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141. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Management of Infertility (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-infertility_research-protocol.pdf
     September 02, 2016 - Background Selective reporting can bias estimates of effect, yet methods to detect such biases are … The overall goal of this project is to determine whether selective reporting introduces biased estimates … Therefore, our project coordinator will send weekly queries to co-investigators asking for estimates … These estimates will be tracked in an excel spreadsheet.

142. Introduction (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-1_research.pdf
     February 01, 2009 - data and although the overall and age-stratified changes in patterns of medication use were similar, estimates … Given the body of evidence supporting the benefits of DMARD therapies, these estimates would suggest … In contrast to previous estimates of DMARD utilization that were based on prevalence of use at any time

143. Patient-Centered-Medical-Home Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - For KQ 1, we used a random- effects model to compute summary estimates of effect for hospitalizations … Summary estimates were calculated 9 using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software and are reported … provided for outcomes overall (incorporating evidence from all studies), while magnitude-of-effect estimates … 1 RCT and 1 observational study—reported only total costs and so did not inform the summary effect estimates

144. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/methods-guide-inclusion-nonrandomized-studies.pdf
     September 01, 2022 - There sometimes is heterogeneity in estimates of treatment effect between RCTs and NRSIs. … Moreover, because of their generally large sample sizes, effect size estimates from individual NRSIs … and confidence intervals, and if they are generally consistent with RCT effect estimates and confidence … and confidence intervals, in most instances, reviewers should avoid meta-analyzing estimates across … Effect Estimates in Randomized Trials and Observational Studies: Comparing Apples With Apples.

145. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - There sometimes is heterogeneity in estimates of treatment effect between RCTs and NRSIs. … Moreover, because of their generally large sample sizes, effect size estimates from individual NRSIs … and confidence intervals, and if they are generally consistent with RCT effect estimates and confidence … and confidence intervals, in most instances, reviewers should avoid meta-analyzing estimates across … Effect Estimates in Randomized Trials and Observational Studies: Comparing Apples With Apples.

146. Meditation Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - scores for those time points, some of the estimates that did not account for baseline differences … appeared to favor a different group (e.g., treatment or control) when compared with the estimates that … Footnote b: Magnitude—This is the range of estimates across all trials in a particular domain based on … This is a simple range of estimates, not a meta-analysis. … Both analytic methods—the difference-in-change estimates (which accounted for baseline differences

147. Disposition of Comments Report for Oral Contraceptive Use for the Primary Prevention of Ovarian Cancer (pdf file)
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     June 07, 2013 - We agree that, ideally, we would have estimates on long-term cause-specific mortality for stroke, MI … Page 62 - given the number of simulations, why not include credible intervals around the estimates … First, it allows the model to incorporate both the range of uncertainty in parameter estimates (e.g … Two studies were excluded “for not reporting point estimates for ever/never use” – but ever/never use … That is, if they met eligibility criteria and provided other estimates of the effects of OC use on

148. uterine-fibroids-protocol-160301 (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - These random effects will allow estimates of overall (population) effects as well as an estimate of … such as latent Dirichlet process and Gaussian process models, allow for robust (e.g., non-parametric) estimates … meta-analytic model without either discarding them unnecessarily or allowing them to influence meta-estimates … domains of consistency and precision will be assessed based on the direction and variation of the estimates

149. Hepatitis-C-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - vertical) transmission is believed to be the main route of HCV infection acquisition in children.44 Estimates … a few studies and the summary range highlighted the greater variability (and uncertainty) in the estimates … the estimate of effect, based on the number and size of studies and confidence intervals for the estimates … Estimates of serious harms associated with liver biopsy are also consistent with estimates from the … The applicability of estimates of serious harms such as bleeding from such studies to a screen- detected

