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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/child-growth-development-outcomes-protocol-amended.pdf
November 18, 2024 - Abstracts and full texts will be assessed using the same process of dual
review as all other studies … Controlled trials and observational studies will be
assessed using a priori established criteria consistent … Grading the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes
Outcomes to be assessed for … prioritized list, the SOE for exposure/intervention-outcome pairs within each
KQ will initially be assessed … (narrative) data where appropriate.
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Assessing Applicability
Applicability will be assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antiplatelet-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
September 25, 2013 - the evidence at the time of the Draft
Report submission had low strength for some of the
outcomes assessed … All types of blinding were assessed as applicable to
each particular study design. … This is
because similarity (exchangeability) is not quantitatively
assessed and because the decision … Background fluorescence is
assessed by simultaneously running a negative antibody
control. … We assessed the SOE as low for the following reasons:
(1) of the more than 100 studies reporting on
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-216-telehealth-evidence-summary.pdf
April 01, 2019 - Telehealth for consultations has been
studied across a range of clinical situations but not previously
assessed … Two team members independently reviewed all
abstracts and two reviewers independently assessed
each … Effectiveness and Comparative
Effectiveness Reviews.14 Risk of bias for economic
evaluations were assessed … Strength of evidence was assessed for each outcome
and Key Question as described in the Methods
Guide
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-information-exchange_research-protocol.pdf
April 20, 2015 - High quality
reviews will be defined as those assessed as being at low risk of bias, according to
the … Literature identified
during the update search will be assessed by following the same process of dual … as part of the data abstraction phase, and each major type of study will be assessed
for bias according … 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/asthma-nonpharmacologic-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
October 04, 2016 - Given the most recent report, EPR-3,
was published in 2007,1 NHLBI assessed the need for an update by … When a study with an English abstract is published in a foreign
language, the abstract will be assessed … Risk of bias will be assessed by two independent reviewers, and discrepancies will
be addressed through … that conforms with the EPC Methods Guide
recommendations on grading the SOE.10,23 The primary domains assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antidepressants-update_disposition-comments.pdf
December 01, 2011 - Affiliation Section Comment Response
Peer Reviewer #5 Methods Pg 34, line 13-16 Quality Assessment “Items assessed … Simply saying how you identified effectiveness
trials does not describe how you assessed applicability … Peer Reviewer #5 Results KQ1 Page 56 or page 42, line 30-31
Investigators rarely assessed quality of … Quality of life, however, was rarely assessed
as a primary outcome measure.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/arthritis-psoriatric_surveillance.pdf
March 01, 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/pdf/head-neck-cancer-update_research-protocol.pdf
February 04, 2014 - Grading the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Individual Comparisons and
Outcomes
Studies will be assessed … for a given outcome have
high likelihood of protection against bias
(i.e., good internal validity), assessed … Assessing Applicability
Applicability of findings in this review will be assessed according to the … (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome, Setting) framework.12, 16
Included studies will assessed … • The quality of studies will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:
– Initial assembly
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/infantile-hemangioma_research-protocol.pdf
December 23, 2014 - outcomes (KQ2, 3, 4)
• Size / volume of hemangioma
• Impact on vision
• Aesthetic appearance as assessed … Intermediate
Outcomes
• Size / volume of
hemangioma
• Impact on vision
• Aesthetic
appearance as
assessed … Intermediate Outcomes
• Size / volume of
hemangioma
• Impact on vision
• Aesthetic appearance
as assessed … surgical unit)
• Size / volume of
hemangioma
• Impact on vision
• Aesthetic
appearance as
assessed … surgical unit)
• Size / volume of
hemangioma
• Impact on vision
• Aesthetic
appearance as
assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-adult-treatment_executive.pdf
April 01, 2013 - Two independent reviewers assessed the risk of bias
for each study; one of the two reviewers was always … Then, we assessed head-to-head trials. … Two
reviewers assessed each domain for each key outcome and
resolved differences by consensus. … Applicability
We assessed applicability of the evidence following
guidance from the “Methods Guide … Also, previous
studies rarely assessed adverse effects with adequate
rigor.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-cancer-staging_research-protocol.pdf
May 20, 2013 - Were patients assessed by a reference standard regardless of the test’s results?
11. … Were all patients assessed by the same reference standard regardless of the test’s results?
