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121. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - Layout 1 Background Chronic pelvic pain in women is a commonly occurring and poorly understood condition. Little consensus on the definition of the condition exists—the duration of pelvic pain considered chronic in published studies varies from 3 months to more than 6 months, and the location and pathology of the pa…

122. Methods Future Research Needs Number 8: Framework for Considering Study Designs (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - narrative approach is most appropriate for methods studies or for situations in which a study design choice … issues: The main ethical issue is consent in the case of patients with dementia; however, because choice … disadvantage is that subjects may be less willing to accept an assignment as opposed to maintaining choice … Choice of controls as representing those at risk for the outcome of interest is key to validity.

123. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     September 13, 2006 - Slide 1 Marketing “evidence” to healthcare consumers: Applying social marketing to evidence about the harms and benefits of pharmaceuticals Presented by W. Douglas Evans, Ph.D. Lauren McCormack, Ph.D., M.S.P.H Presented at Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Conference: Communicating Harms and Benefits of …

124. Microsoft Word - ehcrr#2toCSI.doc (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2007 - important confounding variables were unmeasured.28,29,30 An IV is an observable factor related to treatment choice … Our instrument had a strong correlation with the actual treatment choice (OR = 6.1; 5.8-6.4). … Plotted is the strength of the associations between an unmeasured confounder and treatment choice (conventional

125. Assessing the Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - • Specify risk-of-bias categories and criteria and explain their inclusion • Select and justify choice … Select and justify choice of specific risk-of-bias rating tools, including validity of selected tools

126. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 248: Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Major Joint Replacement (pdf file)
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     November 03, 2021 - Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 248: Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Major Joint Replacement Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report Title: Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Major Joint Replacement Draft report available for public comm…

127. Disposition of Comments for Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - We have reemphasized this in the revised report—clinical considerations should drive the choice of … The choice of any screening test, for any condition, is ultimately based on considerations of both … We agree with the reviewer that the choice of threshold is important. … The key issue, which we believe is the reviewer’s point, is that the choice of threshold for use in … These are direct functions of the choice of screening instrument.

128. Cer-235-Pharma-Nonpharm-Ptsd-Update-Appendix-G-1 (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - numbers table, coin toss No: • Alternation, case record #, birth days, week days • Participant/provider choice

129. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - Layout 1 Background More than 65 million American adults— approximately one-third—have hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension increases with advancing age such that more than half of people 60-69 years of age and approximately three- fourths of those 70 years of age and older are affected. In addition to being…

130. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - This may be the only available option if none of the compared tests is an obvious choice for a reference … Systematic Review Example: Choice of Reference Standard and Cutoff Trikalinos TA, Balion TA. … Systematic Review Example: Choice of Reference Standard and Cutoff As mentioned earlier in this Module … reference standard tests, or multiple cutoffs for the same reference test, are available: Justify the choice … or there are multiple cutoffs for the same reference test. - The reviewer can choose to justify the choice

131. Disposition of Comments for Use of Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in the Management of Heart Failure (pdf file)
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     November 20, 2013 - The choice of these specific covariates identified as confounders is based on consultation with the … The choice for undertaking a meta-analysis must consider sources of heterogeneity. … The choice for undertaking a meta-analysis must consider sources of heterogeneity. … relevant (misspelled on page E-2 as “threshed”), because there are many factors involved with the choice … would improve from an explanation of how cut-off values are used or selected in practice and make a choice

132. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - This may be the only available option if none of the compared tests is an obvious choice for a reference … Systematic Review Example: Choice of Reference Standard and Cutoff Trikalinos TA, Balion TA. … Systematic Review Example: Choice of Reference Standard and Cutoff As mentioned earlier in this Module … reference standard tests, or multiple cutoffs for the same reference test, are available: Justify the choice … or there are multiple cutoffs for the same reference test. - The reviewer can choose to justify the choice

133. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 250_Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain: 2024 Update (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Unclear or mixed High High Comparable vs. high Comparable Source Any cannabis product (patient’s choice … mg/day) Route of Administration, Formulation Unreported (any available allowed, patient’s choice

134. PCA3 Testing in the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - Availability of data or ability to recruit Biopsy or treatment choice is commonly encountered in … Biopsy or treatment choice is commonly encountered in urological practice; the area is one of considerable … Availability of data or ability to recruit Biopsy or treatment choice is commonly encountered in … Biopsy or treatment choice is commonly encountered in urological practice; the area is one of considerable

135. PowerPoint Presentation
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     June 13, 2013 - learn: Concerns about loss of patient/doctor authority How people balance the tension between personal choice … e.g.: Concerns about loss of patient/doctor authority How people balance the importance of personal choice

136. Outcome Definition and Measurement in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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     January 01, 2013 - Choice of outcomes will drive other important design considerations. … The choice of outcomes to include in a comparative effectiveness research study will, in turn, drive … The choice of outcome measure may follow directly from the expected biological mechanism of action of

137. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 7 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - A body of evidence evaluating diagnostic test outcomes such as diagnostic thinking, therapeutic choice … Reviewer’s choice of various accuracy outcomes to grade may affect how the various domains of directness … transparent system of grading using the domains described above, and giving an explicit rationale for the choice

138. Bar-Cohen II_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Bar-Cohen II_ECCS2012 Slide 1: Addressing  Tensions  When Popular Media and Evidence-­‐Based Care Collide Annette Bar-­‐Cohen, M.A., M.P.H., Discussant Executive Director, Center for NBCC Advocacy Training National Breast Cancer  Coalition,…

139. Core-Needle Biopsy for Breast Abnormalities (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2016 - The size, location, or imaging characteristics of a lesion may influence the choice of one breast biopsy

140. Nephropathy-Contrast-Induced Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - For clinicians, these findings suggest that the choice between IOCM and LOCMs will not have an important … Choice of contrast medium in patients with impaired renal function undergoing percutaneous coronary