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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/atypical-antipsychotics-off-label-update_research-protocol.pdf
May 19, 2010 - If a study does not report a followup mean or if a followup mean cannot be
calculated from the given … Effect sizes will be calculated for
each comparison. … the same scale, then the effect
size does not need to be standardized and a mean difference will be calculated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/atypical-antipsychotics-off-label-update/research-protocol
May 19, 2010 - If a study does not report a followup mean or if a followup mean cannot be calculated from the given … Effect sizes will be calculated for each comparison. … the same scale, then the effect size does not need to be standardized and a mean difference will be calculated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s89.pdf
October 01, 2007 - underascertainment and reporting
bias, and rates of disease among vaccinated or unvaccinated
persons cannot be calculated … The log likelihood ratio (LLR) test statistic at time t is
calculated as:
LLR(t) � max
r�1
ln�P(ct� … For each
outcome, we calculated a 42-day incidence rate and multi-
plied this by the number of MCVs actually … The critical value of 3.3 is calculated
using a stopping limit of 5 cases.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-options-summarizing.ppt
June 01, 2012 - The reviewers calculated “naïve” estimates of the sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) of the Apnea-Hypopnea … Estimates
The reviewers decided on the third analysis option discussed in this module, where estimates are calculated … They calculated the naïve estimates for sensitivity and specificity and then qualified the results.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-options-summarizing.ppt
June 01, 2012 - The reviewers calculated “naïve” estimates of the sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) of the Apnea-Hypopnea … Estimates
The reviewers decided on the third analysis option discussed in this module, where estimates are calculated … They calculated the naïve estimates for sensitivity and specificity and then qualified the results.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_research-protocol.pdf
August 22, 2008 - When pooling continuous endpoints, a weighted mean difference
(WMD) will be calculated using a DerSimonian … Standard
deviations (SDs) of the change scores will be calculated from the SD of the baseline values … When pooling continuous endpoints, a weighted mean difference (WMD) will be calculated using a DerSimonian
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/arthritis-knee-physical-therapy/research-protocol
March 02, 2011 - Publication of substantial new research evidence may alter the calculated risk-benefit ratio for some … Standardized mean differences will be calculated for different measures of the same outcome. … models only. 45
The number needed to treat to achieve one event of patient-centered outcome will be calculated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/quantitative-synthesis-expanded-methods_methods.pdf
March 01, 2013 - Smeeth et
al.30 provided a good example, and calculated NNT with statins to prevent one cardiovascular … **No upper number needed to treat can be calculated as the upper 95% CI of pooled absolute risk difference
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0309_05-03-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number(s): 0082
Document Completion Date: 5-19-09
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Management of patients with mild renal impairment will move forward to be refined as an effectiveness
review via the AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Progr…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/data-extraction-google_research.pdf
January 01, 2013 - calculator in Excel for use when between-group comparison data
were not reported but needed to be calculated … what the analyses were adjusted for (extremely few articles had
adjusted analyses extracted); and calculated … odds ratio (which was not consistently calculated
correctly and was redundant with the counts and numbers … For calculated numerical data,
we were liberal in determining agreement, accepting mean differences, … In these cases we ignored reviewer effects and calculated “crude”
odds ratios for languages, and crude
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/research-strategies-text-mining-tools/abstract
July 28, 2020 - Comparing Evidence Synthesis Search Strategies Developed With and Without Text Mining Tools
Abstract July 28, 2020
Overview
In an era of explosive growth in biomedical evidence, improving efficiency and precision of systematic review searches is critical. Text-mining tools (TMT) are a potentially p…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/field-triage-glascow-disposition-170415.pdf
January 12, 2017 - The
AUROC by definition is based on sensitivity and
specificity calculated at different values of the … Peer Reviewer #5 General
Comments
In practice, GCS is rarely fully calculated before the
decision … Commentator
& Affiliation
Section Comment Response
Peer Reviewer #2 Methods Were Kappa scores calculated … providers regarding traumatized
patients know how often the reported GCS is a guess
rather than a calculated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_conductingquantitativesynthesis.pdf
October 01, 2010 - Comparison
The naïve indirect comparison—where the summary event rate for each intervention is
calculated … measures, though they are usually not considered for meta-analyses
as the standard error is rarely calculated … When using a relative measure, risk differences and NNT/NNH should be calculated using the combined
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-quantitative-synthesis_methods.pdf
October 01, 2010 - Comparison
The naïve indirect comparison—where the summary event rate for each intervention is
calculated … measures, though they are usually not considered for meta-analyses
as the standard error is rarely calculated … When using a relative measure, risk differences and NNT/NNH should be calculated using the combined
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-results-search-strategies-developed-with-without-text-mining-tools.pdf
March 01, 2021 - Sensitivity and NNR were calculated against the reference standard for each review for each
approach … To operationalize KQ2a, we calculated sensitivity as identified included / (identified included
+ not … For KQ2b, we calculated precision as identified included / total
citations retrieved; and NNR as 1 / … NNR was calculated by combining averages,
rather than by the average NNR across individual projects. … With these tools I used
the analyses that calculated occurrence.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/mcda-johnson.pdf
August 27, 2012 - The Use of Conjoint Analysis to Elicit Patient Preferences in Selecting Treatment Endpoints
Slide 1
The Use of Conjoint Analysis to Elicit Patient Preferences in Selecting Treatment
Endpoints
F. Reed Johnson, PhD
Distinguished Fellow and Principal Economist
Research Triangle Institute
Integrating Stakehold…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/kidney-stone-prevention/research-protocol
June 15, 2011 - Current Page Topic Timeline Feb. 9, 2009 Topic Suggestion Jun. 15, 2011 Research Protocol Jul. 26, 2012 Systematic Review Nov. 13, 2012 Disposition of Comments Report Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults: A Comparative Effectiveness Review of Preventive Medical Strategies
Research Protocol Archived June 15, 2011 Do…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/arthritis-knee-physical-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
April 01, 2010 - Publication of
substantial new research evidence may alter the calculated risk-benefit ratio for some … Standardized mean differences will be calculated for different
measures of the same outcome. … models only.45
The number needed to treat to achieve one event of patient-centered outcome will be calculated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/study-design-framework_research.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Methods Future Research Needs Number 8: Framework for Considering Study Designs
Methods Future Research Needs Report
Number 8
Framework for Considering Study Designs for Future
Research Needs
Methods Future Research Needs Report
Num…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cancer-venous-thrombosis-anticoagulation/abstract
December 15, 2009 - Anticoagulation for Venous Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Cancer
Abstract Archived December 15, 2009
Topic Abstract
Background: People with advanced cancer are at high risk for venous thromboembolic events (VTE). Trial data suggests that low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) may decrease recu…