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161. Disposition of Comments for Child Exposure to Trauma: Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions Addressing Maltreatment (pdf file)
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     April 15, 2013 - reflect the real-world while at the same time addressing clinical heterogeneity was perhaps the most difficult … The authors do identify one of the major limitation of small sample sizes in that it is difficult to … of repetition when studies are referred to multiple times for the different key questions; this is difficult … The results are difficult to follow because they mix descriptions of interventions, the studies testing … Indeed, it is difficult to “truly” know the intervention from a publication.

162. Disposition of Comments for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 240: Treatments for Acute Pain: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     December 29, 2020 - Margaret Spiller / 1 NA Difficult to read Yes Noted. … Penny Volosin / 4 NA Difficult to read No Noted. … Anonymous / 5 NA Difficult to read No it wasn't difficult. It was downright sad. … Julie Killingworth / 6 NA Difficult to read It is extremely difficult to read because it’s nonsensical … The collars can be uncomfortable and difficult to wear.

163. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review 235_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     November 04, 2020 - Comments The report describes an important resource for researchers and clinicians; it is a bit difficult … presented in these tables: "Studies reported race and ethnicity data very inconsistently, making it difficult … can find more information: Studies reported race and ethnicity data very inconsistently, making it difficult … It is difficult to imagine how the public might leverage this report to inform treatment decisions … can find more information: Studies reported race and ethnicity data very inconsistently, making it difficult

164. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review 235_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     November 04, 2020 - Comments The report describes an important resource for researchers and clinicians; it is a bit difficult … presented in these tables: "Studies reported race and ethnicity data very inconsistently, making it difficult … can find more information: Studies reported race and ethnicity data very inconsistently, making it difficult … It is difficult to imagine how the public might leverage this report to inform treatment decisions … can find more information: Studies reported race and ethnicity data very inconsistently, making it difficult

165. Microsoft Word - Comparative_Effectiveness_Research_Review_Disposition_of_Comments_Report_Final_120710_refs_delinked1.docx (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2010 - We agree that it is difficult and that standards do not currently exist to do so uniformly, but we stand … While it may be difficult to describe a complex behavioral intervention in a journal article, we did … Nonetheless, we have revised this statement to read "extremely difficult" as you correctly note that … By excluding studies with this type of design, it would be difficult to adequately discuss effective … It is difficult to believe that this type of review could yield an unbiased comparative effectiveness

166. Ch 2-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - the confounding itself, but the fact that it is hard to control for asthma severity because it is difficult … Here again the crux of the problem is that frailty is hard to control for because it is difficult to … Limitations The case-control study is difficult to conceptualize. … Thus, implementing a new user design with proper definition of confounders will often be difficult, … of Comparators Both confounding by indication and confounding by frailty may be strongest and most difficult

167. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 10, 2010 - It is difficult to describe these briefly in the Executive Summary. … We agree that not all women with hysterectomies also have oophorectomies, but it is difficult to sort … Calibrations of Breast Cancer Risk Models - difficult to discern - many abbreviations. … It is too difficult to figure out what goes where. Noted. … General It may be difficult to cater to the needs of a consumer and medical professional in the same

168. Disposition of Comments for Chronic Urinary Retention: Comparative Effectiveness and Harms of Treatments (pdf file)
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     September 15, 2014 - References Appendix General Because there is no strong evidence revealed by this report, it is difficult … This paragraph includes the most significant findings of the review, but I found it somewhat difficult … The sentence is also quite long and as with the previous comments, somewhat difficult to understanding … Without a comparison group, conclusions about changes in patient reported outcomes would be difficult … For adults with neurogenic bladder, it is difficult to draw conclusions given the different conditions

169. Case-Management Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - CM is often utilized when the coordination and integration of care is difficult for patients to accomplish … Age Most studies of CM included mainly elderly patients, making it difficult to determine impact of … not carefully measure the amount of effort case managers devoted to different functions, making it difficult … multiple strategies for fulfilling these roles, and CM programs are consequently complex and often difficult … appropriate target population, the published studies suggest that this type of careful case selection is difficult

170. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     July 16, 2010 - There is such a plethora of information that it is difficult to sort out what is actually effective and

171. 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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     September 13, 2012 - However, lack of knowledge about prognostic and predictive markers makes it difficult to assess a patient's

172. Treating Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 21, 2016 - Surgery To Remove the Prostate Gland Urinary incontinence* A scarred urethra (which can make it difficult … radiation seeding") Bowel problems § Bladder problems §§ A scarred urethra (which can make it difficult

173. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Consumer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - Surgery To Remove the Prostate Gland ��Urinary incontinence* ��A scarred urethra (which can make it difficult … radiation seeding”) ��Bowel problems§ ��Bladder problems§§ ��A scarred urethra (which can make it difficult

174. Carman-notes-151021 copy-Teresa (pdf file)
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     November 11, 2015 - I have to say that my perspective is that we run  a much  greater risk of making it difficult for … And  the question  was, “How do we get more efficient in  having those very difficult end  of

175. Disposition of Comments for Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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     April 22, 2013 - There are two primary concerns with respect to the methods: 1) KQ 4 is not clearly defined and difficult … fact that getting providers to switch medications to one with less weight gain potential is very difficult … Cardiovascular risk is a complex construct with many interacting variables. and it is difficult to draw … Success in these interventions is more difficult due to the effects of the illness on behavior as well … Symptoms of mental illness and effects on cognition along with substantial rates may make it difficult

176. Registry of Patient Registries (RoPR) Policies and Procedures (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - a final stakeholder meeting was held to discuss the key questions and to develop consensus around difficult … Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to discuss the key questions and to develop consensus around difficult … However, contact information is difficult to maintain accurately and is often non-specific to the particular

177. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pressure-ulcer-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
     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

178. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2009 - However, these studies assessed the results at nonuniform time points and therefore the findings may be difficult … However, it is difficult to compare the rates of adverse events across studies, as the descriptions of … The studies may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems

179. Disposition of Comments for Psychological Treatments and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (pdf file)
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     April 03, 2013 - However, the full report will likely remain somewhat difficult to read. … This may be difficult for readers to grasp without going into the Appendix tables. … Of note, it is very difficult to determine if and when allegiance bias has an influence on results … Further, it is difficult to ascertain the allegiance of Source: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … Even there, it is difficult to determine the specific reasons that individual studies are rated as having

180. Home-Based Primary Care Interventions Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 19, 2014 - management, or rapid follow-up that cannot be easily accommodated by an office-based provider or that is difficult … interdisciplinary team that provides care in the home to veterans with complex needs for whom clinic-based care is difficult … This is a difficult, but not unfamiliar, challenge in research on health service organizations and delivery … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems