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May 29, 2025 - Module IV- Skills for Successful Engagement
…
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March 01, 2021 - We
added more information
on how BP control was
defined across these
studies. … How was this defined? … We clarified at the
beginning of the section
how accuracy was
defined. … We clarified at the
beginning of the section
how accuracy was
defined. … We have now defined
interoperability in the text.
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September 01, 2014 - previously stated
ES11(a): Serious adverse events (SAE) were abstracted and assessed as
reported and defined … If the potential risks are not defined, then the
decision-maker in not sufficiently well informed
to … If different studies
define it differently, we suggest that it be
defined wherever it appears. … TEP #4 General Line number 16-”among patients at moderate
and high CHD risk, defined as a 10-year CHD … Change to: “among patients at high and
moderate CHD risk, defined as a 10-year CHD
risk greater than
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December 09, 2015 - The target populations are
clearly defined. … Target audience and population were well-defined.
Key Q were appropriate and adequately stated. … Biol Psychiatry. 2013 May
1;73(9):904-14
• The Patient Experience with DSM-5 Defined Binge Eating … The treatments were well-defined and used manuals (the latter trial
adapted from the former trial) and … p. 1, Binge eating is defined by amount and by presence of loss of
control.
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January 01, 2020 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Health equity is defined by Healthy People 2020 … functioning or symptoms from specific
conditions.2
Populations adversely affected by disparities as defined … and, consequently, disparities can
2
occur across multiple sociodemographic dimensions as defined … adversely affected by disparities
• For KQ4 and 5: Populations adversely affected by disparities (as defined … Populations adversely affected by disparities are those
defined by the National Institute on Minority
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November 19, 2014 - November 19, 2014
3
In order to clarify the scope and purpose, HBPC interventions for this review are
defined … Visits to a patient’s home
Home is defined as any non
institutional setting where the
patient resides … Adults being assessed for a single
risk factor or condition
Well elderly
Intervention(s) HBPC as defined … Setting(s) Patients’ homes, broadly defined
United States or other developed
countries
Institutions … quality of individual controlled trials,
systematic reviews, and observational studies by using clearly defined
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October 01, 2007 - As a practical compromise, double-blinding, defined as
blinding of the participant and either the clinician … Association and assumed causality
Hypotheses Typically 1 hypothesis Typically many hypotheses
Clearly defined
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March 03, 2014 - How should QMs be defined, identified, and implemented?
b. … Inclusion Exclusion
Population § ≥ 18 years with SMI currently or at any time during the past year (SMI
defined … Definition of Terms
Quality measure (QM): Broadly defined, quality measures are tools that help measure
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December 19, 2018 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Chronic pain, often defined as pain lasting longer … The population of interest is adults (≥18 years of age) with various types of chronic
pain (defined … A
small/slight effect was defined for pain as a mean between-group difference
following treatment of … A moderate effect was defined for pain as a mean
difference of 10 to 20 points on a 0- to 100-point … Large/substantial effects were defined as greater
than moderate.
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November 01, 2012 - High strength of evidence was defined as high confidence
that the evidence reflects the true effect, … Moderate strength of evidence was
defined as moderate confidence that the evidence reflects
the true … Low
strength of evidence was defined as low confidence that
the evidence reflects the true effect, … Insufficient evidence was
defined as evidence that either was unavailable or did not
permit estimation … All three classes of therapy
are associated with known harms that are clearly defined
within clinical
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April 01, 2012 - We gave a poor-quality rating to studies
that had a fatal flaw (defined as a methodological
shortcoming … Information is also needed about the performance of these
drugs in subgroups of patients defined by … Analyses involving subpopulations, specifically those
defined by age and coexisting conditions, will
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June 02, 2011 - Risk of bias (defined as the risk of ―a systematic error or deviation from the truth, in
results or … inferences‖)
3
is interchangeable with internal validity (defined as "the extent to which
the design … medium and high risk
of study bias) should be made for the most clinically important outcomes as defined … Harms are defined as the ―totality of possible adverse
consequences of any intervention, therapy or … Were SERIOUS events precisely defined?
3. Were SEVERE events precisely defined?
4.
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January 01, 2022 - The guiding questions were
developed as part of the pre-
defined protocol. … How has long COVID been defined? … The guiding questions were
developed as part of the pre-
defined protocol. … It seems that the goal was to
understand how clinics defined their Long COVID patients. … weeks, and five guidelines defined long
COVID as symptoms persisting for 12 weeks or more."
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October 23, 2014 - Peer Reviewer
#7
Methods I think that the Inclusion and Exclusion criteria are well defined and well … Search strategies are very clearly defined.
Thank you. … The population and questions are well-described and
defined.
Thank you for your comments. … Peer Reviewer
#7
General YES, the target population and audience are explicitly defined. … We focused on the outcomes as
defined in the PICOTS and Key Questions.
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June 05, 2013 - The limitations of
the included studies are well-described and defined. … as fasting plasma glucose levels…” (should the word is be
inserted b/w remission and defined?). … We have added "was" before "defined"
Peer Reviewer 2 Results p. 21, Table 4:
• superscript next to … Peer Reviewer 3 General yes, very well defined and meaningful key question appropriate
and explicitly … The definition of sleeve gastrectomy as defined on page 22 in
the Glossary is incorrect.
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September 28, 2015 - The PICOTS are clearly
defined.
Thank you for this comment. No changes required. … The target population defined to be community
settings and the key questions are explicitly stated. … Peer Reviewer 4 Methods Inclusion and exclusion criteria clearly stated and
defined. … reference and methods (defined a priori) as the EPC
methods suggest alteration only in the case of … That is, why
was < 10 contact hours defined as low intensity? Why
10 hours as the cutpoint?
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May 01, 2013 - Key
Informants agreed with the broadly defined proposed
population of interest, but they also noted … Stage I is
defined as superficial erythema, stage II as partial thickness
ulceration, stage III as … as a low risk of bias.
• Fair quality is defined as a moderate risk of bias.
• Poor quality is defined … Good
quality is defined as low risk of bias, fair quality is defined
as moderate risk of bias, and … poor quality is defined as
high risk of bias.
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May 17, 2024 - KI Reviewer 1 Background Page 19 - APCD should be defined. … characteristics
such as age and complexity, and, most importantly,
variation in how primary care is defined … Next Steps The authors call for creation of a national standard for how
primary care spending is defined
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April 15, 2013 - yet more
heterogeneity due to inconsistent,
vague, or absent definitions of
samples of children defined … child protective services—a criterion affected by state-level differences in how
maltreatment is defined … we strengthen
language regarding the
considerable heterogeneity in the
way study populations are defined … yet more
heterogeneity due to inconsistent,
vague, or absent definitions of
samples of children defined … The target population and audience are explicitly defined.
No action needed.