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441. heart-failure-readmission-protocol-130611 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-transition-care_research-protocol.pdf
     June 10, 2013 - Naylor and colleagues7 defined transitional care as “a broad range of time-limited services designed … settings (e.g., discharge to a skilled nursing facility or rehabilitation center) Interventions As defined … artery pressure sensor, segmental multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis) Comparators As defined … above in the PICOTS Outcomes As defined above in the PICOTS Publication language English All other … : www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: June 10, 2013 Transitional care has been defined

442. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 11 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - account the penetrance of the disease, time lag to outcomes, variable expressivity, and pleiotropy (as defined … Penetrance Evaluations of predictive genetic tests should always consider penetrance, defined as “the … Prior to performing a review, analysts should develop clearly defined key questions and understand the … Is an internal quality control program defined and externally monitored? 12. … framework and five corresponding key questions which, taken together, provide an example of a well defined

443. Template for Draft Reports (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/osteoarthritis-knee-future_research.pdf
     February 01, 2013 - Guidance on how PT interventions should be defined in research studies and variables to report in studies … Additionally, a better understanding of how PT treatments are defined is essential to understanding … How should combined PT interventions be defined to facilitate hypothesis testing and provide sufficient … Subgroups defined by patient age, severity of OA, multi-joint OA, prior and concomitant treatments, … Interventions should be adequately defined.

444. Disposition of comments for CER 169 Low Back Pain (pdf file)
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     February 29, 2016 - It would be helpful to state what this was defined as in these analyses. … If its target population and audience have been explicitly defined, I missed that definition, but I … We synthesized the evidence on noninvasive therapies for low back pain using a pre-defined protocol … We revised the Study Selection/Population section to note that Radicular pain was defined as back … We synthesized the evidence on noninvasive therapies for low back pain using a pre-defined protocol

445. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - in a well-defined, closely monitored environment. … If the research question addressed in an NRSI (or RCT) deviates substantially from the PICO-defined … “Big data” is an ill-defined term that is increasingly used to describe large volumes of either routinely … The propensity score is defined as the conditional probability of receiving a certain intervention, … The E-value has been defined as the minimum magnitude of association that an unmeasured confounder

446. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - in a well-defined, closely monitored environment. … If the research question addressed in an NRSI (or RCT) deviates substantially from the PICO-defined … “Big data” is an ill-defined term that is increasingly used to describe large volumes of either routinely … The propensity score is defined as the conditional probability of receiving a certain intervention, … The E-value has been defined as the minimum magnitude of association that an unmeasured confounder

447. Untitled (pdf file)
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     October 05, 2015 - Acute care settings are defined as public and private mental hospitals, acute care units at state mental … Usual care, defined as the standard of care for a particular setting before implementation of an intervention … Developed countries (“very high” human development index as defined by the United Nations Development … defined!as!the!standard!of! care!for!a!particular!setting!before! implementation!of!an! … defined!as!the!standard!of! care!for!a!particular!setting!before! implementation!of!an!

448. Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - Finally, giving specific methods guidance for addressing difficult or ill-defined problems can be premature … Consider the problem addressed by R2, as defined in Table 3, where one has to choose between four methods … studies have explored the iAn expert is imprecisely defined … alternative choices to recommend is directly informed by empirical data (i.e., at least one of the measures defined … probably much less extensive than the subjectivity and fuzziness of recommendations that do not have a defined

449. Disposition of Comments Report for Screening, Behavioral Counseling, and Referral in Primary Care To Reduce Alcohol Misuse (pdf file)
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     July 10, 2012 - If it were generally defined as the reviewer defines it here, it could potentially be a useful term … (but it generally is not defined that way). … However, it causes great confusion about the population defined. … it is clear that alcohol misuse is an “umbrella”/overarching term, as we’ve defined it. … (It is also notable that the term “binge” was not defined in the report).

