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21. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - Description Nominator: Individual Nomination Summary: The nominator is interested in which factors … With rates of birth by cesarean on the rise, what factors influence (and which have the greatest impact … However, there are no systematic reviews that synthesize these numerous factors into a single review … published in the last ten years, it appears there is an adequate body of literature examining various factors

22. Dental Care for People With Hemophilia: A Rapid Response Literature Review (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2024 - blood does not clot in the typical way due to missing or decreased blood-clotting proteins (clotting factors … Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of recombinant factors VIII and IX concentrate in … We chose 1960 to cover a breadth of potential use of clotting factors in the treatment for hemophilia … /sex, race/ethnicity, smoking/tobacco use, comorbidities, hemophilia treatment received (clotting factors … patients.7,16 Two publications addressed overall management of hemophilia patients such as economic factors

23. FRN 40 - Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2013 - Patients with these risk factors, especially mutable risk factors, may then be targeted for prevention … Data gathered on effectiveness and risk factors of interest. … Data on risk factors are collected retrospectively. … Data on potential confounding factors and temporal trends would be needed. … (Interventions) What factors could influence MRSA test results?

24. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 11 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - , compared with using the known factors alone. … Do factors such as race/ethnicity, diet, or other medications, affect this association? … ; such factors are useful when assessing analytic validity. 5. … using the known factors alone. 8. … Genetic and clinical factors relating to warfarin dosing.

25. Validity and Inter-rater Reliability Testing of Quality Assessment Instruments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 20, 2012 - association between study quality and treatment effect size (ES); (3) examine the impact of study-level factors … We examined the impact of study-level factors on the association between risk of bias and ES using subgroup … Inter-rater variability was influenced by study-level factors including nature of outcome, nature of … Study-level factors that were shown to influence agreement provide direction for detailed guidance.

26. Topic Brief: Rehabilitation Options for Post-acute Care Diagnoses (pdf file)
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    October 28, 2020 - What are the impacts of different patient- and facility-level factors, and geographic and economic … What is the impact of rehabilitation facility level factors (e.g., facility size, types of services … that affect patient health outcomes: (a) Patient level factors: (1) demographic characteristics … (b) Facility level factors: (1) facility size/volume of services provided, (2) adequacy of provider … (d) Economic factors: (1) availability of health insurance coverage, (2) presence or absence of prior

27. Screening for and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 1-3 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 28, 2010 - The USPSTF, in its Procedure Manual, Appendix X, further incorporates the following factors: (1) Whether … In asymptomatic adults with or without risk factors for CKD incidence, progression or complications, … How do patient factors and CKD screening thresholds modify the association of CKD screening with harms … How do patient factors and CKD severity/stage modify the association of CKD treatment with harms? … , baseline CKD severity, and other factors.

28. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2010 - Second, CKD may be associated with a number of nontraditional risk factors for vascular disease and … • How do patient factors and CKD screening thresholds modify the association of CKD screening with … • Patient factors that may increase risk for CKD incidence, worsening or complications, and that … - Patient factors that may increase risk for CKD incidence, worsening or complications, and that … , baseline CKD severity, and other factors.

29. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: Developing and Prioritizing a Future Research Agenda (pdf file)
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    August 09, 2012 - factors, and/or individual-level factors that might be influencing the patterns and utilization of … Contextual and health system delivery factors: 1. … Studies of the factors shaping patient attitudes and decisionmaking on TOL. 5. … Studies of the factors shaping provider attitudes and decisionmaking on TOL. 6. … Nonclinical factors affecting women's access to trial of labor after cesarean delivery.

30. Early Imaging for Back Pain and Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults: A Brief Summary of Findings and Key Points for Clinician-Patient Discussions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 13, 2016 - approach: Immediate imaging is recommended in patients with acute low back pain who have major risk factors … for cancer, risk factors for spinal infection, risk factors for or signs of the cauda equina syndrome … Imaging after a trial of therapy is recommended in patients with minor risk factors for cancer, risk … factors for inflammatory back disease, risk factors for vertebral compression fracture, signs or symptoms … of radiculopathy, or risk factors for or symptoms of symptomatic spinal stenosis.

