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141. PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medical-tests-proposals_research.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - But studies of diagnostic-thinking efficacy or therapeutic efficacy are difficult to mount. … systematically in their assessment of whether a given test result contributed to management, that it may be difficult … Randomized trials of tests are more difficult to design than randomized studies of treatment. … the test will ultimately be used in practice, and physician compliance with such protocols may be difficult

142. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - patient satisfaction in the hysterectomy group, although data for women with noncyclic CPP alone are difficult … addressing heterogeneous surgical interventions and with so few being of good or fair quality, it is difficult … muddled by a lack of standardized definitions for CPP and unclear diagnostic evaluation, which make it difficult … Similarly, understanding comorbidity prevalence with CPP is difficult, as a condition may be considered

143. CER 220: Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness of Analgesics To Reduce Acute Pain in the Prehospital Setting (pdf file)
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     September 03, 2019 - Peer reviewer #3 Results It was very difficult to track given the volume of data . … Personally, the pdf version had mixed fonts that made it difficult to track the information flow between … It is difficult to suggest a specific location/page/line number for these because each occurs in various … TEP reviewer #5 General This is a difficult and comprehensive comparison to describe. … Also, it would be difficult to administer the drug on the floor where a majority of orthopedic patients

144. CER 220: Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness of Analgesics To Reduce Acute Pain in the Prehospital Setting (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-220-disposition-comments-analgesics-prehospital-setting.pdf
     September 03, 2019 - Peer reviewer #3 Results It was very difficult to track given the volume of data . … Personally, the pdf version had mixed fonts that made it difficult to track the information flow between … It is difficult to suggest a specific location/page/line number for these because each occurs in various … TEP reviewer #5 General This is a difficult and comprehensive comparison to describe. … Also, it would be difficult to administer the drug on the floor where a majority of orthopedic patients

145. Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes (Update) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 15, 2014 - Beyond these observations, it is difficult to make any substantive statements on the basis of the available

146. Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 02, 2018 - Workgroup members noted that including all potential harms in these cases is not feasible, and can make it difficult

147. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2013 - It is difficult to account for more than a trivial amount of selection bias. … It is difficult to try and account for more than a trivial amount of selection bias. … However, unless the cut points have clinical meaning, they can make studies difficult to compare with

148. Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of C. difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 24, 2010 - staff will meet to discuss the results and progress to date; review cases that have been particularly difficult … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … Renewed interest in a difficult disease: Clostridium difficile infections--epidemiology and current treatment

149. Dispostion of Comments Report for Child and Adolescent Exposure to Trauma (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-child-interventions_disposition-comments.pdf
     February 11, 2013 - none of the included studies focused on this way of conceptualizing their trials, making this a difficult … It would be difficult to scope the review in this manner because identification of specific issues … Getting larger sample sizes in this area would be difficult because larger samples are quite costly … Thus, we would have to subjectively assign these for each study, making it difficult for us to quantify … A TEP #2 Clarity/ Usability The volume of information and repetitiveness make the key findings difficult

150. Epstein (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - are made and negotiated by individuals o Patients want individual autonomy o Patients anticipate difficult

151. Disposition of Comments for CER 163 Appropriate Antibiotics (pdf file)
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     January 27, 2016 - Without knowing aetiology, it is difficult to determine appropriateness of LRTI. … Perhaps add: "although detecting changes in resistance from interventions may be difficult" 13 … Without bacteriology (rarely performed) this will be difficult if not impossible to assess. … It would be difficult to evaluate this as an intervention when it is recognized as the standard of … I found the Executive Summary very difficult to read, because of awkward phrasing and wording.

152. Interventions for Preventing Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer’s Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 23, 2016 - and is highly variable. 9 Causes of Alzheimer's disease are unclear and causal relationships are difficult … The most basic, the search strategy is difficult to design given the wide range of interventions. … clear understanding of the knowledge based underlying the presence or absence of such linkages, it is difficult … The more difficult related challenge is how to distinguish between normal age-related cognitive decline

153. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment for Phenylketonuria | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 08, 2011 - deficits (mainly from a lack of natural protein) to result. 10,12 Compliance with the diet can be difficult … imperative to prevent negative fetal outcomes. 22 Management of the diet for some pregnant women is difficult … professionals with expertise in PKU. 4 Management of the diet in adolescent girls with PKU is also difficult … will meet to discuss the results and progress to date, to review cases that have been particularly difficult

154. Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Final Report (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2022 - Disease course 1 = Readily available; 2 = Available with moderate effort; 3 = Difficult to extract … Treatments 1 = Readily available; 2 = Available with moderate effort; 3 = Difficult to extract … Outcome measures 1 = Readily available; 2 = Available with moderate effort; 3 = Difficult to extract … In PsychPRO, it is difficult currently to identify telehealth visits for mental health since there are … Implementation of new workflows and new technologies was extremely difficult during this period, even

155. Research White Paper: Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2020 - This variation reduces the utility of registries, making it difficult to compare, link, and aggregate … ambiguities  +/- inclusion on non-billable ICD codes  Lack of intensional rules makes comparison difficult

156. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 253: Maternal and Child Outcomes Associated With the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/maternal-child-outcomes-wic-disposition-comments.pdf
     April 19, 2022 - Strengths and Limitations section of the Discussion to say more about the lack of RCTs and how it is difficult … paragraph with the last sentence (“Teasing out what WIC participation alone means for this outcome is difficult

157. Research White Paper: Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/standardized-library-depression-white-paper.pdf
     May 01, 2020 - This variation reduces the utility of registries, making it difficult to compare, link, and aggregate … ambiguities  +/- inclusion on non-billable ICD codes  Lack of intensional rules makes comparison difficult

158. Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 08, 2011 - The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … Results from noncomparative studies can be difficult to interpret primarily because of the heterogeneity … Again, however, it may be difficult to discern the comparative effectiveness of different stepwise approaches

159. Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2012 - apparently have used an economic model to specify the "base case," but I think this will be very difficult … These infections cause serious, difficult to treat infections that are often related to substantial … Despite all of the useful tables, it is a bit difficult to draw conclusions on first read, especially … The future research section is clear, but it is difficult to envision it actually being carried out … We understand that the research in this field is very difficult and our intent is to encourage toolkits

160. Disposition of Comments for Local Nonsurgical Therapies for Stage I and Symptomatic Obstructive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_disposition-comments.pdf
     June 12, 2013 - Comment Clarity and Usability: The report is well structured and organized although at 285 pages, difficult … Making practice decisions would be difficult given that the fall back position in patients who are … conformal radiotherapy modalities (e.g., 3DRT, IMRT, PBRT) in stage I NSCLC patients may be very difficult … (TEP) Methods The inclusion and exclusion criteria are very rigid which in the real world may be difficult … While it may be difficult to accomplish studies performed in alignment with our study selection criteria