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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/osteoporosis-vibration-therapy/research-protocol
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/case-management_research-protocol.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/ptsd-pharm-treatment/protocol
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/public-reporting-quality-improvement_executive.pdf
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
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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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/musculoskeletal-complaints-tests-children_executive.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/meditation/research-protocol
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
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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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asthma-treatment_executive.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bladder-cancer-non-muscle-invasive_executive.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/coronary-artery-stenting/research-protocol
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/coronary-artery-stenting_research-protocol.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/traumatic-brain-injury-rehabilitation/research-protocol
July 12, 2011 - Two independent investigators will review the abstracts and/or full text of the studies to determine
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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
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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
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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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/acs-pci-adjunctive-devices_research-protocol.pdf
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