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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
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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
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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
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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).
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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,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dyspnea_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - Dyspnea assessed within 48 hours of hospital admission
2. … In 2004, UHC reported a baseline mean of 91% (median 95%, range 53-100%) of eligible
cases were assessed
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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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/assessing-the-risk-of-bias-in-systematic-reviews-of-health-care-interventions-01.pdf
May 01, 2005 - This requires the review’s protocol to include clear definitions of the types of biases
that will be assessed … Some EPC reviews may exclude studies assessed as
high risk of bias. … Published methodological quality of randomized
controlled trials does not reflect the actual quality
assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-risk-assessment-genes_disposition-comments.pdf
July 03, 2012 - I assume this is because it wasn’t
assessed in any study.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/smoking-pregnancy-infants_disposition-comments.pdf
February 25, 2014 - NRT evaluation was
much stronger than our “Formative Evaluation”
The quality of all studies was assessed … Reviewer 6 Results I found it unclear from the report how studies had ‘incomplete
outcome reporting’ assessed … Incomplete outcome reporting is assessed by
determining the extent to which a study described the
completeness
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hro-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2023 - search was done for the VA’s rapid review
on implementation of HRO principles, and having each study assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antipsychotics-children-surveillance-150120.pdf
October 01, 2014 - Patients were assessed at baseline, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks,
and 10 weeks (posttreatment). … Therapeutic response was assessed by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale for Children (BPRS-
C). … Risk of bias was assessed for included studies. … Seven assessed risperidone and
one assessed quetiapine. Three of the studies were multicentre. … Seven trials assessed acute efficacy and one assessed time to symptom recurrence
over a six-month maintenance
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoporosis-bone-fracture_disposition-comments.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Dosing instructions has not frequently been
assessed as a barrier and therefore it should not be included … We have re-reviewed studies that assessed adherence to
denosumab; we have added the adherence data to … In reviewing the vast literature for this report, we identified only
one controlled trial that assessed … Finally, we do state explicitly that the study assessed fractures
as adverse events. … Unfortunately we identified only once study that assessed
adherence with once-yearly zoledronic acid
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bladder-cancer-non-muscle-invasive_executive.pdf
October 01, 2015 - progression, need for
cystectomy, quality of life) compared with treatment not
guided by a formal assessed … Assessment of the Risk of Bias of Individual
Studies
We assessed the risk of bias for randomized trials … All quantitative analyses were conducted using SAS® 10.0
(SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC).22 We assessed … Grading the Strength of Evidence for Each
Key Question
We assessed the strength of evidence (SOE) … Other
than quantitative NMP22 and qualitative BTA, urinary
biomarkers were assessed in small numbers
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-applicability/slides
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-255-transitions-care-pediatric-to-adult-services-evidence-summary.pdf
May 01, 2022 - categories, 96 met comparator criteria to undergo risk of bias
assessment; however, only nine were assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-231-dementia-interventions-evidence-summary_0.pdf
August 01, 2020 - Our approach
to risk of bias assessment was generous, relative to how risk of bias is assessed in more
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-presentation-quantitative-synthesis-chapter-1.pdf
July 01, 2019 - .
► Chapter 4 covers statistical heterogeneity in detail
• Statistical heterogeneity is assessed by
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-251-integrated-pain-management-evidence-summary.pdf
October 01, 2021 - We analyzed effects and assessed
strength of evidence (SOE) for the primary outcomes of function, pain
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/joint-replacement-evidence%20-summary.pdf
November 01, 2021 - We assessed the risk of
bias and evaluated the SoE using standard methods.