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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/meditation_executive.pdf
January 01, 2014 - If the trial did not evaluate credibility, or if it
evaluated credibility but did not find it comparable … These conclusions did not change when we evaluated
TM separately from other mantra meditation programs … the effect of meditation on substance
use,33,34,54,67 2 evaluated eating,43,50 and 7 evaluated
sleep … Two
mindfulness trials evaluated weight as an outcome, and it
was a primary outcome for both. … Three TM trials evaluated
weight as a secondary outcome.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/heart-disease-ace-inhibitor-arb_surveillance.pdf
July 06, 2015 - Since ONTARGET
directly compared the same drugs as were evaluated in
the placebo-controlled HOPE and … ACE inhibitors or ARBs did not
significantly impact any of the endpoints evaluated. … Since ONTARGET
directly compared the same drugs as
were evaluated in the placebo-
controlled HOPE and … ACE
inhibitors or ARBs did not
significantly impact any of the
endpoints evaluated. … When we evaluated the
impact of baseline risk on efficacy,
there was a suggestion that ARBs
might
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/adhd-update_research-protocol.pdf
August 18, 2016 - The use of EEG-based systems to support the diagnosis
of ADHD will also be evaluated. … Acceptability of treatment will also
be evaluated as an intermediate outcome. … EEG-based
systems will also be evaluated. … The
use of EEG-based
systems to support
the diagnosis of
ADHD will also be
evaluated. … The use
of EEG-based systems,
imaging, or executive
function approaches will be
evaluated in the
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-disease-medicine_executive.pdf
January 01, 2012 - When
no RCTs were identified that evaluated a CKD screening
or monitoring intervention and reported … observational studies
were not identified through a comprehensive literature
search, whenever possible we evaluated … .19 For each treatment
comparison and major outcome, overall strength of
evidence for the RCTs was evaluated … Research
and Quality and the Effective Health Care Program.20
Briefly, strength of the evidence was evaluated … Note: For all-cause mortality and end-stage renal disease, the strength of the evidence was evaluated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-anemia-update_research-protocol.pdf
June 16, 2010 - of the evidence and expert opinion supporting recommendations to update
specific key questions were evaluated … For this reason, both forms of epoetin will
be evaluated in this review. … LASA, VAS, and CLAS scales will be
excluded
Tumor response will only be evaluated in
studies that … New studies will be evaluated against inclusion/exclusion criteria in the same
manner as all other studies … Between-study heterogeneity will be evaluated by examining measures
of between-study variability (e.g
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/recombinant-factor-viia_executive.pdf
May 01, 2010 - The two
reviewers also independently evaluated the applicability
to real-world practice of the total … The
RCTs evaluated patients who were not on oral
anticoagulation therapy (OAT) and had intracerebral … • rFVIIa use vs. usual care had no effect on
hematoma growth but, in the one study that
evaluated it … One of the RCTs assessed
prophylactic rFVIIa use, whereas the rest of the studies
evaluated treatment … benefits and harms of rFVIIa, our
findings include:
• Mortality and thromboembolic events could not be
evaluated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-harms_methods.pdf
November 01, 2008 - Identifying Harms To Be Evaluated
2
CERs should always assess harms that are important to decisionmakers … unpublished myocardial infarction data from older trials found an increased
risk with high doses of all evaluated … common with cohort
studies, it is difficult to establish causality because exposures, and outcomes are evaluated … exposures and
outcomes, and blinded assessment of outcomes.
30,52-54
Several studies have empirically evaluated … favorable outcomes than did studies with other funding
sources.
57,59
Because all of these studies evaluated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_chou_assessing_harms_when_comparing.pdf
November 01, 2008 - Identifying Harms To Be Evaluated
2
CERs should always assess harms that are important to decisionmakers … unpublished myocardial infarction data from older trials found an increased
risk with high doses of all evaluated … common with cohort
studies, it is difficult to establish causality because exposures, and outcomes are evaluated … exposures and
outcomes, and blinded assessment of outcomes.
30,52-54
Several studies have empirically evaluated … favorable outcomes than did studies with other funding
sources.
