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221. Alcohol-Misuse-Drug-Therapy Executive (pdf file)
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     January 27, 2012 - determine whether any agents that are not FDA approved have evidence supporting their efficacy; (3) to evaluate … the evidence on intramuscular naltrexone (Vivitrol®), a fairly recently approved medication; (4) to evaluate … We did not evaluate the effectiveness or comparative effectiveness of other interventions for AUDs ( … These could include large prospective studies to evaluate harm and health consequences with various … Future studies could evaluate the use of acamprosate and naltrexone in primary care settings. 5 Evidence

222. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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223. FRN 30: Outpatient Case Management for Adults With Medical Illnesses and Complex Care Needs: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2015 - Quality (AHRQ) charged the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) with conducting a review to evaluate … • Evaluate what is the right caseload for case managers. … • Evaluate the impact of CM on families of patients and whether that impact is related to other outcomes … • Evaluate how long patients should be enrolled in CM and what should trigger disenrollment. … models or new models of care that include CM. 4.33 56% (5) 33% (3) 11% (1) 23 Studies that evaluate

224. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     November 16, 2010 - guidelines in Chapter 8 of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions11 and will evaluate … The QUADAS tool includes 14 items that evaluate numerous domains including representativeness, inclusion … We will evaluate clinical and methodological heterogeneity by examining potential variations in participant

225. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 2 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - The goals of a medical test review are: to identify and synthesize evidence to evaluate the impacts … The ultimate goal of a medical test review is to identify and synthesize evidence that will help evaluate … When is measuring sensitivity and specificity sufficient to evaluate a diagnostic test, and when do

226. A Prospective Comparison of Evidence Synthesis Search Strategies Developed With and Without Text-Mining Tools (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2021 - To evaluate whether the seed set of citations used in the TMTs was sufficient and unbiased, we asked … therefore did a subgroup analysis without R5, recalculating the sensitivity, NNR, and time spent to evaluate … Evaluating Seed Set for Bias As described in the methods section, we developed two questions to evaluate … Future research should evaluate these tools across a larger sample and 23 variety of reviews … One issue that has not been addressed in the literature to date is how to evaluate known relevant citations

227. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents - Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2021 - DSM-5.27 Rating scales, which can be completed by parents, teachers, and/or patients, are used to evaluate … We will design the data abstraction forms for this project to collect the data required to evaluate … Consistent with QUADAS-2,93 the critical appraisal will evaluate for each study and appraisal domain … • Performance bias: Performance bias will evaluate whether patient- or caregiver knowledge of the … We will use these data to evaluate the applicability to clinical practice, paying special attention

228. Executive Summary - Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 260 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2023 - Future studies could then be specifically designed to evaluate the main outcomes of interest relevant … Further, studies should be specifically designed to evaluate the main outcomes of interest for clinical … A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Role and Efficacy of Oral Glutamine in the Treatment

229. CER 220 Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness of Analgesics To Reduce Acute Pain in the Prehospital Setting (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2019 - Effectiveness of Analgesics To Reduce Acute Pain in the Prehospital Setting Purpose of Review To evaluate … Initial Analgesia Key Questions (KQ) 1 and 2 aimed to evaluate comparative effectiveness (KQ 1) and … status change), dizziness. 6 Analgesia When Initial Choice Is Insufficient KQ 3 and 4 aimed to evaluate

230. Improving the Management of Menopausal Symptoms in Perimenopausal and Early Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 15, 2024 - Once the highest remaining priority score consistently falls below 0.20, we will evaluate the remaining … The RoB 2 instrument will be used to evaluate randomized controlled trials (RCTs),37 and ROBINS-I38 … will be used to evaluate NRSIs. … For judging consistency, we will consider both the direction and magnitude of relative effects and evaluate … rankings, and when the highest remaining citation rank score is consistently less than 0.20, we will evaluate

231. Improving the Management of Menopausal Symptoms in Perimenopausal and Early Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 15, 2024 - Once the highest remaining priority score consistently falls below 0.20, we will evaluate the remaining … The RoB 2 instrument will be used to evaluate randomized controlled trials (RCTs),37 and ROBINS-I38 … will be used to evaluate NRSIs. … For judging consistency, we will consider both the direction and magnitude of relative effects and evaluate … rankings, and when the highest remaining citation rank score is consistently less than 0.20, we will evaluate

232. Patient-Centered-Medical-Home Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Therefore, AHRQ commissioned a systematic review to evaluate the current state of the evidence for a … Centers (EPCs), this systematic review was commissioned to identify completed and ongoing efforts to evaluate … To evaluate methodological quality, we applied criteria for each study type derived from core elements … We planned to use cross-case analyses to evaluate the association between independent variables (e.g … As a result, we concluded that there is insufficient evidence to evaluate whether specific PCMH components

233. Hypertension-Pulmonary-Arterial Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 30, 2013 - ON, Canada).We will design the data abstraction forms for this project to collect data required to evaluate … We will evaluate the quality of individual studies by using the approach described in the Methods Guide … .16 To evaluate methodological quality, we will apply criteria for each study type, derived from … Two raters will independently evaluate each study and differences will be resolved by consensus; if … individual studies or a body of evidence as recommended in the Methods Guide.20 We will use these data to evaluate

234. Cad-Women-Diagnosis Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - We designed these forms to collect the data required to evaluate the specified eligibility criteria … To evaluate methodological quality, we applied criteria for each study type that were derived from … individual studies or a body of evidence as recommended in the Methods Guide.5,9 We used these data to evaluate … Many of the included studies were single-sex (women) studies and limited our ability to fully evaluate … Newer technologies such as coronary CTA and CMR offer clinicians the ability to evaluate anatomic parameters

235. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - In formal meta-analyses, EPC reviewers may choose to evaluate the influence of studies with differing … replication of findings; therefore, reviewers at the Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) cannot evaluate … If the results are reported separately for each center, EPC reviewers may be able to evaluate consistency … If meta-analysis is appropriate, EPC reviewers can evaluate consistency by using statistical tests and … chapter 11 in version 1.0), use of an analytic framework is an important heuristic for determining how to evaluate

236. Acute Treatments for Episodic Migraine | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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237. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment for Hepatitis C in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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238. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review 255: Transitions of Care From Pediatric to Adult Services for Children With Special Healthcare Needs (pdf file)
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     May 31, 2022 - similarly to previous AHRQ reviews on this topic), providing future opportunities to more rigorously evaluate … To appropriately evaluate multicomponent interventions, describing the impact of these interventions … The goal of the review was to evaluate current literature recognizing that previous reviews have identified … While these were included in our protocol, many studies did not report or evaluate these outcomes and … The goal was not to evaluate the measure in the context of other frameworks, which may be considered

239. 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 - RCT) • Suitable for rare diseases or outcomes • Less time consuming, cost effective • Can evaluate … such as bias due to missing data and bias in selection of reported results, may be challenging to evaluate … We highlight these methods because they are now commonly used advanced methods to evaluate causality … We are not aware of risk of bias assessment tools that specifically evaluate the potential flaws of … If NRSIs are being used only to evaluate harms, these hedges can be a good option.

240. 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 - RCT) • Suitable for rare diseases or outcomes • Less time consuming, cost effective • Can evaluate … such as bias due to missing data and bias in selection of reported results, may be challenging to evaluate … We highlight these methods because they are now commonly used advanced methods to evaluate causality … We are not aware of risk of bias assessment tools that specifically evaluate the potential flaws of … If NRSIs are being used only to evaluate harms, these hedges can be a good option.