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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritized-research-agenda.pdf
October 01, 2021 - Screening, diagnosis, and prevention ................................................................ … Overarching Themes
PCOR questions related to depression screening, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes … Screening, Diagnosis, and Prevention
2. Social Determinants of Health
3. … - Have significantly different time to initiation of treatment after diagnosis? … Depression in primary care: part 1–
screening and diagnosis.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/heart-failure-natriuretic-peptide_executive.pdf
November 01, 2013 - The diagnosis of HF remains a difficult
clinical challenge. … Once a
diagnosis of HF has been made, patients are treated. … Testing for BNP and NT-
proBNP in the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure. … Improving the
diagnosis of acute heart failure using a validated prediction
model. … Diagnosis of heart failure.
Heart Fail Clin. 2009;5(1):25-35.
186.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/sleep-apnea_disposition-comments.pdf
October 25, 2011 - Diagnosis and
Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults. … OSA
"due to a lack of standardized criteria for test
parameters and the thresholds used to make
diagnoses … Abstract The abstract states the following: "Low
strength of evidence that the Berlin
Questionnaire diagnoses … The combination then
allows the diagnosis of OSAHS. … Diagnosis is based on the combination
of the above.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/siminoff_eccs2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Slide 7: Family and Sociocultural Influences
of Care Seeking
• Two examples:
o Seeking a diagnosis … o Making treatment decisions
Slide 8: Diagnosis
• Physician’s approach
o Application of accrued … of self-‐treatment
Self or others take action to obtain medical assessment
Slide 9: Seeking
a Diagnosis … o Chart review
Verification of physician encounters and recommendations
Slide 10: Seeking
a Diagnosis … o Qualitative data themed and coded by trained coders
Slide 11: Seeking
a Diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0587-131115.pdf
March 06, 2013 - nominator is interested in the comparative effectiveness of new and existing
Summary: technologies in the diagnosis … of bladder tumor (TURBT) and new cystoscopic
techniques compare to one another in the screening, diagnosis … There have been recent advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of the NMIBC.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-navigation-model-lung-cancer-rapid.pdf
December 01, 2018 - Search Strategies
1
Background
Nearly 1.7 million new diagnoses of cancer are expected in the … United States in 2018.4 Lung
cancer will comprise 13 percent of these diagnoses and accounts for a … Diagnosis
c. Treatment
d. Surveillance
3. … Both intervention and control groups had similar Lung-
RADS findings, number of diagnoses, and time to … • Intervention group had
eight diagnoses of lung
cancer vs. four in
control (p-value NR).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/test-performance-metrics_appendixes.pdf
January 01, 2005 - Screening tests typically operate in the less shaded areas, whereas confirmatory tests
used to rule out a diagnosis … negative likelihood ratios (LR+ and LR-, respectively) quantify the change
in the certainty of the “diagnosis … likelihood
ratios transform the pretest odds to the posttest odds of a given (positive or negative) diagnosis … status,” its positive
likelihood ratio will be high (i.e., will greatly increase the odds of a positive diagnosis … negative likelihood ratio will be low (i.e., will diminish substantially the likelihood of the
positive diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/insomnia_research-protocol.pdf
April 03, 2014 - For treatments to be effective, an accurate diagnosis must first be made. … Study inclusion criteria
Category Criteria for Inclusion
Study
enrollment
• adults with diagnoses … subgroups of adults:
older adults
adultswith insomnia disorder and coexisting medical or mental health diagnoses … Clinical diagnosis and
misdiagnosis of sleep disorders. … New guidelines for diagnosis and
treatment of insomnia.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cad-women-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
June 06, 2011 - Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Comparative Effectiveness of Noninvasive
Technologies for the Diagnosis … in women with chest pain is about 50 percent, as compared with 80
percent in men, which complicates diagnosis … Data for patients with no known diagnosis of CAD will be collected
and analyzed separately from data … The original exclusion
criterion required data to be presented for patients without a known diagnosis … :
/diagnosis OR diagnos* OR predict* OR predictive value of tests OR sensitivity
OR specificity OR
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0651-131114.pdf
June 20, 2013 - Topic 0552 Low Back Pain NSD FINAL SJ
