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281. Labor Dystocia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2020 - , or provide a more up-to-date estimate reflecting current practice. … Moderate—We are moderately confident that the estimate of effect lies close to the true effect for this … Low—We have limited confidence that the estimate of effect lies close to the true effect for this outcome … Insufficient—We have no evidence, we are unable to estimate an effect, or we have no confidence in the … estimate of effect for this outcome.

282. Troponin Cardiac Marker Interpretation During Renal Function Impairment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Does a troponin elevation help to estimate prognosis after ACS in the following subgroups? … the DerSimonian and Laird formula. 31 For dichotomous outcomes, we will calculate a pooled effect estimate … of the effect and may change the estimate); (3) “low” grade (indicating low confidence that the evidence … reflects the true effect and that further research is likely to change our confidence in the estimate … of the effect and is likely to change the estimate); and (4) “insufficient” grade (evidence is unavailable

283. Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2020 - consistency (similarity of effect direction and size); (4) precision (degree of certainty around an estimate … Moderate: Moderately confident that estimate of effect lies close to true effect. … Low: Limited confidence that estimate of effect lies close to true effect; major or numerous deficiencies … Additional evidence necessary before concluding that findings are stable or that estimate of effect is … Insufficient: No evidence, unable to estimate an effect, or no confidence in estimate of effect.

284. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 10, 2012 - Precision refers to the degree of certainty surrounding the effect estimate with respect to a given … A precise estimate is an estimate that would allow a clinically useful conclusion. … Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect. … Further research may change confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate. … the estimate.

285. Screening for and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 1-3 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - the K/DOQI CKD definition and stage classification, and utilizing a urinary ACR ≥30 mg/g (adjusted to estimate … persistence) as the marker for kidney damage and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula to estimate … when applying the more accurate Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) formula to estimate … patients for worsening function or damage is only possible with laboratory testing (i.e., measures to estimate … A new equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate. Ann Intern Med 2009;150(9):604-612.

286. Cervical Degenerative Disease Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2022 - for a particular outcome with a precise estimate being one that allows a clinically useful conclusion … grades Strength of Evidence Description High We are very confident that the estimate … Moderate We are moderately confident that the estimate of effect lies close to the true effect for … Low We have limited confidence that the estimate of effect lies close to the true effect for this outcome … Insufficient We are unable to estimate an effect, or we have no confidence in the estimate of effect

287. Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Very confident that the estimate of effect lies close to the true effect. … Moderately confident that the estimate of effect lies close to true effect. … Limited confidence that estimate of effect lies close to true effect; major or numerous deficiencies … Additional evidence necessary before concluding that findings are stable or that estimate of effect is … No evidence, unable to estimate and effect, or no confidence in estimate of effect.

288. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Cryptorchidism | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - evidence reflects the true effect and further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate … confidence that the evidence reflects the true effect and further research may change our confidence in the estimate … of effect and may change the estimate); “low” (indicating low confidence that the evidence reflects … the true effect and further research is likely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect and … is likely to change the estimate); or “insufficient” (indicating that evidence is either unavailable

289. Evaluating Practices and Developing Tools for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy: Methods for the Joint Meta-Analysis of Multiple Tests (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - The p ’s in Table 4 estimate the corresponding probabilities (π ’s) in Table 3. … For example, the estimate of the probability of a true positive result in study k is π̂ Dk , 1= x … We estimate TPR by T PRk = π̂ Dk , 1 , and FPR by F PRk = π̂ Dk , 1 . … For each combination of test results, the estimate of the population proportion is π̂ Dk = x D k … (41) In an analogous manner, to estimate differences between summary logit-FPRs for tests i and

290. Noninvasive, Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nonpharma-treatment-pain_research-protocol-amended.pdf
     September 20, 2017 - , the consistency of results from new studies compared to the pooled estimate, and the likelihood that … • Precision: describes the level of certainty of the estimate of effect for a particular outcome … • Moderate—We are moderately confident that the estimate of effect lies close to the true effect … • Insufficient—We have no evidence, we are unable to estimate an effect, or we have no confidence … in the estimate of effect for this outcome.

291. Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     January 31, 2023 - For all pooled analyses, we will estimate the magnitude of treatment effects as small, moderate, or … strength of evidence grades Strength of Evidence Description High We are very confident that the estimate … Low We have limited confidence that the estimate of effect lies close to the true effect for this outcome … that additional evidence is needed before concluding either that the findings are stable or that the estimate … Insufficient We are unable to estimate an effect, or we have no confidence in the estimate of effect

292. Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2023 - Head-to-head comparisons between the different PBI modalities showed insufficient evidence to estimate … Head-to-head comparisons between the different PBI modalities showed insufficient evidence to estimate … of the effect and is likely to change the estimate. … of the effect and may change the estimate. … evidence reflects the true effect; further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate

293. Treatments for Adults with Schizophrenia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2019 - Moderate – We are moderately confident that the estimate of effect lies close to the true effect for … Low – We have limited confidence that the estimate of effect lies close to the true effect for this outcome … that additional evidence is needed before concluding either that the findings are stable or that the estimate … Insufficient – We have no evidence, we are unable to estimate an effect, or we have no confidence in … the estimate of effect for this outcome.

294. Home-Based Primary Care Interventions Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Moderate —We are moderately confident that the estimate of effect lies close to the true effect for this … Low—We have limited confidence that the estimate of effect lies close to the true effect for this outcome … that additional evidence is needed before concluding either that the findings are stable or that the estimate … Insufficient—We have no evidence, we are unable to estimate an effect, or we have no confidence in the … estimate of effect for this outcome.

295. Disposition of Comments Report for Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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     November 27, 2012 - one of many references Hepatitis C virus infection in USA: an estimate of true prevalence Eric Chak … , and actually fairly close to the Chak study estimate (1.6% vs. 2.0%). … Changed to revised estimate 0.86 (0.78 - 0.95). … This had no effect on the estimate. … Hepatitis C virus infection in USA: an estimate of true prevalence.

296. Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2023 - We estimate that among 130 million emergency department (ED) visits per year in the United States that … All three were conducted at university hospitals, and, for the two studies used to estimate harms, about

297. Disposition of Comments for Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2013 - size across the body of evidence is reasonably large (e.g., 4000 patients), EPCs can consider the estimate … Precision is based on the confidence interval of the estimate; the estimate can be precise, even if … and 95% confidence intervals) in Amgen’s reanalysis, the point estimate for on-study mortality was … However, when the BEST study was excluded, the point estimate for on-study mortality decreased from … A meta-analysis of these 8 trials resulted in an estimate of 1.92 (95% CI 0.97, 2.86; I2 0%).delarue

298. Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2021 - evidence reflects the true effect and further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate … that the evidence reflects the true effect but further research could change our confidence in the estimate … of the effect and may change the estimate); (3) "low" grade (indicating low confidence that the evidence … reflects the true effect and further research is likely to change our confidence in the estimate of … the effect and is likely to change the estimate); and (4) "insufficient" grade (indicating evidence is

299. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Restless Legs Syndrome | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - direct link between intervention and outcome) Precision (degree of certainty surrounding an effect estimate … evidence reflects the true effect; further research is very unlikely to change the confidence in the estimate … of effect and may change the estimate. … that the evidence reflects the true effect; further research is likely to change the confidence in the estimate … of effect and is likely to change the estimate.

300. Depression-Postpartum-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - The AHRQ evidence review found a best estimate for period prevalence (the proportion of the population … To estimate the balance of benefits and harms of different screening strategies, we also adapted an … Despite sparse data for harms, we can readily estimate the number of false-positive screening test results … Only one study judged to be at high risk of bias provided a specific estimate of the effect of a risk … This estimate could be compared with the estimated number of unwanted screening outcomes resulting