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461. Technical Brief: Whole Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 09, 2010 - What are the criteria used to determine appropriate patient populations for whole-body vibration therapy … We will retrieve and review full articles on eligible studies to determine final inclusion. … We will repeat the literature search to identify literature published up to February 2011 and to determine

462. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2011 - Background and Objectives for the Comparative Effectiveness Review Objective: To determine … we will review titles and abstracts by using our pre-established inclusion/exclusion criteria to determine … To determine the appropriateness of meta-analysis, we will consider the clinical and methodological

463. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 10, 2018 - serve as a data source for future systematic reviews or meta-analyses; (3) identify research gaps to determine … Process for Selecting Studies: PICOTS described in Section II and criteria in Table 1 will be used to determine … One investigator will determine eligibility at the title/abstract review stage, and a second investigator

464. 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

465. Table 1 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - are already being used with endorsement by the NQF.3 These NQF measures need further development to determine … measuring the rate of occurrence; • Standardize the key elements of care planning communication Determine … how to measure the quality of communication • Assess patient understanding; • Determine key elements … resources, training, and skills to treat depression • Develop improved clinical decision tools to determine

466. Musculoskeletal-Complaints-Tests-Children Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - provide coverage for these tests, and parents or caregivers who want to know whether these tests can determine … Two reviewers independently screened the search results (titles and abstracts) to determine if an article … The strength of evidence is insufficient to determine the test performance of ANA or CCP to diagnose … Implications There is insufficient evidence to determine the test performance of ANA or CCP in children

467. Meditation Programs for Stress and Well-Being | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 17, 2012 - This review will determine whether the effects of various meditation programs on various stress outcomes … strategies regarding study designs for relevant Key Questions using a transparent framework. 28 We will determine … Articles promoted on the basis of abstract review will undergo another independent parallel review to determine … We will evaluate the selection process of these studies to determine such issues around applicability … The difference in change graphs will be used to determine the consistency of reported effects. 2) For

468. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 10, 2012 - but may also affect the genitals, nails, palms, and soles of the feet. 4,5 Different parameters determine … These data will also be reviewed to determine the overall applicability of data per outcome, describing

469. 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

470. 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

471. Comparative Effectiveness of Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques versus Angiography Alone | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 29, 2011 - physiologic and angiographic assessments of the severity of stenosis, often making it difficult to determine … Fractional flow reserve (FFR), in contrast, is an IVDx technique used to determine the physiologic significance

472. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 19, 2011 - physiologic and angiographic assessments of the severity of stenosis, often making it difficult to determine … Fractional flow reserve (FFR), in contrast, is an IVDx technique used to determine the physiologic significance

473. Comparative Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Postacute Rehabilitation for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 12, 2011 - Two independent investigators will review the abstracts and/or full text of the studies to determine

474. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Clinician (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - Current evidence is inadequate to determine key modifying factors that affected outcomes of the interventions … Antibiotic Prescribing Category Explanations and Examples Clinical Point-of-care tests to rapidly determine

475. Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Stenting: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - All of the studies that aimed to determine which lesions require stenting involved FFR, while most of … To determine candidate study designs, study feasibility, and sample size calculations, we followed the … Furthermore, observational studies may be most appropriate to enhance generalizability and determine … There is only one trial comparing FFR with angiography alone to assess the use of FFR to help determine … angiography could help clarify the value of additional information from intravascular diagnostic to help determine

476. Fecal-Incontinence Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2014 - Two independent investigators will screen full text articles to determine if all inclusion criteria … However, if reviews used different tools to assess risk of bias in individual studies, we will determine … We will assess the heterogeneity among clinical, methodological and PICOTS elements to determine the

477. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     March 14, 2013 - Home » Get Involved » Nominated Topics » Topic Suggestion Description Topic Suggestion Description Date submitted: March 14, 2013 Download Topic Suggestion Disposition [PDF · 1.2 MB] Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health ca…

478. EPC Response to IOM Standards for Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 10, 2013 - EPC Response to IOM Standards for Systematic Reviews White Paper April 10, 2013 Web Version [NLM Site] Download Main Document PDF 289.6 KB People using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in these files. For additional assistance, please contact us . Structured Abstract …

479. Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 03, 2012 - Current Page Topic Timeline Nov. 22, 2011 Topic Initiated Jul. 3, 2012 Systematic Review Dec. 5, 2012 Disposition of Comments Report Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Systematic Review Archived July 3, 2012 Web Version [NLM Site] Download Main Document PDF 1.5 MB Related Files Downl…

480. Acs-Pci-Adjunctive-Devices Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2010 - Relevant literature will be discussed with the Task Order Officer to determine whether to incorporate … Below we describe in more detail the features that will determine the strength of evidence for the different