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421. 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

422. 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

423. Evidence-Summary-CER-206-Sodium-And-Potassium-Intake-Effects-On-Chronic-Disease-Outcomes-And-Risk (pdf file)
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     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

424. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Prevention of Health Care–Associated Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 03, 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

425. 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.

426. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
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     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

427. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     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

428. 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.

429. Using Deliberative Methods to Engage the Public: How to Design and Implement an Effective Deliberative Session (Video Presentation) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 19, 2012 - She is well regarded for her work assessing the performance of health care organizations and determining

430. Appendix A. Long COVID Models of Care – Grey literature sources (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2022 - Aligned Care Team Report (pdf) Purpose: Guide for health care providers to better facilitate defining, assessing

431. Prevention of Contrast Media Induced Nephropathy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 12, 2013 - These are two distinct subsets of populations that must be considered in assessing the causal association … Assessing Applicability We will consider elements of the PICOTS framework when evaluating the applicability … Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews. The Development of AMSTAR. … 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

432. 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

433. 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

434. Telehealth During COVID-19 (pdf file)
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     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.

435. 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.

436. preoperative-testing-protocol-130514 (pdf file)
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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 … 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

437. Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 16, 2017 - Information relevant for assessing applicability will include the number of patients randomized/eligible … using clearly defined templates and criteria consistent with the approach recommended in the chapter, Assessing … Assessing Applicability Applicability will be considered according to the approach described in the … A Beta-mixture mod el for assessing genetic population structure.

438. Anxiety in Children | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 13, 2016 - exclusion criteria, patient characteristics, interventions, comparisons, outcomes, and related items for assessing … Comparisons 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.

439. Acute Migraine Treatment in Emergency Settings | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 18, 2011 - In addition to assessing the risk of bias, we will record funding sources for each included study. … Assessing Applicability Applicability can be affected by differences between what occurs in trial settings … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT and Green S, eds. … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomized studies in meta-analyses.

440. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment for Phenylketonuria | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 08, 2011 - 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.