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461. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 22, 2012 - October 22, 2012 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Assessment … , or risk of biases, for each individual study by using the assessment instruments detailed by AHRQ … We will use a checklist to guide the assessment of applicability. … ERS guidelines on the assessment of cough. Eur Respir J 2007;29(6):1256-76. PMID: 17540788. 11. … QUADAS-2: A Revised Tool for the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies.

462. Evaluation of Mental Health Applications (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - Growing concerns over data sharing8-10 and clinical safety11 have created a demand for an assessment … Identify or develop an assessment framework for evaluation/scoring tools (e.g., websites) and apply … decisional criterion would be about leveraging existing 4 frameworks for evidence and risk assessment … We will review other normative frameworks for assessment such as UK’s National Institute for Health … Assessment of risks posed due to the use of the app will be a critical element of the framework and

463. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 6 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Education/literacy level not reported in study of pencil-and- paper functional status assessment. … Ultrasound machines and training of sonographers not described in study of fetal nuchal translucency assessment … follow-on management strategies) of studies and how this might relate to practice Timing of assessment … factors will be addressed in the review—whether through restricting key questions or from careful assessment

464. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 23, 2012 - For studies that meet the conditions of the second-round assessment, the abstractors will extract key … Assessment of Methodologic Quality of Individual Studies Assessing Study Quality. … The quality of individual studies will be assessed using specific assessment tools for each type of … Decision rules regarding detailed use of the quality-assessment tools will be specified a priori by … Risk of bias is derived from the quality assessment of the individual studies that addressed the KQ

465. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2013 - The experts provided an overall positive assessment of this program, but they expressed a need for … The toolkit contains pain management guidelines, opioid risk-assessment tools, precautions for opioid … Based on this input, our assessment is that this intervention has moderate high-impact potential. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form.

466. Managed Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 02, 2009 - the Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of NSAIDs Research Report October 9, 2009 Assessment … of the Need to Update Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Report of an Initial Rapid Program Assessment

467. Glaucoma-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 16, 2010 - Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies We will use the Cochrane Collaboration’s … Assessment of reporting biases A funnel plot will be used to assess reporting biases in conjunction … We will assess the quality and consistency of the best available evidence, including assessment of the

468. Acs-Pci-Adjunctive-Devices Surveillance (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - Opinion We shared the conclusions of the original report with two experts in the field for their assessment … Original conclusion is out of date 2.5 Compilation of Findings and Conclusions For this assessment … The three remaining articles, were abstracted into an evidence table (Appendix B) for this assessment … Assessment of the Need to Update Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Report of an Initial Rapid Program … Assessment (2005-2009) (Prepared by the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center).

469. Chronic-Kidney-Disease-Anemia-2011 Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Iron management (iron status assessment and iron treatment), therefore, is an essential part of the … Quality (Risk of Bias) Assessment of Individual Studies We assessed the risk of bias (methodological … Finally, a global assessment of the test from a societal perspective can be performed. … Reticulocyte hemoglobin equivalent (Ret He) and assessment of iron-deficient states. … Non-invasive assessment of hepatic iron stores by MRI.

470. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - than 20 ng/mL, a Gleason score of 8–10, or a clinical stage of T2c Clinicians make pretreatment assessment … Overall, the authors concluded that “assessment of the comparative effectiveness and harms of localized … of subjective interpretation, assessment of methodological risk of bias of individual studies will … Risk-of-bias assessment will be scored from 0 (poorest) to 5 (highest).24 Summated scores will be used … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 47.

471. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease (pdf file)
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     January 15, 2015 - While there are a number of standard risk assessment tools, in clinical practice the clinician’s overall … assessment of sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age) 2 Archived: This report is greater … In most instances, patients in these categories can be managed without invasive assessment. … The overarching conceptual flow for initiating noninvasive testing based in risk assessment following … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Predefined criteria will be used to

472. Crosscutting Hi Impact (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … Senior- friendly emergency department care: an environmental assessment.

473. Total Worker Health® (TWH) (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - Risk-of-Bias Assessment To assess the risk of bias (internal validity) of studies eligible for KQ 2, … determined to have a major methodological shortcoming in one or more categories based on our qualitative assessment … design; because of the inherent risk of bias in pre-post studies, we did not include them in our assessment … design; because of the inherent risk of bias in pre-post studies, we did not include them in our assessment … Assessment of occupational safety and health programs in small businesses.

474. MS Protocol draft_12_12-13 clean[2] (pdf file)
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     December 17, 2013 - inclusion criteria will be distributed among investigators for data abstraction and risk of bias assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Risk of bias of eligible studies will … sequence generation, allocation concealment, blinding of participants and personnel, blinding of outcome assessment … Investigator assessment of these items will compare reported Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … Needs assessment of persons with multiple sclerosis and significant others: using the literature review

475. Cad-Pci-Bypass Surveillance (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - 3 experts in the field (including the original project leader and local content experts) for their assessment … Original conclusion is out of date 2.5 Compilation of Findings and Conclusions For this assessment … The 10 remaining articles, were abstracted into an evidence table (Appendix B) for this assessment.5 … Assessment of the Need to Update Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Report of an Initial Rapid Program … Assessment (2005-2009) (Prepared by the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center).

476. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Based on this input, our overall assessment is that this intervention is in the moderate high potential … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form.

477. breast-biopsy-update-130920 (pdf file)
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     September 20, 2013 - 79.7% of women aged 50 to 74 years reported having a mammogram within the past 2 years.4 If initial assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess the risk of bias for … each individual study using the assessment methods detailed by the Agency for Healthcare Research … The  development  of  QUADAS:  a  tool  for  the  quality   assessment  of  studies … Evaluation  of  QUADAS,  a  tool  for  the  quality   assessment  of  diagnostic

478. A Primer for Systematic Reviewers on the Measurement of Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - This form of reliability examines the agreement between two raters—for instance, self-assessment at … two points in time (intra-rater) or self- and proxy-assessment (inter-rater). … Follow-up assessments were done approximately 2 weeks after the initial assessment. … The assessment, analysis and interpretation of patient- reported outcomes. … Assessment in Cancer: Measures, Methods, and Applications.

479. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97-

480. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97-