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281. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 12, 2019 - Assessing Applicability: Assessing applicability of studies will be done by analyzing whether eligible … Chapter 8:  Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT, Green S, eds. … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

282. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Prehospital Airway Management (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2019 - 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.

283. Methods Research Report: Developing Consistent and Useful Quality Improvement Study Data Extraction (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2020 - There were 42 assessments (seven randomly selected criteria with six researchers assessing the consistency … Assessing the Relative Value of the Criteria In the exploratory phase of the study, we used several … Assessing the Value of the Criteria In the exploratory phase, the two health system representatives … the Consistency of Data Extraction Assessing the Relative Value of the Criteria Health System and … Representative Description Results Impact of Iterative Instruction Revision on Consistency Assessing

284. Treatment of Stage I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer (pdf file)
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     September 26, 2023 - Assessing Applicability Applicability of studies is generally determined according to the PICOTS framework … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions. … Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions. 2010 Dec 30. … AHRQ Methods for Effective Health Care Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health

285. Maternal Morbidity and Mortality (pdf file)
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     February 02, 2022 - Our scope does not include assessing the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving maternal … Other factors we may consider in assessing strength of evidence include dose-response relationship, … Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions … 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 for the effective

286. AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program- Synthesizing evidence to improve health care practice and delivery (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2020 - technical brief provides an objective description of the current science, a potential framework for assessing

287. 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

288. Tympanostomy Tubes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 18, 2015 - 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

289. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 10, 2012 - trials assessed preventive interventions targeting impaired mobility, with the remaining trials assessing … These criteria and methods will be used in conjunction with the approach recommended in the chapter, Assessing … Assessing Applicability Applicability will be estimated by examining the characteristics of the … Assessing the risk of bias of individual studies when comparing medical interventions. … Available at: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/322/714/Assessing%20the%20Risk%20of

290. 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

291. Cerebral-Palsy-Feeding Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - One study assessing outcomes by the presence of fundoplication suggested that use of antibiotics and … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In Higgins JPT, Green S, editors. … 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 … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials.

292. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - a risk factor of concern but it can be studied only in the context of prevention/intervention by assessing … Assessing the strength of evidence for negative findings is a special challenge. … 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: an EPC update. … Assessing the applicability of studies when comparing medical interventions.

293. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - a risk factor of concern but it can be studied only in the context of prevention/intervention by assessing … Assessing the strength of evidence for negative findings is a special challenge. … 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: an EPC update. … Assessing the applicability of studies when comparing medical interventions.

294. Cad-Women-Diagnosis Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Summary: • We found 8 studies assessing risk stratification and prognostic information, 2 studies … Studies assessing outcomes beyond diagnostic accuracy. … Many studies assessing the comparative diagnostic accuracy of an NIT modality with another NIT modality … Assessing clinical and demographic factors that influence diagnostic accuracy. … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

295. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Management of High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Realist and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 07, 2019 - Realist Review: Quality Appraisal Quality appraisal in realistic reviews is not focused on assessing … the risk of bias of individual studies but rather on assessing the rigor used to develop one or more … In realist reviews, assessing study rigor occurs throughout the process of synthesis and includes all … 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.

296. Disposition of Comments Report for Assessment and Management of Chronic Cough (pdf file)
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     January 07, 2013 - We now clarify that electronic recording devices are accurate for assessing cough frequency, but they … Whilst specific studies haven’t set out to validate cough VAS, many have included them when assessing … discussion of electronic recording devices has been amended to reflect this possible weakness in assessing … While We agree that there is currently no gold standard for assessing cough. … We had an operational definition that was used in assessing the articles for inclusion and exclusion

297. Decision Aids for Cancer Screening and Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 23, 2014 - Objectives We sought to appraise and synthesize the evidence assessing the effectiveness of decision

298. Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - Although most approaches to assessing primary care spending start by stating a definition, this has … employed; and 5) expert consensus, which we will use to inform our search strategy and guide us in assessing … Assessing the health benefits of advice services: using research evidence and logic model methods

299. Schedule of Visits and Use of Telemedicine for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - We will assess the SoE for the qualitative studies using the GRADE-CERQual tool.22, 34 Assessing … Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series-paper 3: methods for assessing … Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series-paper 4: methods for assessing … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non- randomised studies of interventions.

300. Schedule of Visits and Use of Telemedicine for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - We will assess the SoE for the qualitative studies using the GRADE-CERQual tool.22, 34 Assessing … Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series-paper 3: methods for assessing … Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series-paper 4: methods for assessing … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non- randomised studies of interventions.