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181. Chronic-Cough Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - Data necessary for assessing quality and applicability were also abstracted. … validity and responsiveness of the Parent Cough- specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (PC-QOL) in assessing … and other cough-specific instruments may therefore be more useful than simple cough frequency in assessing … Conclusions There is no established gold standard for assessing either frequency or severity/QOL of … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

182. Integrating Bodies of Evidence: Existing Systematic Reviews and Primary Studies (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2015 - risk of bias of primary studies in existing reviews, and summarizing and assessing the strength of … The interview questions covered three general topics: • Using multiple existing reviews • Assessing … risk of bias • Summarizing and assessing bodies of evidence. … Assessing Risk of Bias KIs noted that assessments of the risk of bias (RoB) of individual studies are … Several tools exist for assessing the methodological strengths and limitations of systematic reviews

183. Machine-Learning-Tools-Appendix-D (xls file)
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     January 01, 2024 - RobotReviewer: evaluation of a system for automatically assessing bias in clinical trials 2016 RobotReviewer … ChatGPT for assessing risk of bias of randomized trials using the RoB 2.0 tool: A methods study 2023 … ChatGPT for assessing risk of bias of randomized trials using the RoB 2.0 tool: A methods study 2023 … ChatGPT for assessing risk of bias of randomized trials using the RoB 2.0 tool: A methods study 2023 … RobotReviewer: evaluation of a system for automatically assessing bias in clinical trials 2016 RobotReviewer

184. Lower Limb Prostheses: Measurement Instruments, Comparison of Component Effects by Subgroups, and Long-Term Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2021 - We addressed questions pertaining to: assessing validity, reliability, and related psychometric properties … Numerous instruments assessing ambulation, function, quality of life, and other patient-centered outcomes

185. Discontinuation of Disease-Modifying Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Observational Studies Risk of Bias and Precision Item Bank. 12 We will select items most relevant in assessing … Other factors that may be considered in assessing strength of evidence include dose-response relationship … Assessing Applicability Applicability of studies will be determined according to the PICOTS framework … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT, Green S, eds. … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions--AHRQ and the effective

186. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Assessment of Methodologic Quality of Individual Studies Assessing Study Quality . … For observational studies, we anticipate assessing three broad characteristics: (1) the selection of … Grading the Evidence for Each Intervention Assessing the Strength of Evidence. … The choice of referent group will be evaluated when assessing applicability. … Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions.

187. Symposium on Research Methods for Clinical and Comparative Effectiveness Studies – Part II | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - Assessing Medication Exposures and Outcomes in the Frail Elderly: Assessing Research Challenges in Nursing

188. Evaluation of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2019 - We also surveyed experts to aid in assessing the accuracy, completeness, and usability of the Potential … profiles, providing more guidance to experts on applying the rating scale, addressing the difficulty of assessing

189. Diagnosis of Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Suspected Acute Appendicitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - literature on the diagnosis of acute appendicitis is large but consists almost exclusively of studies assessing … insufficient to support conclusions about comparative effectiveness for clinical outcomes because studies assessing

190. No-Touch Modalities for Disinfecting Patient Rooms in Acute Care Settings: A Rapid Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2020 - acute care settings for: Respiratory viral pathogens Other pathogens with potential relevance to assessing … Also, studies directly assessing efficacy for respiratory viruses are vital.

191. Chapter 12: Systematic Review of Prognostic Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - focus the review on the most important key questions; (2) conducting a thorough literature search; (3) assessing … Lacking such data, several suggestions have been made for assessing studies to make judgments about the … Assessing the role of circulating, genetic and imaging biomarkers in cardiovascular risk prediction. … Assessing the methodological quality of prognostic studies. … Assessing the value of risk predictions by using risk stratification tables.

192. Avoiding Bias in Selecting Studies | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2019 - Outcomes Regardless of the topic, SRs should focus on assessing a range of patient-centered outcomes … that appear to meet inclusion criteria and send them on to full-text review, with a second reviewer assessing … suggests that the published literature is biased and should be “downgraded” for publication bias in assessing … Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions. … AHRQ series paper 4: assessing harms when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the effective health-care

193. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2009 - • EPCs will collaborate with the GRADE group to address ongoing challenges in assessing the strength … Assessing directness clarifies the degree to which evidence between the intervention and the ultimate … Our goal in assessing applicability separately is to enable decisionmakers to take into account how … Guidance for this process will be available in the Assessing Applicability paper of the Methods Guide … EPC authors are expected to make clear the outcomes involved when assessing this domain.

194. The Effect of Dietary Digestible Carbohydrate Intake on Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - sex, race/ethnicity, country), intervention, comparisons, 5 outcomes, and related items for assessing … and Outcomes We will grade the strength of the body of evidence (SOE) per the EPC methods guide on assessing … Assessing Applicability Applicability is limited to the general population. IV. … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … Assessing Applicability IV. References V. Definition of Terms VI.

195. Effect-Dietary-Digestible (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - e.g., age, sex, race/ethnicity, country), intervention, comparisons, outcomes, and related items for assessing … and Outcomes We will grade the strength of the body of evidence (SOE) per the EPC methods guide on assessing … Assessing Applicability Applicability is limited to the general population. 7 IV. … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … Assessing Applicability IV. References V. Definition of Terms VI.

196. Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Assessing Contamination Following Environmental Cleaning Clinical and environmental services staff … One such alternative is to use aerobic colony counts (ACCs), which are a culture-based method for assessing … reaction (PCR)-based technologies become less expensive and more widespread, these may also have a role in assessing … Strategies for assessing compliance may include use of checklists, direct observation (open or covert … What outcomes would be most meaningful to patients when assessing the quality of room cleaning and disinfection

197. Dementia-Agitation-Aggression Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 13, 2014 - We will assess harms as dichotomous variables to acknowledge the inherent difficulties of assessing … Assessing neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with dementia: a systematic review of measures. … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies. … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions for the effective … Assessing the applicability of studies when comparing medical interventions. 2010.

198. MS Protocol draft_12_12-13 clean[2] (pdf file)
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     December 17, 2013 - Other factors that may be considered in assessing strength of evidence include dose-response relationship … Assessing Applicability. … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT, Green S, eds. … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions--AHRQ and the effective … Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions. 2010.

199. Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - This module focuses on assessing the quality of individual studies. … Have good rationale for assessing harms post- hoc 10. … Have good rationale for assessing harms post-hoc 10. … The outcomes rated highest priority are the ones that the group will focus on in assessing the balance … Have good rationale for assessing harms post-hoc 10.

200. Cancer-Pancreas Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - The two key factors in assessing resectability are distant metastasis (which excludes resectability) … ) • For MRI, in assessing the resectability of tumors in patients with unstaged disease, one systematic … The third conclusion, based on two studies, was that PET/CT is more accurate in assessing distant … • One low-quality systematic review reported on MR for assessing vascular invasion, concluding it had … • Based on two studies, PET/CT is more accurate than MDCT in assessing distant metastases of pancreatic