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401. Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2014 - Information that will be abstracted that is relevant for assessing applicability will include the method … 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 patient

402. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment for Hepatitis C in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 30, 2011 - Reviews Included systematic reviews will also be rated for risk of bias based on pre-defined criteria assessing … Observational Studies For assessing the internal validity of observational studies, the following will … Assessing Applicability Because this review addresses a treatment-naive population, this review is

403. Routine Preoperative Testing: Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 14, 2013 - Assessing the Clinical Utility of Preoperative Testing The impact of preoperative testing on patient-relevant … Therefore, when assessing the clinical effects of testing, we need to assess the clinical utility of … Strength of Evidence We will grade the strength of the body of evidence according to the guidelines on assessing … Assessing Applicability We will assess the applicability within and across studies with reference to

404. Management of Suspected Opioid Overdose with Naloxone Guidelines by Emergency Medical Services Personnel | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 30, 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 … available or the body of evidence has unacceptable deficiencies, precluding reaching a conclusion Assessing … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

405. Table 1 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) and “Five- Ps of hand-off,” etc.20,21 Indicators assessing … whether these aspects of information were shared would serve as an important first step in assessing … oncology health records; • Develop an efficient indicator set via a measurement toolbox; • Consider assessing … pain in the context of assessing other domains, such as quality of life, spirituality, and psychosocial

406. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 10, 2010 - management of asthma recommend four components considered essential to effective asthma management: assessing … Assessing Applicability Judgments of applicability for each outcome (including harms) will be performed … AHRQ series paper 4: assessing harms when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the effective health-care … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

407. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 18, 2012 - In addition to using broad terms such as “safety” to identify studies assessing AEs, we will use keyword … 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

408. Major-Depressive-Disorder Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - We did not identify any trials assessing 12 differences between men and women in effectiveness or … 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. … 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.

409. Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2017 - For RCTs, we will use the Cochrane risk of bias tool,9 assessing randomization (yes/no), randomization … body of evidence (from the combined 2012 AHRQ review and update) as per the AHRQ methods guide on 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 … Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health Care Interventions for the Effective

410. Undescended-Testicle Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2012 - Only one study assessing testicular descent was rated as good quality. … same patient, followed by diagnostic laparoscopy and appropriate treatment, would be of value in assessing … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT, Green S, eds. … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care

411. Management of Suspected Opioid Overdose With Naloxone by Emergency Medical Services Personnel - Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2017 - Our approach for assessing risk of bias is based on the Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative … Effectiveness Reviews.34 We adapted criteria for assessing risk of bias from the U.S. … Assessing Research Applicability Factors important for understanding the applicability of studies … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program … Assessing the risk of prehospital administration of naloxone with subsequent refusal of care.

412. Ptsd-Adult-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - Data Synthesis We focused first on assessing which interventions have evidence of efficacy by evaluating … Applicability The included studies assessing efficacious treatments generally enrolled subjects from … In addition, pharmaceutical companies funded the majority of trials assessing medications. … Assessing the risk of bias of individual studies in systematic reviews of health care interventions … Assessing the applicability of studies when comparing medical interventions.

413. Antiplatelet-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - Assessing Applicability We assessed applicability of the study findings on the basis of the individual … Results from large randomized trials assessing effect modification by CYP2C19 variants on MACE Note … Development and validation of methods for assessing the quality of diagnostic accuracy studies. … The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement.

414. Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery (pdf file)
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     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

415. Evaluation of Dietary Protein Intake Requirements (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2023 - RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. Bmj. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions. Bmj. … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions for the effective

416. Hypertension-Pulmonary-Arterial Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - and management of patients with PAH has evolved over time, and has been proposed for screening, assessing … In assessing the applicability of diagnostic evaluation studies, we were particularly concerned about … In assessing PAH drug trials, we were particularly concerned with whether the researchers had assessed … We found no studies assessing D-dimer or asymmetric dimethylarginine to evaluate their ability to assess … Our findings in KQ 2 assessing the prognostic or predictive value of biomarkers and echocardiography

417. Maternal and Fetal Effects of Mental Health Treatments in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review of Pharmacological Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 11, 2019 - include studies that meet all the inclusion criteria and contain enough methodological information for assessing … Assessing Applicability We will assess the applicability of individual studies as well as the applicability … 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. … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

418. 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.

419. Maternal and Fetal Effects of Mental Health Treatments in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review of Pharmacological Interventions (pdf file)
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     December 05, 2018 - include studies that meet all the inclusion criteria and contain enough methodological information for assessing … Assessing Applicability We will assess the applicability of individual studies as well as the applicability … 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. … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

420. Improving Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities for Priority Populations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 08, 2014 - Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, Version 5.1.0. 7 We developed an instrument for assessing … Other factors that may be considered in assessing strength of evidence include dose-response relationship … Assessing Applicability Cultural competence intervention research by definition generally draws on … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT, Green S, eds. … AHRQ Publication No. 13(14)-EHC 130-EF, Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health