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901. Disposition of Comments CER 185 Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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     May 05, 2017 - Methods: Study Design of ES and Full Report edited to add "(including arms of RCTs or NRCSs with 50

902. Migraine-Prevention Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/migraine-prevention_executive.pdf
     June 01, 2013 - Risk-of-Bias Assessment We evaluated the risk of bias in individual studies according to study design … reasonably narrow 95% CIs or pooled samples had ≥300 events.24 We did not include justification of the sample … size into grading of the evidence, nor did we conduct post hoc statistical power analysis. … relied on reported information and did not contact study authors for additional details (such as trial design … StaR child health: developing evidence-based guidance for the design, conduct, and reporting of pediatric

903. 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

904. Wheeled Mobility (Wheelchair) Service Delivery (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/wheelchair-service_disposition-comments.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - We recognize that there is a significant body of knowledge about wheelchair design and specific … clinical practice; followed by, "Research in this area is challenging due to issues related to study design

905. Disposition of Comments for CER 181 Mental Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-health-children_disposition-comments.pdf
     December 19, 2016 - We note the type of each study design when describing each included study. … table that lists the studies and has: title, citation, dates and location, population studied, study design … need for additional studies (e.g., QI or funding strategies) to indicate again the need for these design

906. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/vte-prophyalaxis_research-protocol.pdf
     March 01, 2011 - For all articles, reviewers will extract information on general study characteristics (e.g., study design … They had serious errors in design, analysis, or reporting; large amounts of missing information; or … We will conduct meta-analyses when there are sufficient data (at least three studies of the same design … Therefore study questions, design and/or methodological approaches do not necessarily represent the

907. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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     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

908. 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.

909. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/fetal-surgery_disposition-comments.pdf
     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

910. The Role of Immunotherapy and the Management of Asthma: Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-immunotherapy_research-protocol.pdf
     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 …

911. 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

912. Research White Paper_Machine Learning Tools To (Semi-)Automate Evidence Synthesis: A Rapid Review and Evidence Map, 2025 Review Update (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/machine-learning-tools-white-paper-2025-update.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - For studies of AI/ML tools for literature identification (search, study design tagging, and screening … strategies Recallb: 14% (4% to 97%) Precisionc: 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

913. 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

914. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 13, 2021 - One, as the reviewer points out, is due to study design. … However, even if we ignore study design, the studies provided in the reviewer's list would not have … However, our review team felt that RCTs were the most appropriate design to control for unobserved … However, we found no studies with this design. … Consider Study Design Schematics or some other word here.

915. 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

916. 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.

917. 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.

918. 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)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-research-report-unhealthy-alcohol-use-final.pdf
     September 01, 2018 - Therefore, in the end, study questions, design, methodological approaches, and/or conclusions do not

919. Disposition of Comments for CER 182 Glasgow Coma Scale (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/field-triage-glascow-disposition-170415.pdf
     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

920. 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