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81. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nonopioid-pharm-chronic-pain-protocol.pdf
    February 01, 2019 - The purpose of this report is to evaluate the effectiveness and comparative effectiveness of nonopioid … The Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) will evaluate the availability and quality of studies with … We will evaluate the persistence of benefits or harms by evaluating the three periods identified in … We will re-evaluate the quality assessments of any studies rated poor quality in the prior reviews to … Similarly, trials that use placebo or active run-in periods evaluate highly selected populations who

82. Automated-Entry Patient Generated Health Data for Chronic Conditions: The Evidence on Health Outcomes (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-generated-health-data-protocol-chronic-conditions.pdf
    March 17, 2020 - development of the technologies has, in many instances, outpaced the publication of trials designed to evaluate … Many studies evaluate multicomponent interventions, with PGHD technologies representing only one component … , and they do not separately evaluate the effect of the PGHD component. … changing technologies, strength of evidence assessments are not typically conducted, and we will not evaluate … applications.3 We will also record whether published studies used some type of framework or tool to evaluate

83. Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening and Treatment of Post–Acute Coronary Syndrome Depression: A Systematic Review. Evidence Summary. (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-summary-cer-200-post-acs-depression.pdf
    November 01, 2017 - The objectives of the systematic review are: • To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of selected depression … This review sought to evaluate tools, which were feasible to use and have been validated in general … were compared against the gold standard of a validated criterion standard (e.g., Purpose of Review Evaluate

84. Assessing-The-Risk-Of-Bias-In-Systematic-Reviews-Of-Health-Care-Interventions (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/assessing-the-risk-of-bias-in-systematic-reviews-of-health-care-interventions-01_0.pdf
    May 01, 2005 - o When summarizing the evidence, consider conducting sensitivity analyses to evaluate whether including … Systematic reviews now routinely evaluate precision (through consideration of the optimal information … Nonetheless, biased presentation of results may serve as a flag to evaluate the potential for risk of … The primary study may have established a separate committee to evaluate association between the harm … Updating criteria to evaluate the credibility of subgroup analyses.

85. Assessing-The-Risk-Of-Bias-In-Systematic-Reviews-Of-Health-Care-Interventions (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/assessing-the-risk-of-bias-in-systematic-reviews-of-health-care-interventions-01.pdf
    May 01, 2005 - o When summarizing the evidence, consider conducting sensitivity analyses to evaluate whether including … Systematic reviews now routinely evaluate precision (through consideration of the optimal information … Nonetheless, biased presentation of results may serve as a flag to evaluate the potential for risk of … The primary study may have established a separate committee to evaluate association between the harm … Updating criteria to evaluate the credibility of subgroup analyses.

86. Disposition of Comments for Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
    November 24, 2014 - Given the data supporting the importance of early, appropriate therapy, it is critical to evaluate … We did not evaluate the effect of early optimized therapy. … From policy perspective, it is more important to evaluate the impact of optimized doses schemes at … We did not evaluate the effect of early optimized therapy. … In addition, most studies did not systematically evaluate the development of bacterial resistance.

87. Obesity Prevention and Control (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/obesity-research-methods_research-protocol.pdf
    February 08, 2017 - epidemic, programs and policies targeting social determinants have been difficult to implement and evaluate … A recent systematic review examined the use of natural experiments to evaluate the efficacy of policy … Additionally, it illustrates what study designs and analytic methods have been used to evaluate the … The goal is to identify research gaps in studies designed to evaluate obesity prevention and control … Washington, DC: 2005. natural experiments to evaluate population http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs

88. Appendicitis Research-Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/appendicitis_research-protocol.pdf
    December 09, 2013 - alternative diagnostic approaches because they typically assess a single diagnostic modality, do not evaluate … We will evaluate the robustness of our findings in sensitivity analyses that exclude studies at high … Instead, we will qualitatively evaluate similarities and differences in study populations, diagnostic … Assessing Applicability We will follow the Methods Guide62 to evaluate the applicability of included … We will evaluate studies separately by important clinical subgroups: children, women of reproductive

89. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0012_03-21-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - listed above concluded that further large randomized controlled studies are necessary in order to evaluate

90. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0122_06-29-2009.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - The review may evaluate important comparators including other inhalation agents and epidurals.

91. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0261_07-16-2010.pdf
    January 01, 2010 -  There are no existing products that exclusively evaluate provider-targeted interventions for

92. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medication-adherence-interventions_research-protocol.pdf
    August 18, 2011 - KQ 1a and KQ 2a evaluate the effect of interventions on medication adherence. … We will also evaluate whether the intervention measured or accounted for any skills necessary to be … We will also evaluate whether studies vary by intervention arms on confounders and effect modifiers … For detection bias, we will evaluate the method of recording adherence. … We will evaluate the poolability of collected morbidity data.

93. Colorectal-Surgery-Preparation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-surgery-preparation_research-protocol.pdf
    March 26, 2013 - studies of OMBP will be synthesized (qualitatively and, if appropriate, quantitatively) to better evaluate … Grading the Strength of Evidence for Individual Outcomes We will follow the Methods Guide35 to evaluate … statistical tests to evaluate … Assessing Applicability We will follow the Methods Guide35 to evaluate the applicability of included … We will evaluate studies (or subgroups of studies) of elderly adults (operationally defined as patients

94. DEcIDE 32: The Incident User Design in Comparative Effectiveness Research (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/incident-user-design_research.pdf
    May 01, 2012 - Effective Health Care Program Research Report Number 32 11 One related challenge is to evaluate … For example, if investigators wanted to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of a fixed-dose asthma … Ray and colleagues compared incident users of statin medications to two control cohorts to evaluate … (2) Evaluate first-line, second-line, and third-line therapy defined as incident users and compare … their findings with continuing or prevalent users (3) Evaluate potential tradeoffs between including

95. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ace-inhibitor-arb-update_research-protocol.pdf
    May 07, 2010 - In this update also, we will evaluate the use of direct renin- inhibitors for the treatment of hypertension … Specifically for this project, the data abstraction forms will include data required to evaluate the … We will evaluate the quality of individual studies using the approach described in the Methods Guide … To evaluate methodological quality, we will apply criteria for each study type derived from core elements

96. Evaluation of Mental Health Applications (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-health-app-protocol-updated.pdf
    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

97. Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in Management of Asthma - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-201-indoor-allergen-reduction-asthma-evidence-summary.pdf
    February 01, 2018 - Purpose of Review To evaluate the effectiveness of indoor allergen reduction interventions on asthma … Research is also needed to evaluate multicomponent interventions more efficiently by standardizing

98. 13-MDM347013 30..38 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/outcomes-testing-evaluation_research.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - The best way to evaluate the effects of testing on patient outcome is a randomized controlled trial, … Paper series, Lord and colleagues3 show that a full randomized trial may not always be needed to evaluate … Looking at the published literature is not always helpful to evaluate these effects of testing. … .52 The existence of additional effects and pathways has consequences for the types of studies to evaluate … Various randomized designs can be used to evaluate medical tests.

99. 13-MDM347013 30..38 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/whitepaper4-bossuyt02262010-2.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - The best way to evaluate the effects of testing on patient outcome is a randomized controlled trial, … Paper series, Lord and colleagues3 show that a full randomized trial may not always be needed to evaluate … Looking at the published literature is not always helpful to evaluate these effects of testing. … .52 The existence of additional effects and pathways has consequences for the types of studies to evaluate … Various randomized designs can be used to evaluate medical tests.

100. Long-Term-Care-Adults Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/long-term-care-adults_research-protocol.pdf
     December 20, 2011 - In addition to selection bias, we will evaluate completeness of intervention specification, use of … We will qualitatively synthesize results from individual studies to evaluate the extent to which HCBS … We will qualitatively synthesize the results to evaluate the differences in trajectories of older … We will consider the impact of such differences for each individual study and evaluate the applicability … We will evaluate individual domains listed above qualitatively and assess a summary rating of “high