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261. Executive Summary: Pain Management Interventions for Hip Fracture (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer30_hip-fracture-pain-executive-summary_20110517.pdf
     May 01, 2011 - Each full­ text article was independently assessed by two reviewers using detailed a priori inclusion … Quality Assessment and Rating the Body of Evidence Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological … Observational analytic studies were assessed using the cohort and case­control Newcastle Ottawa Scales … The strength of evidence was assessed for outcomes identified by the clinical investigators to be most … The following four major domains were assessed: risk of bias (low, medium, high), consistency (no

262. Title (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/obesity-child_research-protocol.pdf
     March 31, 2010 - Various interventions for childhood obesity prevention and management have been developed and assessed … schools, annual BMI screening in schools, and food marketing targeting at children have also been assessed … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies Article quality will be assessed using … quality assessment tool. 30 For the RCTs and non-randomized studies, the overall study quality is assessed … natural experiments), intervention implementation (eg, intensity) and evaluation (how outcomes were assessed

263. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-ovarian-contraceptives_research-protocol.pdf
     March 13, 2012 - Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies The included studies will be assessed on … Evidence for Each Key Question The strength of evidence for each key question and outcome will be assessed … evidence will be evaluated using the four required domains: • Risk of bias (low, medium, or high), assessed … and aggregate study quality • Consistency (consistent, inconsistent, or unknown/not applicable), assessed … same side of “no effect” and the overall range of effect sizes • Directness (direct or indirect), assessed

264. Treatments for Adults with Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/schizophrenia-adult_research-protocol.pdf
     September 23, 2016 - interventions for the key question), include studies that meet the PICOTS as defined above, and are assessed … Literature identified during the updated search, or through other methods described below, will be assessed … and methods developed by the Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP).33 Systematic reviews will be assessed … appropriateness of combining direct and indirect evidence and the consistency of the network will be assessed … Major Compar isons and Outcomes The strength of evidence for each key outcome will be initially assessed

265. Obesity-Child Executive (pdf file)
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     March 31, 2010 - We also assessed the precision of the estimate of the outcome when we could not conduct meta-analysis … We assessed risk of bias as described above. … Applicability We assessed applicability (called “interpretability” in this report) separately for each … In total, 104 studies assessed school-based interventions, which might include other settings (KQ1). … Another challenge was that some studies assessed the intervention effect by comparing changes in the

266. Glaucoma-Treatment Surveillance (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - abstracting the study conditions and findings for each new included study into an evidence table, we assessed … some new evidence that might change the CER conclusion, and /or a minority of responding experts assessed … • Visual acuity was not assessed as a primary outcome in any identified study comparing laser … different treatments on patient-reported outcomes, however. 2 new studies were identified that assessed … • Visual acuity was not assessed as a primary outcome in any identified study New Evidence

267. Research White Paper: A Framework To Facilitate the Use of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses in the Design of Primary Research Studies (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - and Current Systematic Review .................................. 9  Step 3: Use the Body of Evidence Assessed … Goudie, et al. assessed a sample of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in leading medical … third (8; 33 percent) was the design of the new study influenced by the review.6 Clarke, et al. assessed … Step 3: Use the Body of Evidence Assessed in the Systematic Review To Inform the Proposed Research Study … The article should describe how the quality of each study was assessed using predetermined quality

268. Omega-3-Maternity Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 18, 2015 - acid intervention during pregnancy § Offspring of women whose exposure to n 3 fatty acids was assessed … Risk of bias among RCTs will be assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool,12 which evaluates risk … Risk of bias among observational studies will be assessed using questions relevant for prospective studies … the method outlined in the AHRQ Methods Guide, in which the body of evidence for each outcome is assessed … of studies to the populations and interventions that are the focus of the current review will be assessed

269. Telehealth for Women (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/telehealth-women-protocol.pdf
     June 21, 2021 - Literature identified during the updated search will be assessed by following the same process of dual … Controlled trials and observational studies will be assessed using a priori established criteria consistent … In general, observational studies that do not perform adjustment for potential confounders will be assessed … Major Comparisons and Outcomes: The strength of evidence (SOE) for each Key Question will be initially assessed … Effectiveness Reviews.46 To ensure reliability and validity of the evaluation, the body of evidence will be assessed

270. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 221 Behavioral Programs for Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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     September 28, 2015 - The 10 hour factor was a level within the program intensity variable assessed in the analyses, but … because of the sole use of RCTs and the small number of studies showing baseline imbalances (as assessed … We have revised this section to make it explicit that we assessed the same outcome for all subgroup … KQ6 assessed the effect of patient variables, and including these study-level factors in the main analysis … Thank you for agreeing that we assessed the risk of bias with rigor.

