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101. EHC Research Protocol: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - the accuracy or do the effects vary by patient characteristics, presentation of illness, or other factors … • Do the benefits and harms vary by patient characteristics, course of illness, or other factors? … Other factors may include the age and geographic location of the study. 18 V. … [Prognostic factors in perforating diverticulitis of the large intestine]. … Outcome of patients with acute sigmoid diverticulitis: multivariate analysis of risk factors for free

102. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - The nominator expressed interest in how the effectiveness of treatments may differ by factors such as … clinicians to recommend particular PTSD treatments based on the presence of one or more of these factors … Prior exposure to trauma and other risk/protective factors for PTSD g.

103. Topic 0552 Low Back Pain NSD FINAL SJ (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2013 - Strategies include testing (e.g., imaging tests), decision tools, identifying risk factors for chronicity … diagnose and treat low back pain, including: testing (e.g., imaging tests), identification of risk factors … In patients with low back pain, what are the benefits and harms of identifying risk from Nominator: factors

104. ECRI_Penn EPC FINAL Environ Cleaning Protocol 08_21_14 CC[1] (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Process evaluation and improvement should also consider important human factors and logistical concerns … This technical brief will explore these factors and their impact on reducing HAIs. II. … What operational factors (e.g. ease of use, availability, workflow, logistics, cost) are important … Which factors are the biggest barriers? 8. … What factors might make a patient room appear to be more clean, or less clean, from the perspective

105. Siminoff_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Department of Social and Behavioral Health Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Slide 2: Factors …  Affecting  Patient Requests  for Medical Services • Patient’s  Personal Factors o Age o … Sex o Education o Family o Information Sources o Socioeconomic Context • Contextual Factors o … o Factors  that affect an individual’s relationships  with  others  and  with   the environment …  of access to care  Communication with health care provider  Sociodemographic and psychological factors

106. MEDLINE Searches (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2009 - • Studies of individual risk factors. • Laboratory tests. … Risk factors associated with endometrial polyps in abnormal uterine bleeding. … Reproductive factors and familial predisposition for breast cancer by age 50 years. … Do traditional Gail model risk factors account for increased breast cancer in women with lupus? … Risk factors for breast cancer in elderly women. Am J Epidemiol 2004;160(9):868-875.

107. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 18, 2012 - For each AE associated with a particular vaccine, what are the risk factors for the AE (including age … For each AE associated with a particular vaccine, what are the risk factors for the AE (including age … Both patient factors (i.e., age and race) and vaccine factors (i.e., formulation, dosage, and timing … ) may be risk factors for potential AEs associated with vaccination. … (no unvaccinated group necessary, but must control for multiple factors in a regression analysis)

108. Improving the Management of Menopausal Symptoms in Perimenopausal and Early Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 15, 2024 - Individual-level factors include but are not limited to educational attainment, patient engagement in … healthcare, lifestyle factors, comorbidities. … System-level factors include but are not limited to racism, provider bias, access to care, and social … such as characteristics of the patient population (e.g., type of menopause, underlying risk factors … / or socioeconomic factors/ or economic factors/ or social class/ or low socioeconomic status/ or

109. Technical Brief Disposition of Comments Report for Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2012 - and high risk groups but also indicate that a combination of ColoPrint with clinical factors might … However, since ColoPrint and clinical factors recognize different subgroups (as indicated by the 45% … factors gives better risk stratification. … However, since ColoPrint and clinical factors recognize different subgroups (as indicated by the 45% … factors gives better risk stratification.

110. Carbohydrate-Intake-Prepub-Final-Research-Table-Rct (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - For yes: Important demographic, clinical factors that may impact outcomes ≤5 year difference in age; … Yes/No/Unclear Were the groups comparable at baseline on key prognostic factors?

