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2461. References (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/subglottic-litreview.docx
      January 01, 2017 - However, this study had a small sample size and was underpowered. … Lacherade23 – Comment stated that while the study found a difference in VAP rates, this may have been due to sample … size, or diagnostic error due to the fact that approximately 40 percent of VAP episodes are not microbiologically

2462. Screening for Skin Cancer: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/LgBN7_z7hqynt6BRzUUYA-
      February 01, 2009 - Limitations of the research design include potential selection bias of case patients and control participants … 25) However, the incidence of mela­ noma and mortality are higher in Australia, requiring a smaller sample … size.

2463. Psoriasis-Chronic Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/psoriasis-chronic_executive.pdf
      November 01, 2012 - collected from each unique study: author identification, year of publication, funding source, study design … adequate study duration with clinically relevant treatment modalities, assessment of adverse events, sample … size, and use of intention-to- treat analysis. … One study had a short followup period, and the second had a cross- sectional design. … Doing so would likely require longer duration trials and larger sample sizes as compared with the current

2464. Final Progress Report: EQUIPPED (Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/vaughan-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Evaluate efficacy of the intervention using a pre-post design. … Study Design: Prospective evaluation of the sequentially implemented EQUIPPED medication safety program … The sample size to assess site-level factors influencing implementation was relatively small (n=3).

2465. Patient Safety Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2022 - Patient Safety Tools The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers tools for health care organizations, providers, policymakers, and patients to improve patient safety in health care settings. The free tools and resources listed here are available online and in print. Contents   Tools for H…

2466. Hospital Utilization among Near-Elderly Adults, Ages 55 to 64 Years, 2007 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb79.pdf
      September 01, 2009 - For a detailed description of HCUP, more information on the design of the NIS, and methods to calculate

2467. Complicating Conditions Associated With Childbirth, by Delivery Method and Payer, 2011 - Statistical Brief #173
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      May 01, 2014 - Hospitals, 2011 For a detailed description of HCUP, more information on the design of the Nationwide

2468. Evidence Summary: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      November 13, 2018 - Design of the NIDA clinical trials network validation study of Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medications … Design: Study did not use an included design. Quality: Study was poor quality. … Studies (Design), No. of Participants Summary of Findings Consistency and Precision Limitations

2469. Amended Protocol: Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients with Advanced Cancer (pdf file)
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      May 19, 2020 - masks • Death • Dropouts Timing: Any duration of follow-up Setting: Any setting Study design … The articles will not be excluded based on the study design at this level. … For all articles, reviewers will extract information on general study characteristics (e.g., study design … other intervention studies with a comparison group, we will grade each study type separately using design-specific … Therefore, study questions, design, and methodological approaches do not necessarily represent the

2470. Language, Literacy, and Communication Regarding Medication in an Anticoagulation Clinic: Are Pictures Better Than Words? (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2004 - our study with statistical power to detect differences between verbal and visual concordance, our sample … size was likely too small to enable us to detect modest differences in concordance between subgroups

2471. 2. Evidence of Disparities among Ethnicity Groups | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement 2. Evidence of Disparities among Ethnicity Groups Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement Summary Reviewers 1. Intro…

2472. Disposition of Comments: Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/suicidal-thoughts-youth-disposition-comments.pdf
      April 10, 2025 - We did not rate strength of evidence based on study design but based on a set of criteria (Section … The design of the study you mention did not allow for examining these outcomes given the study did … It may able be useful to re-envision the design. … In this context, we are limited to our current design and unable to evaluate the effect of such … Novel trial methods with smaller sample sizes could be another suggestion to include here.

2473. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/management-adhd-adults-protocol-amendment.pdf
      January 08, 2025 - restriction None Setting Any setting (including remote monitoring and telehealth) None Study Design … The team will design detailed citation and full text screening forms to ensure a transparent, consistent … We will summarize key features of the included studies, including study design; participant characteristics … When quantitative synthesis is not possible, sample size and assessment of variance within individual … Therefore, study questions, design, and methodological approaches do not necessarily represent the

2474. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/management-adhd-adults-protocol.pdf
      June 10, 2024 - remote monitoring and telehealth) None Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria Study Design … The team will design detailed citation and full text screening forms to ensure a transparent, consistent … We will summarize key features of the included studies, including study design; participant characteristics … When quantitative synthesis is not possible, sample size and assessment of variance within individual … Therefore, study questions, design, and methodological approaches do not necessarily represent the

2475. Closing the Feedback Loop to Improve Diagnostic Quality - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs017060-weiss-final-report-2011.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - This limited our sample size. … Although our sample sizes were not large, we found that for the first two phases almost all of those … studies and although we had higher proportions of those consenting actually completing the study, our sample … sizes were affected.

2476. Usability Testing and the Relation of Clinical Information Systems to Patient Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Rogers.pdf
      January 01, 2003 - Human-computer interaction (HCI) deficiencies and mismatches between systems design and the structure … Usability testing can identify and promote data-driven design choices culled from practitioner use of … Human factors knowledge of HCI design and its impact on human performance can advance safety in health … The analyst then can use the scenario design to predict use and sources of difficulty. … Ethnographically informed systems design for air traffic control.

2477. Evidence Summary: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/prostate-cancer-screening
      May 08, 2018 - For KQ4 (treatment harms), uncontrolled observational studies with sample sizes of at least 100 men were … Small sample sizes inhibit ability to detect increased mortality after biopsy. … Few studies; small sample sizes; varying outcome definitions; inconsistent timing of follow-up measurements … No studies compared HIFU with conservative management; only 1 study had a sample size exceeding 1000 … Study design: design did not meet inclusion criteria for key question.

2478. Meditation Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - usual-care control or do not include a comparison group Outcomes See Figure A All other outcomes Study Design … N refers to total sample size. … Future trials should appropriately report key design characteristics so we can accurately assess risk

2479. worker-health-protocol-150526 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/worker-health_research-protocol.pdf
      May 26, 2015 - , we will abstract data into categories that include (but are not limited to) the following: study design … , year of publication, work setting, geographic location, sample size, eligibility criteria, population … assessed as high risk of bias has significant risk of bias (e.g., stemming from serious issues in design … a body of evidence, this approach now incorporates five key domains: risk of bias (including study design … Therefore, study questions, design, and methodological approaches do not necessarily represent the

2480. Final Progress Report: Addressing Preventable Medication Use Variance in Mississippi (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/brown-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Methods In keeping with AHRQ’s goals, our study design included the following: (1) Data collection … project tasks: Months 1 – 3: Initial survey instrument development and testing; initial web page design … Through this collaboration, we added flexibility to the design and added an automated e-mail notification … This new design became the basis of their Risk Manager software and was extended to collection of all