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381. Pressure-Ulcer-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … reported, integrating those data to answer questions about treatment combinations and timing was difficult … outcomes are influenced by local practices, staffing, and other features of the environment, it is difficult … applicability discussed above, as well as the limitations of the evidence base discussed below, make it difficult … In addition, measurement in person or from tracings or photographs can be difficult, especially when

382. Disposition of Comments for CER 201 Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2018 - However, the form is very dry and quite difficult to follow. … home (and would likely be a problem in a clinical setting, given that a challenge would likely be difficult … The manuscript notes (roughly) that this makes it difficult to resolve which factor mattered most. … However, the form is very dry and quite difficult to follow. … Again, the inclusion of 2 unrelated treatment approaches makes this document a bit more difficult to

383. Disposition of Comments Report for The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     September 29, 2014 - In some cases, the article did not report important information, making it difficult to assess its methods … for the authors to report the proportion of studies for which methods or potential limitations were difficult … For another issue, even with the information provided in Appendix E it remains difficult to appreciate … it seems incumbent on the authors to indicate the proportion of included studies for which it was difficult … Summary of evidence, difficult to read. Suggest dividing into one table for each key question.

384. The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     September 19, 2014 - In some cases, the article did not report important information, making it difficult to assess its … versus sustained-release opioids reported inconsistent results on outcomes related to pain and are difficult … Although uncontrolled studies of patients prescribed opioids are available,8 findings are difficult … clinically significant pain relief.8 However, results of the studies included in this review are difficult … Long-term randomized trials of opioid therapy are difficult to implement due to attrition, challenges

385. Methods Research Report - Framework for Determining Research Gaps During Systematic Review: Evaluation (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - Research gaps which are difficult to characterize into the PICOS framework should be abstracted in free … These are often gaps for which it is difficult to identify a clear intervention or comparison of interest … Research gaps which are difficult to characterize into the PICOS framework should be abstracted in free … These are often gaps for which it is difficult to identify a clear intervention or comparison of interest … At the FRN point it is almost too late; too difficult to use.

386. Wheeled Mobility (Wheelchair) Service Delivery (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Unfortunately, it is difficult to fund the appropriate team of professionals given the current reimbursement … Yes the references are there, but the in the body of the report this information is difficult to tease … If you are trying to show that wheeled mobility use in the US is growing it is difficult to gather … "this may be, in part, because... need to say also because equipment trial may be difficult due to … It is difficult to fully evaluate the current best clinical practice for assistive device assessment

387. Comparative Effectiveness of Medications in Patients with Epilepsy (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - This entire section is difficult to follow. Can you please clarify. … inclusion and exclusion criteria used by the studies relevant to the topic make it extraordinarily difficult … It may be difficult to justify a switching study (which will be very difficult to implement) before … It is difficult to address this comment without additional specificity. … Because that pathology is different between patients who present with similar seizures, it is difficult

388. Disposition of Comments Report for Strategies To Reduce Cesarean Birth in Low-Risk Women (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - In a growing field there will always be new studies published, and it is difficult but necessary to … It is true that unclear reporting makes the assessment of risk of bias particularly difficult; however … October 22, 2012 16 Reviewer Section Comment Response Peer Reviewer #4 Results It was somewhat difficult … Clearly this is a difficult analysis due to the wide variety of components of the studies. … For the reviewer to pick those out as they meander through 100 pages may be difficult.

389. Treatment Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery Disease: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - It would be difficult to design clinical trials to compare the influence of these different clinical … within the context of a trial, particularly if blinding must be maintained, is both expensive and difficult … The main challenge here is accessibility to the appropriate data, which may be difficult, especially … Paper records are difficult to abstract because of issues relating to legibility, consistency in diagnostic … number of respects, such as income and employment history, that may be relevant, but which may be difficult

390. PCA3 Testing in the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - It would be difficult to perform the randomized clinical trial that would be required to establish the … The panel recognized that this research need might be difficult to address, but concluded that test … Recruitment of subjects should not be difficult although future studies should learn from the comparative … Recruitment of subjects should not be difficult although future studies should learn from the comparative … These models are difficult to compare across studies and do not allow for simple inclusion of new variables

391. Rapid Evidence Product Patient Navigation Models For Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2018 - medical field, interact with patients and family, learn strategies to overcome barriers to care and difficult … It was often difficult to determine what patient navigators actually did, beyond the general definition … This lack of clarity makes it difficult to interpret the effectiveness results of the studies and difficult

392. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2013 - data streams are often specialized, and, without linkage to other patient characteristics, it can be difficult … However, pooled analyses require close coordination and can be very difficult to complete due to differences

393. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - 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

394. BLUEPRINT FOR A FUTURE DISTRIBUTED RESEARCH NETWORK (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2010 - multiple health data networks, raising the likelihood that independent, single- purpose networks will be difficult … standardization of definitions, analytic approaches, and data quality that will otherwise be extremely difficult

395. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: Current State of the Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 25, 2017 - differences exist between RCTs and observational studies, making comparisons across the two study designs difficult

396. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2017 - differences exist between RCTs and observational studies, making comparisons across the two study designs difficult

397. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 232_Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients With Advanced Cancer (pdf file)
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     November 19, 2020 - Reviewer #2 (TEP) Clarity and Usability Difficult to understand how the authors interpreted the existing … clarify the methodology for making conclusions – for this specific example, clinical meaningfulness was difficult … Methodologically, I understand why the data is presented in the current format, but I found it difficult … Regardless, it was difficult to conclude much about side effects given reporting issues.

398. Comparative Effectiveness of Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 11, 2011 - Balancing these factors is a difficult yet critical process in an effort to make the best possible medical … Surgical complications of combined operations make it difficult to isolate aspects of the hernia repair … patients in the studies (whereas tau is a more direct measure of heterogeneity), 36 but tau is more difficult

399. Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 20, 2012 - First, it is difficult to classify interventions based on curative or palliative intent of the treatment … classification systems and the inability to translate disease stage from one system to another made it difficult … chemotherapy and other treatment specifics that may or may not be reported that render comparisons difficult

400. Liver-Cancer-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 28, 2012 - First, it is difficult to classify interventions based on curative or palliative intent of the treatment … classification systems and the inability to translate disease stage from one system to another made it difficult … chemotherapy and other treatment specifics that may or may not be reported that render comparisons difficult