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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. Enabling Health Care Decisionmaking Through Clinical Decision Support and Knowledge Management | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   April 24, 2012 - 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.

3. Validity and Inter-rater Reliability Testing of Quality Assessment Instruments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   March 20, 2012 - Methods Two reviewers independently assessed risk of bias for 154 RCTs. … For a subset of 30 RCTs, two reviewers from each of four Evidence-based Practice Centers assessed risk … Inter-rater agreement was assessed using kappa statistics. … We assessed the association between ES and risk of bias using meta-regression.

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. Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   March 23, 2018 - 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

6. Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   November 27, 2012 - 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.

7. 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.

8. First-Generation Versus Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Adults: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   August 14, 2012 - Summary [PDF · 463.3 KB] Download Surveillance Report [PDF · 1.4 MB] Archived: This report was last assessed … Methods Two reviewers independently conducted study selection, assessed methodological quality, extracted … Patient-important outcomes were rarely assessed.

9. Global Health Evidence Evaluation Framework | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   June 24, 2013 - evidence depending on which framework is used, some of which were extreme (with the same evidence base assessed … Many fail to consider implementation issues, and none explicitly assessed costs or sustainability at … information using criteria that have broad support across diverse stakeholders and that can be reliably assessed

10. 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.

11. 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?

12. A Process for Robust and Transparent Rating of Study Quality: Phase 1 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2011 - Limitations The results presented here are based on a small sample of RCTs, selected from a single CER and assessed … items in our checklist were not evaluated for adequacy and clarity, other than for their face validity assessed … While it may be desirable to have a single rating assessed by multiple reviewers using a process of reconciliation

13. Evidence-based Practice Center Evidence Report Surveillance Process | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2014 - In the face of limited resources, organizations must prioritize which reports are assessed for the currency … a process for its Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program for selecting evidence reports to be assessed

14. Local Nonsurgical Therapies for Stage I and Symptomatic Obstructive Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 12, 2013 - Study quality and the risk of bias of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were assessed using the United … The quality and risk of bias of single-arm studies were assessed using the Carey and Boden criteria. … The strength of the body of evidence was assessed according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and

15. Terbutaline Pump for the Prevention of Preterm Birth | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 29, 2011 - Comments Report [PDF · 426.4 KB] Download Surveillance Report [PDF · 605.6 KB] Archived : Report was assessed … One reviewer extracted data into a standardized electronic form and assessed study risk of bias and applicability

16. Decision Aids for Cancer Screening and Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 23, 2014 - The assessed outcomes pertained to measurements of decisional quality and cognition (e.g., knowledge … We assessed for effect modification by population group, by the delivery format or content of the decision … studies of any intervention to promote patient decision aid use, regardless of study design and outcomes assessed

17. 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

18. Smoking Cessation Interventions in Pregnancy and Postpartum Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 25, 2014 - A meta-analysis of effectiveness data assessed relative impact of components in smoking cessation interventions … Infant outcomes are limited to data collected at time of birth; no studies assessed longer term or child

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. 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.