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321. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 7 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - 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 of … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 160. … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 1. … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 180.

322. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 04, 2017 - Standard methods were used for data abstraction and analysis, assessment of study quality, and assessment

323. Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 10, 2013 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Risk of bias (ROB) will be assessed … For the assessment of prospective cohorts and nested case-control studies, we will apply a rating checklist … The most likely target outcomes for SOE assessment will be clinical outcomes of RCTs with three or more … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 183 (Prepared by the Tufts Evidence-based Practice Center under … Vitamin D assessment in population-based studies: a review of the issues.

324. Primary-Healthcare-Spending-Draft-Tech-Brief-Appendix-G (xls file)
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     June 01, 2023 - X X X X X X X X Screenings & Assessments Telehealth 99451 Interprofessional Electronic Health Assessment … X X X X X X X Screenings & Assessments Telehealth 99446 Interprofessional Electronic Health Assessment … X X X X X X X X Screenings & Assessments Telehealth 99447 Interprofessional Electronic Health Assessment … Or Re-Assessment 13% X X Counseling Behavioral Health 96158 Health Behavior Intervention, Individual … 7% X Screenings & Assessments Behavioral Health 96151 Assessment Health/ Behavioral subsequent 7% X

325. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Restless Legs Syndrome | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 16, 2011 - 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 … In brief, the EPC approach requires assessment of four domains for each outcome: Risk of bias (internal … 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

326. Clostridium difficile Infection Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 23, 2014 - with relevant questions of fair or good quality (see Section D below); must include risk of bias assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Risk of bias of eligible studies will … If the risk of bias assessment tool is similar to our approach, we will separately assess risk of bias … QUADAS-2: A revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … Uncertain   Overall Risk of Bias Assessment Low Results are believable taking study limitations

327. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2022 Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - This has been updated to reflect that one reviewer did initial assessment and another reviewer checked … The shading is helpful because it allows a quick assessment of what outcomes are present. … ROB assessment-as noted above, I was expecting to also see results of ROB 2 assessments from the subset … The process of updating the RoB assessment to Cochrane’s RoB 2 tool for trials is still in progress … Peer Reviewer #9 Discussion and Conclusions Please consider including as assessment and discussion

328. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update (pdf file)
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     June 15, 2016 - Prior to preparing this protocol, we conducted an updating surveillance assessment that comprised an … A number of assessment tools are used to assess clinical outcomes of treatment such as pain, quality … We will limit included studies for assessment of efficacy to randomized controlled trials, with the … Technology Assessment Report. AHRQ. Project ID: DJDTO913. In preparation. 13. … Validation--value in comparison with other assessment tests.

329. Maternal Morbidity and Mortality (pdf file)
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     February 02, 2022 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Based on AHRQ guidance,31 two independent … , health care"/ or outcome assessment, health care/ or patient outcome assessment/ or treatment outcome … / or watchful waiting/ or process assessment, health care/ or risk/ or logistic models/ or Probability … / or Predictive Value of Tests/ or risk assessment/ or risk management/ or risk factors/ or uncertainty … " or "patient assessment" or "process assessment" or "reproducibility of results" or "early warning"

330. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Strategies to Improve Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 03, 2016 - published data on these trials have been woefully inadequate and do always not permit an independent assessment … These inadequacies hinder not only higher order analyses, such as risk of bias assessment, but also basic … find necessary information, for example, on your experience of study conduct and processes or your assessment … find necessary information, for example, on your experience of study conduct and processes or your assessment … strategy, where can they find information on your experience of study conduct and processes or your assessment

331. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (Amended) (pdf file)
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     July 02, 2020 - Quality Assessment For randomized controlled trials, quality will be assessed using criteria adapted … Clinical Evidence Assessment: Safety of Extended Use and Reuse of N95 Respirators. 2020. https://assets.ecri.org … Types of studies to be included: Literature Searches Data Extraction (Selection and Coding) Quality Assessment

332. Diagnosis of Gout | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 17, 2014 - for monosodium urate crystals (KQ1a-c, 2) Joint synovial fluid aspiration and microscopic assessment … Included studies will go on for dual abstraction of study-level details and outcomes and for assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Risk of bias of individual included … Assessing Applicability Applicability assessment will be based on the PICOTS and include the study … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

333. Management of Gout | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 03, 2014 - Observational studies will be included for the assessment of rare adverse events. … Included studies will go on for dual abstraction of study-level details and outcomes and for assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Risk of bias of individual included … studies will be assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias assessment criteria. 20 In particular we will … focus on assessment of participant recruitment, blinding, allocation concealment, completeness of outcome

334. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     August 24, 2011 - ―Provider knowledge‖ and ―Pain assessment methods‖ were added to the Health System Factors box. … For the studies meeting the second-round assessment, the abstractors will extract key data and study … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies Assess Study Quality. … Quality assessment of individual studies will be performed using specific assessment tools for the … Risk of bias is derived from the quality assessment of the individual studies which addressed that

335. Comparative Effectiveness of Physical Therapy for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 02, 2011 - 18,19,25,26 Instead of measuring consistently defined clinical outcomes, studies have used various assessment … We will conduct a systematic review of studies that examined physical therapy interventions and assessment … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies We will evaluate the quality of studies … For diagnostic studies, we will apply the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS) … Evaluation of QUADAS, a tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

336. Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: A Comparative Effectiveness Review and Meta-Analysis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 20, 2011 - Outcome assessment must be at least 6 months from the baseline assessment for key question 1, school-based … Outcome assessment must be at least 1-year after the baseline assessment for key questions 2 through … Outcome assessment must be at least 6 months after the baseline assessment for key question 1 or for … Validity of body mass index compared with other body-composition screening indexes for the assessment … Validity of body mass index compared with other body-composition screening indexes for the assessment

337. Observational Studies: Empirical Evidence of Their Contributions to Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2013 - If an assessment is done, the resulting surveillance report describing the methodology and findings … We extracted the number and type of study designs included and the approaches to quality assessment, … The quality assessment tools included the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (n=3), Cochrane Risk of Bias tool … Were OS included in the SOE assessment(s)? … Assessment and Management of Chronic Cough. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 100.

338. Treatments for Fecal Incontinence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2014 - 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 … Risk of Bias Assessment for Observational Studies # Question Response* Criteria* Justification … No   Uncertain   Overall Risk of Bias Assessment Low Results are believable taking study

339. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - This assessment enhances the overall strength-of-evidence grade. … The subsidiary definition involves a subjective assessment of the likelihood that future research may … For RCTs, reviewers can start with a rating of low for risk of bias and change the assessment if the … Although EPC reviewers generally will not include the details of the reliability assessment in their … It requires assessment of four domains: risk of bias, consistency, directness, and precision.

340. Autism-Adolescents Surveillance (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2014 - Signal Assessment: The signals examined in this surveillance assessment suggest that the original CER … Our surveillance assessment began in May, 2014. … Potentially high impact interventions were considered in the final assessment. … Signal Assessment for Currency of the CER We used the following considerations in our assessment of … A retrospective chart study: the pathway to a diagnosis for adults referred for ASD assessment.