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381. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults (pdf file)
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     October 19, 2020 - While sarcopenic obesity has been described in hospitalized patients, most screening tools do not capture … daily living, quality of life, readmission, hospital acquired conditions, and discharge disposition as described

382. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 224 Omega-3 Fatty Acids (pdf file)
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     October 12, 2016 - We mentioned in our list of study limitations that many interventions described as n-3 FA (especially … In my opinion details and characteristics are more than sufficient, and very clearly described, once … The Gustafson study was described narratively in the section on cognitive outcomes, although one domain … TEP Reviewer #4 Results In general results present enough detail and studies are clearly described … TEP Reviewer #4 Discussion/Conclusion Limitations are well described and implications of the major

383. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review: Implementing Recommended Mental Health and Substance Use Screening and Counseling Interventions in Primary Care Settings for in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     April 09, 2025 - Concerns about this are further described below. … TEP Reviewer 1 Discussion As described above, there may be important lessons that are missed because … We described our approach to doing this in the paragraph that starts on page 33, line 34. … the ERIC/EPOC taxonomies that were utilized to classify the implementation strategies that were described … Clinical practice implications and limitations are well described. Thank you for your comment.

384. Breast-Cancer-Imaging Technical-Brief (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - We found three published studies that described use of bone scans to evaluate treatment of metastatic … We identified four published studies9,15,16,20 that described use of MRI to evaluate treatment of metastatic … use of FDG,10,11,14-17,20,21,23,24 four described FLT,12,13,18,22 one described F-FMISO,11 and two … described FES19,20 (two studies evaluated more than one kind of tracer). … PET scans conducted 1990-1994 using tracer MET, now obsolete (1) Described diagnostic breast imaging

385. Disposition of Comments for Quality Improvement Interventions To Address Health Disparities (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - Perhaps in sections within the ES and the Full Report where disparities indicators are described. … We have removed the names of the RCTs; they are described in the Full Report. … TEP #2 Methods Conditions: same problems as described for Executive Summary. … TEP #3 Discussion/ Conclusion The limitations are described adequately. … We have ordered the interventions as described above.

386. Disposition of Comments for Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - However, the Two- Question screen is not mentioned/described immediately before or after Table A. … Peer Reviewer 1 Results Yes, the studies are described with clarity and enough detail. … TEP Member 2 Results The studies were described well for the intevention- --impact of screening but less … They were well described for the "setting" quesiton. … The methodology is clearly described and of the highest quality.

387. Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - It comprises a series of four steps described in the following sections. … Further, as described next, it is preferable to avoid recommendations that mix together testable and … explicit description. 13 the presence of publication bias (and assuming the generative story described

388. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - 4 months with no change in pain intensity or function.13 • Two studies in the systematic reviews described … We did find a third systematic review that described mobile applications for opioid use disorder (presence … development of the applications and incorporation of features that were not evidence-based or fully described … local experts with expertise in pain management and opioid tapering, in order to assess the criteria described

389. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - 4 months with no change in pain intensity or function.13 • Two studies in the systematic reviews described … We did find a third systematic review that described mobile applications for opioid use disorder (presence … development of the applications and incorporation of features that were not evidence-based or fully described … local experts with expertise in pain management and opioid tapering, in order to assess the criteria described

390. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review: Breastfeeding and Health Outcomes for Infants and Children (pdf file)
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     March 31, 2025 - Each study measured and described breastfeeding differently and used different comparisons for analyses … The focus of this report and the population of interest (as described in Table 1) is term infants. … Each health outcome is further described in terms of each study characteristic both from existing systematic … You have already described the limitations previously. … While a number of characteristics were described for each study, additional details (such as measurement

391. Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Final Report (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2022 - The rationale for the selection of these measures and the measure definitions are described in a separate … The work described in Chapter 2 focused on ensuring that the data elements necessary to calculate the … The registries work with the same technical vendor, and the data quality steps described below are the … These efforts and the resulting tools are described further below. … Both products are described further below.

392. Hemorrhage-Postpartum Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - In addition, PPH may be described as third or fourth stage depending on whether it occurs before or … context of the population, intervention, comparator, outcomes, timing, and setting (PICOTS) parameters described … for Healthcare Research and Quality standard of “good,” “fair,” and “poor” quality designations, as described … the observational data are biased and a single very large trial suggests that at least one clearly described … Management was not well described in many studies, especially for women who transferred from other

393. Disposition of Comments for CER 175 Total Worker Health (pdf file)
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     May 31, 2016 - We did include the type of studies described here as parallel- e.g., worksites that had existing OSH … Peer Reviewer #3 Discussion The major finding as clearly stated with limitations adequately described … Limitations well described. I am not aware of missing studies. … Peer Reviewer #5 Discussion The limitations are well described. … Similar (and sometimes better) results have been described for health promotion programs that were

394. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 26, 2012 - Specific clinical interventions are described below. … Analytic Framework Figure 1 depicts the KQs within the context of the PICOS described in the previous … The steps that we will take to accomplish the literature review are described below. … To assess the risk of bias of studies, we will use criteria described in the AHRQ Methods Guide for … The grades of evidence that can be assigned are described in Table 4.

395. Cancer-Ovarian-Contraceptives Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - not in use in the United States. 7 Study Selection Using the inclusion and exclusion criteria described … Risk-of-Bias Assessment of Individual Studies The included studies were assessed using the approach described … evaluate methodological quality, we applied criteria for each study type derived from core elements described … Evidence The strength of evidence for each Key Question and outcome was assessed using the approach described … studies in the meta-analyses, and reasons for excluding any studies that were not incorporated, are described

396. Improving Health Care and Palliative Care for Advanced and Serious Illness Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - the focus on quality improvement interventions is logical, the rationale for this is not adequately described … We have described our rationale for using the 2000 cutoff in the introduction and methods sections … As described, many of the pilot studies included in this report are health services interventions in … Are the characteristics of the studies clearly described? … The characteristics of the study are clear and well described.

397. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 222 Youth Suicide Prevention (pdf file)
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     October 04, 2016 - More detail on how to overcome the barriers to data linkage that are described would be helpful. … The search strategies are explicitly described and appear to e logical. … Reviewer #3 Discussion/ conclusion The current obstacles to more effective data linkage are clearly described … What some of the potential benefits could be of better linkage could be more thoroughly described.

398. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2011 - questions (KQs) within the context of the PICO (population, interventions, comparators, and outcomes) described … We will evaluate the quality of individual studies using the approach described in the Methods Guide … methodological quality, we will apply criteria for each study type that are derived from the core elements described … Question The strength of evidence for each key question will be assessed by using the approach described

399. Gastric-Cancers-Supplementary-App-I (xls file)
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     January 01, 2019 - classification Yes Overall survival Hazard ratio Definitely no No protocol available and subgroup analyses described … Alliance] Age Yes Overall survival Hazard ratio Definitely no No protocol available and subgroup analyses described

400. The Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction and the Role of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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     October 04, 2016 - considered for inclusion if they describe adverse events associated with thermoplasty that have not been described … asthma-control composite measures, asthma-exacerbation measures, and asthma-related quality of life, as described