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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/bladder-cancer-muscle-invasive/research
June 30, 2015 - The quality of included studies was assessed, data were extracted, and results were summarized qualitatively
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/liver-cancer-therapy/research
May 24, 2013 - We assessed the quality of individual studies and graded the strength of the body of evidence according
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/ankyloglossia/research
May 04, 2015 - Most studies assessed the effects of frenotomy (a procedure in which the lingual frenulum is divided)
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/febrile-infants-diagnosis-management/research
March 27, 2012 - Diagnostic test accuracy studies were assessed using Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/mental-illness-outcomes/technical-brief
January 15, 2015 - Relatedly, and possibly of greatest practical importance, no studies have assessed whether the use of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/updating-reviews-signal-detection/white-paper
March 10, 2014 - AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Review (CER) program had produced 13 CERs by 2009, and 11 of these were assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/pressure-ulcer-prevention/research
May 08, 2013 - The quality of included studies was assessed, data were extracted, and results were summarized.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0488_12-27-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - unnecessary
biopsies due to false positives) of these imaging techniques have yet to be systematically assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/system/files/docs/topic-brief-disposition-mental-health-pregnancy_0.pdf
June 01, 2021 - -4 From conception up to 1 year postpartum,
or duration of breastfeeding
3
Methods
We assessed … Appropriateness and Importance
We assessed the nomination for appropriateness and importance. … Value
We assessed the nomination for value. … • Antidepressants
o Prady et al assessed only two harms (low birth weight and neurodevelopmental … o Another good quality review assessed autism spectrum disorders among children
of women exposed to
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/integrated-pain-management/protocol
November 10, 2020 - Literature identified during the updated search will be assessed by following the same process of dual … the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions. 24 , 38 RCTs will be assessed … Publication bias will be assessed using funnel plots and statistical methods when there are at least … Grading the Strength of Evidence for Major Comparisons and Outcomes
Outcomes to be assessed for strength … population, i.e. patients eligible for Medicare due to age ≥ 65 or disability (including ESRD), will be assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/opioid-treatments-chronic-pain-protocol.pdf
December 19, 2018 - Literature identified during the updated search will be
assessed by following the same process of dual … Preventive Services Task Force,9 and studies of diagnostic accuracy will be assessed
using QUADAS-2.19 … Systematic reviews will be assessed using the AMSTAR-2
quality rating instrument on factors such as … Quality will be independently assessed by two team members. … Assessing Applicability
Applicability will be assessed in accordance with the AHRQ's Methods Guide,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ace-inhibitor-arb-2007_research-2007-1.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Relatively few studies assessed these outcomes over the
long term.
ES-4
Table A. … LVMI,43,63,65 one assessed LVEF,58 and two assessed both LVMI and
LVEF.37,51
The best and largest … four
assessed proteinuria;11,12,21,68 and six assessed both.17,23,45,52,55,60 Most studies included … Moreover, adherence was high, above 97 percent in five of the seven
studies assessed. … Relatively few studies assessed these outcomes over the
long term.
Key Question 2.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_executive.pdf
October 01, 2012 - Methodological quality of the studies was assessed
using the QUADAS-2 tool. … Concern about applicability was assessed as
low (82 percent). … Concern about applicability
for this domain was assessed as low (84 percent). … Three studies that assessed a 50 g OGCT (≥130 mg/dL)
using NDDG were not pooled. … Seven studies assessed FPG to screen for GDM; GDM
was confirmed using CC criteria.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cerebral-palsy-feeding_executive.pdf
March 01, 2013 - We also assessed the harms of interventions,
defined by the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality … We also assessed the strength of
the body of literature for surgical studies included in
the current … Strength of evidence is assessed separately for
major outcomes. … Although study populations are generally
assessed on overall severity (e.g., GMFCS) and weight,
the … Participants
were followed for 6 months to over a year, and studies
assessed outcomes of interest to
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-201-indoor-allergen-reduction-asthma-evidence-summary.pdf
February 01, 2018 - Results
Thirty-eight comparative studies (n= 3,243) assessed
individual (single component) interventions … , and 30
comparative studies (n=4,907) assessed multicomponent
interventions.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-balancing-harms-benefits/research-2012
November 19, 2012 - choices, and therefore preferences, have an important role in determining how benefits and harms are assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cultural-competence/research-protocol
July 08, 2014 - Only systematic reviews that assess included study risk of bias will be assessed for review quality. … Outcomes in studies assessed as having a high risk of bias will be compared to synthesized evidence as … Systematic review quality and risk of bias will be assessed using modified AMSTAR criteria. 9 Study-level … risk of bias must be assessed using validated risk of bias tools appropriate to study design. … 9
Are outcomes assessed using valid and reliable measures, implemented consistently across all study
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-brain-injury_executive.pdf
April 01, 2011 - Quality was assessed by two reviewers independently. … In the
sole model that assessed GCS scores, coma length, and
duration of post-traumatic amnesia, none … ganglia are associated with increased risk of acute
depression (p = 0.006) when injury location is assessed … cerebral cortical thinning in the left superior
frontal and bilateral superior temporal cortex, as
assessed … In
general, the proportion of those assessed as depressed is
lower with structured clinical interviews
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
February 22, 2012 - Subsequent sets will be assessed until
concordance is established among the team. … • The quality of studies will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:
○ Initial … • The quality of included nonrandomized comparative intervention studies will also be
assessed … • The quality of included single-arm intervention studies will be assessed based on a set of
study … Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question
Studies will be assessed for relevance against target
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_2-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
January 01, 2011 - The
association between the exposure and outcome
is then assessed using measures of association. … Incidence is generally
assessed as a risk/proportion over a fixed
time period (e.g., risk for 1-year … researchers may also be tempted to assess
the treatments during the same time period the
outcome is assessed … Another fundamental of the
cohort design is, however, that the exposure is
assessed prior to the assessment … To minimize bias, statistical analyses
adjusted for risk factors for fractures assessed at
baseline