450. Measuring-Blood-Pressure Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - In adults, hypertension is defined as a persistently elevated BP equal to or greater than 140/90 mmHg … • Thirteen studies reported categorical changes in BP control, mostly defined as achieving a BP … • Eight studies reported categorical changes in BP control, mostly defined as achieving a BP of … Studies reported numbers of patients taking 2 or more classes of medications, medical inertia (defined … Adherence was defined as transmitting a minimum of 12 readings per week for at least 24 weeks of the

451. S131 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - This design begins by identifying all patients in a defined population who were treated with the study … medication at least once during a defined study period. … “New User Design” One begins an incident user design by identifying all patients in a defined population … We restricted cohort 1 to incident statin users, defined as no statin use in the 12 months before the … therapy are more likely to have elevated lipid levels, and therefore increased cardiac risks; nonusers as defined

452. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2011 - both appear to be mainstays of treatment in treatment guidelines. 9-15 While there is no clearly defined … interventions listed above compared to one another or to waiting list assignment, usual care (as defined … Study duration At least 4 weeks from the time of group assignment for trials Settings As defined … above in the PICOS Interventions As defined above in the PICOS Outcomes As listed above under … We will give a poor quality rating to studies that have a fatal flaw (defined as a methodological

453. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/psoriasis-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
     January 10, 2012 - The acronyms used the questions below are defined within the text and the list under Definitions of … independent investigators will assess studies for inclusion in a parallel manner based on a priori defined … final health outcomes and harms, outcome definition, and data reported for subgroups of interest defined … independent investigators will assess studies for inclusion in a parallel manner based on a priori defined … study designs will be included: cohort study, case-control study, and before and after study defined

454. Abnormal-Uterine-Bleeding Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 21, 2011 - however, include studies of populations of patients with abnormal uterine bleeding of mixed or ill-defined … factors inform this decision: 1) wide differences in how the condition being treated is operationally defined … We anticipate some challenges to the retrieval of a manageable set of citations with clearly defined … Studies may also include mixed populations and/or poorly defined inclusion/exclusion criteria.

455. Disposition of Comments Report for Assessment and Management of Chronic Cough (pdf file)
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     January 07, 2013 - However, the definition used in this effort for unexplained/idiopathic is not defined. … “Patients with a chronic cough in whom an underlying etiology is not defined despite a thorough diagnostic … Peer Reviewer #3 General The key questions are appropriate and well defined however I have some major … How would optimal Rx be defined for the different conditions? … Specifically we note that “Patients with a chronic cough in whom an underlying etiology is not defined

456. Alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy-140326 (pdf file)
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     January 27, 2012 - of the following, occurring at any time in the same 12- addiction) month period: (1) tolerance, as defined … Category Inclusion Exclusion Population Adults (age 18 years or older) with alcohol-use disorders (as defined … nonlaboratory) settings All other settings; Laboratory settings; Inpatient settings Interventions As defined … Comparators As defined above in PICOTS No comparison; non-concordant historical controls. … Outcomes As defined above in PICOTS Craving; cue reactivity.

457. Disposition of Comments for Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2013 - Reviewer: 5 General/Overall Comments The target population and audience are well defined. … The target population and audience are clearly defined. … Summary: Ill- defined comparator, therefore nongeneralisable. … We also referred to surfaces as they were defined by the researchers in their articles. … According to S3I, LAL products are defined as those that, “provide a flow of air to manage the heat

458. Future Research Needs for Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - Another design is a nested case-control study, where all patients in a defined cohort who experience … Another design is a nested case-control study, where all patients in a defined cohort who experience … ability of a CPR (i.e., its sensitivity and specificity) with reasonable precision, operationally defined … *Ideally, what constitutes “reasonable precision” would be defined based on additional information, and … for proportions other than 0.50, but the desired length of the confidence interval is operationally defined

459. Disposition of Comments for CER 157 Appendicitis (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2015 - However, the target audience is not well defined. … Comments Report is clinically relevant and all the appropriate target populations are explicitly defined … children and adults have supported the premise that appendiceal rupture and subsequent outcomes are defined … However, we also think that the “rate reported in the literature” is not well defined (e.g., which … TEP Reviewer #1 Methods methodological section is thorough and clearly defined; inclusion/exclusion

460. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0074_03-10-2009.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care Topic Numbers: 0125 Document Completion Date: 1-12-10 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Effectiveness of nurse case managers will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparators…