-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/biorepositories-registries-guide-3rd-ed-addendum-white-paper.pdf
February 01, 2018 - storage facilities must include appropriate physical
infrastructure, power, emergency power or cooling systems … linked to specific individuals by the investigator(s) either directly or indirectly through coding
systems … linked to specific individuals by the investigator(s) either
directly or indirectly through coding systems … categorical
consent is that to operate effectively, it requires systems that can reliably detect and … Maintaining those systems can be financially and administratively
burdensome for registries and biorepositories
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-screening_research-protocol.pdf
October 20, 2011 - for HCV infection within the context of screening and
risk assessment of the general population.
1,2 … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies
We will assess the risk of bias … We will adapt criteria from the Assessment of
Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) tool (systematic … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of
randomised … research, including patients and caregivers, practicing
clinicians, relevant professional and consumer
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/coronary-artery-disease-testing_executive.pdf
March 01, 2011 - of the population presenting
to health care providers with chest pain
every year.3 An estimated $108.9 … The object is to help
consumers, health care providers,
and others in making informed
choices among … ) and
characteristics of the chest pain (typical or atypical) is the
most common assessment of pretest … and/or test allocation and lack of
blinded outcomes assessment. … Assessment of harms was limited.
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-215-depression-older-adults-comments.pdf
March 28, 2019 - references a Geriatric
Mental Health Foundation site that is no longer available
(www.gmhfonline.org/gmhf/consumer … assessment for a given trial. … NA
Peer reviewer
#1
Methods I am uncertain about the assessment of mirtazapine (see
comments below … major
depression and one of the drugs of
interest. … Nevertheless, the Beers Criteria are also used in
clinical decision support systems and by pharmacy
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/main-apps-surv-report-2-acute-pain.pdf
May 01, 2022 - 48 hours
and no differences in likelihood of a positive global assessment. … on pain intensity at 6 and
24 hours and increased likelihood
of a positive global assessment. … There was no difference in
likelihood of a positive global
assessment. … NSAID on
pain intensity and likelihood of a
positive global assessment in
patients with postoperative … Mastication after craniotomy: pilot
assessment of postoperative oral health-
related quality of life
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-200-comments-post-acs.pdf
November 14, 2017 - Disposition of Comments for Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening and Treatment of Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome … forms of psychotherapy and
CBT. … TEP #6 Methods 4) The statistical analysis including assessment of study
quality and strength of evidence … and the
implications of this bias. … fact that PHQ (-2/-9) that has become
dominant in actual clinical practice at many health
systems.
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/angina-heart-attack-treatments_executive.pdf
January 01, 2014 - The object is to help
consumers, health care providers,
and others in making informed
choices among … Quality Assessment of Individual Studies
We evaluated the quality of individual studies by using
the … In brief, the approach
required assessment of four domains: risk of bias,
consistency, directness, … and only a qualitative
assessment was possible. … patients with a history of gastrointestinal
bleeding and instead suggests that health care providers
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vte-prophyalaxis_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - The object is to help
consumers, health care providers, and
others in making informed choices
among … Assessment of Methodological Quality of
Individual Studies
We conducted the risk of bias assessment … that 10 items were most
relevant to this review and we prioritized them in our
assessment of risk … in efficacy and safety outcome assessment
methods. … Their assessment of the indirect evidence
regarding bioaccumulation and increased anti-Xa levels
are
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/type-2-diabetes-medications-2007_executive.pdf
January 01, 2007 - The object is to help
consumers, health care providers, and
others in making informed choices
among treatment … Quality of life and functional status. … and functional status
4
5
because of a limited number of studies and differences
in the questionnaires … In the absence of compelling evidence from long-term
trials that include assessment of cardiovascular … compared with other oral diabetes medications.
5 DREAM (Diabetes REduction Assessment with ramipril
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/measuring-blood-pressure_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2012 - societies”
The assessment of the diagnostic accuracy or the risk
relationships between BP measured … and drug administration
website for measurement systems with a particular product code. … of axes" and I wasn't sure what this actually meant. … of disease,
BP goals and the role of antihypertensive therapy. … of
the types and validation of such monitors.
