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341. Evidence-Summary-CER-206-Sodium-And-Potassium-Intake-Effects-On-Chronic-Disease-Outcomes-And-Risk (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2018 - between sodium intake and blood pressure was continuous without an apparent threshold; thus it was difficult … example, adoption of use of salt substitutes or other salt reduction practices by control groups) was difficult … • As described, RCTs with parallel arm designs present challenges that are difficult to overcome regarding … studies to reduce sodium (or increase potassium) from food sources involved counseling, making it difficult

342. Phenylketonuria Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - Nonetheless, management of PKU can be difficult and onerous for the patient and the family, leading … Management of PKU during pregnancy can be very difficult. … fundamentally challenging because the disease is so rare, making accrual of adequate numbers of participants difficult … a reliance on a wide range of outcomes, making synthesis of relationships and pooling of results difficult

343. Research White Paper Multinational Registries Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - For example, when studying generic medications, it is difficult to predict and monitor changes in pharmacies … In a recent study of medication use during pregnancy in four EU countries, it was difficult to compare … or 5-year basis, depending on risk assessment.25 Differences in the practice of medicine can be difficult … these countries, the types of available data may be restricted to regional or localities, and can be difficult

344. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Prevention of Health Care–Associated Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Knowledge of effective interventions to prevent HAIs can be difficult to convert into practice, however … computerized support. 10 As extensive efforts to improve compliance with hand washing have shown, it can be difficult … started.Furthermore, there was concern that the epidemic nature of norovirus outbreaks would make it more difficult … randomized controlled trials on this topic with sufficient sample size (e.g., if randomized by location) is difficult

345. Lung-Cancer-Nonsurgical-Therapies Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - The majority of studies did not report performance status, and therefore it is difficult to assess … and SBRT require an institutional commitment to quality assurance and ongoing training that may be difficult … In a systematic review in general, heterogeneous noncomparative evidence makes it very difficult to … clinically relevant comparisons between RFA and conformal radiotherapy-based treatments could be difficult … conformal radiotherapy modalities (e.g., 3DRT, IMRT, PBRT), in stage I NSCLC patients may be very difficult

346. Template for Draft Reports (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - Overall, the CER concluded that it is difficult to determine whether and how the delivery of LTC through … The CER highlighted that comparing results was difficult because studies used different outcome measures … RCTs are expensive and difficult to implement, and therefore unlikely to be widely used in this topic … and how the delivery of LTC through HCBS versus NHs affects outcome trajectories of older adults is difficult … highlighted that the variation in outcome measures and data collection used across studies made it difficult

347. Trauma-Interventions-Maltreatment-Child Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - We call attention to several difficult exclusion decisions that were made to enhance the generalizability … It was difficult to infer a particular orientation and interpret results comparing eclectic approaches … Additionally, many studies did not fully describe the key components of their interventions, making it difficult … The derived approaches made assessment of applicability difficult because it was not clear whether … Such variations, particularly when unlabeled and untested for efficacy, make it difficult to arrive

348. Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - Finally, giving specific methods guidance for addressing difficult or ill-defined problems can be premature … Asymmetry in Funnel Plots Composite recommendations can be difficult to appreciate, and can lead to … As a consequence, methodological recommendations will be sparse in difficult problems where guidance … Guidance can (and arguably should) be provided when dealing with difficult problems, with the understanding … Deciding which recommendations are most important to adhere to and which are not is very difficult.

349. Disposition of Comments: Technical Brief 37 Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults (pdf file)
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     November 03, 2020 - It covers a difficult subject very well. … Comparitors are sometimes difficult to discern in individual studies. … It is difficult otherwise to look for studies one thinks should be included. … Conceptual Framework Rerefece: “We formed a 15-member panel comprising…” I find it very difficult … YES VERY DIFFICULT - the horrible dis- information,and lies is very difficult to bear!

350. Use of Electronic Medical Records and Administrative Claims Data for Assessing Type 2 Diabetes Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - Identifying the onset of a chronic condition such as DMT2 is difficult when using any electronic database

351. Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - This makes understanding ASD and finding the best therapies difficult. 1 Understanding Your Options

352. Having a breast biopsy. A review of the research for women and thier families (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2016 - Waiting for these results can be difficult. It can take about a week to get the results.

353. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 246: Management of High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A "Best Fit" Framework Synthesis, Realist Review, and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 29, 2021 - extent practicable; editing, labeling, and adding footnotes to specific tables that reviewers found difficult

354. Appendix: Test Performance Metrics | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Another disadvantage is that it is difficult for clinicians to understand and apply, limiting its clinical

355. Methods Research Report Improving Access To And Usability of Systematic Review Data for Health Systems Guideline Development (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - When research evidence is uncertain, perceived as complex, or difficult to use it is less likely to … These dense, static data presentations may be difficult to distill into relevant, useful information … • Expertise needed for set up • Less detail included on individual studies in visual displays • Difficult … links to primary studies, adding too much text or too many pop-up windows could make the end product difficult … What made the evidence difficult to use? 5.

356. S143 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - In a real-world setting, this form of exhaustive matching is difficult because these considerations are … services utilization data (such as claims data) may allow for the formation of reasonable proxies for difficult

357. Disposition of Comments for Treatment of Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - variable It is clear that the studies needed to answer the key questions related to QOL and PRO may be difficult … Given that peripheral vision loss is part of the disease, it is difficult to discriminate that caused … Due to the chronic and slow progression of glaucoma, it is difficult to measure outcomes associated … It is difficult to account for all possible variations in technique, which may prove equally valid. … OHTS there was an untreated arm; and in AGIS entrance criteria required people to have IOP that was difficult

358. Disposition of Comments: Technical Brief No. 38_Automated Entry Patient Generated Health Data for Chronic Conditions: The Evidence on Health Outcomes (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2021 - Results 5. 46 of the 111 studies focused on obesity and diabetes prevention, which are notoriously difficult … We agree that these conditions are difficult to manage. … Moreover, there are thousands of applications available, making it difficult for consumers to discern … Some of these outcomes may be difficult to track, while others such as hospitalization related to the … Such combination designs do make it difficult to determine the impact of the device, and we did separate

359. Dementia-Agitation-Aggression Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 13, 2014 - incorporate input from clinicians, separates agitation and aggression into two distinct domains.9 The difficult … Intermediate outcomes Reduction in antipsychotic use Staff/Caregiver behavior Adverse effects Other difficult … , QoL • Caregiver distress, burden, QoL Adverse effects of intervention(s) • Increase in other difficult

360. M (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2009 - development of Comparative Effectiveness Reviews and describes recommended approaches for addressing difficult … Nonetheless, rating the quality of an SR without understanding how it was conducted is difficult. … For some criteria included in quality rating instruments, delineating objective definitions is difficult