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February 01, 2018 - data for effect size computation
Treatment
Events in
Treatment
Group
Treatment
n
Events in
Control … Group
Control
n
Study X 5 25 6 25
Study Y 23 194 21 189
• Ideally, the data necessary to calculate … Table 2: Organizing binary data for effect size computation
Events No Events N
Treatment A B n1
Control … Where:
mT = mean of treatment group
mC = mean of control group
Spooled = pooled standard error
5. … group.
► Interpreted as the percentage change in outcome in the treatment group as
compared to control
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August 20, 2024 - Cancer cells keep growing without control. Chemotherapy is drug therapy for cancer. … There are ways to prevent or control some side effects.
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December 01, 2019 - Despite the high morbidity and mortality attributable to hypertension, control remains suboptimal. … In addition to several effective nonpharmacological interventions – including diet, exercise, and control … Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Blood pressure control (we will prefer seated trough blood pressure … , lipid levels, markers of carbohydrate metabolism/diabetes control, measures of LV mass/function, or … to type 2 diabetes
Markers of carbohydrate metabolism/diabetes control (glycated hemoglobin [HbA1c
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April 01, 2016 - significantly higher in the early
radiograph and early MRI/CT groups than in the no early imaging control … and
no early imaging groups at 1 year (1.7%
in the early radiograph group vs. 2.2%
in the matched control … group; 2.0% in
the early MRI/CT group vs. 2.0% in the
matched control group).
»» Patient-reported … group; 0.9% in the early MRI/CT group
vs. 0.0% in the matched control group). … * A propensity score is a tool that helps control for bias
due to heterogeneity and imbalance in
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July 01, 2019 - Bar-Cohen was the Education Director of the Cancer Control Section of the Minnesota Department of Health … There she helped develop and manage the Minnesota Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program, a free … State-wide screening program for uninsured and underinsured women sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control … Jensen is an expert in cancer communication, a subfield of cancer control that examines communication … as the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering at Purdue University, the Centers for Disease Control
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetes-behavior-programs_research-protocol.pdf
June 05, 2014 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diabetes Report Card 2012. … Atlanta, GA:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. … The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group. … Is glycemic control improving in U.S. adults?
Diabetes Care. 2008;31(1):81-6. … (control* adj5 (before adj2 after)).tw.
61.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/collections/quality-emergency-medical-services
March 01, 2025 - the Emergency Medical Service and 911 Workforce: A Systematic Review (2025) Infection Prevention and Control … Emergency Medical Service/911 Workforce Infection Control and Prevention Issues . … Prehospital Airway Management
Technical Brief | Nov 1, 2022
Infection Prevention and Control
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December 01, 2019 - Intermediate outcomes are glycemic control, serum lipid levels, weight, and blood pressure. … Glycemic control and the risk of multiple microvascular diabetic complications. … Estimated benefits of glycemic control in microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes. … Control Clin Trials 1996; 17(1):1-12.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Intermediate outcomes are glycemic control, serum lipid levels, weight, and blood pressure.
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December 01, 2019 - antipsychotic with a low or neutral impact on glucose level, or their combination on glucose-level control … an antipsychotic with a low or neutral impact on lipid levels, or their combination on lipid-level control … (e.g., attention control)
Outcome Measures:
KQ 1: Weight control (i.e., weight loss or maintenance … Comparators
KQ 1–4:
Usual care
Placebo
Other control (e.g., attention control)
KQs … Obesity and smoking in patients with schizophrenia and normal controls: a case-control study.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/measuring-blood-pressure_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2012 - would write that in general
HBPM with and without other support has a modest affect on
improving BP control … five quality A trials, the strength
of evidence is rated as high in favor of an improvement
in BP control … For SMBP versus control see p. 26,
and 29
For SMBP plus additional support versus control see p.
70 … For the comparisons of SMBP versus
control and SMBP plus additional support versus
control, there was … The notion that it requires "decades" to witness
the difference between improved blood pressure control
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May 01, 2019 - Key Messages
Subcutaneous immunotherapy reduces use of long-term control medications. … immunotherapy improves asthma symptoms, quality of life and FEV1, and reduces the use of long-term control … SCIT reduces the use of long-term control medications [moderate strength of evidence (SOE)]. … SLIT improves asthma symptoms (high SOE); decreases use of long-term control medication and improves
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/binge-eating_research-protocol.pdf
July 21, 2014 - problem independently and for its impact on
obesity and diabetes.2,3 The related problem, loss-of-control … Diagnostic Criteria for Binge Eating Disorder and Loss-of-Control Eating
Disorder or
behavior Criteria … or control what or how much one is eating)
2. … KQ 14: What is the course of illness of loss-of-control eating among children? … A prospective study of pediatric
loss of control eating and psychological outcomes.
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December 01, 2010 - N
Y
Case control study
Nested Case control study
Non-concurrent cohort
study
N Y … Nested case control study
A study where exposed and control subjects are drawn from the population of … Retrospective case control
study
Nested case control study
Controlled before-after
study
N … Case Control Study
Case control studies identify patients with and without a given outcome (cases and … Case-control studies are always
retrospective.
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January 01, 2010 - Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004;25(5):395-401.
PMID:15188845 47. … Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005;26(2):127-33. … Infect Control Hosp
Epidemiol 2009;30:453-60). … Is this because there isnt a control group? … detection and prompt
institution of control measures.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ace-inhibitor-arb-update_research-protocol.pdf
May 07, 2010 - Despite the high morbidity and mortality attributable to hypertension, control remains
suboptimal. … In addition to several effective nonpharmacological interventions – including diet,
exercise, and control … • Outcomes
• Primary Outcomes
o Blood pressure control (we will prefer seated trough blood pressure … •Lipid levels
•Markers of carbohydrate metabolism/
diabetes control
•LV mass/function
•Creatinine/ … to type 2 diabetes
o Markers of carbohydrate metabolism/diabetes control (glycated hemoglobin
[HbA1c
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September 18, 2012 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Preventionl. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/acs-pci-adjunctive-devices_surveillance.pdf
April 01, 2013 - stroke, target
revascularization, and side branch occlusion
were not significantly different from control … , these
findings may be misleading since many of the
trials evaluating this procedure versus control … The only
significant finding was increased time to
perform a PCI procedure compared with
control for … , these findings may be misleading since many of the
trials evaluating this procedure versus control … The only significant finding was increased time to perform a
PCI procedure compared with control for
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-summary-cer-197-fractional-exhaled-nitric-oxide.pdf
December 01, 2017 - • Using FeNO to manage long-term
control medications including dose
titration, weaning, and monitoring … Points
• In adults (ages >18) and children (ages 5 -18), FeNO
level is weakly associated with asthma control … (SOE:
Moderate), but did not affect other outcomes such
as hospitalization, quality of life, asthma control … of the key questions (KQ 1.b-e), studies were
quite heterogeneous in terms of design, population, control … tests, control strategies, and outcome measures.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/measuring-blood-pressure-surveillance-160412.pdf
April 11, 2016 - Outcomes"included"systolic"and"diastolic"blood"
pressure"and"BP"control. … A"multimodal"blood"pressure"control"intervention"in"3"
healthcare"systems." … or"(case"adj10"
control).tw."(241145)"
34"""""ep.fs. … Twenty'four"hour"and"early"morning"blood"pressure"control"of"olmesartan"vs." … $Intervention$and$
control$groups$also$had$
similar$rates$of$blood$
pressure$control$at$9$
months
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May 14, 2019 - There is no cure, but diet, exercise, and medicines can help control the symptoms. … Birth control pills help women have normal periods, reduce male hormone levels, and clear acne.