150. A Bayesian Missing Data Framework for Multiple Continuous Outcome Mixed Treatment Comparisons (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Ignoring missing data or correlation between outcomes can produce biased MTC estimates leading to high … Estimates of treatment effects and Best12 probabilities from four models with outcome pain ......... … Estimates of treatment effects and Best12 probabilities from four models with outcome disability ... … In this case, ignoring the missing treatment arms can potentially lead to biased parameter estimates … Figure 7 displays the same density plots as in Figure 6, but under models deliver unbiased estimates

151. Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-abnormalities-tests-update_disposition-comments.pdf
     February 13, 2012 - non-palpable, and therefore the estimates of accuracy cannot, in most cases, be reported separately … for different types of lesions; in the body of the text, where possible, we did report estimates of … studies generally did not report data separately for palpable vs. non- palpable, and therefore the estimates … separately for different types of lesions; in the body of the text, where possible, we did report estimates

152. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
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     March 16, 2017 - The estimates from three studies are more stable than those from two studies, though the number of … Did the studies provide adjusted estimates for effect size? … If there are adjusted estimates, they should be used. … Peer Reviewer 9 Results I would like to see the estimates of variance parameters and its 95% CrI in … considering precision of effect estimates but also directness, study limitations etc.) and magnitude

153. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
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     March 16, 2017 - The estimates from three studies are more stable than those from two studies, though the number of … Did the studies provide adjusted estimates for effect size? … If there are adjusted estimates, they should be used. … Peer Reviewer 9 Results I would like to see the estimates of variance parameters and its 95% CrI in … considering precision of effect estimates but also directness, study limitations etc.) and magnitude

154. Breast-Biopsy-Update Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - Sensitivity estimates were higher than 0.90 and specificity estimates were higher than 0.91 for all … However, there was substantial uncertainty around the relative test performance estimates of the two … Results were rather imprecise (e.g., CrI widths were often wider than 0.1) for all estimates except … Summary estimates of test performance for alternative core needle biopsy methods— women at high risk … Summary estimates of underestimation rates for alternative core needle biopsy methods—women at average

155. Nppv-Respiratory-Failure Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - the EGRET® software (EGRET for Windows, 1999; Cytel Software Corporation, Cambridge, MA), which estimates

156. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2010 - Estimates that cross the null may be relatively precise or relatively imprecise. … Results Figure 19-20: the marker and the bars for point estimates and 95% CIs are not clear. … Results It is unclear from the Draft Report how the estimates for the 6,000 acute care hospitals in … but it claims that its database provides nationally representative estimates. … The American Heart Association (AHA) estimates that the incidence of intracerebral hemorrhagic is 10%

157. Management of Infantile Hemangioma (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2016 - Management of Infantile Hemangioma B A C K G R O U N D Infantile hemangioma (IH) is generally a benign vascular neoplasm. The International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA) classifies IH lesions as vascular tumors, which are differentiated from vascular malformations.2 IH affects 4 to 5 perce…

158. Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-brain-injury_executive.pdf
     April 01, 2011 - emergency department visits each year, with 1 in 4 patients requiring hospitalization.5 Because most estimates … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 75 percent of TBIs are mild in terms … Nonetheless, estimates of direct and indirect costs associated with TBI exceed $56 billion each year.6 … and long- term outcomes, including physical, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional impairment.9 Prior estimates … In order to characterize estimates of prevalence, and prevalence across time, we calculated weighted

159. White Paper: Enhancing Systematic Review Methods by Incorporating Unpublished Drug Trials (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - This can lead to inflated efficacy estimates and underestimated harms or burdens, as unpublished studies … Incorporating FDA reviews could enhance the accuracy of effect estimates in systematic reviews. … Such omissions from systematic reviews may lead to inflated estimates of drug efficacy because unpublished … We used point estimates and confidence intervals to compare the effect sizes from the systematic review

160. Appendix Table B-3. Observational Studies of Masks in Healthcare Settings (xls file)
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     February 01, 2020 - to 30.38) Not reported Potential recall bias; no control for confounders; few cases and imprecise estimates