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1. Migraine in Adults: Preventive Pharmacologic Treatments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   April 18, 2013 - Studies excluded adults with severe medical or psychiatric illnesses or contraindications to examined … For chronic migraine, botulinum toxin formulations were examined in 20 RCTs of 4,237 adults. … Individual RCTs examined the comparative effectiveness of onabotulinumtoxin A with topiramate or divalproex … For episodic migraine, RCTs examined 59 drugs from 14 drug classes. … Adverse effects leading to treatment discontinuation were examined in 68 RCTs.

2. Decisional Dilemmas in Discontinuing Prolonged Disease-Modifying Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   April 28, 2015 - We also examined the evidence for people's values, beliefs, and preferences regarding discontinuing DMT … Eligible studies included studies of over 3 years that examined Food and Drug Administration–approved … We also evaluated, using Technical Brief methods, studies of any design that examined individuals' attitudes

3. Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   February 11, 2019 - Interventions have been examined for their effect on reducing social isolation and loneliness; however … Of the eight good- or fair-quality studies, five examined physical activity, two examined social interventions … , and one examined an arts and recreation intervention.

4. Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-Citrullinated Peptide Tests for Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complaints in Children | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   March 07, 2012 - Only one cohort study examined the test performance of RF to diagnose JIA among children with undiagnosed … The 12 case-control studies that examined other test-disease combinations did not specifically address … 28 studies included in the review was not applicable to the population of interest as most studies examined … No studies examined clinically important outcomes such as the impact of the test results on referrals

5. Migraine in Children: Preventive Pharmacologic Treatments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   June 11, 2013 - Review methods We performed a systematic review of original studies published in English that examined … Results Prevention of episodic migraine in children was examined in 24 publications of randomized controlled … No RCTs examined prevention of chronic migraine in children. … No studies examined quality of life or provided evidence for individualized treatment decisions.

6. Comparison of Characteristics of Nursing Homes and Other Residential Long- Term Care Settings for People With Dementia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   October 23, 2012 - Generally, studies examined characteristics, structures, and process of care for populations with mild … Ten studies addressed health outcomes (Key Question [KQ] 1), and 10 examined psychosocial outcomes (KQ … No eligible studies examined health or psychosocial outcomes for informal caregivers (KQ 3 and KQ 4,

7. Topic Brief: Updating Pharmacotherapy for Adults with Alcohol Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings (pdf file)
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   September 30, 2022 - Finally, one 2020 systematic review5 examined the effectiveness of Acamprosate, Disulfiram, Citalopram … Another 2020 systematic review5 additionally examined the comparative effectiveness of four different … Notably, the review broadly examined the applicability of the included pharmacotherapies for use in … Three RCTs examined whether the effectiveness of Varenicline27, 28 and Naltrexone29 based treatments … One study also examined the effectiveness of Olanzapine monotherapy compared to combined Olanzapine

8. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 268: Impact of Healthcare Algorithms on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare (pdf file)
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   December 01, 2023 - and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare Executive Summary Main Points • We examined … The most frequently examined algorithms are used (or, in a few instances, are suggested for use) to … We included studies that examined actual outcomes among patients managed using algorithms as well as … For KQ 1, 17 studies examined 18 algorithms that inform decisions about ED care (3 studies), predict … Seven studies examined algorithms that predict cardiovascular risk, four studies addressed kidney or

9. Calcineurin Inhibitors for Kidney Transplant | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   March 15, 2016 - Most studies examined CsA, although tacrolimus is used more widely. … Eighty-eight studies examined regimens that limited or avoided CNI exposure. … Additionally, although tacrolimus is used more widely than CsA in current practice, most of the studies examined

10. Physical Therapy Interventions for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 06, 2012 - Results Of 4,266 retrieved references, 154 eligible references examined the association between patient-centered … and intermediate outcomes and 422 eligible references examined physical therapy interventions. … We found no association between the duration of examined interventions and better intermediate or patient-centered

11. Disposition of Comments for Migraine in Adults: Preventive Pharmacologic Treatments (pdf file)
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    April 18, 2013 - Two RCTs examined Abobotulinumtoxin A (marketed as Dysport). … Candesartan was examined in one RCT of 60 patients aged 18 to 65 years. 3. … Two RCTs examined Abobotulinumtoxin A (marketed as Dysport). … Two RCTs examined Abobotulinumtoxin A (marketed as Dysport). … Two RCTs examined Abobotulinumtoxin A (marketed as Dysport).

