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241. Gibbons (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Gibbons Slide  1: Social Media  and Health Care  Disparities M. Chris Gibbons, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Director Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute Baltimore, MD Slide  2: Can Social Media  Help Address Health Care  Disparities? • Are there determinants of disparities…

242. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - reporting imaging used for treatment evaluation and following the women for some time after that to determine … Findings are limited by the lack of studies done to determine utility of imaging in a particular instance … obtained by randomized trials or, more realistically, pragmatic trials or prospective studies to determine … These clinical decision-support tools are based on research and evidence, and aid physicians to determine … We agree that it can be challenging to determine the effects of any one type of imaging on outcomes

243. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparison of Characteristics of Nursing Homes and Other Residential Long-Term Care Settings for People With Dementia (pdf file)
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     October 23, 2012 - It was decided that the researchers explore the literature to determine whether an 80% cut off point … It was decided that the researchers explore the literature to determine whether an 80% cut off point … It was decided that the researchers explore the literature to determine whether an 80% cut off point … We decided to explore the literature to determine whether an 80% cut off point was appropriate. … are complex, and the text then goes on to set what seems to be a somewhat different objective, to determine

244. Proposed Governance and Data Management Policy for the Systematic Review Data Repository (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - The agency (or contractor) would also determine appropriate terms of service. 4 Based on internal

245. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/genitourinary-symptoms-protocol_0.pdf
     July 10, 2023 - Two independent investigators will perform full-text screening to determine if inclusion criteria are … We will assess the clinical and methodological heterogeneity and variation in effect size to determine … heterogeneity • 75% to 100%: considerable heterogeneity When we find heterogeneity, we will attempt to determine … As intended, SRs were initially included and reviewed to determine if any could be used to supplement

246. Ch 11-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     January 03, 2012 - However, when it is feasible to do so, it can be useful to explore these subpopulations to determine … In such a case, it is important to highlight these differences, and to try to determine which set of … Agatston units.20 These distributions are best modeled as two parts: (1) as a dichotomous variable to determine … the presence or absence of CAC; and (2) using a model to determine the severity of CAC among those … cases where there is minimal information being presented, as they allow the reader to very precisely determine

247. Bladder-Cancer-Non-Muscle-Invasive Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - • Evidence from three trials was insufficient to determine effects of BCG versus gemcitabine on risk … MMC Versus Doxorubicin: • Evidence was insufficient to determine effects of MMC versus doxorubicin … gemcitabine: Recurrence Insufficient Evidence from 3 trials was insufficient to determine risk of … Evidence was insufficient to determine effects of non-BCG intravesical therapies vs. no intravesical … doxorubicin: Local adverse events Insufficient Evidence was insufficient to determine effects of

248. Colorectal-Cancer-Protocol_130520 (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2013 - Staging is used primarily to determine appropriate treatment strategies; treatment options for colorectal … Clinicians determine the T, N, and M components and use them to assign patients into four broad disease … One of the challenges of this systematic review is to determine how cancer stages can be translated … Staging after treatment (interim staging, or restaging) is primarily intended to determine if the tumor … diagnosis of a recurrence, staging aims to assess the extent of disease to guide treatment decisions and determine

249. Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     January 31, 2023 - of Studies in the Review: We will use the inclusion/exclusion criteria described in the PICOTS to determine … We will conduct sensitivity analyses to determine if the treatment effect is meaningfully different

250. Asthma-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2011 - • Evidence is insufficient to determine whether yoga can reduce asthma medication use in adults and … Medication use was rarely reported, and evidence was considered insufficient to determine effectiveness … Key Question 1a Key Points: • Evidence is insufficient to determine whether patient characteristics … age 40 and though younger than 40.41 Key Question 1b Key Points: • Evidence is insufficient to determine … Key Question 2b Key Points: • Evidence is insufficient to determine whether certification and/or training

251. Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - can make it difficult for users of EPC reviews to reach bottom-line conclusions regarding harms or determine … Review of EPC Reports A workgroup member from the SRC (LS) reviewed 18 EPC reports to determine year … potentially serious harms that are very uncommon; however, they also noted that it can be difficult to determine … report any prioritization methods used, including how stakeholders were engaged, criteria used to determine … future researchers to look it over • Start with the harms, as the type of harm of interested in will determine

252. Pressure-Ulcer-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - gray literature, including unpublished data, abstracts, dissertations, and SIPs, were reviewed to determine … title and abstract level for inclusion, using the pre-established inclusion/exclusion criteria to determine … tissue involvement, when an ulcer has overlying purulent material or eschar prohibiting the ability to determine … For example, it is important to determine whether techniques described in studies are representative … stratification of findings by patient characteristics (e.g., comorbidities, ulcer stage) would help determine

253. Research Protocol: Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases (pdf file)
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     October 10, 2019 - The planned systematic review will determine the effects of radiation therapy to treat brain metastases … The assessments will determine the suitability of the study to answer key questions 1 through 3 and … To determine the comparative effects of interventions, we will use direct evidence from head-to-head … If we determine that there is ‘insufficient’ evidence, we will provide additional information about … In addition, we will critically review the samples included in existing trials to determine how well

254. hemorrhage-postpartum-protocol-140611 (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2014 - The team will evaluate any additional non-English studies that appear relevant to determine how or if … Because of the numerous possible harm outcomes and study designs, we were not able to determine a specific … We will test the POPLINE database to determine whether it provides additional intervention or harms … We will promote abstracts for full-text review when one or both reviewers determine that the abstract … We will work with our statistician to determine whether a quantitative analysis can be performed by

255. Cer-242-Radiation-Therapy-Brain-Metastases-Evidence-Summary (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Throughout, data for quality of life, functional status, and cognitive function were often too limited to determine

256. White Paper: Narratively Describing Effects of Interventions in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2020 - . • Based on stakeholders and context, writers can determine the relative importance of the constructs … Statistical significance is related to precision of the estimate, which in turn is one of the domains that determine … Judgments about the clinical importance and size constructs are needed to determine the precision and

257. Speakerbiosketches Deliberativemethodswebinar1 (pdf file)
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     October 08, 2025 - Meet Our Presenters Julia Abelson, PhD McMaster University, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Associate Member, Department of Political Science Member, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) Dr. Abelson's research interests include the design and evaluation of public engage…

258. bipolar-disorder-treatment-protocol-140623 (pdf file)
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     June 23, 2014 - Two investigators will independently screen full text to determine if inclusion criteria are met. … However, they will not be abstracted due to the inability to determine a strength of evidence beyond … We will assess the clinical and methodological heterogeneity and variation in effect size to determine

259. #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - Those impressions are used to determine potential impact.

260. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - to inform future public reporting efforts, the objectives of this systematic review were: • To determine … • To determine whether public reporting leads to changes in health care delivery or changes in patients … is an approach used to generate answerable research questions, to structure literature searches, to determine … 1,632 articles that were possibly relevant and were reviewed by two of three reviewers in order to determine