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901. Disposition of Comments for CER 157 Appendicitis (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2015 - The authors state that these were " few and had small sample sizes", yet report 951 studies that were … • Decision and simulation models using information from this review could inform the design of future … What is paired test vs parallel arm design? … problem that is impossible to elimintate for a condition such as appendicitis) and the relatively poor design

902. Systematic Review on Treatments for Acute Pain: Surveillance Report 2 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2022 - The decision to update meta-analyses from the original report was based on the number and sample sizes … Exclusion reason: Ineligible study design 76. Jacobus D, Mehr S, Ziccardi V. … Exclusion reason: Ineligible study design 78. Javaid S, Shafi M, Lodhi Y. … Exclusion reason: Ineligible study design 84. Kim MG, Kim MY. … Exclusion reason: Ineligible study design 160. Tobias AF, Moura EC, Honda CA, et al.

903. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
     June 01, 2014 - limited at this time because of lack of controls, high variability in MSC preparations, and small sample … sizes. … Platelet-rich plasma vs hyaluronic acid to treat knee degenerative pathology: study design and preliminary

904. Machine Learning Tools To (Semi-)Automate Evidence Synthesis: A Rapid Review and Evidence Map, Version 2 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2025 - For studies of AI/ML tools for literature identification (search, study design tagging, and screening … strategies Recall2: 14% (4% to 97%) Precision3: 0.09 (0.001 to 0.35) NNR 11 (3-1000) Study design … better in precision when compared to existing methods (e.g., filters); tools to identify other study design … Most of the new studies reported on the extraction of both descriptive data (e.g., study design information … Descriptive data includes all study information except for outcome results or risk of bias (e.g., design

905. The Role of Immunotherapy and the Management of Asthma: Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     September 14, 2016 - The Role of Immunotherapy and the Management of Asthma: Systematic Review Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: September 14, 2016 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: The Role of Immunotherapy and the Management of Asthma: Systematic Review …

906. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     July 05, 2011 - Peer Reviewer #7 Introduction “Study design of size of country of setting” – nonsensical sentence … Unfortunately, we cannot include your paper in this review as single case reports were not an included study design … Given small sample size and the corresponding width of confidence intervals that would be expected

907. Disposition of Comments for Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - is likely to be wrong;in fact it is likely to be a benefit which could be documented with larger sample … sizes and longer follow up to result in fewer inflicted injuries and accidents if mothers are getting … simply convey the relative lack of certainty about the conclusions resulting from aspects of study design … We agree with the reviewer that such a study design would be uninformative, as well as unethical. … With regard to (2), we believe that given appropriate study design, it is possible to evaluate the

908. Systematic Review on Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain: Surveillance Report 2 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - The decision to update meta-analyses from the original report was based on the number and sample sizes … Exclusion reason: Ineligible study design 12. Bahji A, Cheng B, Gray S, et al. … Exclusion reason: Ineligible study design 15. Barry AR, Chris CE. … Exclusion reason: Ineligible study design 56. Dong X, Deng J, Rashidian S, et al. … Exclusion reason: Ineligible study design 137.

909. Disposition of Comments Report for Interventions To Improve Patient Adherence to Hepatitis C Treatment: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2012 - , line 28: transmission of HCV as an outcome will be extremely difficult to evaluate in any study design … PR #3 Discussion See my previous comments regarding the limitations of the prior studies and on the design … body of literature is very heterogeneous, the quality of evidence is generally poor, and the study sample … sizes are also small. … That is, the first part is more descriptive of the intervention and details of the study design.

910. Restless-Legs Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - We abstracted data on the following: • Study characteristics, including design (e.g. parallel or crossover … from 2.5 percent to 60 percent and varied markedly by type of dopamine agonist, followup time, study design

911. A total of 1,364 patients were treated with a neurothrombectomy device as part of X reports (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2014 - Therefore, in the end, study questions, design, methodological approaches, and/or conclusions do not … We included intervention studies published in English of any sample size and any design (randomized … ACP decision aid studies Study Study Design Population Tool Name Modality Comparator Volandes et al … ACP decision aid studies (continued) Study Study Design Population Tool Name Modality Comparator Green … • Ways to design decision aids that enable patients to work backwards from their preferred site of

912. White Paper_Machine Learning Tools To (Semi-)Automate Evidence Synthesis: A Rapid Review and Evidence Map (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - For studies of AI/ML tools for literature identification (search, study design tagging, and screening … learning tools may be useful with appropriate human supervision for other ESP tasks (search strategy design … For some tasks, including search query design, data extraction, analysis, and summarization, there has … For example, in abstract screening tools, when it is safe to stop screening; in study design tools, … Jonnalagadda, Siddhartha, Petitti, Diana International journal of computational biology and drug design

913. Development of a Primary Care Guie for Implementing Evidence-Based Screening and Counseling for Unhealthy Alcohol Use With Epic-Based Electronic Health Record Tools: A Pilot Dissemination Project (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2018 - Therefore, in the end, study questions, design, methodological approaches, and/or conclusions do not

914. Draft Comparative Effectiveness Review Appendicies (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2005 - $) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. 79196 42 exp PLACEBOS/ 23902 43 placebo$.tw. 90025 44 exp Research Design … Pre-intervention predictors of outcome (Q2) Treatment variable predictors of outcome (Q3) Study Design

915. Disposition of Comments for CER 182 Glasgow Coma Scale (pdf file)
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     January 12, 2017 - These differences were statistically significant, in part due to the large sample sizes evaluated in … That seems like a poor study design suggestion given that both scales can be measured in the same patient

916. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 31, 2013 - 31 days to 1 year), and long term (>1 year) None Setting Inpatient and outpatient None Study design … DistillerSR data synthesis software program (Evidence Partners Inc., Manotick, ON, Canada).We will design … They had serious errors in design, analysis, or reporting; large amounts of missing information; or … Study design will be considered when grading quality. RCTs will be graded as good, fair, or poor. … Therefore study questions, design, and/or methodological approaches do not necessarily represent the

917. Disposition of Comments for Progestogens for Prevention of Preterm Birth (pdf file)
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     September 07, 2012 - It is possible it is missing her by design because this is the executive summary, if so ignore this … studies in the text that are NOT placed within any of the tables, it would be helpful to provide the sample … size for those studies This has been corrected.

918. Disposition of Comments: Technical Brief 37 Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults (pdf file)
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     November 03, 2020 - None of the studies regarding associations was prospective in design. … General Comments Suggestion: Add a table that describes Patient population, Design (cohort, cross … etc.), Risk factors or Comparisons, Outcomes, Timing We have added information about the study design … These opioid use definition and study design decisions merit consideration in future work to maximize … account for biases (e.g., confounding and selection biases), could be valuable for informing the design

919. Insulin Delivery and Glucose Monitoring Methods: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2015 - They were asked to provide feedback on the clarity, utility, study design feasibility and priority of … Research Question Development and Research Design Considerations Research questions were developed … Study design: Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention … Study design: Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: … Study design: Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model:

920. The Refinement of Topics for Systematic Reviews: Lessons and Recommendations From the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Design and setting. … Other aspects of the evidence base may also affect research feasibility, such as the design and quality … elsewhere.12 The facilitator’s job can be more challenging if the group is heterogeneous, either by design … How will could this report be used (e.g., issues in guidelines, coverage decisions, or benefit design