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421. Chapter 6: Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - hypothesis may appear true when it is false) due to a posteriori biases in interpretation, making it difficult … Restriction can be more difficult to accomplish when parties differ with respect to the value they place

422. Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - However, variations in definitions and tools used to screen and diagnose malnutrition have made it difficult … Sarcopenia is an effective predictor of difficult-to-wean and mortality among critically ill surgical

423. Principles in Developing and Applying Guidance for Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - development of Comparative Effectiveness Reviews and describes recommended approaches for addressing difficult … The chapters in this guide describe recommended approaches for addressing difficult, frequently encountered

424. Technical-Brief-31-Mobile-Health-Applications-For-Self-Management-Of-Diabetes (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - Study design and presentation made it difficult to distinguish the effect of the app and the effect … Of note this population had diabetes that was difficult to control despite intense insulin therapy. … These results suggest that consumers may have a difficult time using these apps. … Study design also made it difficult to determine what effect could be attributed to the app and what … This makes it difficult to interpret and apply findings across health care contexts where patients may

425. Frameworks for Determining Research Gaps During Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2011 - Research gaps which are difficult to characterize into the PICOS framework should be abstracted in free … Currently, it is difficult to generalize across the wide variety of systems. … These varied measures, along with differing expectations for use for each system, make it difficult … If a question is difficult to answer with the given literature, it becomes apparent. … Research gaps which are difficult to characterize into the PICOS framework should be abstracted in free

426. Disposition of comments for CER 169 Low Back Pain (pdf file)
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     February 29, 2016 - Nonetheless, the amount of data and presentation of results is very difficult to get through the more … While writing is generally clear on an individual item it is very difficult to get main points (even … It was very difficult to identify interventions and outcomes rapidly in a way to implement. … General TEP Reviewer #4 This is difficult area due to the large number of trials, many of which are … Will be difficult for a general practitioner. Thank you for the comment.

427. Dispostion of Comments Report for Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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     November 27, 2012 - The authors note assessing that is difficult due to populations studies and reported. … Peer Reviewer # 5 Clarity and Usability It will be difficult for the conclusions to inform practice … Difficult I know. … "Liver tests" is preferable, short, and difficult to object to. … Despite the acceptance of current screening recommendations, implementation is difficult.

428. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 267: ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     March 25, 2024 - Raquel Halfond American Psychological Association) Results: Diagnosis This section was the most difficult … Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists) Results: Treatment Some of the figures appear cramped and difficult … forest plots need to be expanded or rotated as the lines overlap with the references making them difficult … that share symptoms with ADHD (e.g., anxiety, conduct disorders, bipolar disorder, complex trauma, difficult … Affiliation Section Comment Response Raquel Halfond Could you find The diagnostic section is the most difficult

429. Disposition of Comments Report for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: A Comparative Effectiveness Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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     June 10, 2013 - It was difficult locating information in many different tables on the same study. … Policy change is very difficult to effect; nevertheless, in recent years, there is strong interest … This makes difficult to compare PA levels (or to pool results) across studies. … . 173 Peer Reviewer 5 Results In trying to critically review the results of the study it was difficult … narrow confidence intervals that excluded the null. “ 175 Peer Reviewer 5 Results It was somewhat difficult

430. Prostate-Cancer-Risk-Assessment-Genes Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - history, the risk factors associated with prostate cancer are unclear,6 making primary prevention difficult … prostate cancer is highly variable.13 In a large proportion of men, the disease is indolent, and it is difficult

431. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 6 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - hypothesis may appear true when it is false) due to a posteriori biases in interpretation, making it difficult … Restriction can be more difficult to accomplish when parties differ with respect to the value they place

432. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - identify and respond to an opioid overdose such as heroin, may find the injection delivery method difficult … improve patient health outcomes, but stated that replicating the model in other communities may be difficult … results suggest that the program is effectively addressing an unmet need in North Carolina, it may be difficult

433. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2013 - by prolonged occlusion of the LES and reduced peristaltic activity, making the swallowing of food difficult … might be less effective than laparoscopic surgery over the long term and revisional surgery might be difficult … Achalasia is characterized by prolonged occlusion of the LES and reduced peristaltic activity, making it difficult … it may not be as effective long term as laparoscopic surgery and that revisional surgery might be difficult … Health disparities: Two experts representing clinical perspectives stated that PN is difficult to administer

434. Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     August 13, 2012 - to categorize substance abuse (as a mental health condition or a chronic medical condition) is a difficult … It would be difficult to boil the messages down to the 1 page that might reach users, but if one could … Peer #3 Discussion/ Conclusion At the end it was difficult to discern how the review could potentially … chance for clarity has been overwhelmed by the length and depth of this report, which also make it difficult … The conclusions may be difficult to translate into policy because of the funding considerations.

435. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 27 Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     October 19, 2016 - Good description of why outpatient settings are more difficult to track. … , that is because it is the state of the published literature Peer Reviewer #1 General It can be difficult … In these situations, communication between providers may be difficult and inefficient making care prone … readers memory KI Reviewer #1 Findings Findings (page 15) - Figure 1 matrix- I found this very difficult … It is difficult to be more specific about recommendations where there is a lack of evidence.

436. Disposition of Comments Report for Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions: An Update to the 2009 Report (pdf file)
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     September 10, 2014 - with second look ultrasound), are then biopsied by MRI; clearly, these are a very different and more difficult … Again, this comprises a more difficult group of lesions than lesions typically biopsied using ultrasound … At present, it is difficult to relate verbal description of dots and dashes to lines in the figure. … Understandably it may be difficult to discern what is palpable and what is not palpable particularly … On page 20, in the "Contextualizing the results of test performance meta-analysis" section, I had a difficult

437. Disposition of Comments for Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2013 - This is a serious limitation related to the literature about ESAs - one that makes it particularly difficult … specific examples of the duplicate / triplicate references are indicated in the comments below but it is difficult … A multivariate analysis has potential to be difficult to interpret. … Because readers may find the notion of varying underlying risk difficult, we chose to not to use that … Commentator & Affiliation Section Comment Response literature, and it makes it particularly difficult

438. Dementia-Agitation-Aggression Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - behavior change, reduction in antipsychotic use Adverse Effects of Intervention(s) Increase in other difficult … Staff training is even more difficult when the staffing is unstable or staff feel great pressure to … The more that interventions require clinical judgment, the more difficult they are to implement, especially … the applicability of results of trials conducted in nursing homes and assisted living facilities is difficult … Nonetheless, this line of research will continue to be difficult.

439. Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Current State of the Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2021 - populations and reported outcomes of overlapping symptoms (e.g., those of ADHD and DBD), making it difficult

440. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - patient population for RP, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, WW, AS, or one of the other options is difficult