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  1. 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

  2. Archived: Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-october-2018
    October 23, 2018 - Design: Study did not use an included design.

  3. CDS Connect Final Report Year 2 (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/cds-connect-year2-final-report-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - By making it easier to compose and express CDS artifacts, this software improves the quality of CDS design … This project, named “CDS Connect,” aimed to improve the quality of CDS design, accelerate the velocity … Task Key Activities Key Work Products 4 Established a skilled team with Drupal development and design … Once identified, the development team applies the “5 Rights” to the source content to design and build … variety of EHRs, as well as for its flexibility in application implementation technologies and UI design

  4. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-249-malnutrition-disposition-comments_0_0.pdf
    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.

  5. Archived: Evidence Summary: Bleeding Risks With Aspirin Use: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-bleeding-risks-with-aspirin-use/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
    April 11, 2016 - The same investigators assessed the quality of included studies using study design–specific criteria … Aspirin and Simvastatin Combination for Cardiovascular Events Prevention Trial in Diabetes (ACCEPT-D): design … Study design of ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE): a randomized, controlled trial. … Study, Year (Reference) Quality Design

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Zvvry6Wa4Sgj-Ejb3Brcvy (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/zVVRY6wa4Sgj-EJb3BRcVy
    November 01, 2013 - Effect estimates for raloxifene were limited by small sample size for subgroups based on prior estrogen … Evidence is insufficient because of: the limited number or size of studies; important flaws in study design

  9. Archived: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
    June 15, 2013 - patients diagnosed with HCV infection suggest potential negative psychological and social effects, but the sample … sizes were small and the studies had methodological flaws, such as lack of an unscreened comparison

  10. Disposition of Comments for CER 157 Appendicitis (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendicitis_disposition-comments.pdf
    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

  11. Florida Final Report

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/FL4AHRQProjectFinalReportMar2010_v2.jsp
    July 01, 2016 - into LOINC, joining clinical and administrative datasets and conducting the appropriate analytical design

  12. Bleeding Risks With Aspirin Use for Primary Prevention in Adults: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/j69Hq5ALvzg74e-ngkzSep
    April 01, 2016 - The same investigators assessed the quality of included studies using study design–specific criteria … Aspirin and Simvastatin Combination for Cardiovascular Events Prevention Trial in Diabetes (ACCEPT-D): design … Study design of ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE): a randomized, controlled trial. … Author Contributions: Conception and design: E.P. Whitlock, B.U. Burda, J.M. Guirguis-Blake, C.V. … Brief Description of Included Cohort Studies and IPD Meta-analysis Study, Year (Reference) Quality Design

  13. Screening for Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/G9P7o8jDh4J3NnAk6y-SYL
    December 01, 2011 - Sample sizes ranged from 9026 to 182 160 and maximum follow-up from 11 to 20 years (median, 6 to 14 years … Sample sizes ranged from 72 to 44 630 and duration of follow-up from 1 to 23 years. … Author Contributions: Conception and design: R. Chou, J.M. Croswell, J.B. Rugge, K. Lin. … : 82 Not English language but otherwise relevant: 9 Duration too short (<12 mo of follow-up): 1 Sample … size too small (to be determined): 33 Tumor stage unclear or not reported (for ≥15% of population

  14. AHRQ Physician and Physician Practice Research Database Methodology Report (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/3P-RD-Methodology-Report.pdf
    February 01, 2023 - It provides the overall conceptual design and how the various data sources were used the create the files

  15. Systematic Review on Treatments for Acute Pain: Surveillance Report 2 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/main-apps-surv-report-2-acute-pain.pdf
    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.

  16. 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

  17. Machine Learning Tools To (Semi-)Automate Evidence Synthesis: A Rapid Review and Evidence Map, Version 2 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/white-paper-machine-learning-tools-v2.pdf
    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

  18. Archived: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cervical-cancer-screening-2012
    March 15, 2012 - trials reviewed by the USPSTF should be interpreted cautiously because there are limitations in study design … Important flaws in study design or methods.

  19. Final Progress Report: Reducing Diagnostic Error to Improve Patient Safety in COPD and Asthma (REDEFINE Study) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/joo-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - METHODS Study Design This study is a cluster-randomized comparative effectiveness trial conducted of … conventional diagnosis plus in-office spirometry.27 However, frequent protocol violations and inadequate sample … size due to poor recruitment by PCPs limited the study results.

  20. sb291-COVID-19-PediatricHosptl (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb291-COVID-19-PediatricHosptl.pdf
    August 23, 2021 - Because of the large sample size of the HCUP data, small differences can be statistically significant … For a detailed description of HCUP and more information on the design of the State Inpatient Databases
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