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81. A Process for Robust and Transparent Rating of Study Quality: Phase 1 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - A well-defined and transparent methodology to evaluate the robustness of quality assessments is critical … Further investigations are needed to evaluate these hypotheses.

82. Decision and Simulation Modeling in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - recent efforts to use modeling with a systematic review to update USPSTF cancer screening guidelines, to evaluate … the process of conducting a simultaneous systematic review and modeling exercise, and to evaluate stakeholder-perceived

83. Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Clinical Utility in Asthma Management | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 01, 2021 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will evaluate the risk of bias of … KQ 1b, KQ 1c, and KQ 1d), we will use the Knapp and Hartung adjustment of the variance. 21 We will evaluate … We will evaluate potential publication bias by evaluating funnel plots symmetry and using statistical … We will evaluate heterogeneity between studies using I 2 indicator. … We will conduct sensitivity analyses to evaluate robustness of our findings by excluding studies with

84. Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2023 - Tool: The domain will evaluate whether the conduct or interpretation of the applied tool could have … Design: The domain will evaluate whether the conduct of the study may have introduced bias. … Consistent with QUADAS-2, 37 the critical appraisal will evaluate for each study and appraisal domain … For this, we will evaluate any direct evidence from head-to-head comparisons of tools and treatments, … We will assess the situations in which the evidence is most relevant and to evaluate applicability to

85. Assessing Harms when Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 01, 2020 - Introduction Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (CERs) are systematic reviews that evaluate evidence … However, relying solely on published RCTs to evaluate harms in CERs is problematic. … Although CER authors can evaluate benefits or harms of two competing interventions based on trials in … To evaluate whether conclusions based on unpublished data are qualitatively different from those based … Comparison of three algorithms used to evaluate adverse drug reactions.

86. Understanding Medical Research | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 18, 2014 - Some questions that can help you evaluate health information include: Was the study in animals

87. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 269: Respectful Maternity Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Most limitations of the evidence base were related to the lack of relevant studies to evaluate interventions … serve as a guide to (1) define RMC, (2) determine an appropriate metric, and (3) promote research to evaluate … Research is needed to evaluate interventions for promoting RMC not addressed by existing studies, including

88. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 01, 2022 - Purpose of Review Evaluate the benefits and harms of nonopioid drugs in randomized … To evaluate the effectiveness and comparative effectiveness of nonopioid pharmacologic agents in patients

89. Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2023 - • Tool: The domain will evaluate whether the conduct or interpretation of the applied tool could … • Design: The domain will evaluate whether the conduct of the study may have introduced bias. … Consistent with QUADAS-2,37 the critical appraisal will evaluate for each study and appraisal domain … • Performance bias: Performance bias will evaluate whether patient- or caregiver knowledge of the … For this, we will evaluate any direct evidence from head-to-head comparisons of tools and treatments

90. Diabetes Medications for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: An Update Focused on Monotherapy and Add-on Therapy to Metformin | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - metformin vs. sulfonylureas, evidence is high grade from the prior report) Weight (will not evaluate … for included studies of SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists only ) Heart rate (will evaluate for … ^ We will not evaluate this outcome for metformin vs. sulfonylurea comparisons as the evidence was … § We will evaluate this outcome only for comparisons that include a SGLT-2 inhibitor. … Comparisons We will include studies that evaluate a comparison of interest (see Table 1 ).

91. Chapter 10: Deciding Whether To Complement a Systematic Review of Medical Tests With Decision Modeling | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - evidence from different sources; explore the impact of uncertainty; make implicit assumptions clear; evaluate … simulations) are feasible even in a short time span and with limited resources. 4–6 Finally, how to evaluate … Evaluate prior modeling studies. … Decision-analytic modeling to evaluate benefits and harms of medical tests: uses and limitations. … When is measuring sensitivity and specificity sufficient to evaluate a diagnostic test, and when do we

92. Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - We will evaluate the evidence based on comparisons within the general categories (e.g., comparisons between … We also will evaluate direct evidence on comparisons across the general categories. … To enhance consistency and reduce bias in our study selection process, each reviewer will initially evaluate … Reviewers will evaluate the SIPs we receive for data relevant to our review. … We will evaluate the comparative effectiveness of multimodal treatment approaches to the extent that

93. Colonoscopy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 12, 2019 - To look for causes of unexplained changes in bowel habits To evaluate symptoms like abdominal pain,

94. Evaluation of Mental Health Applications (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2018 - The second step is to evaluate the framework by applying it to a group of mental health and wellness … From a technology and platform perspective, the framework will also evaluate interoperability with healthcare

95. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2020 - Nephropathy; Comparative Effects of Different Contrast Media Structured Abstract Objectives To evaluate … Nephropathy; Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Measures Structured Abstract Objective To evaluate

96. Health Outcomes of Biologic Agents for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the biologic therapies cetuximab and bevacizumab by studying

97. Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2020 - We could not feasibly evaluate 3 indicators because of low prevalence; 22 indicators had significant … and Indicators of Supportive Treatment) Project developed evidence-based quality indicators (QIs) to evaluate … At JHH/SKCCC, after abstracting 148 medical records, we concluded that we had an adequate sample to evaluate … Routine symptom screening and recording could improve capacity to evaluate outcomes. … This robust set of quality indicators can be used to evaluate the quality of supportive and end-of-life

98. Interventions for Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 01, 2019 - In addition, the review will evaluate treatment effects across population subgroups and identify evidence … care (if not a clearly defined behavioral intervention) KQ 2 Active interventions (we will evaluate … will be We will evaluate these articles using an Evidence Map structure in which we will gather basic … We will evaluate the risk of bias factors as possible explanations for any heterogeneity. … study, patient, and intervention features, (as listed in the KQs) and to evaluate dose-response.

99. Evaluation of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 01, 2019 - The Horizon Scanning System seeks to identify, monitor, and evaluate new and emerging technologies, off-label … In addition to the expert survey, we also conducted a survey of stakeholders to evaluate the credibility

100. The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of the Lumbar Spine | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2024 - We will also evaluate effectiveness of specific non-surgical procedures for treatment and for predicting … NRSIs, including comparative cohort and case-control studies specifically designed to evaluate harm, … We will report risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals to evaluate associations between interventions … If sufficient numbers of RCTs (>10) are available to evaluate small sample effects, quantitative funnel … Assessing Applicability We will evaluate applicability in accordance with the AHRQ's Methods Guide 39