31. Back-Pain-Imaging Clinician (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2016 - approach: »» Immediate imaging is recommended in patients with acute low back pain who have major risk factors … for cancer, risk factors for spinal infection, risk factors for or signs of the cauda equina syn- … neurologic deficits. »» Imaging after a trial of therapy is recommended in patients with minor risk factors … for cancer, risk factors for inflammatory back disease, risk factors for vertebral compression fracture … , signs or symptoms of radiculopathy, or risk factors for or symptoms of symptomatic spinal stenosis

32. Executive Summary for CER No. 258_Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2022 - • The strongest, most consistent predictors of ED diagnostic error were individual case factors that … and (3) Overall and for the clinical conditions of interest, what are the major causal factors associated … eligibility, serially extracted data regarding common diseases, error/harm rates, and causes/risk factors … Causal factors were extensively studied, but too heterogeneously categorized for overall meta-analysis … , and dynamic systems factors.

33. Assessing Applicability (ppt file)
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    January 01, 2009 - First, studies often do not report on factors needed to judge applicability. … Factors influencing benefits and harms often depend on distinct physiologic processes. … Judge limitations to the applicability of individual studies based on those factors. … Second, judge limitations to the applicability of individual studies based on those factors. … These factors strengthen applicability.

34. Assessing Applicability (ppt file)
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    January 01, 2009 - Studies often do not report on factors needed to judge applicability. … First, studies often do not report on factors needed to judge applicability. … Judge limitations to the applicability of individual studies based on those factors. … These factors strengthen applicability. … The PICOS framework is useful for organizing contextual factors of interest.

35. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 6 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - If relevant contextual factors are not stipulated in the key questions, decisions during the review … Therefore, the principles noted here relate to clarifying context factors and, to the extent possible … It is also important to consider applicability factors that could affect a later link in the causal … Expert guidance can identify such factors to be considered. … Principle 2: Be prepared to deal with additional factors affecting applicability.

36. Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2022 - develop prolonged or complicated grief reactions. 4 Grief processes are impacted by sociocultural factors … need supportive interventions.7 Some bereaved persons are at higher risk for grief disorders: risk factors … All people Patient characteristics: • Age • Race • Ethnicity • Relationship to deceased • Risk factors … close to them Patient characteristics: • Age • Race • Ethnicity • Relationship to deceased • Risk factors … disorder Patient characteristics: • Age • Race • Ethnicity • Relationship to deceased • Risk factors

37. Breast-Biopsy-Update Executive (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2014 - These and other factors may affect test performance and the rate of complications. … Factors That Affect Test Performance We considered evidence on the impact of patient or study level-factors … factors, and 3 on clinician and facility factors (some studies provided information on multiple factors … and lesion- related factors, eight studies provided information on procedural factors, and one study … provided information on clinician and facility factors.

38. Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - , such as intervention fidelity, social factors, and others. … Several other factors may be at work. … Assessment of Breast Cancer Risk Factors Reveals Subtype Heterogeneity. … Risk factors for postpartum depression: a retrospective investigation. … Demographic and obstetric risk factors for postnatal psychiatric morbidity.

39. Simulation-Based Comparison of Methods for Meta-Analysis of Proportions and Rates | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 04, 2013 - The distinct scenarios were defined by combinations of various factors, including the distributional … Continuity correction factors are necessary to calculate real-valued means or variances for some approximate … and coverage of these approximate methods are very sensitive to the choice of continuity correction factors

40. Methods Guide Atkins (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - Determine the Most Important Factors that May Affect Applicability Identify potential factors. … The PICOS is a useful way of organizing factors that may affect applicability. … Foremost are any factors that have been associated with differences in treatment outcomes. … These factors should be identified a priori and stated in the protocol which factors will be captured … Factors that can affect the external validity of randomised controlled trials.