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381. Imaging Techniques for the Surveillance, Diagnosis, and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - We will also estimate publication bias by examining whether studies with smaller sample sizes tended … Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect. Moderate . … Further research may change our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate. … Further research is likely to change the confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change … the estimate.

382. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hip-fracture-pain_research-protocol.pdf
     December 09, 2009 - evidence reflects the true effect and further research is very unlikely to change or 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); (3) “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); and (4) “insufficient” (indicating that evidence is either unavailable

383. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/labor-nitrous-oxide_research-protocol.pdf
     August 24, 2011 - 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 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

384. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 02, 2011 - precision (precise or imprecise) of the evidence based on the degree of certainty surrounding an effect estimate … A precise estimate is an estimate that would allow a clinically useful conclusion. … An imprecise estimate is one for which the confidence interval is wide enough to include clinically … If the studies do not directly compare the tests of interest, we will use network analysis to estimate

385. Dietary Saturated Fat Replacement and Plasma Lipid and Cardiovascular Events (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Since 2002, refined statistical models have been developed to estimate the substitution effect.4 Applying … feasible, we will also analyze multiple intake thresholds using generalized least square models to estimate … will assign a consensus strength of evidence (SoE) rating of high, moderate, low, or insufficient to estimate … This approach is consistent with the concept that for imprecise evidence “any estimate of effect is

386. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 273_Treatment of Stages I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2024 - Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 273_Treatment of Stages I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer: A Systematic Review Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 273 Treatment of Stages I–III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer: A Systematic Review Executive Summary Main Points • For the ini…

387. Adverse Events Associated With COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2024 - that the evidence reflects the true effect; further research is likely to change our confidence in the 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 … converted to rates for intervention and comparison groups; rates were used to compute risk ratios to estimate

388. Assessing-The-Risk-Of-Bias-In-Systematic-Reviews-Of-Health-Care-Interventions (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2005 - “Estimate.” … of that point estimate. … Precision Precision refers to the degree of uncertainty surrounding an effect estimate with respect … We recommend that AHRQ reviews exclude considerations of power and precision of the effect estimate … Selection bias results when the study design results in a biased estimate of the effect because the

389. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases (pdf file)
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     August 10, 2022 - for a particular outcome with a precise estimate being one that allows a clinically useful conclusion … 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 are unable to estimate an effect, or we have no confidence in the estimate of effect

390. Cancer-Ovarian-Contraceptives Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - combination of systematic review and decision-analytic modeling presented in this report allows us to estimate … injectable or implantable hormonal contraception) Studies that do not include controls; i.e., an estimate … The second analysis was a direct comparison to estimate the difference in outcomes between the average … Further work—using quantitative methods to estimate the potential benefit of primary prevention strategies … The likelihood that OC use decreases life expectancy is low, but there is insufficient evidence to estimate

391. Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2025 - contribution to global warming as measured by carbon dioxide equivalents) and used modeling software to estimate

392. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Management of Infertility (pdf file)
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     September 02, 2016 - A secondary goal is to estimate the skills and person-hours required to detect these biases. … Importantly, if selective reporting is detected, we will estimate its impact by revising the Strength … Estimate of Person-hours to Complete the Project EPC staff routinely log the time spent working on … We will use the staff logs and co-investigator weekly reports to estimate the total staff time and co

393. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - Published Online: March 14, 2012 at a time to assess the influence of any single study on the pooled estimate … evidence reflects the true effect and further research is very unlikely to 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 (evidence is unavailable

394. Systematic Review of Intermittent Inhaled Corticosteroids and of Long-acting Muscarinic Antagonists for Asthma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 01, 2021 - 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 the effect for this outcome.

395. Local Therapies for Unresectable Colorectal Cancer Metastases to the Liver: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - estimation results) Test used Summary measures Sample variability measures Precision of estimate … Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect. Moderate. … Further research may change our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate. … Further research is likely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change … the estimate.

396. Field Triage Guideline Revision: Glasgow Coma Scale: Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - 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.

397. Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: A Comparative Effectiveness Review and Meta-Analysis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - analyses by omitting one study at a time to assess the influence of any single study on the pooled estimate … evidence reflects the true effect and further research is very unlikely to 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 (evidence is unavailable

398. Comparative Effectiveness of Approaches to Weight Maintenance in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - analyses by omitting one study at a time to assess the influence of any single study on the pooled estimate … evidence reflects the true effect and further research is very unlikely to 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 (evidence is unavailable

399. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 2. Presenting Different Effects for Different Data Types (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - ► SMD is computed as the mean effect divided by a pooled estimate of the standard error, putting … of the treatment and control groups: 𝑑𝑑 = 𝑚𝑚𝑁𝑁 −𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 𝑆𝑆𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑑𝑑 ► This estimate

400. Disposition of Comments for Progestogens for Prevention of Preterm Birth (pdf file)
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     September 07, 2012 - of the association and the precision of that estimate. … , but Figure 4 gives the meta-estimate of 4 trials. … Figure 4 demonstrates the summary estimate for effectiveness of 0.55 (0.299, 1.02). … I would suggest that the estimate here is not poor. … Please provide the point estimate and 95% confidence intervals for each.