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1. Assessing the Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   August 01, 2019 - The specific use of risk-of-bias assessments can vary. … intended to help interpret findings and explain heterogeneity; in addition, EPC reviews use risk-of-bias assessments … Despite the importance of risk-of-bias assessments in systematic reviews, evidence on the validity of … such assessments is available only for a few risk-of-bias categories. 3-5 Specifically, evidence suggests … meta-epidemiological studies are inadequately powered. 5 In addition to concerns regarding the validity of such assessments

2. 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 - of residual variation in quality assessments following such interventions? … The reviewers were blinded to other reviewers’ assessments of these studies. … Such exercises should be considered by future studies examining quality assessments. … Further assessments are needed to investigate these hypotheses. …  Anonymization of published papers may impact reviewers’ assessments of quality items.

3. Cer-251-Integrated-Pain-Management-App-F (xls file)
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   January 01, 2020 - Risk of Bias Assessments Table F-1. IPMP RCTs Table F-1. … Risk of bias assessments for randomized controlled trials evaluating integrated pain management programs … Risk of bias assessments for randomized controlled trials of integrated pain management programs Table … Risk of bias assessments for randomized controlled trials evaluating comprehensive pain management programs … Risk of bias assessments for randomized controlled trials of comprehensive pain management programs

4. Assessing the Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions (pdf file)
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   December 01, 2017 - The specific use of risk-of-bias assessments can vary. … Use Risk of Bias Assessments in Synthesizing Evidence 5. … based on a priori criteria for including or excluding studies based on risk-of-bias assessments. … Use Risk of Bias Assessments in Synthesizing Evidence (I) Stage 4. … Use Risk of Bias Assessments in Synthesizing Evidence (II) Stage 5.

5. Cer-238-Cervical-Ripening-Appendix-G (xls file)
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   December 18, 2020 - Risk of Bias Assessments Table G-1 Table G-1. … Risk of bias assessments for randomized controlled trials Study Randomization Adequate? … Risk of bias assessments for comparative cohort studies Study Did the study attempt to enroll all (or

6. A Process for Robust and Transparent Rating of Study Quality: Phase 1 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   November 01, 2017 - Uncertainty concerning the optimal approach of quality assessments has given rise to wide variations … A well-defined and transparent methodology to evaluate the robustness of quality assessments is critical … we aimed to examine the extent and potential sources of inter- and intra-rater variations in quality assessments … , we did not examine how our quality assessment tool compared with other available tools or how our assessments … in the absence of a gold standard method, it may be even more important to report the variations in assessments

7. Updating Current Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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   September 15, 2008 - Summary of Assessments .............................................................................. … Assessments Concerning Need for Updating Reports .................................................... … We contacted each of the EPC directors by express mail, asking them to provide their assessments of … Summary of Assessments CER Title Number of conclusions assessed Safety issue? … Summary of Assessments Table 3. Assessments Concerning Need for Updating Reports References

8. Developing Consistent and Useful Quality Improvement Study Data Extraction for Health Systems | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   September 01, 2020 - There were 42 assessments for baseline, 42 assessments for the first revision, and 42 assessments for

9. Methods Report Appendix A: Foray Into Computable Reports (pdf file)
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   September 03, 2019 - on… …with various kinds of summaries (e.g., odds ratios, amount of direct and indirect data, RoB assessments … , SoE assessments... ) ... at different levels of granularity... 15 Other outcomes • Analogous

10. Antenatal Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2020 - As evidence-based clinical assessments have been integrated into antenatal care (such as prenatal genetic … screening, screening for gestational diabetes, anatomic ultrasound), these assessments have been "inserted … opposed to having the antenatal care pathway (number and frequency of visits) determined by the indicated assessments

11. Assessment of a Method To Detect Signals for Updating Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2020 - actual changes in conclusions in the updated report, and compared these determinations with the earlier assessments … In 8 of the 9 reports, the great majority of assessments of individual conclusions had good concordance … The remaining 7 CERs had agreement between their assessments of priority status.

12. Quantitative Synthesis II: Interactive Quiz (ppt file)
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    September 02, 2013 - is the first question to consider when deciding whether or not to include observational studies in assessments … is the first question to consider when deciding whether or not to include observational studies in assessments … Detection bias refers to systematic differences in outcome assessments among comparison groups. … When considering whether to include observational studies in assessments of benefits, determine first

13. Quantitative Synthesis II: Interactive Quiz (ppt file)
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    September 02, 2013 - is the first question to consider when deciding whether or not to include observational studies in assessments … is the first question to consider when deciding whether or not to include observational studies in assessments … Detection bias refers to systematic differences in outcome assessments among comparison groups. … When considering whether to include observational studies in assessments of benefits, determine first

14. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2017 - The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on common … AHRQ expects that the EPC evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health … We applied the same risk of bias assessments as in the original review, where it is possible to assess … Because of the nature of the records, there was very little data on which to base these assessments, … Risk of bias assessments are in Table 9.

15. Integrating Bodies of Evidence: Existing Systematic Reviews and Primary Studies | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - This is really about determining the comfort of relying on the assessments from the prior review and … Small discrepancies in RoB assessments may not be important if the overall grades are consistent (i.e … Recommendation : The RoB assessments from the existing systematic review may be used when the review … Summary tables of existing reviews should incorporate review characteristics or assessments that are … As with RoB, concerns with the SOE assessment may prompt a review team to conduct all SOE assessments

16. Integrating Bodies of Evidence: Existing Systematic Reviews and Primary Studies (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2015 - Assessing Risk of Bias KIs noted that assessments of the risk of bias (RoB) of individual studies are … Whether the RoB assessments of the studies from the prior review can be used first assumes that the … This is really about determining the comfort of relying on the assessments from the prior review and … Recommendation: The RoB assessments from the existing systematic review may be used when the review … Summary tables of existing reviews should incorporate review characteristics or assessments that are

17. Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 01, 2025 - standards and guidelines for diagnosing ADHD in adults are limited, and the use of diagnostic tools and assessments … The diagnostic accuracy of tools and assessments used in adult ADHD diagnosis is unclear, however, and … systematic review aims to provide a comprehensive and unbiased assessment of the diagnostic tools and assessments … OR title: ("NIH EXAMINER") OR title: ("Personality Assessment Inventory") OR title: ("PROMIS Sleep Assessments … Evaluation and Re-search" OR "NIH EXAMINER" OR "Personality Assessment Inventory" OR "PROMIS Sleep Assessments

18. Cer-265-Radiation-Bone-Disease-App-F (xls file)
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    January 01, 2019 - Quality Assessments Margaret: Margaret: Make Assessments in title plural to match overall appendix file … Quality assessments for randomized controlled trials evaluating external beam radiation therapy for the … Quality assessments for nonrandomized studies of interventions evaluating external beam radiation therapy

19. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    December 20, 2011 - Available at: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/assessments/dts.asp. 31. … Available at: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/assessments/ies-r.asp. 33. … Available at: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/assessments/pss-i.asp. 38. … /assessments/mpss-sr.asp http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/assessments/penn-inventory-ptsd.asp … /professional/pages/assessments/ptsd-checklist.asp http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/assessments

20. Assessing-The-Risk-Of-Bias-In-Systematic-Reviews-Of-Health-Care-Interventions (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2005 - First-order assessments of risk of bias by machine-learning methods require secondary human review. … The specific use of risk-of-bias assessments can vary. … First order assessments of risk of bias by machine- learning require secondary human review. … kBlinding of outcome assessors is especially important with subjective outcome assessments. … Transparency is important so that users can understand how final assessments were assigned.