Results

Total Results: 1,974 records

Showing results for "assessed".

401. Cancer-Pancreas Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-pancreas_research-protocol.pdf
     August 09, 2013 - In the table, population P1 is symptomatic patients being assessed for possible pancreatic adenocarcinoma … Were patients assessed by a reference standard regardless of the test’s results? 10. … Were all patients assessed by the same reference standard regardless of the test’s results? 11. … Was the individual study quality assessed? 7a. … Was the likelihood of publication bias assessed? 10.

402. Head-Neck-Cancer-Update Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/head-neck-cancer-update_executive.pdf
     December 01, 2014 - For this update, we reviewed and assessed new evidence on the comparative effectiveness of 3DCRT, IMRT … A second reviewer assessed the data extraction against the original articles for quality control. … Grading the Strength of Evidence for Individual Comparisons and Outcomes Studies were assessed for … Assessing Applicability We assessed applicability of findings with the AHRQ Methods Guide using the … Key Points Key points are— • As we found in CER No. 20, comparative evidence assessed in this update

403. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-6-protocol.pdf
     December 07, 2024 - transparency and ease of future updating, the EPC will include detailed definitions related to how RoB was assessed … the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes: Strength of evidence will not be assessed … 33. 5.2) Is the numerical result being assessed likely to have been selected, on the basis of the results … 34. 5.3) Is the numerical result being assessed likely to have been selected, on the basis of the results

404. Digestible Carbohydrate Intake and Maternal-Infant Outcomes: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/carbohydrate-intake-protocol.pdf
     April 08, 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 … of bias for individual studies, the strength of evidence (SOE) for each outcome will be initially assessed … Assessing Applicability Applicability will be assessed in accordance with the AHRQ’s Methods Guide,

405. CER 173 Executive Summary: Diabetes Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: An Update (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-update-2015_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2015 - *Not every outcome was assessed for each comparison. … Risk-of-Bias Assessment of Individual Studies Two independent reviewers assessed risk of bias. … We separately assessed the strength of evidence for shorter and longer studies (≥2 years); however, … we assessed strength of evidence only for longer studies from which we could draw a conclusion. … We assessed the study limitations, consistency, directness, precision, and reporting bias.

406. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/nonopioid-chronic-pain-summary.pdf
     April 01, 2020 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Study quality was independently assessed … We preferentially abstracted pain assessed with the visual analog scale (VAS) or numerical rating scale … were calculated for other outcomes (e.g., function, quality of life) unless all pertinent studies assessed … The domains assessed were study limitations (low, medium, or high), consistency (consistent, inconsistent … The specific outcomes assessed in the included RCTs also varied according to the pain condition studied

407. Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bereaved-persons-protocol.pdf
     June 01, 2023 - Studies will be assessed with criteria consistent with domains assessed in QUIPS (Quality in Prognosis … on the Key Question, diagnostic and treatment approach, comparator, and outcome) will be initially assessed … Assessing Applicability Applicability will be assessed in accordance with the AHRQ's Methods Guide.

408. Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ocd-protocol.pdf
     August 15, 2023 - Each study will be assessed by one researcher. … assessor blinding, missing data, outcome measurement reporting adequacy, and analytic adequacy will be assessed … RCTs (i.e., related to missing data, outcome measurement, analysis plan).27 The questions will be assessed … For single arm studies, we assessed methodological quality using items from the Cochrane Risk of Bias

409. Cesarean-Birth-2010 Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cesarean-birth-2010_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - Strategies: Studies assessed strategies implemented specifically with the goal of reducing cesarean … We also assessed the harms of the strategies used, defined by the Evidence- based Practice Center Program … Quality Assessment The quality of individual studies was assessed using specific established tools … Each of these strategies was assessed to have provided insufficient evidence (Table B).

410. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Expanded Guidance on Selected Quantitative Synthesis Topics (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/quantitative-synthesis-expanded-methods_methods.pdf
     March 01, 2013 - WMD can be used when outcome measurements in all trials are assessed on the same scale, and easily interpreted … Standardized mean difference or effect size meta-analyses can be used if the same outcome was assessed … Statistical heterogeneity Statistical tests Specify how statistical heterogeneity is assessed and … scale to estimate the quality of the study and how internal and external validity of the studies are assessed

411. autism-update-protocol-130920 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/autism-update_research-protocol.pdf
     September 20, 2013 - update a comprehensive review of therapies for children with ASD published in 2011.34 The 2011 review assessed … Were outcomes coded and assessed by individuals blinded to the intervention status of the participants … For determining the SOE for effectiveness outcomes, we only assessed the body of literature deriving … Once we had established the maximum SOE possible based upon these criteria, we assessed the number of

412. Psoriasis-Chronic Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/psoriasis-chronic_executive.pdf
     November 01, 2012 - Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria Two independent investigators assessed studies for inclusion in a … Quality Assessment of Individual Studies We assessed the quality of included studies by using recommendations … Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (Methods Guide).15 Using a standardized tool, two reviewers independently assessed … We assessed each RCT for the following criteria: methods for randomization, allocation concealment,

413. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/selecting-evidence.ppt
     January 01, 2010 - Finally, those OSs found to have the potential to answer key questions should be assessed carefully to … Reviewers must consider whether or not the risk of bias can be fully assessed. … Other observational studies should be evaluated for relevance and then assessed for risk of bias before

414. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disparities-quality-improvement_research-protocol.pdf
     February 23, 2012 - population and an appropriate internal or external referent group,a such that changes in disparity can be assessed … The quality of individual studies will be assessed using specific assessment tools for each type of … Poor studies will be identified but not further assessed.

415. DEMENTIA INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S #04 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
     February 01, 2015 - Investigators initially reported that intranasal insulin administration improved delayed memory (p<0.05; assessed … by delayed story recall), preserved caregiver-rated functional ability (p<0.01; assessed by Alzheimer … - cognitive subscale) and conserved patients’ general cognition and functional abilities (p<0.05, assessed

416. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/public-reporting-quality-improvement_executive.pdf
     July 01, 2012 - However, these studies were not assessed for quality and their abstraction was abbreviated. … Applicability was assessed, rather than scored or rated, and may vary according to the characteristics … Two studies of public reporting on individual clinicians were identified that assessed the impact of

417. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/selecting-evidence.ppt
     January 01, 2010 - Finally, those OSs found to have the potential to answer key questions should be assessed carefully to … Reviewers must consider whether or not the risk of bias can be fully assessed. … Other observational studies should be evaluated for relevance and then assessed for risk of bias before

418. Gout-managment-protocol-141103 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gout_research-protocol.pdf
     November 03, 2014 - Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies - Risk of bias of individual included studies will be assessed … Publication bias will be assessed using the Begg adjusted rank correlation test and Egger regression … asymmetry test; 22, 23; selective outcome reporting bias will also be assessed as part of the risk

419. C- Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/musculoskeletal-disorders-imaging_research-protocol.pdf
     August 05, 2010 - the test in patient management v Setting where positional MRI testing was performed vi Outcomes assessed … Moreover, we will record the outcomes being assessed in each study, including testing related harms,

420. AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-march-2023-grand-rounds-slides.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - independently screened search results for eligibility, serially extracted data, and independently assessed … sizes and inability to combine the studies • Publication bias • Suspected, but could not be formally assessed