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281. The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - one-third of U.S. adults report chronic pain. 1 Chronic pain is by definition persistent, and frequently difficult … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems

282. Evidence Summary: CER 231 Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-231-dementia-interventions-evidence-summary_0.pdf
     August 01, 2020 - the progressive nature of dementia and the anticipated increase in care needs over time, it may be difficult

283. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 257_Schedule of Visits and Televisits for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     June 28, 2022 - reviewer 1 National Center for Health Research General Comments Cross-study comparisons are difficult

284. Data Points #15: Prognostic factor testing among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and early invasive breast cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - However, lack of knowledge about prognostic and predictive markers makes it difficult to assess a patient's

285. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 255: Transitions of Care From Pediatric to Adult Services for Children With Special Healthcare Needs (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2022 - ages 12–18 transitioned from pediatric to adult healthcare providers.3 Such transitions are often difficult

286. Disposition of Comments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2013 - Sometimes identifying such duplicates is difficult. … While it is difficult to accurately summarize an entire article in a few lines, the authors seem to … Peer Reviewer 2 Results Many of the Forest plots (Fig 9 through Fig 13 for example) are difficult to … The tables are cumbersome because of their size and are difficult to compare. … KQ1: For other studies, reference criteria ranged from 2-8 woods units making comparisons difficult.

287. The Use of Conjoint Analysis to Elicit Patient Preferences in Selecting Treatment Endpoints (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - Applications to more difficult problems is an active area of research.

288. Disposition of Comments for CER 157 Appendicitis (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2015 - As noted, this is a difficult area to summarize despite the abundance of literature. … It contains a wealth of information, but is difficult to read and process. … This is a difficult decision point to impact. … Otherwise, this long paragraph is difficult to read and draw conclusions from. … TEP Reviewer #2 Results Tables 1-12 - difficult to follow. Lots of extraneous information.

289. Disposition of Comments Report for Relationship Between Use of Quality Measures and Improved Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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     January 15, 2015 - My main issue which made it difficult to read has to do with some of the logic. … providing data- driven feedback to providers that allow a clinical response in real time may be as difficult … consensus ratings of standardized outcomes (e.g. functioning, employment status, GAF), it is extremely difficult … KI Reviewer #5 Guiding Questions The questions were extensive so it is difficult to determine whether … to improve in severe SMI groups, so using them to assess the effectiveness of QMs may be difficult

290. Acs-Pci-Adjunctive-Devices Surveillance (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/acs-pci-adjunctive-devices_surveillance.pdf
     April 01, 2013 - It was difficult to assess the impact of these devices on final health outcomes and intermediate outcomes … It was difficult to assess the impact of these devices on final health outcomes and intermediate outcomes

291. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Insulin Delivery and Glucose Monitoring Methods for Diabetes Mellitus | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Because of the pharmacokinetics of these older insulins, tight control was difficult to achieve and often … Because insulin regimens may change over time, it may be difficult to determine if the current delivery … Patients with maturity onset diabetes of the young will also be excluded, as the diagnosis is difficult … The study may have been missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential

292. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2010 - result in an earlier return to work, and decreased costs; therefore, patients and clinicians face the difficult … arthroscopic approaches is also a priority, as arthroscopic procedures are more costly and technically difficult

293. Disposition of Comments Report for Assessment and Management of Chronic Cough (pdf file)
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     January 07, 2013 - Many have been inadequately validated and so it’s difficult to really comment on their performance … Peer Reviewer #3 General Some of the nuances of the differences between these studies that make them difficult … I wholly agree with them that it is difficult to establish the accuracy of particularly the electronic … I sympathise with the reviewers because, through no fault of their own, it is extremely difficult to … This is however a complex and difficult task and must be extremely challenging for those without specific

294. Disposition of Comments for Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups (pdf file)
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     January 26, 2015 - : Methods Page ES-4: Quality (Risk of Bias) Assessment of Individual Studies: The section was difficult … Is there data suggesting that FM is more difficult to treat in obese patients or in older patients? … the scope of the report, but bringing in information about the most common comorbidities or most difficult … Discussion/ Conclusions I think the findings are generally sound but the paucity of evidence makes it difficult … The clinical meaning of the report is somewhat difficult to assess - mostly because the data they reviewed

295. Disposition of Comments CER 185 Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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     May 05, 2017 - inconsistencies in the approaches used within and between the key questions which make it sometimes difficult … We agree that the reliability and validity of hearing evaluations in children is important, albeit difficult … ability to show improvements in these areas on groups of children without any baseline problems is difficult … I prefer RR rather than OR, since OR is more difficult to interpret and tend to overestimate the … Reading the document in this (on- line) format makes it somewhat difficult to judge.

296. Disposition of Comments CER 185 Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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     May 05, 2017 - inconsistencies in the approaches used within and between the key questions which make it sometimes difficult … We agree that the reliability and validity of hearing evaluations in children is important, albeit difficult … ability to show improvements in these areas on groups of children without any baseline problems is difficult … I prefer RR rather than OR, since OR is more difficult to interpret and tend to overestimate the … Reading the document in this (on- line) format makes it somewhat difficult to judge.

297. new disposition of comments insulin analogues -- jda revs.xls (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/insulin-analogues-disposition-081229.pdf
     September 01, 2008 - It can be more difficult to recruit certain groups, and more costly to do the studies, and more risky … Page 4: Figure 3 is very difficult to understand. … We find it difficult to compare insulin detemir dose in a trial that compared detemir with glargine … Insulin dose: It is difficult to interpret treatment differences in comparator trials in which the total … Overall presentation and relevancy In general, I found this report very difficult to read.

298. Screening and Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_disposition-comments.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - Section Comment Response Peer Reviewer #1 General This is a well written, comprehensive review of a difficult … The authors are to be congratulated for admirably taking on this difficult subject. … In the end, as stated above, the report will provide valuable context for what will surely be a difficult … The conclusions, due to the limitations of the available evidence, will be difficult to use to create … The absence of references in many parts of the manuscript (including tables and appendices) makes it difficult

299. 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 - Sometimes an adequate sample size is difficult to achieve because an outcome under study (such as aggressive … We recognize that within this population that this may be difficult to achieve and we have added this … This was nominated by a layperson, but is dense and difficult to read for me. … What seems to be two objectives are actually one, which may have made the logic difficult to understand … caregiver's own personality characteristics, life experience and current life situation that would be very difficult

300. Hemorrhage-Postpartum Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - Harms reporting was limited to 50 studies and was difficult to synthesize because diverse adverse events … Overall, it was difficult to ascertain confidently the complete trajectory of care of women in many … Outcomes other than control of bleeding can be difficult to assess. … In some cases, it can be difficult to assess if harms are due to PPH or management interventions and … Diagnosis of PPH is subjective, which makes it difficult to compare the severity of PPH and determine