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161. Cervical Degenerative Disease Treatment (pdf file)
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     January 12, 2022 - long-term harms (e.g., arthroplasty); and (9) determining which outcomes to assess and challenges in assessing … Information relevant for assessing applicability will be abstracted, including the characteristics of … These criteria and methods will be used in concordance with the approach recommended in the chapter, Assessing … Assessing Applicability Applicability will be assessed in accordance with the AHRQ’s Methods Guide … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

162. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 12 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - 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 … 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.

163. Insomnia_protocol-140403 (pdf file)
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     April 03, 2014 - Assessing improvements in specific sleep symptoms or in sleep efficiency can be measured objectively … 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. … Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions. 2010.

164. Insomnia_protocol-140403 (pdf file)
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     April 03, 2014 - Assessing improvements in specific sleep symptoms or in sleep efficiency can be measured objectively … Assessing Applicability. … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in 28. Morin CM. Measuring outcomes in included studies. … Assessing the Applicability of Studies 39. … of evidence when assessing health care http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov interventions--AHRQ and

165. Microsoft Word - cognitive-decline-protocol-160322.docx (pdf file)
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     March 22, 2016 - 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 … Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions … 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. VI.

166. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 27, 2011 - Risk of Bias from the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions for assessing randomized … controlled trials 16 and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for assessing the risk of bias of the reported … A framework for assessing quality indicators for cancer care at the end of life. … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomized studies in meta-analyses … Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions.

167. Restless-Legs Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 16, 2011 - Controversy and Uncertainty Clinicians face substantial uncertainty related to defining RLS, assessing …  Assessing risk/benefits of treatment RLS encompasses a broad range of condition severity. 9 …  Measuring changes in disease status and impact of treatment Lack of objective measures for assessing … Blinding is a key component of assessing overall quality because assessment of treatment effectiveness … Assessing Applicability - To access applicability of individual studies, we will evaluate the eligibility

168. Gout Dx protocol_140715-draft (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Assessing the SOE of diagnostic test studies is challenging because of the difficulty in identifying … Assessing the SOE of the body of literature on gout diagnostic methods may be especially challenging … Assessing Applicability –Applicability assessment will be based on the PICOTS and include the study … Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies. … Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions.

169. Vitamin-D-Calcium-Protocol-130611 (pdf file)
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     September 13, 2013 - status among patients, the U.S. and Canadian governments requested that the IOM review the literature assessing … the latter as a basis for making recommendations—reflecting, in part, the challenges associated with assessing … Further, assessing vitamin D intake is hampered by changing or insufficient information on fortification … Assessing Applicability As for evaluation the overall SOE, applicability will be assessed for each … Assessing the applicability of studies when comparing medical interventions.

170. Public-Reporting-Cost-Measures Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 13, 2014 - websites, will focus on methods for reporting the data gleaned from public websites and methods for assessing … calls will also inform our approach for the targeted literature review, which is primarily targeted at assessing … learned from our targeted literature review and discussion with key informants to determine methods for assessing … 2438 Israel BA, Eng E, Schulz AJ, Parker EA, Becker AB. (1998) Review of Community- Based Research: Assessing … Methods for assessing consumer-centeredness 6.

171. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - Information that will be abstracted that is relevant for assessing applicability will include the number … Comparative Effectiveness Review will be used in concordance with the approach recommended in the chapter, Assessing … Assessing Applicability Applicability will be assessed in accordance with the AHRQ's Methods Guide, … Assessing the risk of bias in systematic reviews of health care interventions. … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

172. Research Protocol: Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy (pdf file)
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     April 09, 2020 - For the purpose of assessing for the presence of potential confounding in studies, we will consider … Assessing Applicability: For each KQ (or specific subquestion), we will assess the applicability of the … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non- randomised studies of interventions. … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions: an EPC update.

173. Total Worker Health® (TWH) (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - What populations, work settings, intervention types, and outcomes have been included in studies assessing … For descriptive purposes relating to KQs 1, 4, 5, and 6, we included studies assessing an eligible … We determined the risk-of-bias ratings using the responses to all questions assessing the various types … Evidence was insufficient for assessing the effectiveness of integrated interventions for improving … Finally, future studies should consider assessing harms or potential unintended consequences of the

174. Research White Paper: A Framework To Facilitate the Use of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses in the Design of Primary Research Studies (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Assessing Validity of Systematic Reviews Appendix B. … Box 2: Assessing relevance of a SR for the proposed study 1. … Box 3: Assessing internal validity of an existing SR 1. … Assessing the Impact of AHRQ Evidence- based Practice Center (EPC) Reports on Future Research. … Assessing Validity of Systematic Reviews Comprehensive Literature Search What is Best?

175. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Not covered herein are tasks such as assessing the applicability of bodies of evidence (i.e., formally … Assessing directness clarifies the degree to which evidence between the intervention and the ultimate … *See the “Assessing Applicability” module Related Issue of Applicability Four Required Domains: … Procedures for Assessing Domains Use two or more reviewers with the appropriate clinical and methodological … Procedures for Assessing Domains Reviewers need not score strength of evidence for every comparison or

176. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2011 - Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question Assessing the Strength of Evidence. … Assessing Applicability Assessing Applicability. … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies Assessing Study Quality. … Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question Assessing the Strength of Evidence. … Assessing Applicability Assessing Applicability.

177. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 272_Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     July 31, 2024 - We did not identify any trials assessing the potential benefits and harms of screening for GSM and … We agree that assessing risk for adverse effects is an area for future research and note that many

178. Untitled (pdf file)
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     February 17, 2016 - and Outcomes: We will grade the strength of the body of evidence as per the AHRQ methods guide on assessing … Assessing Applicability: We will assess the applicability within and across studies with reference to … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses … AHRQ Methods for Effective Health Care: Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health

179. Pharmacologic Management of Acute Pain by EMS in the Prehospital Setting Protocol Amendment (pdf file)
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     January 28, 2019 - Assessing Applicability – We will consider elements of the PICOTS framework when evaluating the applicability … The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomized studies in meta-analyses … Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions; … Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health Care Interventions for the Effective

180. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2013 - Example: In a study assessing the risk of cancer in statin users, an active comparator group of patients … for the same indication as the exposure treatment will typically be used as the comparison group for assessing … Sensitivity analyses assessing the impact of healthy user bias are necessary. … accounted for, lag times between date of initial diagnosis and date of treatment may create bias in studies assessing … For example, when assessing comparative survival after heart transplantation, there is a waiting time