12. Musculoskeletal-Complaints-Tests-Children Surveillance (pdf file)
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    January 08, 2013 - Opinion EPC Investigator Other Experts Conclusion from SCEPC children (67 pSLE, 134 controls) examined … for pSLE in Children With MSK Pain One case-control study with 46 children (14 pSLE, 32 controls) examined … RF Test for JIA in Children With MSK Pain One retrospective cohort study examined the records of pediatric … in Children With MSK Pain Two case-control studies including 201 children (67 pSLE, 134 controls) examined … Fifteen case-control studies including 1,647 children (986 JIA, 661 controls) examined the prevalence

13. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2010 - The strength of evidence was low for the remaining comparisons and outcomes examined in the studies, … Operative techniques were examined in 15 comparative studies. … Each of the remaining studies examined different rehabilitation protocols; therefore, the evidence was … Nonoperative interventions were examined in three comparative and seven uncontrolled studies. … Overall, 72 of the 137 studies examined the impact of prognostic factors on patient outcomes.

14. Migraine-Adults-Executive-130408 (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2013 - Published reviews have not examined quality of life. … Proportions of low risk of bias RCTs varied among examined drugs. … Two RCTs examined the effectiveness of pharmacist-led drug management. … We found no studies that examined adverse effects with drug management interventions. KQ 3. … The few RCTs that examined quality of life provided no consistent evidence of improvement with examined

15. Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 08, 2013 - These studies examined a wide range of interventions, but sample sizes often were small. … Only a minority of studies examined complete wound healing as an outcome.

16. Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 26, 2015 - investigators screened abstracts of identified references for eligibility (enrolled adults with fibromyalgia, examined … Most drug trials examined duloxetine effects on pain and global improvement; trial duration was typically

17. Migraine-Prevention Executive (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2013 - Limited evidence from individual RCTs suggested no differences for migraine prevention with examined … One RCT of 48 children examined the comparative effectiveness of topiramate versus sodium valproate … One RCT examined the comparative effectiveness of metoprolol versus a nonpharmacologic intervention … Few included trials examined the seriousness or bothersomeness of harms with drugs. … Randomized trials have examined only a few pharmacologic agents.

18. Long-Term Care for Older Adults: A Review of Home and Community-Based Services Versus Institutional Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 07, 2012 - of bias and applicability of individual studies and graded the overall strength of evidence for each examined … residents over time had a high risk of bias, resulting in low or insufficient evidence for all outcomes examined

19. Erythropoiesis-Stimulating-Agents-Utilization Research (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2011 - Secondarily, we examined the use of ESAs in a subpopulation of beneficiaries with KD and cancer. … We further examined the proportion of beneficiaries in each aforemen- tioned group with ESA use. … We further examined the proportion of beneficiaries in each cancer-KD group having used ESAs. … Intermittent Kidney Disease and ESA Use We further examined the diagnosis of intermittent KD (i.e … The study period, over which ESA use was examined, included July 2006 to September 2009.

20. Musculoskeletal-Complaints-Tests-Children Executive (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2012 - We examined the diagnostic test characteristics, including Sn, Sp, PPV, and NPV, for each study and … RF Test for JIA in Children With MSK Pain One retrospective cohort study36 examined the records of … Fifteen case-control studies28,30,33,35-47 including 1,647 children (986 JIA, 661 controls) examined … Only one retrospective cohort study examined the diagnostic test characteristics of RF to diagnose JIA … • Potential accuracy modifiers of test performance need to be examined, including age, sex, race,