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441. skin-cancer-protocol-160810 (pdf file)
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     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

442. Management of suspected opioid overdose with Naloxone by Emergency Medical Services personnel (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/emt-naloxon_research-protocol.pdf
     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

443. 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

444. 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

445. Microsoft Word - FORMATTED_A_process_for_robust_and_transparent_Methods_Paper_CH_10-7-11_Tufts_MB_10-27-11si[1].docx (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2011 - shown to protect against systematic bias, nonsystematic bias, and inferential error.1 The purpose of assessing … Thus, a quality assessment of a study can be thought of as the process of assessing the risk that the … Thus, the overall conclusion of a particular CER could be dependent on which instrument is used for assessing … quality rating to be robust, the method for assigning a rating must consider the uncertainties of assessing … Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials: an annotated bibliography of scales and checklists

446. 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

447. Disposition of Comments for CER 201 Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2018 - focus on validated and relevant asthma measures that are consistent with existing frameworks for assessing … We used established thresholds identified in published literature for assessing clinically important … focus on validated and relevant asthma measures that are consistent with existing frameworks for assessing … focus on validated and relevant asthma measures that are consistent with existing frameworks for assessing … We used established thresholds for assessing clinically important differences for several important

448. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis – An Update of the 2007 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 14, 2010 - Osteoporosis is diagnosed by assessing bone mineral density (BMD). … Assessing harms when comparing medical interventions. … Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?

449. Nitrous Oxide for the Management of Labor Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/labor-nitrous-oxide/research-protocol
     May 11, 2011 - incorporate relevant information from grey literature searches into the review as appropriate (i.e. for assessing … Assessing Applicability Our team will assess the applicability of findings reported in the included … We believe the use of repeatable methods will improve confidence in methods for assessing risk of bias

450. Strategies To Reduce Cesarean | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 06, 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 Our team will assess the applicability of the results gathered from the literature

451. Comparative Effectiveness of Screening for Glaucoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 16, 2010 - of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies We will use the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing … 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-analyses.

452. Antipsychotics for the Prevention and Treatment of Delirium: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 06, 2018 - Assessing Applicability – We will discuss the applicability of studies in terms of the degree to which … 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.

453. Strategies for Improving the Lives of Women Aged 40 and Above Living with HIV/AIDS | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 03, 2016 - Eligible are cohort, case-control or cross-sectional studies assessing the association between initial … For assessing the effectiveness and safety of treatments for co-occurring diseases or risk factors, eligible … Assessing Applicability Not applicable for the purpose of this Technical Brief.

454. Nephropathy-Contrast-Induced Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - 3 When assessing the risk of bias in each study, we focused on the main outcome of interest, CIN, an … Assessing Risk of Bias in Included Studies. … The Cochrane Collaboration; 2013. http://bmg.cochrane. org/assessing-risk-bias-included-studies.

455. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2011 - 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 … Assessing Applicability Because this review addresses a treatment-naive population, this review

456. S103 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - Assessing the extent to which the model balances the treatment groups is critical. … Assessing balance is some- what subjective, but the distribution of baseline covariates between the treatment … Assessing the effective- ness of antiretroviral adherence interventions: using marginal structural models

457. Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Women with Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - trials - whilst I realise they would not necessarily be able to provide evidence they are useful in assessing … Peer Reviewer #6 Discussion Assessing the benefits of surgical treatment is more complex than this … We agree that assessing surgical benefits is complex and have added a statement in the Discussion section

458. CER 205 Disposition of Comments for Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2018 - We agree that there are several different approaches to assessing measures and they serve different … There are several different approaches to assessing measures and they serve different purposes. … Assessing technology and cost benefit analyses are outside the scope of this report.

459. Updating Current Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     September 15, 2008 - acting as project liaisons rated none of the studies missed by the abbreviated method as important to assessing … Thus they deemed the revised approach to be an efficient and acceptable method for assessing the need … Assessing the need to update prevention guidelines: a comparison of two methods.

460. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cesarean-birth-2010_research-protocol.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies Assessing study quality. … Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question Assessing the strength of evidence. … Assessing Applicability Our team will assess the applicability of the results gathered from the