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121. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing … Assessing directness has two parts: directness of outcomes and directness of comparisons. … No comparable methods exist for assessing reporting bias for these study designs. … Figure 1 defines the eight steps in assessing a body of evidence. … Assessing Equivalence and Noninferiority. Methods Research Report.

122. Microsoft Word - Comparative_Effectiveness_Research_Review_Disposition_of_Comments_Report_Final_120710_refs_delinked1.docx (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2010 - Studies of this type can be helpful in assessing response to treatment in very short time frames and … Our goal was to identify and review the best evidence for assessing the efficacy and effectiveness … Methods Some of the criteria for assessing methodological quality are questionable: 2. … Methods Some of the criteria for assessing methodological quality are questionable: 3. … Not assessing 3-month follow-up did not affect the overall quality score for this study.

123. Evaluation of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 26, 2016 - 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

124. Diagnosis of Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Suspected Acute Appendicitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 14, 2015 - 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

125. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2014 - Because the study limitations in the body of evidence is considered the starting point for assessing … Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health Care Interventions – AHRQ and the … AHRQ series paper 4: assessing harms when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective … Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions … Randomized clinical trials and observational studies guidelines for assessing respective strengths

126. AHRQ Has Special Emphasis Notice on Grants About Innovative Methods Research To Increase the Utility of Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     basic evidence synthesis tools, especially reliable and standardized approaches to scoping, searching, assessing

127. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     January 01, 2006 - publication on the Diagnosis and Management of Cough: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines.1 Assessing … specific technologies, devices, drugs, or interventions you would like to see compared: In the case of assessing … Assessing Cough Severity and Efficacy of Therapy in Clinical Research 1.Marchant JM, et al.

128. No Slide Title (ppt file)
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     September 05, 2006 - relevant health information Credible sources Familiar sources Expert sources Peer communication Assessing

129. 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 - 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

130. Acute Treatments for Episodic Migraine | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 08, 2020 - the Review This systematic review will address the critical evidence gaps and decisional dilemma by assessing … Assessing Applicability: We will follow the procedures outlined in the EPC Methods Guide for Comparative … Assessing Barriers to Chronic Migraine Consultation, Diagnosis, and Treatment: Results From the Chronic … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses.

131. EHC Research Protocol (Amended): Treatments for Acute Episodic Migraine (pdf file)
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     January 09, 2020 - review This systematic review will address the critical evidence gaps and decisional dilemma by assessing … Assessing Applicability: We will follow the procedures outlined in the EPC Methods Guide for Comparative … Assessing Barriers to Chronic Migraine Consultation, Diagnosis, and Treatment: Results From the Chronic … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses

132. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     April 10, 2009 - This guideline states that assessing a woman's pre-CAD risk is what the practitioner should use in determining … This guideline states that assessing a woman's pre-CAD risk is what the practitioner should use in determining

133. Symposium on Research Methods for Clinical and Comparative Effectiveness Studies – Part II | Effective Health Care Program
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     May 25, 2010 - Assessing Medication Exposures and Outcomes in the Frail Elderly: Assessing Research Challenges in Nursing

134. Assessing the Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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135. Autism-Adolescents Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Our goal was to identify and review the best evidence for assessing the efficacy and effectiveness … We established methods for assessing the strength of evidence based on the AHRQ Effective Health Care … Individual studies assessing heterogeneous social skills approaches reported some benefits in emotion … A final poor-quality case series addressed the transitioning process by assessing effects related to … The heterogeneity in settings for adults with ASD is a significant impediment to assessing symptom

136. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - Topics included assessing beneficial8 or harmful effects of interventions,9 using observational studies … ,10 assessing diagnostic tests11 or therapeutic devices,12 and others. … • A weakly developed approach to assessing the strength of evidence and a desire to begin to reconcile … • Assessing the applicability of studies. • Assessing harms. • Assessing the quality of studies. … The promise of risk-based allocation trials in assessing new treatments [editorial].

137. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Describe the required domains involved in assessing strength of evidence. … Assessing the “strength” of the entire body of evidence includes assessing the quality of individual … Assessing applicability of medical test studies in systematic reviews. … Assessing applicability of medical test studies in systematic reviews. … Assessing applicability of medical test studies in systematic reviews.

138. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Describe the required domains involved in assessing strength of evidence. … Assessing the “strength” of the entire body of evidence includes assessing the quality of individual … Assessing applicability of medical test studies in systematic reviews. … Assessing applicability of medical test studies in systematic reviews. … Assessing applicability of medical test studies in systematic reviews.

139. A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 13, 2010 - A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life Research Report May … The framework describes five steps for developing and assessing a quality indicator for end-of-life care … This paper presents a broad framework for assessing quality indicators for end-of-life care in cancer … Framework Overview Figure 1 displays the proposed framework for assessing cancer quality indicators … The framework presented here identifies five steps for developing and assessing a quality indicator for

140. A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 13, 2010 - A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life Research Report May … The framework describes five steps for developing and assessing a quality indicator for end-of-life care … This paper presents a broad framework for assessing quality indicators for end-of-life care in cancer … Framework Overview Figure 1 displays the proposed framework for assessing cancer quality indicators … Framework for developing and assessing quality indicators for cancer care at the end-of-life