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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pressure-ulcer-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
January 10, 2012 - A systematic review published in 2006 identified three studies from the
1990s that assessed the effect … A systematic review published in 2006 found that 51 of 59 included randomized controlled
trials assessed … Systematic reviews will be used as primary sources of evidence if they address a KQ and are
assessed … Literature
identified during the updated search will be assessed by following the same process of dual … Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question
The strength of evidence for each KQ will be assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nephropathy-contrast-induced_executive.pdf
October 01, 2015 - a
random-effects model using the method of DerSimonian
and Laird.6 Statistical heterogeneity was assessed … Two reviewers independently assessed each study’s risk of
bias using five items from the Cochrane Risk … 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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/depression-pregnancy-postpartum_research-protocol.pdf
March 29, 2013 - environmental) that might impact maternal and child outcomes
during treatment of perinatal depression will be assessed … Titles and abstracts will first be assessed by one reviewer, with a second reviewer assessing
only those … Full-text articles of all
potentially relevant titles and abstracts will be retrieved and will be assessed … validity (quality) of systematic reviews, randomized trials, and cohort and case
control studies will be assessed … Assessing Applicability
Applicability will be assessed by paying special attention to study eligibility
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/osteoarthritis-pain_research-protocol.pdf
August 05, 2010 - The purpose of this comparative effectiveness review (CER) is to update the previous
report that assessed … clear statement of the questions(s), reported inclusion criteria, used an adequate
search strategy, assessed … validity, performed dual data abstraction, reported adequate
detail of included studies, assessed for … statistical analyses of
potential confounders.11
The applicability of trials and other studies will be assessed … An important limitation of
observational studies of NSAIDs was that none simultaneously assessed the
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/musculoskeletal-complaints-tests-children_executive.pdf
March 01, 2012 - The full text of potentially relevant
articles was assessed independently by two reviewers
using detailed … Two reviewers
independently assessed the methodological quality of
individual studies using the QUADAS … Two reviewers independently assessed the strength of
evidence for KQs 3 to 5 using the Agency for Healthcare … AHRQ) system for grading
evidence (AHRQ Guidance for the Evaluation of Medical
Tests [draft]).8 We assessed … , clinical
management, quality of life, psychological distress
of child and/or parents) should be assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/traumatic-brain-injury-rehabilitation_executive.pdf
June 01, 2012 - and 8 assessed secondary outcomes. … Six studies assessed comparative effectiveness with
respect to productivity outcomes.35, 37, 41-43, … We assessed SOE as low because
it was derived from one moderately sized RCT with a
moderate risk of … We assessed SOE as low because the evidence was derived
from one moderately sized RCT with a moderate … We assessed
SOE as low for these comparisons, because each was
derived from one moderately sized RCT
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disabilities-quality-improvement-outcomes_executive.pdf
October 01, 2012 - State of the Science
Executive Summary
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This review examines how health care outcomes have been
assessed … the disability research
community about the extent to which the outcomes of
medical care should be assessed … How are outcomes assessed for people with
disabilities living in the community in terms of basic
medical … based – QALY)
EuroQual EQ-5D (preference based – QALY)
Lollar et al., 200026
Children’s Outcomes (assessed … We found
no measures that assessed changes in process measures of
quality over time.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-women-diagnosis_executive.pdf
June 01, 2012 - The studies included in this comparative effectiveness
review were assessed on the basis of the quality … We also assessed the impact on our findings if, in each
population, we restricted our analyses to those … studies that
were assessed to be good quality. … Grading the Body of Evidence
The strength of evidence for each Key Question was
assessed using the … Summary:
• The predictors assessed included (1) postmenopausal women ages 55 to 64 (1
study), (
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/cervical-degenerative-protocol.pdf
January 12, 2022 - Literature identified during the updated search will be assessed using the same process of
dual review … Applicability to U.S. practice settings will be
assessed based on the Evidence-based Practice Center … Grading the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes
Outcomes to be assessed … prioritized list, the strength of evidence for
comparison-outcome pairs within each KQ will be initially assessed … Assessing Applicability
Applicability will be assessed in accordance with the AHRQ’s Methods Guide
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-interventions-maltreatment-child_executive.pdf
