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221. Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 10, 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.

222. Chronic Urinary Retention (CUR) Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 14, 2013 - Observational Studies Risk of Bias and Precision Item Bank. 11 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. … Assessing the applicability of studies when comparing medical interventions.

223. Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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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 … actual practices for the public reporting of cost data Identifying relevant literature Methods for assessing

224. Diagnosis of Gout | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 17, 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.

225. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 02, 2011 - incorporate relevant information from grey literature searches into the review as appropriate (i.e., for assessing … For randomized controlled trials, the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias will … Assessing Applicability Our team will assess the applicability of findings reported in the included … Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT, Green S, eds. … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomized studies in meta-analysis

226. Adverse Effects of First-line Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 07, 2018 - 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. … 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.

227. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Restless Legs Syndrome | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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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 Pharmacologic … 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

228. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - TEP to provide input during the project on issues such as setting inclusion/exclusion criteria and assessing … We established methods for assessing the strength of evidence based on AHRQ’s Methods Guide for Effectiveness … this KQ about the prevalence of comorbidities; the strength of evidence evaluation was designed for assessing … risk of developing CPP; understanding of myofascial dysfunction and visceral hyperplasia in CPP; and assessing … treatment, including acupuncture, psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and patient education • Assessing

229. Adverse Effects of First-Line Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-depression-research-protocol.pdf
     February 07, 2018 - 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 … 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.

230. Testing the Predictive Validity of Strength of Evidence Grades | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/grades-predictive-values/abstract
     September 14, 2015 - Phase 2: Assessing the Predictive Validity of Strength of Evidence Grades: A Meta-Epidemiological Study

231. Treatment for Bipolar Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/bipolar-disorder-treatment/research-protocol
     June 23, 2014 - We will assess harms as dichotomous variables to acknowledge the inherent difficulties of assessing harms … Assessing Applicability Bipolar research generally draws from highly defined populations, resulting … 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 for the Effective … Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions.

232. Respectful Maternity Care: Dissemination and Implementation of Perinatal Safety Culture to Improve Equitable Maternal Healthcare Delivery and Outcomes (pdf file)
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     September 16, 2022 - Similar to the approach for assessing risk of bias for individual studies, the strength of evidence … 13 guidance on weighting RCTs over observational studies, assessing … Assessing the Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions. … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in a randomized trial. … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

233. Living Systematic Review on Plant-Based Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2023 - We do not anticipate excluding observational studies assessing harms. … Information that will be abstracted that is relevant for assessing applicability will include the number … effect changes categories (small/slight, moderate, large), or • The direction of effect changes Assessing … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions: an EPC update. … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

234. Pharmacologic Management of Acute Pain by EMS in the Prehospital Setting | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 30, 2018 - 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

235. 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 … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials.

236. App-E-Surveillance-Report-1-Treatments-For-Acute-Pain (xls file)
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     December 22, 2021 - Type of Study, Setting Eligibility Criteria Comparison Groups Population Characteristics Method for Assessing … Type of Study, Setting Eligibility Criteria Comparison Groups Population Characteristics Method for Assessing … Type of Study, Setting Eligibility Criteria Comparison Groups Population Characteristics Method for Assessing … Type of Study, Setting Eligibility Criteria Comparison Groups Population Characteristics Method for Assessing

237. Prehospital Airway Management: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 19, 2020 - potentially included are identified and categorized, we will assess the risk of bias of the RCTs before assessing … The criteria used will depend on the study design as recommended in the chapter, “Assessing the Risk … Assessing Applicability Applicability addresses the extent to which outcomes associated with an intervention … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in a randomized trial.

238. Interventions To Modify Health Care Provider Adherence to Asthma Guidelines | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/asthma-provider-adherence/research
     May 19, 2013 - We classified studies as assessing eight types of interventions: decision support, organizational change

239. Distributed Ambulatory Research in Therapeutics Network (DARTNet): Informing Practice and Improving Depression Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/depression-care-distributed-networks/abstract
     May 08, 2009 - This will include assessing PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 scores in eligible patients.

240. Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: An Update of a 2008 Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/prostate-cancer-therapies-update/research-protocol
     March 29, 2013 - Staging is the process of assessing whether the cancer is confined within the prostate gland or has spread … Assessing the Applicability of the Evidence for Each Key Question Applicability will be assessed by … Assessing the amount of heterogeneity in random-effects meta-analysis. … Undue reliance on I(2) in assessing heterogeneity may mislead. … Assessing the applicability of studies when comparing medical interventions.