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41. Comparative Effectiveness of Non-Invasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities – An Update of a 2006 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 28, 2010 - One reviewer suggested that MBI be added to the list of tests to be evaluated. … Populations that will not be evaluated include: women thought to be at very high risk of breast cancer … Interventions The noninvasive diagnostic tests to be evaluated are: Ultrasound (B-mode grayscale, … Comparators The accuracy of the noninvasive imaging tests will be evaluated by a direct comparison … Timing Any duration of follow-up—from same-day interventions to many years—will be evaluated.

42. Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/liver-cancer/research
    October 23, 2014 - computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET) that evaluated … A total of 281 studies were included, 274 of which evaluated test performance. … Few studies evaluated diagnostic accuracy in surveillance settings, and the only two studies that directly

43. A Pilot Study Using Machine Learning and Domain Knowledge To Facilitate Comparative Effectiveness Review Updating | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 07, 2012 - Finally, we evaluated performance on the 11,003 PubMed citations retrieved for the LBD and AAP updated … Conclusions In this pilot study, we evaluated statistical classifiers that used previous classification

44. Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/vte-prophyalaxis/research
    May 29, 2013 - Two reviewers evaluated studies for eligibility, serially abstracted data using standardized forms, and … independently evaluated the risk of bias in the studies and strength of evidence for major outcomes

45. Adaptation of Data Mining Algorithms Assessing the Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of NSAIDs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/nsaids-safety-data-mining/research
    December 02, 2009 - Their adaptation for use with longitudinal data such as administrative claims has not been previously evaluated … Methods In this pilot study, we evaluated the feasibility of adapting data mining methods using the

46. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
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    May 04, 2017 - collection instrument (generally a scale, questionnaire or survey) that has been psychometrically evaluated … We did not find any studies of any other types of psychometrically-evaluated assessment tools that fit … We have clarified, “We included tools developed for or evaluated in palliative care populations in the … We have clarified, “We included tools developed for or evaluated in palliative care populations in the … for or evaluated in palliative care populations in the domains and subdomains in Table 1, and added

47. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/palliative-care-tools-disposition.pdf
    May 04, 2017 - collection instrument (generally a scale, questionnaire or survey) that has been psychometrically evaluated … We did not find any studies of any other types of psychometrically-evaluated assessment tools that fit … We have clarified, “We included tools developed for or evaluated in palliative care populations in the … We have clarified, “We included tools developed for or evaluated in palliative care populations in the … for or evaluated in palliative care populations in the domains and subdomains in Table 1, and added

48. Decisional Dilemmas in Discontinuing Prolonged Disease-Modifying Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/multiple-sclerosis/research
    April 28, 2015 - We extracted data, assessed risk of bias of individual studies, and evaluated strength of the body of … We also evaluated, using Technical Brief methods, studies of any design that examined individuals' attitudes

49. Screening for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 12, 2012 - One systematic review evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of screening tests for OAG. … A second review evaluated the effect of screening programs on the prevention of optic nerve damage.

50. Executive Summary - Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2023 - No study evaluated spiritual counselling. … We assessed the risk of bias, evaluated the applicability of studies, and determined the strength of … No study evaluated the clinical impact of the screening process and none of the studies reported on … people at risk for or with a grief disorder; the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) was the only tool evaluated … All studies evaluated psychotherapy.

51. Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 19, 2010 - supportive care for advanced cancer, few quality indicators in this area have been rigorously developed or evaluated … We evaluated the indicators’ feasibility, interrater reliability, and validity. … Results: We successfully evaluated 78 indicators across the domains; results were similar in the two … to measure underutilization of evidence-based supportive cancer care have been available, rigorously evaluated … Of the successfully evaluated indicators, 22 had inadequate reliability (kappa <0.8 for eligibility or

52. Layout 1 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_executive.pdf
    October 01, 2010 - Four markers of protein turnover were evaluated in patients with CF receiving rhGH therapy. … No studies evaluated the association between protein turnover and mortality. … No studies evaluated the association between bone mineralization and mortality. … No studies evaluated the association between protein turnover and HRQoL. … No studies evaluated the association between bone mineralization and HRQoL.

53. Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/peripheral-artery-disease-treatment/research
    May 29, 2013 - Eleven studies—10 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), 1 observational study—evaluated the comparative … Thirty-five studies (27 RCTs, 8 observational) evaluated the comparative effectiveness of cilostazol, … , 22 observational) in CLI patients and 12 studies (2 RCTs, 10 observational) in IC or CLI patients evaluated

54. Breast-Abnormalities-Tests-Update Research-Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-abnormalities-tests-update_research-protocol.pdf
    July 01, 2010 - One reviewer suggested that MBI be added to the list of tests to be evaluated. … Interventions The noninvasive diagnostic tests to be evaluated are: • Ultrasound (B-mode grayscale … Comparators The accuracy of the noninvasive imaging tests will be evaluated by a direct comparison … Timing Any duration of follow-up—from same-day interventions to many years—will be evaluated. … Articles that appear to address the Key Questions and meet the inclusion criteria will be evaluated

55. Cer-242-Radiation-Therapy-Brain-Metastases-Evidence-Summary (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-242-radiation-therapy-brain-metastases-evidence-summary.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - • Most studies evaluated WBRT as initial treatment, with or without SRS; 10 randomized controlled … trials (RCTs) evaluated post-surgery interventions … Only 10 RCTs evaluated post-surgery intervention, all other studies evaluated WBRT or SRS as initial … Despite the large number of identified research studies, analyses were limited as studies evaluated

56. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/juvenile-arthritis-dmards/research
    September 26, 2011 - Although these studies evaluated DMARDs with different mechanisms of action (abatacept, adalimumab, anakinra … The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) was the most extensively evaluated instrument of

57. Chronic Urinary Retention: Comparative Effectiveness and Harms of Treatments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/chronic-urinary-retention/research
    September 15, 2014 - We extracted data, assessed risk of bias on individual studies, and evaluated strength of evidence for … outcomes because estimates were imprecise, risk of bias was moderate, and consistency could not be evaluated

58. Evidence Summary: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/system/files/cer-233-diverticulitis-evidence-summary.pdf
    October 01, 2020 - colonoscopy may, ultimately, have similar rates of CRC diagnoses as those who did not; however, no studies evaluated … Studies that compared antibiotic regimens each evaluated different regimens. … undergo colonoscopy, found no evidence of differences, ultimately, in rates of CRC; however, no studies evaluated … No studies evaluated medical nutrition therapy.

59. Evidence Summary: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-233-diverticulitis-evidence-summary.pdf
    October 01, 2020 - colonoscopy may, ultimately, have similar rates of CRC diagnoses as those who did not; however, no studies evaluated … Studies that compared antibiotic regimens each evaluated different regimens. … undergo colonoscopy, found no evidence of differences, ultimately, in rates of CRC; however, no studies evaluated … No studies evaluated medical nutrition therapy.

60. Intergrated and Comprehensive Pain Management Programs: Effectiveness and Harms: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-251-integrated-pain-management-evidence-summary.pdf
    October 01, 2021 - mostly fair-quality randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (78 publications); 8 RCTs (11 publications) evaluated … IPMPs and 49 RCTs (67 publications) evaluated CPMPs. … These factors were rarely evaluated or were poorly described in included studies. … This is in part due to the wide variety of programs available clinically, many of which may not be evaluated