57,59
Because all of these studies evaluated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain-2006_executive.pdf
January 01, 2006 - • No studies evaluated the comparative efficacy
of salsalate or aspirin vs. a nonaspirin NSAID. … • In fair-quality meta-analyses of arthritis trials,
most of which evaluated short-term use,
celecoxib … and results may not be directly
applicable to the United States because the
positive trials primarily evaluated … medications with topical
preparations
• Topical NSAIDs: efficacy
• Studies of topical NSAIDs typically evaluated … Balance of evidence and harms
Each of the analgesics evaluated in this report was
associated with a
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetic-neuropathy-disposition-170707.pdf
March 24, 2017 - Given comments during peer review we re-
evaluated the body of evidence and we have
changed the strength … Based on
comments during peer review, we re-evaluated
the body of evidence, and given the small
studies … We re-evaluated the
body of evidence, given the comments of the
reviewers, and have revised the strength … However, we
re-evaluated this body of evidence and based
on, the small studies (and therefore some
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/diabetic-neuropathy-disposition-170707.pdf
March 24, 2017 - Given comments during peer review we re-
evaluated the body of evidence and we have
changed the strength … Based on
comments during peer review, we re-evaluated
the body of evidence, and given the small
studies … We re-evaluated the
body of evidence, given the comments of the
reviewers, and have revised the strength … However, we
re-evaluated this body of evidence and based
on, the small studies (and therefore some
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_clinician.pdf
February 01, 2016 - .†† Most studies evaluated medications in
combination with a psychosocial cointervention; the potential … The
studies typically evaluated the use of medications along with
psychosocial cointerventions.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/assessing-quality.ppt
January 01, 2010 - predefined criteria listed here have been demonstrated to influence study outcomes and should be routinely evaluated … for Observational Studies (I)
Nonrandomized studies have additional sources of bias that need to be evaluated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-medications_surveillance.pdf
July 01, 2012 - review (or guidelines) whose results
identified another treatment as significantly superior to the one evaluated … Tamoxifen
reduces breast
cancer outcomes
in subgroups
evaluated in
prevention trials
based on age … Raloxifene
reduces breast
cancer outcomes
in subgroups
evaluated in
prevention trials
based on … New Evidence:
Tamoxifen reduces breast cancer
outcomes in subgroups evaluated in … Raloxifene reduces breast cancer
outcomes in subgroups evaluated in
prevention trials based on age,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/searching.ppt
January 01, 2011 - In the first study, the sensitivity and specificity of using MEDLINE versus nine databases was evaluated … English Only or All Languages (I)
This study evaluated 42 systematic reviews comprising 662 RCTs. … However, when complementary and alternative medicine was evaluated, the protective effect estimate was … 63% smaller than when language-inclusive reviews were evaluated. … Grey Literature
In one study, five systematic reviews were evaluated to determine the impact of grey
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/episodic-migraine-surveillance-report-3.pdf
August 01, 2022 - Lidocaine
No study in the original report
evaluated this comparison. … Placebo
No study in the original report
evaluated this specific NSAID. … Placebo
No study in the original report
evaluated this comparison. … Placebo
No study in the original
report evaluated this
comparison. … Placebo
No study in the original report
evaluated this comparison.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-genetic.ppt
June 01, 2012 - analyte was investigated (e.g., specification of which alleles, genes, or biochemical analytes were evaluated … Depending on the enzyme and polymorphism being evaluated, the variation in enzyme activity over time … Assessment of newly identified polymorphisms (such as on chromosome 9p21) should be evaluated in context … Genetic association studies should generally report whether the frequencies of the alleles being evaluated … When clinical factors associated with risk are well known, genetic tests should be evaluated for added
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-genetic.ppt
June 01, 2012 - analyte was investigated (e.g., specification of which alleles, genes, or biochemical analytes were evaluated … Depending on the enzyme and polymorphism being evaluated, the variation in enzyme activity over time … Assessment of newly identified polymorphisms (such as on chromosome 9p21) should be evaluated in context … Genetic association studies should generally report whether the frequencies of the alleles being evaluated … When clinical factors associated with risk are well known, genetic tests should be evaluated for added
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/choice-of-mean_white-paper.pdf
April 01, 2015 - We
also evaluated whether the impact qualitatively varied by the comparator and alternative random … Therefore, in this meta-epidemiological study, we empirically evaluated how the choice of
using change … In addition, we evaluated
how different random effect models might affect the impact of the choice of … Only meta-analyses of RCTs were included in this
study, and we specifically evaluated MD only. … We avoided including more
than one CER that evaluated the same continuous outcome (duplicate outcome
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/infantile-hemangioma_policymaker.pdf
June 01, 2016 - * These considerations were not evaluated in the systematic review but are offered
to assist policymakers