Diagnosis and Treatment of Low … Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
The topic, Diagnosis … patients with low back pain without signs or symptoms suggesting a specific or
serious underlying diagnosis … Although a number of systematic reviews were identified that address the diagnosis and management
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dementia-databases-methods_research.pdf
May 01, 2008 - Study Subjects
Dementia cases were defined by either self/proxy report of a diagnosis of dementia … For residents in
LTC settings, claims-based diagnoses of dementia were supplemented with medical record … Medicare claims included both Part A and B claims, and any diagnosis (not just primary)
of ADRD was … Diagnosis
from claims alone have also been noted to undercount dementia23, 24 and self-reported diagnosis … it is possible that low rates in claims alone cases could include some
misclassification error in diagnoses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-biopsy-update_executive.pdf
September 01, 2014 - of possible breast cancer; (2) compared
diagnoses on core needle biopsy to a reference standard
of … TP considered FP
Benign considered FN considered TN
*Some study authors specifically stated that diagnoses … The original version of this review also classified all diagnoses of malignancy on
core needle biopsy … In such cases of core needle diagnoses of malignancy,
we considered the core needle results to be true … The proportion of
correct diagnoses ranged from 68 percent to 100 percent,
with a median of 96 percent
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0405_01-16-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Document Completion Date: 3-23-11
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Diagnosis … assess cough severity and treatments for cough in order to update clinical practice
guidelines on the diagnosis … Diagnosis and Management of Cough
Nomination Summary Document
http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/musculoskeletal-complaints-tests-children_disposition-comments.pdf
March 07, 2012 - Peer Reviewer
#1
Results Page 25 / F-2 - a positive RF currently excludes the
diagnosis based on … Section Comment Response
undiagnosed musculoskeletal pain and/or joint swelling
compared with clinical diagnoses … Alternatively, they may be
under-ordered and lead to missed diagnoses of SLE or
RA. … The correct final diagnosis? The correct
treatment? … figures of the hierarchical summary receiver-
operating characteristic curve for different tests and
diagnoses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bladder-cancer-non-muscle-invasive_research-protocol.pdf
July 21, 2014 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Emerging Approaches to Diagnosis … and surveillance of bladder cancer
A number of tests are available for screening, diagnosis and staging … There are five diagnostic
biomarker tests approved by the FDA for diagnosis or surveillance of bladder … invasive procedures for further evaluation and tests with high
false negative rates could lead to missed diagnoses … Bladder Cancer; Early Detection, Diagnosis, and
Staging Topics.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/06_devdelays_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
January 01, 2012 - ASD diagnoses have been
increasing, and recent estimates place the prevalence at about 1% of children … Experts
think that the earlier a definitive diagnosis can be established and the earlier that intervention … The ASD clinical pathway is complicated, however, by the subjective nature of diagnosis,
which relies … treatment for their children and frustration about the lack of effective
treatment options after a diagnosis … Nonetheless, early diagnosis of autism is of high interest for early intervention, and researchers
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-pregnancy-postpartum_executive.pdf
July 01, 2014 - Patient comorbidities (e.g., anxiety diagnoses)?
c. … Characteristics of diagnosis—whether depression was
detected during screening or not, time of diagnosis … We refer to studies of women with mixed or unknown
diagnoses in terms of “maternal exposure” when receiving … of
Infant Development
• Growth and development after 1 year of age
– Developmental screening and diagnoses … These analyses controlled for parental mental
health diagnoses; a diagnosis of depression in the mother
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/appendicitis/research
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/appendicitis/research-protocol
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/sleep-apnea_research-protocol.pdf
March 15, 2010 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Comparative Effectiveness of Diagnosis … What is the correlation between the choice of initial
diagnostic test to determine the diagnosis of … Non-insulin dependent diabetes (diagnosis, resolution, start or end treatment)
d. … Depression event (diagnosis, recurrence, etc.)
9. Intermediate or Surrogate outcomes
a. … We will use separate forms
for questions related to diagnosis (KQ1−3) and treatment (KQ4−6).