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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/selecting-evidence.ppt
January 01, 2010 - rigorous evaluation of the impact of different treatments available for a particular condition in a group … The TEP is a group external to the review process whose function is to advise reviewers throughout a … Observational studies (OSs) without a comparison group are rarely helpful in assessing benefits because … In general, OSs must have a well-formed comparison group to be useful. … In general, observational studies must have a well-formed comparison group to be useful in assessing
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/selecting-evidence.ppt
January 01, 2010 - rigorous evaluation of the impact of different treatments available for a particular condition in a group … The TEP is a group external to the review process whose function is to advise reviewers throughout a … Observational studies (OSs) without a comparison group are rarely helpful in assessing benefits because … In general, OSs must have a well-formed comparison group to be useful. … In general, observational studies must have a well-formed comparison group to be useful in assessing
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research.pdf
April 15, 2019 - Publications with
at least one key word from Group A and Group B were categorized as directly relevant … Publications with at least one key word from either Group A or Group B were categorized as
peripherally … The group has produced a Core Resource Pack that describes key issues to
consider in the development … The group identified a basic set of 353 data elements from existing data dictionaries and
published … Through a review
process, the group determined that many source element definitions were clinically
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/preterm-birth-terbutaline-pump_disposition-comments.pdf
September 01, 2011 - the country
(California vs New York vs Florida) and in many cases included the
patients of only one group … patients
(singletons and twins) give comfort to the fact that neonatal death is
lower in the SCT group … a minimum, but I would also include maternal complications from the
studies without a comparator group … It should be pointed out
that patients in the SCT group were at greater risk for preterm birth,
but … No group will look at these outcomes in SCT patients
compared to a control group and follow them long-term
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/machine-learning-quality_research.pdf
September 01, 2012 - Twenty patients in the experimental group received group
psychosocial intervention. … group are presented in this article. … and in 4
patients in the intervention group. … or audioconferencing (control group, 50 patients). … , and
the intervention group had a shorter length of treatment (6 days) than the control group (10
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/binge-eating_clinician.pdf
May 01, 2016 - CBT is
delivered in various ways—for example, therapist-led individual
and group sessions, structured … Partially therapist-led CBT
CBT that involves group or individual sessions in which
participants first … A group member
then facilitates discussion for the second half of the session. … DBT is delivered in individual sessions or as group therapy. … IPT is delivered in individual sessions or as group therapy.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ptsd-adult-treatment-update_research-protocol.pdf
December 31, 2017 - The Management of Post-Traumatic Stress Working Group. … Work Group on ASD and PTSD; American Psychiatric Association. … The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy. 4th ed. New York: Basic
Books; 1995.
25. … Group Psychotherapy for Psychological Trauma. New York:
The Guilford Press; 2000. … therapy” OR “group psychotherapy” OR “group
psychological therapy” OR "Hypnosis"[Mesh] OR hypnotherapy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/procalcitonin_research-protocol.pdf
September 08, 2011 - single-arm
studies, although some elements may not apply to the latter (e.g., description
of control group … the AHRQ EPC Program for the EPC Methods
Guide, based on a system developed by the GRADE Working Group … Technical Experts
Technical Experts comprise a multi-disciplinary group of clinical, content, and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stakeholders-engagement-others_research-2012-1.pdf
January 01, 2012 - A steering group creates a
short list from the entries submitted by these partner organizations. … a
―nominal group technique‖ at an in-person meeting. … participants into small
groups and working from individual to group priorities. … Multiple interviewees spoke
about tailoring the experience to the stakeholder group. … Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-protocol-amendment.pdf
April 20, 2022 - to confounding)
● Any publication language (unless cannot be translated)
● Exclude
o Single group … due to confounding
● Any publication language (unless cannot be translated)
● Exclude
o Single group … due to confounding
● Any publication language (unless cannot be translated)
● Exclude
o Single group … These may include single group (including registry) studies, qualitative and mixed-
