Worker Health® (TWH) (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2016 - Two independent reviewers assessed the risk of bias for each study. … Applicability We assessed the applicability both of individual studies and of the body of evidence. … Six studies assessed an intervention with both strategic integration and worker participation. … Of the 24 included studies, 1 study assessed the effectiveness of integration alone (without added … Outcomes Overall, these 24 studies assessed a diverse set of outcomes.

19. Fibromyalgia Executive (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2015 - Wherever possible, we report data and/or interaction results that assessed whether treatment effects … All assessed unique outcomes in disparate subgroups and all had high risk of bias. … Mixed Types of Treatments Four studies assessed combination therapies, and each study had high risk … All four studies assessed unique treatment-subgroup-outcome combinations. 8 Key Question 2. … Drug studies dominated the studies that assessed subgroup effects; far fewer studies assessed the effects

20. Antipsychotics-Adults Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - We assessed RCTs and nRCTs using the Cochrane Collaboration’s Risk of Bias tool.5 We assessed cohort … The most common reasons for trials to be assessed as having high risk of bias were lack of blinding … No differences were observed for the other five scales of general symptoms assessed. … Where health-related quality of life was assessed, no differences were found. … Outcomes potentially important to patients were rarely assessed.