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161. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medication-adherence-interventions_research-protocol.pdf
     August 18, 2011 - Moreover, as described below in the section discussing health disparities, medication adherence is particularly … Burden, Scope, and Prevalence of the Problem As described in this section, poor adherence is very … The steps that we will take to accomplish the literature review are described below. … As described above, all results will be tracked in an EndNote database. … We will also abstract intervention characteristics as described in KQ 3.

162. Cad-Women-Diagnosis Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-women-diagnosis_executive.pdf
     June 01, 2012 - From Stakeholders The Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) followed AHRQ’s recommended methodology, described … We evaluated the quality of individual studies using the approach described in AHRQ’s Methods Guide … We used the Rutter and Gatsonis12 SROC curve as described by Arends et al.,13 and it is presented in … the Body of Evidence The strength of evidence for each Key Question was assessed using the approach described … Predictors of diagnostic accuracy in women Insufficient 11 studies (4 good quality, 5 fair, 2 poor) described

163. Disposition of Comments for CER 168 Infantile Hemangioma (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/infantile-hemangioma_disposition-comments.pdf
     January 15, 2016 - The studies are well described, with few exceptions described below. … Again, the latent model is described in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Appendix D. … Methods for dealing with these multiple scales are described in Appendix D. … , not supported by other literature) and another outlier described the 50% rate of sleep disturbance … We attempted to ascertain that the lesions described were true IH but acknowledge that that determination

164. Assessing Applicability (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2009 - In the intervention column, the type of surgical procedure is described. … In the comparator column, the comparator is described, and then the extent of use of other medications … Important limitations of the applicability of the evidence should be described within each summary conclusion … Finally, we learned that important limitations of the applicability of the evidence should be described

165. Microsoft Word - Comparative_Effectiveness_Research_Review_Disposition_of_Comments_Report_Final_120710_refs_delinked1.docx (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism_disposition-comments.pdf
     November 01, 2010 - Treatments described in this category are focused on delivering an exogenous substance, typically a … Methods and findings from individual studies are described accurately. … friendship training post treatment and at follow up are described. … The use of the quality components is described in the Methods of the report. … Results The studies were described and arrayed well in tabular format.

166. DRN: Report 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/distributed-network-safety_research.pdf
     July 01, 2009 - The Need for a Large, Distributed Research Network As described above, AHRQ and others (e.g., the IOM … Summary of Existing Networks Much can be learned from the activities of the networks described above … To help illustrate network capabilities, the steps described a range of activities from development … The specifications of the proof-of-principle are described below. 9.1. … The primary and secondary objectives of the proof-of-principle are described below.

167. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Orthopedic Surgery: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/thromboembolism-update-disposition.pdf
     June 22, 2017 - The used defendable methods and described things pretty well so as to avoid ambiguity. … This is described in the Results. … TEP Reviewer #1 Methods The methods are clearly described and complete. … The search strategies were explicitly described, and were appropriate for the key questions. … Otherwise, characteristics of the studies is clearly described.

168. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 137 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism-update_disposition-comments.pdf
     August 06, 2014 - Peer Reviewer #4 Discussion/ Conclusion Limitation were described adequately. … TEP Reviewer #2 Discussion/ Conclusion the implications are appropriately stated; limitations described … Peer reviewer #1 General The target population is well described. … The methods for arriving at our assessments are described in the methods section of the full report. … The inclusion and exclusion criteria are described fully in the methods section of the full report.

169. White Paper: Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for Adapting Scope and Communicating the Evolving Evidence (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/scope-communicating-evolving-evidence-white-paper_0.pdf
     June 01, 2025 - A prior white paper described challenges and practical and methodological considerations encountered … A prior white paper2 drew on experience of the first year of the living review3 and described practical … Based on the considerations described above, we plan to prospectively expand the scope of the living … The quarterly surveillance reports in the interim were briefer (7 to 10 pages), and described the new … in the frequency of updates occur in the future, these will be documented as protocol changes, as described

170. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cerebral-palsy-feeding_research-protocol.pdf
     June 12, 2012 - Random sequence generation method should produce comparable groups Not described in sufficient … risk of bias Reviewer Assessment Performance bias Blinding (participants and personnel) Described … Not described in sufficient detail Judgment: Blinding (participants and personnel) □ High … □ Low □ Unclear Detection bias Blinding (outcome assessment) Described all measures used, … Not described in sufficient detail Judgment: Blinding (outcome assessment) □ High □ Low □

171. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery and Nonsurgical Therapy in Adults With Metabolic Conditions and a Body Mass Index of 30.0 to 34.9 kg/m2 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/weight-loss-surgery_disposition-comments.pdf
     June 05, 2013 - The matter of “…an aversion to high-carbohydrate foods…” could also be described as a learned behavior … This procedure is a modification of the BPD described below in the introduction. … Peer Reviewer 5 Methods I found the methods very confusing, as they were inadequately described We … The limitations of the included studies are well-described and defined. … Chiellini is now described in the results section on small cohort studies.

