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61. Acs-Pci-Adjunctive-Devices Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2010 - Each study will be assessed for the following individual criteria: comparable study groups at baseline … Additionally, RTCs will be assessed for randomization technique and allocation concealment. … Observational studies will be assessed for sample size, participant selection method, exposure measurement … Additional domains will not be assessed because they were deemed irrelevant to this review. … This can be assessed through the evaluation of both design and study limitations.

62. Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Current State of the Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 31, 2016 - significant conflict with societal norms or authority figures." 4 The review included studies that assessed … The effectiveness of multicomponent programs that do not contain a parent component was not assessed … † The overall evidence grade was assessed based on the ratings for the following domains: study limitations … The drugs assessed in the studies of pharmacologic interventions were frequently used without a research

63. Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2016 - The effectiveness of multicomponent programs that do not contain a parent component was not assessed … significant conflict with societal norms or authority figures.” 4 The review included studies that assessed … † The overall evidence grade was assessed based on the ratings for the following domains: study limitations … interventions, particularly once the medications have been discontinued, is not known. �� The drugs assessed

64. Osteoporosis-Bone-Fracture Executive (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2012 - No studies were identified that assessed the effect of testosterone on fracture risk. … • Outcomes: For efficacy and effectiveness analysis, only studies that assessed vertebral, hip, and … Specifically, we assessed whether clinical trials provided sufficient data to reach conclusions, and … Only one RCT was identified that actually assessed the effect of sex on response to treatment. … One RCT that assessed the effect of a brief exercise program on fracture risk found a small decrease

65. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis – An Update of the 2007 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 14, 2010 - The quality of RCTs will be assessed using the Jadad scale 11 as well as an assessment of concealment … The quality of meta-analyses will be assessed using aspects of internal and external validity as suggested … The need to include observational studies will also be carefully assessed according to the guidelines … Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question For each outcome, heterogeneity will be assessed using the … The evidence for publication bias will be assessed using the Egger’s test will be presented in funnel

66. Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 10, 2013 - The update report will assess all outcomes assessed in the original 2009 report with the exception of … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Risk of bias (ROB) will be assessed … ROB will be assessed at the study level in duplicate for each published study. … The validity and the adequate description of outcomes and results will also be assessed. … Assessing Applicability As for evaluation the overall SOE, applicability will be assessed for each

67. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 10, 2023 - KQ2 RCTs or systematic review of RCTs that assessed ROB of included studies using validated tools. … KQ4 RCTs or systematic review of RCTs that assessed ROB of included studies using validated tools. … our review and assess ROB for included individual studies using appropriate validated tools will be assessed … Non-randomized trials start out as low-quality evidence, and are assessed on additional criteria (evidence … These studies will not be assessed for risk of bias, but trial characteristics will be described

68. Evaluation of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 26, 2016 - evaluation present evidence that the Horizon Scanning System effectively identified, monitored, and assessed … interventions rated in the Horizon Scanning System as having no potential for high- impact, some were assessed

69. Diagnosis of Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Suspected Acute Appendicitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 14, 2015 - We also assessed the strength and applicability of the evidence. … outcomes and resource use was available from a small number of trials with moderate risk of bias that assessed

70. Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in Management of Asthma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/asthma-nonpharmacologic-treatment/research-indoor-allergen-reduction
    February 15, 2018 - using the Cochrane Risk of Bias instrument or the Newcastle-Ottawa scale, and the evidence base was assessed … Thirty studies assessed multicomponent interventions, but wide differences among study interventions

71. Infantile-Hemangioma Executive (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2016 - Two reviewers independently assessed the full text of each included study potentially addressing a … If one reviewer determined that a study could be eligible, we assessed its relevance to the CQs. … We assessed the SOE for the KQs only. … Most studies assessed variations of PDL (n=7) and examined heterogeneous endpoints. … Most studies assessed variations of PDL and examined heterogeneous endpoints.

72. Restless-Legs Executive (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2012 - We assessed treatment-related harms and adherence. … Observational studies were not formally assessed for quality. … No studies assessed treatments in pregnant women, and no eligible studies assessed treatments in patients … Few studies assessed individuals with secondary RLS. No studies enrolled pregnant women. … No RCTs assessed the effect of patient characteristics on treatment benefits and harms.

73. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults (pdf file)
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    October 19, 2020 - When a study with an English abstract is published in a foreign language, the abstract will be assessed … using the Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews (ROBIS) tool, individual RCTs will be assessed using the … Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 (ROB2) tool, and observational studies will be assessed using the Risk of Bias … Studies assessed using any of the above instruments will be rated as “Low,” “High,” or “Unclear” risk … Risk of bias will be assessed by two independent reviewers, and discrepancies will be addressed through

74. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2023 Update of the Evidence Base for the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - An investigator assessed RoB for newly added studies using Cochrane’s RoB 2: A Revised Tool for Assessing … PTSD diagnostic change or clinically meaningful response were assessed in 50 percent of studies. … Among non-PTSD outcomes, depression was the most commonly assessed (60% of the newly added studies).

75. Lower Limb Prostheses: Measurement Instruments, Comparison of Component Effects by Subgroups, and Long-Term Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 06, 2018 - Only a few studies assessed long-term LLP use; 11 to 22 percent of patients abandon their LLP after 1 … We found eligible studies that assessed the psychometric properties of 50 instruments (classified as

76. Use of Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in the Management of Heart Failure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 20, 2013 - Incremental predictive value was assessed in decompensated acute HF (7 studies) and chronic HF (15 studies … Seven studies assessed biological variation.

77. Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (pdf file)
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    January 30, 2023 - KQ2 RCTs or systematic review of RCTs that assessed ROB of included studies using validated tools. … KQ4 RCTs or systematic review of RCTs that assessed ROB of included studies using validated tools. … our review and assess ROB for included individual studies using appropriate validated tools will be assessed … Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Risk of bias of eligible studies by outcome will be assessed … Non-randomized trials start out as low-quality evidence, and are assessed on additional criteria (evidence

78. Topic-Brief1-Care-Coordination (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2021 - • Readmission was the main outcome of interest assessed in the reviews identified through literature … Other relevant outcomes (e.g., pain, function, quality of life, opioid utilization) were not assessed … • A cohort study of 5,749 chronic opioid users who underwent elective surgery assessed the effect … Methods We assessed the topic for suitability for further action such as commissioning a systematic … Appropriateness and Importance We assessed the nomination for appropriateness and importance, based

79. Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 23, 2014 - The risk of bias (quality) of included studies was assessed, data were extracted, and results were summarized … The proportion of patients correctly assessed with CT for transplant eligibility based on Milan criteria

80. Topic Brief: Interventions to Decrease Hospital Length of Stay (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - It assessed the evidence for individual components of protocols and ERAS packages. … Elsarrag et al34 assessed ERAS protocols in adults. … o A second 2018 review assessed ERAS and fast track surgery for gastrectomy. … Two SR both published in 201740, 41 assessed ERAS. … This 2018 Cochrane SR13 assessed the evidence for short-stay units.