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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/aspirin-nsaids-for-prevention-of-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2007
March 15, 2007 - The Women's Health Study and the Physicians' Health Study, both good-quality RCTs, assessed the efficacy … One fair-quality cohort study 14 assessed the effect of NSAIDs on colorectal cancer incidence and found … While not the focus of this recommendation, the USPSTF assessed the magnitude of effect of aspirin and … The Physician's Health Study assessed the efficacy of low-dose aspirin use in decreasing colorectal adenomas … and found no improvement in the incidence of colorectal adenomas. 10 The Nurses' Health Study assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-immunotherapy-2011_research.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Credibility criteria of the index were assessed on a 7 point scale. … Major flaw
C Major confounding factors /effect
modifiers were assessed partially
Minor flaw … D Major confounding factors/effect
modifiers were assessed (known sets
of confounders specific for … Major flaw
Major confounding factors /effect
modifiers were assessed partially
Minor flaw … Major flaw Level A
Major confounding factors /effect
modifiers were assessed partially
Minor
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-difficile-update_research-protocol.pdf
December 23, 2014 - In January 2014 AHRQ published a surveillance report that
assessed whether an update of CER No. 31 was … Only systematic reviews that assessed
and reported individual study risk of bias will be assessed for … Systematic review quality will be assessed using modified AMSTAR criteria.33 An
additional question … Were important
variables known to
impact the outcome(s)
assessed at baseline? … Yes Who assessed outcomes?
No
Uncertain Not reported
10.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bipolar-disorder-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
June 23, 2014 - quality.15 Study-level risk of bias must be assessed using validated
risk of bias tools appropriate … Systematic review quality and risk of bias
will be assessed using modified AMSTAR criteria. … We will calculate MID for outcomes for
which strength of evidence is assessed. … Outcomes in studies assessed as
having a high risk of bias will be compared to synthesized evidence … The potential for reporting bias, when assessed, will be evaluated by the potential for
publication
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/preterm-birth-terbutaline-pump_research-protocol.pdf
October 18, 2010 - All
information available on neonatal outcomes will be assessed. … Loss to followup will be assessed according to the process described below. … Unintended crossover to opposite intervention group(s) will be assessed based on
information reported … When not clearly reported in the paper, loss to followup will
be assessed by comparing the number of … Heterogeneity in outcomes will be assessed using Cochran’s Q, recognizing this
test has low power to
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypothyroidism-hyperthyroidism-screening-treatment_executive.pdf
October 01, 2011 - The quality of each systematic review was assessed
using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews … The quality of each study was
assessed using criteria established by the USPSTF, and
poor quality studies … Data Synthesis
We assessed overall strength for each body of evidence
addressing a particular outcome … Two controlled trials assessed the efficacy of treatment
of subclinical hyperthyroidism; both of these … Both assessed changes in blood pressure.
One also evaluated change in BMI.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/action-cp-cds-training.pdf
February 15, 2008 - provide fall prevention care and communicate
important information about which patients need to be assessed … designed to help you to:
• View a Dashboard for each of your assigned patients
- Who needs to be assessed … you to know and communicate
important information to other caregivers about patients
who need to be assessed
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs021005-sorondo-final-report-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Workflow implications were
assessed by structured interviews and focus groups with patients and staff … Portal use was defined and assessed by using the portal package electronic report (number
of days when … to the date of
completion of the follow up wellness questionnaire); 3) Healthcare utilization was assessed … pre and
post the date of study consent; 4) Patient reported outcomes patient self-‐efficacy was
assessed … Functional status (PROMIS® Functional Status) was
assessed from the participants’ global physical and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43801/psn-pdf
August 02, 2015 - They assessed changes in surgical
mortality and complication rates before and after implementation of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46296/psn-pdf
September 24, 2017 - Safety culture was assessed among operating room personnel in 31 hospitals using a validated instrument
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40578/psn-pdf
July 06, 2011 - late 2007, the Institute of Medicine (IOM)—responding to strong concerns voiced
by the US Congress—assessed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45892/psn-pdf
October 31, 2017 - Investigators
assessed quality using several measures: validated processes-of-care measures, such as
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_surveillance.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Protein turnover:
No studies
assessed the
association
between changes
in protein
turnover and … Exercise
tolerance: 10
observational
studies assessed
the association
between exercise
tolerance … Bone
mineralization:
No studies
assessed this
association. … Protein turnover:
No studies
assessed this
November 2011
No new studies
assessed these
associations … Exercise
tolerance: No
studies assessed
this association.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/acs-pci-adjunctive-devices_executive.pdf
December 01, 2011 - Two independent reviewers assessed
studies for inclusion in a parallel manner by using
criteria defined … Observational studies were not pooled
with RCTs and were assessed in a qualitative fashion
only. … Additional domains were not assessed because they
were deemed irrelevant to this review. … Only two direct comparative
randomized trials assessed for final health outcomes,51,52
and three direct … In patients with mixed ACS, the impact of device
therapy on many intermediate outcomes was not
assessed
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-prescribing-and-electronic-transmission-discharge-medication-lists/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Data from the second round of interviews are being assessed and a manuscript will be developed. … Findings: For the quantitative study, the rates and types of prescribing errors made by physicians were assessed
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/nursing-home-information-technology-it-optimal-medication-and-care-delivery/annual-summary/2008
January 01, 2008 - months after implementation, and each 6-month period thereafter, the project team re-measured areas assessed … The project team assessed impact in four major areas:
Workflow: How does health IT implementation
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/allergy-seasonal_executive.pdf
July 01, 2013 - The quality of individual RCTs was assessed using the
United States Preventive Services Task Force ( … The quality of harms reporting was assessed using the
USPSTF rating, with specific attention to both … Four
main domains were assessed: risk of bias, consistency,
directness, and precision. … Empty cells indicate outcomes that were not assessed. … The evidence
for benefit is truly insufficient; equivalence was not
assessed.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-artery-stenosis_surveillance.pdf
June 01, 2012 - conclusions:
• If we found no new evidence or only confirmatory evidence and all responding experts
assessed … No Signal
Adverse events:
Consistent to the original CER, the adverse events were not adequately assessed … Rate of Systolic BP slope
divergence:
Not assessed None One expert said the
conclusion was not … difference:
0.02 mg per deciliter; 95% CI=
−0.10, 0.06
“In a per-protocol analysis, there
Not assessed … ) – A2
• A superior new treatment (e.g., new treatment that is significantly superior to the one
assessed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-radiation_executive.pdf
November 01, 2009 - Comparators assessed in the randomized controlled trials
Cancer type and center Comparison N Survival … Comparators assessed in the nonrandomized
comparative studies are shown in Table B. … Comparators assessed in the nonrandomized comparative studies
Cancer type and center Comparison N Survival
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs023631-payne-amia-poster-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Note quality as assessed by manual quality
review using instrument PDQI-9. … Note
accuracy was not assessed, but highly similar physical examinations in successive days’ notes raise