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221. Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2023 - We will tailor the risk of bias assessment to the question the study is used to answers. … The assessment will take into account whether the interval between the tool and the reference standard … , Development and Evaluation), outlined in the AHRQ methods guide. 45 The initial assessment will be … When quantitative synthesis is not possible, sample size and assessment of variance within individual … A scoping review of bereavement risk assessment measures: Implications for palliative care.

222. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer's-type Dementia (CATD) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2020 - Assessment and management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. … ASSESSMENT GUIDANCE OPTION 1: The study reports that it was randomized. … ASSESSMENT GUIDANCE Domain Assessment Options 1. … ASSESSMENT GUIDANCE Assessment Options 1. … Yes Low No High Unclear Medium   Overall Risk of Bias Assessment ASSESSMENT GUIDANCE Overall risk of

223. Mechanistic Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine: A Conceptual Framework | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - In none of the evidence grading schemas, new statistical methodologies or other technology assessment … evaluation of the evidential weight of mechanistic knowledge in evidence-based medicine and technology assessment … features combining work from a variety of fields that represent an important step forward in the rigorous assessment

224. Chapter 7: Grading a Body of Evidence on Diagnostic Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Introduction “Grading” refers to the assessment of the strength of the body of evidence supporting … An assessment of the strength of the entire body of evidence includes an assessment of the quality … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 160. … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 1. … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 180.

225. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 08, 2011 - of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies Assessment of Applicability & Clinical Diversity … If meta-analysis can be performed, subgroup and sensitivity analyses will be based on assessment of … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 172. … Generally, lack of masked outcome assessment is considered a fatal flaw, but due to the nature … If a meta-analysis can be performed, subgroup and sensitivity analyses will be based on assessment

226. Implementation of Recommended Screening and Counseling Interventions to Prevent Mental Health Disorders in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2023 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies To assess the risk of bias in the included … grade the strength of evidence based on the guidance established by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment … Quality assessment tool for quantitative studies. … https://www.ephpp.ca/quality- assessment-tool-for-quantitative- studies/. … / https://www.ephpp.ca/quality-assessment-tool-for-quantitative-studies/ https://www.ephpp.ca/quality-assessment-tool-for-quantitative-studies

227. Disposition of Comments for Screening for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - Examinations would also include assessment of the visual field, assessment of the optic nerve head … The studies mentioned had just one parameter without clinical assessment. … The studies mentioned had just one parameter without clinical assessment. … The studies mentioned had just one parameter without clinical assessment. … This study mentioned had just one parameter without clinical assessment.

228. Finding Grey Literature Evidence and Assessing for Outcome and Analysis Reporting Biases When Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - analysis reporting bias is an outcome-level assessment, as opposed to a study-level assessment. … No further assessment is necessary. … No further assessment is necessary. … No further assessment is necessary. … Whenever reviewers have categorized their assessment as "unclear risk of ORB," a final assessment described

229. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Use of Report Cards and Outcome Measurements to Improve the Safety of Surgical Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - Literature Searches for Studies of Effectiveness Description of Included Studies Risk of Bias (Quality) Assessment … We will not perform an independent assessment of original studies cited in any such systematic review … Risk of Bias (Quality) Assessment For studies that address Review Question 5 about … A statewide assessment of surgical site infection following colectomy: the role of oral antibiotics.

230. Executive Summary_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2024 Update of the Evidence Base for the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - coordinated with NCPTSD have included adding newly published RCTs, some additional data elements, and RoB assessment … with comprehensive data, calculated standardized effect sizes for continuous PTSD outcomes, and RoB assessment … Inclusion of RoB assessment using the same scale for all studies and standardized effect sizes allows

231. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Programs for Responding to Harms Experienced by Patients during Clinical Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - We will not perform an independent assessment of original studies cited in any such systematic review … Risk of Bias Assessment For studies that address the Review Question about the effectiveness of programs … Error disclosure: a new domain for safety culture assessment. … We will not perform an independent assessment of original studies cited in any such systematic review … Data Extraction Risk of Bias Assessment Data Synthesis Analysis of Subgroups or Subsets Registration

232. Use of Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in the Management of Heart Failure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - A recently published Health Technology Assessment 17 did not ask prognostic questions and only reviewed … Quality assessment tools consist of five domains: population, outcome, exposure, statistical analysis … See Appendix B for a copy of the quality assessment tools. E. … Quality Assessment Form: Cohort Design Study Population Yes/No/Unsure Did the … Quality Assessment Form: Randomized Control Design Quality Assessment Form: Randomized Control Design

233. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2023 - We will not perform an independent assessment of original studies cited in any such systematic review … Risk of Bias (Quality) Assessment For studies that address Review Question 5 about the effectiveness … We will not perform an independent assessment of original studies cited in any such systematic review … Risk of Bias (Quality) Assessment For studies that address Review Question 5 about the effectiveness

234. Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2024 - 13% to 87% in one recent review 4 ), in part due to variation in the symptoms and signs evaluated, assessment … Because this organization uses Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE … Assessment of vaginal atrophy: a review. … PICOTS) All included studies were intended for risk of bias (ROB) assessment. … PICOTS) Allowed for any timing of outcome assessment.

235. Disposition of Comments for CER 182 Glasgow Coma Scale (pdf file)
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     January 12, 2017 - may not be advisable, when compared to the ease of a mGCS assessment. … ED), and presented stratified analyses based on where the assessment took place. … Defining the gold standard for that assessment is the trick. … Peer Reviewer #2 Methods Risk of Bias assessment is fairly described. Thank you, noted. … of TBI, but instead for assessment of altered mentation of any source.

236. Treatments for Fecal Incontinence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - can be assessed Study quality Systematic reviews must include transparent risk of bias assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies The risk of bias of eligible studies … If the risk of bias assessment tool is similar to our approach, we will separately assess risk of bias … For published systematic reviews that did not provide a strength of evidence assessment based on a GRADE … No   Uncertain   Overall Risk of Bias Assessment Low Results are believable taking

237. CER 5 Renal Artery Stenosis NSD SJ Clean (pdf file)
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     June 24, 2014 - Considerations § An assessment of the last comparative effectiveness review conducted by AHRQ on this … During the assessment, experts in the field were consulted and suggested that upcoming findings from

238. Making Healthcare Safer IV: High Reliability Organization (HRO) as a Patient Safety Practice | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2024 - Methodologic Approach Eligibility Criteria Literature Searches Data Extraction Risk of Bias Assessment … will search for recent high quality systematic reviews published since 2019 with strength of evidence assessment … We will not perform an independent assessment of original studies cited in any such systematic review … Risk of Bias Assessment For studies that address the Review Question about the effectiveness

239. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Restless Legs Syndrome | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies The primary and secondary abstractor/evaluator … Blinding is a key component of assessing overall quality because assessment of treatment effectiveness … We anticipate that studies may report dichotomous outcomes (e.g., global assessment of improvement) and … Assessment of restless legs syndrome—Methodological approaches for use in practice and clinical trials … A 10-year, longitudinal assessment of dopamine agonists and methadone in the treatment of restless legs

240. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Opioid Stewardship | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - Effectiveness Literature Searches for Studies of Effectiveness Data Extraction Risk of Bias (Quality) Assessment … We will not perform an independent assessment of original studies cited in any such systematic review … care bundles, which may address components such as treatment agreements, urine drug screening, risk assessment … process outcomes:  Urine drug screen ordering or administration  Treatment agreement use Risk assessment … Risk of Bias (Quality) Assessment For studies that address Review Question 5 about