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/transcript_deliberativemethodswebinar.pdf
April 19, 2012 - -- and lobbying and all that
sort of thing. … Canada’s, too -- that some people have more representation
than others in the standing political systems … And, lastly, this whole issue of content and product of
deliberation. … of individuals and groups and all that
stuff. … in healthcare
quality, access, financing, comparative-effectiveness
research and consumer engagement
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antipsychotic-medicine-cardiovascular-elderly_research.pdf
February 01, 2009 - The DEcIDE network assists health care providers, patients, and policymakers
seeking unbiased information … Department of Health and Human Services. … bDepartment of Psychiatry and Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics,
Department of … However, in spite of these safeguards and convergence of
results from confirmatory and sensitivity analyses … Comparison of
coding of heart failure and comorbidities in
administrative and clinical data for use
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/angina-heart-attack-treatments_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2014 - and risk of bleeding events. … Use of clearly and
rigidly defined methods and statistical rigor seem are the major
advantage of a … of the report and in Table 7. … of the
RCTs and observational studies are consistent and
the findings from the meta-analysis of the … AHRQ evidence reports are often translated into
other documents (e.g., Consumer summary,
Clinician
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antidepressants-2007_executive.pdf
January 01, 2007 - The object is to help
consumers, health care providers, and
others in making informed choices
among treatment … efficacy and effectiveness of fluoxetine, paroxetine, and
sertraline for the treatment of dysthymia. … Two head-to-head trials (one of fair and the other
of poor quality) and three placebo-controlled trials … Methods of adverse events assessment in efficacy trials
differed greatly. … Determining whether assessment methods were
unbiased and adequate was often difficult.
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/crohns-disease_executive.pdf
February 01, 2014 - The object is to help
consumers, health care providers, and
others in making informed choices
among … Quality Assessment
We used study quality assessment to help us understand
differences in results between … their
assessment in RCTs and poor control for confounding in
nonrandomized studies. … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the
assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised … Longitudinal
assessment of growth, mineral metabolism, and bone mass
in pediatric Crohn’s disease.
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_appendixes.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Bio-Electrical Impedance Assessment (BIA): Method for estimation of proportion of lean body
mass versus … D-3
Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL): Assessment of the overall well-being of a patient. … Strength of evidence for outcomes evaluated in Key Question 2
Quality assessment
Summary of findings … Strength of evidence for outcomes evaluated in Key Question 4
Quality assessment
Summary of findings … Strength of evidence for outcomes evaluated in Key Question 5
Quality assessment
Summary of findings
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vitamin-d-calcium_executive.pdf
September 01, 2014 - D (25(OH)D)
Evidence Report/Technology Assessment
Number 217
Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic … The assessment of the literature on vitamin D and
all-cause mortality in the original report was based … An assessment
of the association between serum 25(OH)D and incident
hypertension in 1,211 participants … , and
six reported participating in the Vitamin D External
Quality Assessment Scheme. … Evidence Report/Technology
Assessment No. 217.
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asthma-immunotherapy-2010_executive.pdf
January 01, 2010 - The object is to help
consumers, health care providers,
and others in making informed
choices among … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
We created standardized forms for data extraction to
maximize … Not all of the studies reported safety data and the lack
of a consistent reporting system and grading … systems for reporting pertinent primary outcomes, such
as symptoms or medication use. … of
children and adolescents.
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-function_executive.pdf
August 01, 2014 - The object is to help
consumers, health care providers,
and others in making informed
choices among … We used the Downs and Black quality assessment
tool to assess the quality of all included studies.27 … Thus, our assessment
of the prevalence of elevated baseline troponin may be
incomplete (KQ 4.1). … ACS using global risk assessment
criteria in their reports, as the interpretation of troponin
post-testing … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the
assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised
-
effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-update-2015_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2015 - We definitely appreciate the concern that
outcomes assessment should be standardized
for all of the … outcomes to emphasize
the importance weight plays when choosing
diabetes medications for the consumer … This is discussed in
the Methods under risk of bias assessment, and
the quality of the observational … quality assessment tools. … We agree
that better quality assessment tools have been
developed since then.