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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/cebul-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Study Design: Two-year, parallel, cluster-randomized trials (CRT) at the two healthcare
systems, with … Design, methods, and baseline results: DRS report
no. 6. Invest Opthalmol Vis Sci. 1981;21:149-209. … Electronic Medical Record-Assisted
Design of a Cluster-Randomized Trial to Improve Diabetes Care and … Cluster
Randomized Trial Design in the Electronic Medical Records Era: The DIG-IT Trial. … EMR-Facilitated Design of a Cluster-Randomized Trial of Clinical Decision Support
for Diabetes.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/back-pain-treatment_research_executive.pdf
February 01, 2016 - searched, search dates, the number of included
studies, study characteristics of included studies (e.g.,
sample … sizes, interventions, duration of treatment,
duration of followup, comparison, and results),
methods … Findings may be used for research purposes, but should not be considered current.
5
design, year, … setting, country, sample size, eligibility
criteria, population and clinical characteristics,
intervention … Challenges in design and
interpretation of chronic pain trials. Br J Anaesth. 2013;111(1):
38-45.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023-NHQDR-appendixes-ACDE-rev.pdf
January 01, 2023 - The team takes into account all survey design features. … At a minimum, statistics with a sample size of fewer than
30 individuals or relative standard errors … sizes have been too small to
yield statistically reliable data. … Estimates are suppressed if the
sample size is small or the relative standard error is larger than 30% … For some measures, small sample size may indicate the subgroup or state is doing better than
others
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023-NHQDR-appendixes-ACDE.pdf
January 01, 2023 - The team takes into account all survey design features. … At a minimum, statistics with a sample size of fewer than
30 individuals or relative standard errors … sizes have been too small to
yield statistically reliable data. … Estimates are suppressed if the
sample size is small or the relative standard error is larger than 30% … For some measures, small sample size may indicate the subgroup or state is doing better than
others
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mrsa-screening-2010_executive.pdf
January 01, 2010 - The
Harbarth et al. study27 was a prospective interventional
cohort study with crossover design of … All of the studies employed a quasi-experimental study
design and were of poor quality. … The study by Rodriguez-Bano and colleagues31 utilized
an interrupted time series design, as did the … an observational
before/after design. … The cluster RCT is increasingly recognized as the
optimal design for testing and evaluating the impact
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
February 22, 2012 - Treatment-allocation methods (including concealment for RCTs)
○ Use of blinding (RCTs only)
○ Study design … ○ Was there an attempt to balance groups by design? … Therefore study questions, design, and/or methodological
approaches do not necessarily represent the
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2016-07.pdf
January 01, 2016 - HCUP Methods Series
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Contact Information:
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Room 07W17B
Mail Stop 7W25B
Rockville, MD 20857
http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov
For Technical Assistance with HCUP Products:
Email: hcup@ahr…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/coronary-artery-disease-testing_executive.pdf
March 01, 2011 - Systematic Reviews of
Interventions.12 Comparative observational studies were
assessed for study design … Given the low incidence of mortality and MI in the studies
previously noted, sample sizes in even the … As mentioned
previously, study sample sizes and short-term followup
may preclude evaluation of rare … Sufficient
sample size may be a challenge, given the low prevalence of
CAD that is likely in this group … RCTs or pragmatic trials with sufficient sample size to
compare differential effectiveness and safety
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/ecare-plan-final-report.pdf
November 01, 2022 - work allows for a
more thoughtful and efficient design process … • Phase 3—Input on the App Design/Usability and Implementation. … Including clinicians in the design and development phases is crucial. … in the design phases of the project. … SEIPS 3.0: human-
centered design of the patient journey for patient safety.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis
August 22, 2023 - Data Abstraction and Quality Rating
One investigator abstracted details about the study design, patient … quality except for 1 rated fair quality 43 due to unclear allocation concealment methods and open-label design … Otherwise, AHRQ had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, … and general populations of HIV-uninfected persons) No reporting bias detected
Fair
Retrospective design
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_disposition-comments.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Peer Reviewer #1 Executive
Summary
In the methods section, please justify how the sample
size of … Peer Reviewer #1 Methods Please justify how the sample size of 750 was chosen
for the observational … Peer Reviewer #1 Results 3.Study design and characteristics: When only a
selection of included studies … Peer Reviewer #1 Results 2.Study design and characteristics: When only a
selection of included studies … Peer Reviewer #1 Results 3.It is already stated in the study design and
characteristics section that
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/public-reporting-cost-measures_disposition-comments.pdf
March 05, 2015 - is able to
address them, or what methodological/framework problems need to be resolved in
order to design … Given, the small
sample size of semipublic websites
that we had access to, we could not
make definitive
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/acute-pain-protocol-amended.pdf
June 10, 2018 - Feasibility will be determined by the
number and sample size of clinical trials available per topic.
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December 02, 2023 - only
1 Ineligible setting
1 Non–English-language
128 Ineligible/no comparison
97 Ineligible study design … Characteristics of Included Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy (KQ2)
Source, setting
Study design
(No. of … Sure Start Language Measure;
SST, Structured Screening Test; WIC, Women, Infants, and Children.
a Full sample … size, based on multiple imputation.
b Includes 11 children (10.5%) who did not cooperate during screening … Concept and design: Feltner, Wallace, Nowell, Raffa,
Kahwati.
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March 20, 2018 - Evidence is insufficient because of
the limited number or size of studies.
important flaws in study design
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/searching.ppt
January 01, 2011 - Searching for Relevant Studies
Searching for Relevant Studies
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Training Modules for Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews
Searching for Relevant Studies
Systematic Review Process Overview
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Systematic Review Process Overview
…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017832-dorr-final-report-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - groups and independent physician networks nationally in its pursuit of excellent quality Research Design … Phase III: ICCIS system pilot, design, and standards
Usability of ICCIS was examined by recording logged … Sample size was calculated at the patient level after adjustment for the ICC, and power … User Centered Design in Complex Healthcare Workflows. … User centered design in complex healthcare workflows: the case of care
coordination and care management
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/shenep-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Chemotherapy medications are, by design, highly toxic agents, typically having very narrow
therapeutic … included an occasional chemotherapy order for
hematology patients, providing a means to validate system design
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/living-systematic-reviews-full-text-articles-white-paper.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Among the uncontrolled
studies, sample sizes ranged from 7 to 8,165 (mean 551, median 151). … A
randomized, double-blind, placebo-
controlled, parallel-group, enriched-design
study of Nabiximols … Trial
Novotna, A.52 2011 A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled,
parallel-group, enriched-design … A
randomized, double-blind, placebo-
controlled, parallel-group, enriched-design
study of nabiximols
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_disposition-comments.pdf
January 27, 2016 - 105)
as this study compared both POCT CRP and
communication skills with usual care in a
factorial design … was also able
to do a head-to-head comparison of CRP and
communication skills due to the factorial
design … to compare all
interventions using all outcomes, this would
probably lead to an almost impossible design … The sample size
of this study was less than
2000 patients, and as noted
hospitalization is somewhat … The needed sample
size would be about double.