methods studies, … Report of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High
Blood Pressure in
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-health-app-protocol-updated.pdf
January 01, 2018 - The second step is to evaluate the framework by
applying it to a group of mental health and wellness … We will conduct KI calls with two different groups (group 1: clinical; group 2:
tech, app developers … At the beginning of the project, the first group of KIs will
be asked questions about apps and elements … call for patient/caregiver KI at the start of the
project, with questions modified from this first group … The second KI group will be engaged 2-4 weeks after the meeting with the
first KI groups, and after
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-illness-adults-prisons_research-protocol.pdf
September 13, 2012 - According to a report by the Treatment Advocacy Group, the main reason inmates
who are mentally ill … Examples of Interventions Currently Used in Incarceration Settings
Individual and group psychotherapy … • Studies must enroll an independent control group. … For nonrandomized trials, did the study employ
any other methods to enhance group
comparability? … OR forensic psychiatry OR (group* ADJ (intervention* OR
support* OR therapy)) OR (support ADJ group*
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gastric-cancers-supplementary-app-d.xlsx
January 01, 2023 - concerns Significant deviations in the chemotherapy arm (61% dropout rate), while the surgery-alone group … Potential dilution of treatment effect due to high dropout in the chemotherapy group raise some concerns … Deviations from the intended intervention occurred in the chemotherapy group (withdrawals and treatment … Study mention- Follow-up examinations failed to identify any patient allocated to the control group who
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/engaging-caregivers-appendix-c.xlsx
May 29, 2025 - Table C-1. ROB_RCTs
Table C-1. Risk of bias for randomized controlled trials
Author, Year Randomization Adequate? Allocation Concealment Adequate? Groups Similar at Baseline? Patient Masked? Care Provider Masked? Outcome Assessors Masked? Intention-To-Treat Analysis? Rate of Overall Attrition Within Acceptable Level…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-g-surv-report-3-nonopioid-pharmacol-chronic-pain.xlsx
May 29, 2025 - RCTs
Table G-1. Quality assessments of included randomized controlled trials
Author, Year Randomization Adequate Allocation Concealment Adequate Patients and Personnel Masked Outcome Assessors Masked Groups Similar at Baseline Intent-to-Treat Analysis (at Least 95% Analyzed) Attrition <20%; Difference Between Groups …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-201-indoor-allergen-asthma-disposition-comments.pdf
February 15, 2018 - Children in the treatment group
experienced improvement on all five outcomes. … Isn't that an intervention group? … experienced significantly
greater reductions in the target allergen(s) than the
control group. … similar improvement in the control group. … It is nearly impossible to have a true control group
in an environmental study.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/outcomes-dental-services-rapid-research.pdf
May 01, 2025 - Patients in the control group did not receive dental treatment unless a dental
emergency arose. … Results in the
Control Group
Summary of Statistically
Significant Findings of the
Treatment Group … with SUD are US-
based, with two by a professional organization or government agency and one by a group … Compared with patients in the control group, patients who
received comprehensive dental treatment showed … J.; Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods
Group.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/long-term-care-adults_research-protocol.pdf
December 20, 2011 - Conversely, some models of congregate group housing seem closer to institutional settings. … that are expected to be the
recipient’s home, such as assisted living, adult foster homes, small group … o Services provided outside the recipient’s home (regardless of whether it is a
private home or a group … A major sub-group of interest is older adults who
have dementia or mental illness. … Technical Experts
Technical Experts comprise a multi-disciplinary group of clinical, content, and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dcis-endocrine-therapy_research.pdf
August 01, 2012 - For example, to be included in the
one to two years since diagnosis group, a
woman must be enrolled … Use varied by beneficiary demographic characteristics and followed
similar patterns in each group. … ER status was not tested or
unknown were intermediate (35.8% and
54.2%, respectively, in the same group … 49-60 months
postdiagnosis), and lowest for women with
undifferentiated tumors (34.4% in the
same group … Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group (EBCTG).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
April 01, 2012 - group after 5 years of follow-up. … and 2/43 patients in the
timolol group worsened. … Krupin T, Reviewer #3n
JM, Greenfield DS, et al; Low-Pressure Glaucoma Study Group. … (Musch DC,
Gillespie BW, Niziol LM, Lichter PR, Varma R; CIGTS Study
Group. … 4.8 +/- 2.3 mm Hg for the medical group.