April 01, 2013 - Two reviewers assessed each domain independently and
also assigned an overall grade for each key outcome … Applicability
We assessed the applicability of the evidence following
guidance from Atkins and colleagues … This process left a total of 25
studies, reported in 53 articles with outcomes assessed as
either medium … for eligibility
(n=497)
Articles assessed for Risk of Bias
(n=69)
Records extracted
(n=5,782) … This trial assessed the comparative efficacy of Trauma
Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-cancer-liver-metastases-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
September 27, 2012 - Preventive Services
Task Force.28 The quality of the abstracted studies will be assessed by two independent … • 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 also be
assessed … Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question
Selected studies will be assessed for relevance against … Assessing Applicability
Applicability of findings in this review will be assessed within the EPICOT
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-assessing-impact.pdf
September 01, 2018 - The clinical scenario exercises
were assessed using a “before and after” method using time as the outcome … There is a Likert scale and the
likeability and usability of the quality measure index were assessed … AMDA Process None 2-4
8 (NQMC#09633)
Percentage of patients
assessed for modifiable
causes of UI … In your
health system, 55 percent of patients are being assessed for modifiable causes and only 35 … behavioral therapies that were effective at treating modifiable causes of UI, more patients would
be assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-fatigue_research-protocol.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Systematic reviews will be used as sources of evidence if they
address a Key Question and are assessed … Literature identified
during the update search will be assessed by following the same process of dual … Preventive Services Task Force.17 Systematic reviews will
be assessed using the AMSTAR quality rating … Individual Comparisons and
Outcomes
The strength of evidence for each key question will be initially assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-urinary-retention_research-protocol.pdf
November 19, 2012 - However, we will not
limit our search so that potential language bias can be assessed.
B. … Risk of bias of eligible studies will be assessed using instruments specific to study design. … Studies assessed with an overall high risk of bias will not be included in evidence
synthesis due to … (4) precision (degree of
certainty around an estimate).13 A fifth domain, reporting bias, will be assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-disseminating-findings_0.pdf
October 01, 2018 - This report may periodically be assessed for the currency of conclusions. … and noted that benefits were not assessed.
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Evaluation Results
Obtaining responses was … (benefits not
assessed)
Certainty of evidence Iodixanol (iso-molar contrast media (IOCM)) had a slightly … (benefit not
assessed)
Resource use Decision-maker to determine: Need to consider costs of
different
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disabilities-quality-improvement-outcomes_research-protocol.pdf
August 03, 2011 - This review will examine how the outcomes of health care for people with disabilities are
assessed. … condition-specific and generic outcomes measures,
additional measures, or the methods with which they are assessed … review will result in a mapping exercise that will clarify what general population outcomes have
been assessed … They are:
Question 1
How are outcomes assessed for persons with disabilities living in the
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/musculoskeletal-complaints-tests-children_surveillance.pdf
January 08, 2013 - abstracting the study conditions and findings for each new included study into an
evidence table, we assessed … assessments:
• If we found no new evidence or only confirmatory evidence and all responding experts
assessed … found some new evidence that might change the CER conclusion, and /or a
minority of responding experts assessed … substantial new evidence that might change the CER conclusion, and/or a
majority of responding experts assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atrial-fibrillation-ablation_executive.pdf
July 01, 2009 - underwent various ablation approaches and medical
treatments across studies, and clinical outcomes were
assessed … The summary
estimate was derived from meta-analysis of three RCTs
that assessed the rhythm control of … However, these
studies assessed the results at nonuniform time points
and therefore the findings may … Seventy-eight
studies assessed the rates of asymptomatic or
symptomatic PV stenosis.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/skin-lesions-evaluation_research-protocol.pdf
August 23, 2010 - Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: August 23, 2010
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vi Outcomes assessed … We will
also record the outcomes being assessed in each study, including harms related to the
particular
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nephropathy-contrast-induced_clinician.pdf
August 01, 2016 - The other review
assessed the evidence regarding the comparative efficacy of measures to prevent CIN … * The overall evidence grade was assessed based on the ratings for the following domains: study limitations