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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vte-prophyalaxis_disposition-comments.pdf
May 29, 2013 - Disposition of Comments Report for Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations
Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis of Venous
Thromboembolism Among Special P…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetes-behavior-programs_clinician-2016.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Effectiveness of Behavioral Programs for Managing T1DM
** The overall evidence grade was assessed based
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-237-evidence-summary-palliative-care-ambulatory.pdf
February 01, 2021 - Evidence Summary: CER 237_Integrating Palliative Care in Ambulatory Care of Noncancer Serious Chronic Illness
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 237
Integrating Palliative Care in Ambulatory
Care of Noncancer Serious Illness
Evidence Summary
Main Points
Background and Purpose
In the Unit…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/obesity-child_disposition-comments.pdf
June 10, 2013 - weight-
related outcomes together with each study contributing only one weight-
related measure to the grade … The summary strength of evidence tables provide details about how we
arrived at each grade. … the grading of evidence follows the
recommendation in the AHRQ Methods guide which is based on the
GRADE … consider both the quantity of
literature and the quality of the literature when we assign an evidence
grade … in the Executive
Summary and in the main report:
“We caution that a “high” strength of evidence grade
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ear-infection_research-protocol.pdf
August 07, 2012 - Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question - We will grade the overall strength of
the body of evidence … Two reviewers will
assess each domain and the overall grade for each key outcome listed in the PICOTS … Definitions of the grades of overall strength of evidence
Grade Definition
High High confidence that
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_disposition-comments.pdf
September 01, 2011 - Peer Reviewer #3 Summary and
Discussion (Pg 74
and following)
I like the GRADE profiles but I think … Not
everyone is familiar with GRADE. … The GRADE BMJ series might provide
good citations. … The footnotes that GRADE tables usually have
would be helpful to make the rationale for downgrading … A reference describing the GRADE profiles
has been added.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/abnormal-uterine-bleeding_research-protocol.pdf
November 21, 2011 - Studies
will be given a quality grade of good, fair, or poor per the established criteria
for the … Each key outcome on each comparison of
interest will be given an overall evidence grade based on the … Two senior staff will independently grade the body of evidence with
disagreements resolved through
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/tonsillectomy_research-protocol.pdf
February 10, 2016 - Intervention-outcome pairs will be given an overall evidence grade based on the ratings … We assign an overall grade (high, moderate, low, or insufficient) for the strength of … Strength of evidence grades and definitions
Grade Definition
High We are very confident … Two senior investigators will independently grade the body of evidence, with
disagreements … When no studies are available for an outcome or comparison of interest, we
will grade
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/atypical-antipsychotics-off-label-update_research-protocol.pdf
May 19, 2010 - The
overall quality of evidence for outcomes will be assessed using a method developed by the Grade … Working Group,3 which classified the grade of evidence across outcomes according to the
following criteria
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/safety-vaccines-protocol.pdf
January 30, 2020 - Each specific adverse event will be graded for severity on a five-point scale, with grade 1
being mild … and grade 5 being death due to the event. … The strength of evidence
domains are compatible with the GRADE group’s criteria to downgrade the quality … https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/recs/grade/HPV-adults-etr.html. … Food and Drug Administration
GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/migraine-emergency_research-protocol.pdf
July 18, 2011 - safety (e.g., sedation, dizziness, restless legs/akathisia, anxiety, and vomiting) outcomes
using the Grade … For each key outcome for each comparison, we will
assign an overall evidence grade based on the ratings
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-biopsy_disposition-comments.pdf
March 11, 2010 - Introduction DCIS classifications use histologic grade, so the statement that only
invasive tumors are … described by histologic grade is inaccurate.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/major-depressive-disorder_research-protocol.pdf
November 24, 2014 - publication bias.56
Grading the Strength of Evidence for Individual Comparisons and Outcomes: We
will grade … the strength of evidence based on the guidance established for the EPC
Program.57 Developed to grade … the Technical Expert
Panel (TEP) to determine minimally important differences, which we will use to grade … We will grade the strength of evidence for
the outcomes deemed to be of greatest importance to decisionmakers
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-health-systems-guidelines-development.pdf
February 01, 2019 - Allows drill down
• Uses fields, terms and
tools common in
systematic reviews
• Follows popular
GRADE … investment in MAGICapp to add AHRQ
“strength of evidence” criteria to the
platform or convert to GRADE … MAGICapp was developed based on Grading of Recommendations Assessment,
Development and Evaluation (GRADE … alternatives versus the standard
Grading of Recommendations Assessment,
Development and Evaluation (GRADE … The GRADE format was mentioned by one
reviewer as being helpful for both assessing and developing his
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-194-disposition-comments-inhaled-corticosteroids.pdf
March 19, 2018 - Disposition of Comments CER 194 Intermittent Inhaled Corticosteroids and Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonists for Asthma
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title:
Intermittent Inhaled Corticosteroids and Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonists for Asthma
Draft review availa…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/deficit-hyperactivity-protocol.pdf
November 01, 2021 - performance (Academic Performance
Rating Scale Academic Competency Evaluation Scale
(ACES), school grades, grade … determining strength of evidence for each primary
clinical outcome by following the principles for adapting GRADE … unmeasured
confounders) as described in the AHRQ Methods guides.95
A final strength of evidence grade … The strength
of evidence will be assigned an overall grade of high, moderate, low, or insufficient
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/executive-summary-2017-schizophrenia-adult.pdf
January 01, 2017 - GRADE guidelines: 2.
Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes. … GRADE guidelines: 6.
Rating the quality of evidence—imprecision. … GRADE guidelines: 8.
Rating the quality of evidence—indirectness. … GRADE guidelines: 7.
Rating the quality of evidence—inconsistency. … GRADE guidelines:
5. Rating the quality of evidence—publication bias.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_disposition-comments.pdf
December 16, 2014 - A statement should be included here that
biopsy Gleason grade may sometimes underestimate the true Gleason … grade of the tumor
ES-3
“The key finding of the analysis was that the Prostate Cancer Intervention … may sometimes underestimate the
true Gleason grade of the tumor.” … Page 15 – Did lowering the evidence grade by one level as described here
actually affect any of the … Methods Guide.”6
Pg. 15
It did not affect any of the outcomes listed in the
strength of evidence grade
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/infantile-hemangioma_executive.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Intervention Type/
Number of Studies
(Total N Participants) Key Outcome(s)
Strength of
Evidence
(SOE) Grade … Intervention Type/
Number of Studies
(Total N Participants) Key Outcome(s)
Strength of
Evidence (SOE)
Grade … Intervention Type/
Number of Studies
(Total N Participants) Key Outcome(s)
Strength of
Evidence (SOE)
Grade … Intervention Type/
Number of Studies
(Total N Participants) Key Outcome(s)
Strength of
Evidence (SOE)
Grade … Intervention Type/
Number of Studies
(Total N Participants) Key Outcome(s)
Strength of
Evidence (SOE)
Grade
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/migraine-treatments-research-amended-protocol.pdf
January 09, 2020 - Grading the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes: We
will grade the strength … of the body of evidence (SOE) as per the EPC methods guide on
assessing SOE.28 We will grade SOE for