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61. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2011 - Agreed; unfortunately, the original source is out of print and difficult to find. … In other words, this section contains too much detail which makes it difficult to quickly identify … Peer Reviewer #2 Findings It is difficult to identify which material is related to Questions 1-3. … Peer Reviewer #5 Findings Page 14, lines 44-45: delete “making causal assessment more difficult” … This is very confusing, and the focus of the document is difficult to follow.

62. AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program Synthesizing evidence to improve health care practice and delivery (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2020 - key to the development of systematic reviews and describes recommended approaches for addressing difficult

63. Carbohydrate-Intake-Draft-Report-Rob-Table (xls file)
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    February 27, 2025 - We may make exceptions if it is a particular population that is difficult to recruit and retain.

64. Disposition of comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 242: Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases (pdf file)
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    June 09, 2021 - I would encourage the authors to reconsider their methodology because it may be difficult to pool … It rules out the use of nuanced modifications in therapy and difficult to monitor therapy as these … Public Reviewer #5, Francisco Espinoza Did you find this report unnecess arily difficult to … The report was not difficult to read Noted. … Public Reviewer #6, Anonymous Did you find this report unnecess arily difficult to read?

65. Finding Evidence 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 … This is partly because it is difficult to distinguish specific indications in the database, but also … While it is currently difficult to construct searches for observational studies, in the future, improved … However, we do not recommend them for the formal part of the search for a CER; it is difficult to be … Concluding Remarks One of the most difficult aspects of conducting a comprehensive search is confidently

66. Schizophrenia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 26, 2017 - "Negative" symptoms make it difficult to show emotions and to function normally.

67. Improving Health Care and Palliative Care for Advanced and Serious Illness Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2012 - However, as currently written and organized, it is difficult to reach conclusions to inform policy or … However, it is a difficult population to define, and a sentence or two about the shortcomings of the … Equally difficult for me was whether this was a report of quality improvement interventions. … Organization of the Results section is difficult to follow. … Authors write about groups of trials without citations, so that it is difficult to follow what they

68. Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - key to the development of Systematic Reviews and describes recommended approaches for addressing difficult … identify potentially serious harms that are very uncommon; however, they also noted that it can be difficult … However, they felt that it was difficult to apply a maximum threshold for harms to be included in EPC … It may be difficult to distinguish harms from failed treatments (e.g., myocardial infarction in patients … • Fixed numbers are very difficult, should evaluate 2-3 harms at most.

69. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2011 - These TRD patients represent a complex population with a disease that is difficult to manage. … sizes in two of the studies and the presence of a co-intervention in the third study make results difficult … Clinicians, patients, and policymakers need additional relevant data to guide difficult treatment decisions … To allow for better comparisons of clinical outcomes in this difficult-to-treat population, all three … Such “dosing” had been difficult to control when that protocol was in the process of being developed,

70. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - )  Musculoskeletal pain during childhood is common, can be difficult for children to characterize

71. Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - encountered during the review process • Reviewing all potential harms is not feasible and could make it difficult … underlying the prioritization of outcomes, either beneficial or harmful, should be similar • It may be difficult … It may be difficult to distinguish harms from failed treatments (e.g., myocardial infarction in patients … EPC reviews should focus on indicators of more severe harms as it is more difficult to interpret the … Such outcomes may help identify important negative downstream effects of testing that are otherwise difficult

72. Standardized Library of Lung Cancer Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2021 - This variation reduces the utility of registries, making it difficult to compare, link, and aggregate … different codes  +/- inclusion on non-billable ICD codes  Lack of intensional rules makes comparison difficult … ; events may or may not be recorded as procedure or treatment-related complications, and it can be difficult

73. Methods Research Report: Performance and Usability of Machine Learning for Screening in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - A positive comment about RobotAnalyst’s export files was that they were not difficult to download. … Otherwise, participants found the export to be impractical, calling it “poorly organized” and “difficult … to work with; logging in was difficult; screening is cumbersome; uploading the records was a hassle … due to slow server speed; did not like having to scroll down to see records; difficult to attempt … It is a little annoying.” “[…] lack of logical order of record numbers makes it additionally difficult

74. Disposition of Comments Report for Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations (pdf file)
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    May 29, 2013 - The trauma population, in particular, is difficult to translate to RCT capability. … Reviewer 9 Discussion Conducting a large clinical in those with CKD might expensive and difficult given … At this stage, it will be difficult to change the title of the report. … Taken with the various formatting and grammar issues (as below) it is difficult or impossible to read … It is difficult to summarize the contents of a complex nuanced comparative effectiveness review in

75. Executive Summary: ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2024 - Continuous Performance Test) used study-specific combinations of individual cognitive measures, making it difficult … Performance Test) used unique and study-specific combinations of individual cognitive measures, making it difficult

76. Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2020 - This variation reduces the utility of registries, making it difficult to compare, link, and aggregate

77. Anticoagulation for Venous Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Evaluating outcomes for complicated patients like those with advanced cancer and VTE can be difficult

78. Finding Evidence for Comparing Medical Interventions (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - development of Comparative Effectiveness Reviews and describes recommended approaches for addressing difficult … This is partly because it is difficult to distinguish specific indications in the database, but also … While it is currently difficult to construct searches for observational studies, in the future, improved … However, we do not recommend them for the formal part of the search for a CER; it is difficult to be … Concluding Remarks One of the most difficult aspects of conducting a comprehensive search is confidently

79. Nitrous Oxide for the Management of Labor Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - women's satisfaction with their birth experience and labor pain management made synthesis of studies difficult

80. Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2021 - This variation reduces the utility of registries, making it difficult to compare, link, and aggregate