111. Liver-Cancer Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     July 24, 2013 - Other factors that influence treatment decisions include comorbidities and general health status. … some misclassification due to sampling error, inadequate specimens, insufficient follow-up, or other factors … Finally, other factors, including risk factors for HCC and disease characteristics like etiology, tumor … , 2013 a Patient-level characteristics (modifying factors … used singly, in combination, or in sequence with or without biomarkers used as modifiers; modifying factors

112. Rapid Evidence Product: Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings Version 2 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2021 - Risk factors for SARS infection among hospital healthcare workers in Beijing: a case control study. … Risk factors for SARS infection within hospitals in Hanoi, Vietnam. … Risk factors for SARS among persons without known contact with SARS patients, Beijing, China. … Risk factors for SARS infection within hospitals in Hanoi, Vietnam. … Risk factors for SARS among persons without known contact with SARS patients, Beijing, China.

113. Cad-Women-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - – Coronary disease risk factors such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or other comorbid disease? … – Coronary disease risk factors such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or other comorbid disease? … – Coronary disease risk factors such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or other comorbid disease? … , angiographic-specific factors, CABG-specific factors, or hospital-level characteristics should be … disease, angiographic-specific factors, or CABG-specific factors that were listed in KQ 2.

114. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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     October 26, 2012 - A number of other potential factors may be indicated in single studies. … A number of other potential factors may be indicated in single studies. … Data gathered on risk factors of interest. … Data gathered on effectiveness and risk factors of interest. … Data on risk factors collected retrospectively.

115. Version 2_Risk of Reinfection From SARS-CoV-2 -- An Update of an Antibody Response Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Implications for Immunity: A Living Rapid Review (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2022 - We examined the relationship between these factors and protection estimates but lacked sufficient data … For some factors that varied within studies or were specific to certain studies (including demographic … Population and Methodological Factors Affecting the Risk of Reinfection We conducted analyses of six … Baseline Factors Age, Sex, and Race In the Denmark study, there was no difference in the estimates … Were confounding factors identified? 5. Were strategies to deal with confounding factors stated?

116. Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gastric-cancers-protocol-amended.pdf
     February 07, 2025 - To assess whether pairwise meta-analysis will be appropriate, we will consider population factors such … as comorbidities, intervention factors such as intervention dose and frequency, and whether outcomes … In considering network meta-analysis, we will evaluate how these factors are distributed across direct … Based on EPC guidance, the SOE rating will be uninfluenced by these factors. … Factors important to consider include the type or extent of surgery participants in included studies

117. S116 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - If there are unmeasured variables that are indepen- dent risk factors for the study outcome and also … physician’s APM preference as reflected in the last APM prescription written is unrelated to the risk factors … In Table 5, we present the adjusted associations be- tween the treatment and the patient risk factors … The associations between the IV and patient risk factors are also reported in Table 5 (columns 4 and … The major medical comorbidities (eg, cancer, stroke, myocardial infarction) that are strong risk factors

118. Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gastric-cancers-protocol.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - To assess whether pairwise meta-analysis will be appropriate, we will consider population factors such … as comorbidities, intervention factors such as intervention dose and frequency, and whether outcomes … In considering network meta-analysis, we will evaluate how these factors are distributed across direct … Based on EPC guidance, the SOE rating will be uninfluenced by these factors. … Factors important to consider include the type or extent of surgery participants in included studies

119. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-quantitative-synthesis_methods.pdf
     October 01, 2010 - This method ignores the randomized nature of the data and is subject to a variety of confounding factors … The investigators could choose adding no correction factors or exploring alternative correction factors … Investigators should note the difference between two types of study-level factors: (1) factors that … A meta-regression on summarized patient-level factors may be subject to ecological fallacy, 51 a … Whenever possible, study level factors, including subgroup factors, considered in meta-regressions

120. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_conductingquantitativesynthesis.pdf
     October 01, 2010 - This method ignores the randomized nature of the data and is subject to a variety of confounding factors … The investigators could choose adding no correction factors or exploring alternative correction factors … Investigators should note the difference between two types of study-level factors: (1) factors that … A meta-regression on summarized patient-level factors may be subject to ecological fallacy, 51 a … Whenever possible, study level factors, including subgroup factors, considered in meta-regressions