172. Hypertension-Pulmonary-Arterial Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypertension-pulmonary-arterial_executive.pdf
     April 01, 2013 - They described results for individual domains. … When a meta-analysis was not appropriate we described the reasons, presented data in tabular form, … studies. 9 Applicability We assessed applicability across our KQs using the PICOTS format as described … There was also concern that the population was not adequately described to assess applicability, included … There was also concern that the population was not always adequately described to assess applicability

173. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-cancer-liver-metastases-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
     September 27, 2012 - o Were inclusion/exclusion criteria clearly described? … o Were baseline prognostic characteristics clearly described and groups shown to be comparable? … characteristics proposed by Carey and Boden,30 as follows: o Clearly defined question o Well-described … study population o Well-described intervention o Use of validated outcome measures o Appropriate … statistical analyses o Well-described results o Discussion and conclusion supported by data o

174. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pelvic-pain_research-protocol.pdf
     February 16, 2011 - An outcome measure described as validated by an authoritative professional clinical organization (reference … An outcome measure described as validated by the authors of the index study, with a linked reference … An outcome measure described as validated by the authors of the index study, without a linked reference … An outcome measure that is not described as validated by the authors of the index study and is not a … Core Outcome Measure as described above in 1a For studies that meet the conditions of the second-round

175. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-introduction_methods.pdf
     July 01, 2012 - personal experience and judgment, and to maintain consistency as much as possible with the principles described … This value has been reiterated in other recommendations for reviewers.12–14 In 1991, Woolf described … a conceptual model that he termed the “Evidence Model,”15 and in 1994, he described this same model … with the current standard approach to classifying contexts, the PICOTS typology, which is further described

176. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-radiation_technical-brief.pdf
     November 01, 2009 - Most studies reported patient relevant-clinical outcomes: 151 studies (62 percent) described overall … The complete search strategy is described in Appendix B. … Mean or Median Ages Only 7 papers focused on pediatric or adolescent populations, and they described … Overall, 46 studies described more than 300 people. … Cancer specific outcomes were also described.

177. Disposition of Comments for CER 202 Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-202-thermoplasty-comments.pdf
     December 14, 2017 - We described the reduction in ED visits found in the AIR 2 trial, and judged the strength of evidence … Study characteristics are well described. Thank you. … The approach is described more fully in the EPC Methods Guidance, available on the AHRQ Effective … The 2 year follow-up data from 279 patients treated in PAS2 described earlier in these comments and … While bronchial artery embolization has been described as effective in a number of case series for

178. Slide 1
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/selection-of-data-sources-chapter-8.pptx
     January 01, 2013 - The observational research designs that often require primary data collection are described below: Prospective … The observational research designs that require primary data collection are described here.

179. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/high-cholestorol-medications_disposition-comments.pdf
     March 10, 2010 - for confusion, we believe that it is critical that this limited focus be consistently and clearly described … We also think that the conclusions that are described in the report should be very carefully written … Methods from publication described below: “In this study, following a 6-week double-blind phase in which … Also add LDL-C results to the Table on page The trial population is better described under CPK results … (Ref 35) Davidson was penalized because "no intention-to-treat analysis was described".

180. Untitled (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/aggression_research-protocol.pdf
     October 05, 2015 - The latter include, for example, the medication protocols described in the emergency department-focused … Other strategies targeted to decrease aggression for those who are actively aggressive, as described … described!in!project!BETA! •! Any!intervention,!or!combination!of! interventions,!different!from! … described!above!for!KQs!1a!and!2a! All!KQs! •! A!study!with!no!comparison!group! •! For! … described!above!for!KQs! 1b/1c!and!2b/2c! •! Seclusion!or!restraint!(for!1b!and!2b!only):! !