271. Colorectal-Surgery-Preparation Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colorectal-surgery-preparation_executive.pdf
     April 01, 2014 - Potential overlap was assessed on the basis of the sampling population of each study, the enrollment … Risk of Bias and Completeness of Reporting of Individual Studies We assessed the risk of bias for … Synthesis For each Key Question, we synthesized results qualitatively and assessed whether studies … In sensitivity analyses, we assessed the robustness of our results to their removal from the dataset … • Outcomes were assessed or reported in sufficient detail in a minority of the conducted studies,

272. Disposition of Comments for CER 158 Diagnosis of Gout (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gout-diagnosis-disposition-160727.pdf
     February 24, 2016 - being used in clinical practice for diagnosis of individual patients (and published studies have assessed … http://www.aium.org/resources/guidelines/mu sculoskeletal.pdf Our topic expert assessed the content … There is no information on how heterogeneity was assessed and what was done where heterogeneity was … If performed following the guidance for this tool then you will also have assessed applicability as … Peer Reviewer 4 Discussion/Conclusion (ES-17 and 45) Response to colchicine has not been assessed

273. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer's-type Dementia (CATD) (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/catd-protocol-draft_0.pdf
     November 02, 2018 - function & quality of life Adults with CATD >50 years of age Patient characteristics to be assessed … Cognitive Tests to be Assessed for Diagnostic Accuracy Cognitive Test Categories Cognitive Test Names … Systematic reviews that directly address a question in our review and assessed risk of bias for included … individual studies using appropriate validated tools will be assessed for quality. … ASSESSMENT GUIDANCE *Studies that have long-term outcomes that are 5 years and longer should be assessed

274. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 258_Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2023 - extracted data regarding common diseases, error/harm rates, and causes/risk factors, and independently assessed … The Swiss study assessed deaths as an outcome among admitted patients and found a 2.3-fold increase

275. Strategies for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/strategies-integrating-behavioral-health-protocol.pdf
     August 04, 2022 - Literature identified during the updated search will be assessed following the same process of dual … Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Risk of bias (also referred to as internal validity) is only assessed … Controlled trials and observational studies will be assessed using a priori established criteria consistent … of bias for individual studies, the strength of evidence (SOE) for each Question will be initially assessed … Effectiveness Reviews.46 To ensure reliability and validity of the evaluation, the body of evidence will be assessed

276. Hepatitis-C-Screening Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c-screening_executive.pdf
     November 01, 2012 - We assessed the quality of each study based on predefined criteria. … Details about factors assessed to determine the overall strength of evidence for each body of evidence … We therefore focused on results from studies that performed adjustment and were otherwise assessed as … No studies have adequately assessed the harmful impacts due to anxiety, labeling, or relationships … Another important research gap is that although many studies have assessed the diagnostic accuracy of

277. Behavioral Programs for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetes-behavior-programs_clinician.pdf
     November 01, 2016 - ��The use of behavior change techniques within the programs assessed in this review was highly variable

278. Angina-Heart-Attack-Treatments Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/angina-heart-attack-treatments_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - Some trials assessed the combination and timing of using all three treatments (i.e., an anticoagulant … Strength of the Body of Evidence We graded the SOE (SOE) for each outcome assessed because a given … The following six comparisons were assessed in the included studies for KQ 1: 1. … The following three comparisons were assessed in the included studies in KQ 2: 1. … The following five comparisons were assessed in the included studies for KQ 3: 1.

279. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - Lymph node (N) stages Stage Description NX Nearby lymph nodes were not assessed N0 The cancer has … The strength of evidence for each outcome will be assessed according to more recent guidance from the … Were those who assessed the patient outcomes blinded to the group to which the patients were assigned … For nonrandomized studies, risk of bias will be assessed by evaluating the variables listed in Table … Assessing the Applicability of the Evidence for Each Key Question Applicability will be assessed by

280. Phenylketonuria Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/phenylketonuria_executive.pdf
     February 01, 2012 - Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently assessed quality, with differences resolved though discussion … We assessed the strength of evidence for key outcomes identified by the clinical investigators to be … Two of the three studies measured reductions in Phe levels,7,64 and one assessed cognitive outcomes … One trial of LNAAs63 assessed neuropsychological outcomes and reported higher rates of anxiety associated … The degree to which this observed variation may be associated with suboptimal adherence should be assessed