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81. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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    January 01, 2013 - quantity of evidence, directness (or indirectness) of evidence, consistency of evidence, and precision of estimates … Includes considerations of: Statistical significance for effect estimates Confidence intervals for those … effect estimates Four Required Domains: Precision Precision is the degree of certainty surrounding … These estimates were consistent, direct, and precise. … Had these estimates been precise and consistent (i.e., a narrower CI for the RCT, consistent cohort studies

82. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 4. Quantifying, Testing, and Exploring Statistical Heterogeneity (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2019 - Learning objective Statistical heterogeneity • Statistical heterogeneity occurs when estimates across … According to the 2019 Cochrane handbook, I2 describes the percentage of the variability in effect estimates

83. Cer-242-Radiation-Therapy-Brain-Metastases-Evidence-Summary (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - quality of life, functional status, and cognitive function were often too limited to determine effect estimates … neurocognitive decline and two favored the SRS alone group compared to SRS plus WBRT but summary effect estimates … memantine and hippocampal avoidance WBRT have only been reported in individual studies and summary estimates

84. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    March 13, 2012 - The model will allow greater flexibility in exploring the potential effects of these issues on estimates … For each outcome, we will use currently available estimates of lifetime risk, prevalence of OC use, … and relative risk (or relative risk reduction) for that outcome in OC users to generate estimates of … and cervical cancer, MI, stroke) • Death from these other conditions We will summarize these estimates … that provide any relevant data for model parameterization can be used to provide initial parameter estimates

85. Cancer-Pancreas Executive (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2014 - ranging from 85 percent to 93 percent and specificity estimates ranging from 94 percent to 100 percent … ) • For diagnosis using MRI, three systematic reviews yielded sensitivity estimates of 84 percent to … 86 percent and specificity estimates of 82 percent to 91 percent.20-22 (Strength of evidence from … ) • For diagnosis using PET/CT, three systematic reviews yielded sensitivity estimates of 87 percent … to 90 percent and specificity estimates of 80 percent to 85 percent.20,23,24 (Strength of evidence

86. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2013 - They look for consistency in direction of effect estimates in relation to the line that distinguishes … For example, if all studies except one show estimates of effect in the same direction, but the CI for … that one study overlaps the CIs for the estimates of effect in the other studies, then this body of … Precision of outcome data estimates is incompletely or not reported. … SMD estimates ranged from 0.13 to 0.94.

87. AHRQ Slide Template-Widescreen
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    May 22, 2025 - Multiple approaches showed promising diagnostic performance (e.g., using parental rating scales), but estimates … Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) 2 RCTs 195 patients 2 studies with high risk   Imprecise estimates … patients 2 studies with moderate risk and 2 studies with high risk   Small body of evidence, imprecise estimates … Interventions 3 RCTs 267 patients   3 studies with moderate risk   Small body of evidence, imprecise estimates … patients 2 studies with moderate risk and 2 studies with high risk Small body of evidence, imprecise estimates

88. Ch 2-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - Confounding leads to biased treatment effect estimates unless controlled for by design (randomization … Nondifferential measurement error in exposures and outcomes tends to bias treatment effect estimates … To do so, the design uses controls as in a case-control design but estimates a case-crossover odds … Description As with the case-crossover design, the self- controlled case-series design estimates the … Evidence of bias in estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness in seniors.

89. Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2025 - /A Insufficient Peer Support Depression symptoms Both studies reported positive effects, but the estimates … Insufficient Self-help intervention Quality of life Both studies reported positive effects, but the estimates … Comprehensive Provider Support Quality of life Both studies reported positive effects, but the estimates

90. Executive Summary_Blood-Based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2025 - retrospective cohort; and 5 prospective cohorts (109,177) Sensitivity range: 0.095 to 0.998 (25 estimates … from 17 studies); Specificity range: 0.657 to 1.0 (25 estimates from 17 studies); AUC range: 0.52 … to 1.0 (18 estimates from 11 studies) Sensitivity and AUC were lower in prediagnostic performance

91. Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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    January 01, 2013 - However, the DRS estimates the probability or rate of disease occurrence as a function of the covariates … If subjects with missing data differ from subjects with complete data, then exposure estimates may be

92. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review_Evaluation of Dietary Protein and Amino Acid Requirements: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    November 22, 2024 - development of a single standardized and validated method to determine protein and amino acid requirement estimates

93. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - data analysis, applicability, whether ethics approval is specified, and 5-2 whether sample size estimates … Therefore, demographic features or disease severity may lead to variations in estimates of test performance … Context bias Prevalence of the target condition varies according to setting and may affect estimates … to be positive more frequently in settings with higher disease prevalence, which may also affect estimates … over time as a result of technological improvement or the experience of the operator of the test, estimates

94. Quantitative Synthesis Chapter 3. Choice of Statistical Model for Combining Studies (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - Quantitative Synthesis Chapter 3. Choice of Statistical Model for Combining Studies Quantitative Synthesis Chapter 3. Choice of Statistical Model for Combining Studies Prepared for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods Guide www.ahrq.gov Presenter…

95. TND-485-09-03-2013 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - advance care plan Key Questions from Nominator: Will a decision aid, using individualized estimates

96. Slide 1
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    January 01, 2013 - Slide 1 Estimation and Reporting of Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) www.ahrq.gov Estimation and Reporting of Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research …

97. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 276: Diagnosis and Managment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children (pdf file)
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    December 06, 2024 - In an NMA, effect estimates combine both direct and indirect estimates, adding complexity, since most

98. Suppl-2-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - covariate selection is to generate conditional exchangeability, thereby allowing unbiased causal effect estimates

99. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2009 - of evidence, directness (or indirectness) of evidence, consistency of evidence, and precision of estimates … , EPCs should also present information that will help decisionmakers judge the risk of bias in the estimates … strength from different types of studies—specifically on the four required domains—and it displays estimates … Had these estimates been precise and consistent (e.g., narrower CI for the RCT, consistent cohort studies

100. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Trials Evaluating Treatment for Infertility (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2017 - ............................... 7 v Background and Objectives Selective reporting can bias estimates … CT.gov for detecting selective reporting, and to determine the impact of selective reporting on the estimates … Therefore, our project coordinator sent regular queries to co-investigators asking for estimates of … These estimates were tracked in an Excel spreadsheet.