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261. Technical-Brief-31-Mobile-Health-Applications-For-Self-Management-Of-Diabetes (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on common … AHRQ expects that the evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health plans … We conducted quality assessments, extracted technical specifications and costs, and evaluated the usability … Risk of bias assessments were conducted by one reviewer and checked by a second reviewer for accuracy … We used risk of bias assessments as proxy measures for study quality; a low risk of bias means a study

262. Juvenile-Arthritis-Dmards Surveillance (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2013 - key questions, the original conclusions, and the findings of the new literature search, the expert assessments … classify a CER conclusion into one category or another, we used the following factors when making our assessments … conclusions of the original report, the results of the literature and drug database searches, the experts’ assessments … composite measure that includes articular indices, functional status, laboratory measure, and global assessments … Do Not Know global assessments, takes into account the various measures most commonly used.

263. Single-arm studies in comparative effectiveness reviews (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments … The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on … them by AHRQ and conduct additional analyses when appropriate prior to developing their reports and assessments … AHRQ expects that the EPC evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health … nature, it is important to clarify whether they are useful in informing comparative effectiveness assessments

264. Juvenile-Arthritis-Dmards Surveillance (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2013 - key questions, the original conclusions, and the findings of the new literature search, the expert assessments … classify a CER conclusion into one category or another, we used the following factors when making our assessments … conclusions of the original report, the results of the literature and drug database searches, the experts’ assessments … composite measure that includes articular indices, functional status, laboratory measure, and global assessments … Do Not Know global assessments, takes into account the various measures most commonly used.

265. Chronic-Cough Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - English-language, prospective (randomized controlled trial [RCT] or cohort studies), comparative assessments … two dimensions of cough: (1) cough frequency; or (2) the severity/QOL impact of cough (including assessments … this report, we consider tussigenic challenge tests and exhaled nitric oxide tests as severity/QOL assessments … Multidimensional quality- of-life assessments such as the LCQ, CQLQ, and other cough-specific instruments … assessing severity/QOL of cough, and that electronic recording devices, in general, appear to be valid assessments

266. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2013 - methods Assesses the aggregate quality of studies within each major study design and integrates those assessments … reviewers to assess the aggregate quality of studies within each major study design and to integrate those assessments … More direct links enhance strength-of-evidence assessments (and vice versa). … However, the overall strength of evidence must incorporate assessments of other domains in addition to … reviewers may also choose to follow GRADE guidance for downgrading and upgrading evidence based on assessments

267. Grades-Predictive-Values White-Paper-2015 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - Evidence-Based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments … The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on common … them by AHRQ and conduct additional analyses when appropriate prior to developing their reports and assessments … AHRQ expects that the EPC evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health … Other studies included any meta-analysis, regardless of QOE assessments.7,8,113 Our study has several

268. Hepatic-Fibrosis White-Paper (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2014 - Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments … The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on … them by AHRQ and conduct additional analyses when appropriate prior to developing their reports and assessments … AHRQ expects that the EPC evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health … among transient elastography, aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index, and histologic assessments

269. Autism Surveillance (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - We used the following factors when making our assessments: • If we found no new evidence or only … However, effects on standard language assessments were insignificant. (Casenhiser, 2011). … However, standardized outcome assessments were not used in that study. … Insignificant effect on standard language assessments. … Standard assessments (SRS, SSRS, ADOS, VABS) not used.

270. Febrile-Infants-Diagnosis-Management Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - Evidence- based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments … The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on … them by AHRQ and conduct additional analyses when appropriate prior to developing their reports and assessments … AHRQ expects that the EPC evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health … The application of clinical assessments combined with laboratory criteria classifies infants into low-risk

271. Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2024 - Additionally, the published literature consists primarily of non-randomized studies, life cycle assessments … single-use to reusable healthcare products: A transparency checklist and systematic review of life-cycle assessments

272. Making Healthcare Safer (MHS) IV: Patient Monitoring Systems to Prevent Failure to Rescue | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2024 - bias in measurement of outcomes, and bias in selection of the reported results. 20 The risk of bias assessments … The Task Leader will review the risk of bias assessments and any disagreements will be resolved through

273. First and Second Generation Antipsychotics for Children and Young Adults-Comparative Effectiveness Review Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 01, 2020 - Refinement in EPC program methods guidance on risk of bias assessments of individual studies, in particular … in relation to the role of industry funding, may not lead to similar assessments in the updated review … For these assessments, we will largely rely on evidence from direct rather than mixed comparisons (e.g … We will also provide a summary of the differences in SOE assessments between the original CER and this … To assist with publication/reporting bias assessments, we will seek abstracts (publication bias only)

274. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Use of Structured Handoff Protocols for Intrahospital Transitions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2024 - bias in measurement of outcomes, and bias in selection of the reported results. 22 The risk of bias assessments … The Task Leader will review the risk of bias assessments and any disagreements will be resolved through

275. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Fatigue and Sleepiness of Clinicians Due to Hours of Service | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - The risk of bias assessments will focus on the main outcome of interest in each study. … The Task Leader will review the risk of bias assessments and any disagreements will be resolved through

276. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - bias in measurement of outcomes, and bias in selection of the reported results.9 The risk of bias assessments … The Task Leader will review the risk of bias assessments and any disagreements will be resolved through

277. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - bias in measurement of outcomes, and bias in selection of the reported results.20 The risk of bias assessments … The Task Leader will review the risk of bias assessments and any disagreements will be resolved through

278. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Sepsis Prediction, Recognition, and Intervention | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - bias in measurement of outcomes, and bias in selection of the reported results. 13 The risk of bias assessments … The Task Leader will review the risk of bias assessments and any disagreements will be resolved through

279. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Active Infection Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile and Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), Candida auris | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - bias in measurement of outcomes, and bias in selection of the reported results. 18 The risk of bias assessments … The Task Leader will review the risk of bias assessments and any disagreements will be resolved through

280. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2021 - Revised Key Questions Based on the findings of the environmental scan, TEP assessments, and public … A recent analysis finds that the tools produce different assessments of the same studies, with the Cochrane … Because we are including only trials for assessments of efficacy, the inclusion of observational studies … will not contribute to assessments of overall SoE, although trial design will be considered as a study … For assessments of safety, we will consider the consistency between the findings of trials to those of