12. … Were those who assessed the patient’s outcomes blinded to the group to which the patients
were assigned … Was the individual study quality assessed?
7a. … Was the likelihood of publication bias assessed?
10.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/menopause-protocol-130612.pdf
June 12, 2013 - Systematic reviews and meta-analyses will be assessed and prioritized for
inclusion in a manner informed … approach,32, 33 which is conceptually similar to the GRADE system.35
The four main domains to be assessed … Systematic
reviews and meta-
analyses will be
assessed and
prioritized for
inclusion in a manner … study
inclusion/exclusion
criteria reported; 3)
study quality (potential
bias) of included trials
assessed … During the search
update, new SRs and
RCTs not included in
the original SRs will be
assessed, appraised
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/outcomes-dental-services-rapid-research.pdf
May 01, 2025 - We assessed SRs
using AMSTAR2.20 RoB2 determined RCTs to have low risk of bias, some concerns, or high … limited.
3.2.2 Included Studies
Our literature database search identified one primary study that assessed … In addition,
drug abstinence, employment, and homelessness were assessed at First Step House only. … SUD
Treatment for SUD
Intervention
Group
Treatment
Control Group
Treatment
Outcomes
Assessed … Study Design
Sample Size
Followup Length
Type of SUD
Treatment
Comparison
Outcomes
Assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disruptive-behavior-disorders-protocol.pdf
January 31, 2023 - Randomized
controlled trials and NRSIs will be assessed using a priori established criteria consistent … Grading the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes:
Outcomes to be assessed … the
strength of evidence for comparison-outcome pairs within each Key Question will be initially
assessed … Applicability will be assessed in accordance
with the AHRQ’s Methods Guide, using the PICOTS framework
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/child-growth-development-outcomes-protocol.pdf
August 19, 2024 - Abstracts and full texts will be assessed using the same process
of dual review as all other studies … Controlled trials and observational studies
will be assessed using a priori established criteria consistent … Grading the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes
Outcomes to be assessed for … prioritized list, the SOE for exposure/intervention-outcome pairs
within each KQ will initially be assessed … Assessing Applicability
Applicability will be assessed using the PICOTs framework, in accordance with
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tech-brief-39-pediatric-cancer-survivorship-comments.pdf
March 01, 2021 - A full systematic review of
tracing each assessed disparity
and the results of the findings
across … Suggest adding a similar level of detail to the
paragraph discussing studies that have assessed
these … For example, in
addition to noting the number of studies and the
level of barriers assessed, it would … be helpful to
summarize the strategies assessed (e.g.,
education). … to discussing ongoing
studies, could the gaps in the published and
unpublished studies that have assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/treatment-resistant-depression_surveillance.pdf
April 01, 2016 - evidence that might change the systematic review conclusion,
and/or a minority of responding experts assessed … Two very small new uncontrolled trials report
positive effects of rTMS on patients with TRD
as assessed … Depression severity was assessed with the
Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale; primary efficacy … It has never been systematically assessed whether psychotherapy, continuation ECT, or antidepressant … very small new
uncontrolled trials report
positive effects of rTMS on
patients with TRD as
assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/peripheral-artery-disease-treatment_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - Applicability
We assessed applicability across our KQs using the method
described in the Methods Guide … The following comparisons were assessed in the included
studies: (1) medical therapy (cilostazol) versus … The Key Points are:
• In a random-effects network meta-analysis of 12
RCTs that assessed the effect … We found few studies that assessed functional outcomes,
quality of life, or cardiovascular outcomes … To
examine the effectiveness of more invasive treatments, this
review included any studies that assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-pain-opioid-treatment_executive.pdf
September 19, 2014 - Assessing Methodological Risk of Bias of
Individual Studies
We assessed risk of bias (quality) for … Studies of
predictive accuracy of risk prediction instruments were
assessed using an approach adapted … Two
investigators independently assessed the quality of each
study. … We assessed the overall strength of evidence (SOE) for
each Key Question and outcome using the approach … No study assessed the risk of abuse, addiction, or related
outcomes associated with long-term opioid
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_policymaker.pdf
August 01, 2016 - Strength of Evidence for the Efficacy and Effectiveness of Medications Used To Treat AUD
(Note: Studies assessed