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281. Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/peripheral-nerve-block-protocol.pdf
     November 18, 2023 - Assessing Applicability Applicability of studies is generally determined according to the PICOTS framework … A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Study Assessing Electroacupuncture for the Management of … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. BMJ. … 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

282. Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2023 - 4 religious, and cultural differences into account when screening, assessing … Because we are including experimental as well as observational studies, assessing confounding variables … Assessing Applicability Applicability will be assessed in accordance with the AHRQ's Methods Guide. … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … Assessing bias in studies of prognostic factors.

283. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Avoiding Bias in Selecting Studies (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - 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

284. Fecal-Incontinence Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2014 - We selected items most relevant in assessing risk of bias from observational studies of FI, and to foster … Assessing Applicability Applicability of studies will be determined according to the PICOTS framework … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … 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

285. Evidence-Summary-CER-206-Sodium-And-Potassium-Intake-Effects-On-Chronic-Disease-Outcomes-And-Risk (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-206-evidence-summary-sodium-potassium.pdf
     June 01, 2018 - evidence 3 supports an indirect relationship between sodium intake and CVD has been proposed.17 Assessing … The limitations of the observational studies assessing the relationship between sodium intake and CVD … The most accurate method of assessing sodium intake in observational studies, particularly decreases … (reported as adverse effects or primary outcomes), but no studies met our inclusion criteria for assessing … A 2014 systematic review by Adler and colleagues that reviewed eight RCTs assessing effects of sodium

286. hemorrhage-postpartum-protocol-140611 (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2014 - severity of hemorrhage across patients; need for better understanding of harms; and challenges in assessing … Assessing Applicability We will assess the applicability of findings reported in the included literature … Assessing preventability for obstetric hemorrhage. Am J Perinatol 2011 Dec;28(10):753-60. … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses.

287. Research Protocol: Care Interventions for PeopleWith Dementia (PWD) and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
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     February 22, 2019 - Assessing how ready a care intervention is for broad implementation is challenging. … Other factors that may be considered in assessing strength of evidence include dose-response relationship … Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions AHRQ … 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.

288. Plasma-Cell-Dyscrasias-Sflc-Assay Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Although the three studies reported the SFLC assay may aid in assessing treatment response and monitoring … quality, current evidence on the effectiveness of the SFLC assay as compared with traditional tests for assessing … They addressed the use of SFLC assay in assessing or predicting response to treatment and the relationship … SFLC assay compared with traditional testing would reduce the need for bone marrow examination in assessing … Serum free light chains: quantitation and clinical utility in assessing monoclonal gammopathies.

289. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
     August 26, 2011 - Health prepared for AHRQ. 20 The objective of the RAND Health report was to identify criteria for assessing … Questions 12, 14, 15, 17, 24, and 29 from the RTI Item Bank 24 for assessing risk of bias and precision … Assessing Applicability As made clear in the RAND Health report, 20 the context in which strategies … In assessing the applicability of QI strategies, their use and effectiveness in different health care … Assessing the Risk of Bias and Precision of Observational Studies of Intervention or Exposures: Development

290. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-pancreas_disposition-comments.pdf
     September 23, 2014 - A recent article on the topic suggests, “The outcomes, or endpoints, appropriate to assessing whether … This is distinct from the outcomes, or endpoints, classically applied in assessing whether therapeutic … The use of CT and EUS are for diagnosis, staging, and assessing resectability. … (page v) that there is “sufficient evidence to conclude that PET/CT is more accurate than MDCT in assessing … only that there is evidence to suggest that PET/CT can provide complementary information to MDCT in assessing

291. Telehealth During COVID-19 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/telehealth-during-COVID-19-amendments.pdf
     April 28, 2022 - pandemic, the adoption trajectory of these technologies has been forever changed.10-13 Therefore, assessing … We will use the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool, Version 2, for assessing the risk of bias of randomized … Assessing Applicability We will consider elements of the PICOTS framework (Table 1) when evaluating … 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.

292. AHRQ Slide Template 2004 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Criteria Searching for Relevant Studies When To Select Observational Studies as Evidence Data Extraction Assessing … the Quality of Individual Studies Assessing Applicability Presentation of Findings Quantitative Synthesis … that is important in topic refinement, setting eligibility criteria, setting the search criteria, and assessing … The fourth step is to analyze and synthesize studies, which involves assessing the quality of individual … studies, assessing applicability, presenting findings in tables, synthesizing quantitative data, and

293. AHRQ Slide Template 2004 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Criteria Searching for Relevant Studies When To Select Observational Studies as Evidence Data Extraction Assessing … the Quality of Individual Studies Assessing Applicability Presentation of Findings Quantitative Synthesis … that is important in topic refinement, setting eligibility criteria, setting the search criteria, and assessing … The fourth step is to analyze and synthesize studies, which involves assessing the quality of individual … studies, assessing applicability, presenting findings in tables, synthesizing quantitative data, and

294. Appendicitis Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - Study Design and Additional Criteria For studies assessing test performance, we used previously completed … Grading the Strength of Evidence and Assessing Applicability We followed the Methods Guide50 to evaluate … Development and validation of methods for assessing the quality of diagnostic accuracy studies. … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for Assessing the Quality of Nonrandomised Studies in Meta-Analysis … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials.

295. Anxiety in Children (pdf file)
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     September 12, 2016 - exclusion criteria, patient characteristics, interventions, comparisons, outcomes, and related items for assessing … and Outcomes We will grade the strength of the body of evidence as per the EPC methods guide on assessing … Assessing Applicability We will follow the procedures outlined in the EPC Methods Guide for Comparative … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses

296. skin-cancer-protocol-160810 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/skin-cancer_research-protocol.pdf
     August 10, 2016 - and Outcomes: We will grade the strength of the body of evidence as per the AHRQ methods guide on assessing … Reviewed” table detailing our reasoning for arriving at the overall strength of evidence rating Assessing … 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

297. Protocol Amendment - Safety of Vaccines 030413 (pdf file)
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     September 18, 2012 - Republished: March 25, 2013 In addition to using broad terms such as “safety” to identify studies assessing … evidence on other products, procedures, and medications, we have developed a structured approach to assessing … Assessing Strength of Evidence: Grading the Strength of Evidence for Individual Outcomes We will … Assessing Applicability Applicability refers to the extent to which the effects observed in published

298. Management of suspected opioid overdose with Naloxone by Emergency Medical Services personnel (pdf file)
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     November 29, 2016 - Information that will be abstracted that is relevant for assessing applicability will include the number … These criteria and methods will be used in conjunction with the approach recommended in the chapter, Assessing … conclusion Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: November 29, 2016 10 Assessing … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

299. Blood-based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     June 05, 2024 - Assessing Applicability: For KQs 1, 2, 4, and 5, we will consider factors such as characteristics of … 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. … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions: an EPC update. … Methods Guide – Chapter: Chapter 6: Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies in Systematic Reviews

300. Grades-Predictive-Values White-Paper-2015 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - ................................................................................................ 2 Assessing … Illustration of assessing the concordance in effect estimates between a first trial and the pooled subsequent … Assessing bodies of evidence that are limited to single studies is a particular challenge for systematic … Assessing Concordance in Effect Estimates To assess the concordance or discordance of effect estimates … Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health Care Interventions for the Effective