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121. Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 1-3: Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-disease-medicine_disposition-comments.pdf
     August 01, 2012 - The report also discusses the limitations of available data for specific risk groups. … The report also discusses the limitations of available data for specific risk groups. 4. … The report also discusses the limitations of available data for specific risk groups. 2. … It did not find a significant difference in outcomes between treatment groups. … The report also discusses the limitations of available data for different race groups.

122. Data Points 16: Types of Prostate Radiation: Changes across time and geography in the use of prostate radiation technologies for newly diagnosed older cancer patients: 2006-2008 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-radiation_research.pdf
     November 01, 2012 - Men receiving both IMRT and CRT are placed in the IMRT groups. … This may reflect poorer access to care, including new technologies, among disad- vantaged groups. … Given the large-scale conversion to IMRT, it seems unlikely that physician groups are using both CRT … Monitoring IMRT use should be a priority for these other cancers as well as for groups of prostate … Men receiving both IMRT and CRT are placed in the IMRT groups.

123. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Surveillance (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/urinary-incontinence-treatment_surveillance.pdf
     October 29, 2012 - Based on this assessment, the CER was categorized into one of the three updating priority groups: high … There was no statistically significant difference between the groups for UI episodes, UI symptoms, UI … We identified one RCT that demonstrated non-significant differences between the groups: The quality … Only one study, of duloxetine, examined clinical outcomes in different race groups. … Only one study, of duloxetine, examined clinical outcomes in different race groups.

124. S44 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - When we conducted focus groups and interviews with patients and clinicians, we found greater receptiveness … Our focus groups with clinicians revealed some discomfort with a delay of 1 year. … Anonymous PharmaNet data on dispensed drugs in the early and delayed groups were available each week. … Medical services data from both groups were available each month. … Other groups, however, may find that randomization causes a program evaluation or quality improvement

125. Innovations in Stakeholder Engagement Conference Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/innovations_in_stakeholder_engagement_conference_summary2.pdf
     October 01, 2011 - public, online platforms facilitate crowdsourcing, the process of soliciting input and ideas from groups … Community advisory councils are more than focus groups. … Focus groups are often held for a short period of time (1–2 hours.) … Recognize opportunities for stakeholder groups to work together. … In areas where evidence is uncertain, bringing together small groups of clinicians and consumers to

126. Outcome Measures Framework: Literature Review Findings and Implications (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research.pdf
     April 15, 2019 - The fully curated model encompasses both a structured effort led by working groups of clinical experts … Academic, industry, and government groups are using registries for a variety of purposes, including … Key words were organized into two groups, as shown in Figure 1 below. … standardized outcome measures submitted by specialty groups or organizations such as ICHOM. … , expert working groups).

127. Ahrq Community Forum Webinar Branson (pdf file)
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     October 13, 2011 - • Support groups and online groups may offer an opportunity to identify patients who might be

128. Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Wellbeing and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ped-mindfulness-protocol-amendment.pdf
     February 05, 2025 - societal stigma, and delays in diagnosis.8-10 Treatment rates are particularly low among minority groups … Studies with ≥20% of participants in the following groups and do not report findings by population … With fewer, larger groups, we are more likely to gather sufficient evidence for each category to draw … minority groups, including those experiencing poverty, those in foster care, and Black, Asian, and … the Federal Government.” mention of LGBTQ groups as specific high risk groups has been removed 2

129. Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2025 - than the general youth population, including those who are male or from specific racial and ethnic groups … • Alternatively, the findings might suggest that both treatment groups are learning skills to decrease … in specific populations of youths deemed at risk, including youths from specific racial and ethnic groups … suicidal risk among high schools with a high prevalence of students from diverse racial and ethnic groups … It may not be appropriate to generalize the results to males, youths who are from ethnic/racial groups

130. Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/suicidal-thoughts-young-people-amendement.pdf
     February 05, 2025 - There are also considerable knowledge gaps on how to tailor interventions for high-risk groups such … as having heightened risk by PHQ-9, C-SSRS, or ASQ o Those who are from racial/ethnic minority groups … There are also considerable knowledge gaps on how to tailor interventions for high-risk groups … as specific high risk groups has been removed 2/5/2025 Table 1, PICOTS, inclusion criteria … as specific high risk groups has been removed 2/5/2025 Table 1, PICOTS, subgroup analysis

131. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2024 Update of the Evidence Base for the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository (pdf file)
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     August 28, 2024 - I wonder if the utility of this tool could be enhanced for those groups by adding content that might … discussion of next steps, highlighting the importance of identifying what works well for minoritized groups … the discussion noting the importance of examining what works for whom, particularly minoritized groups … level data synthesis to better understand what works for subpopulations such as small demographic groups … discussion of how this report has been and could be used by stakeholders such as guideline development groups

132. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/knowledge-brief-2-methods-public-deliberation-130213.pdf
     February 01, 2013 - few per year 90 minutes or more* Varies Varies No Purposively selected Deliberative Focus Groups … They employ a pre/post quasi-experimental comparison but not separate comparison or control groups … • Nonrandomized comparisons, in contrast, make use of comparison groups to compare the effectiveness … allocate participants to alternative deliberative methods, to a non-deliberating comparison group, or to groups

133. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/knowledge-brief-2-methods-public-deliberation-130213.pdf
     February 01, 2013 - few per year 90 minutes or more* Varies Varies No Purposively selected Deliberative Focus Groups … They employ a pre/post quasi-experimental comparison but not separate comparison or control groups … • Nonrandomized comparisons, in contrast, make use of comparison groups to compare the effectiveness … allocate participants to alternative deliberative methods, to a non-deliberating comparison group, or to groups

134. Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bereaved-persons-research-executive-summ.pdf
     March 01, 2025 - substantial body of evidence addressed psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, expert-facilitated support groups … severity of grief disorder, grief symptoms, and depression symptoms and expert-facilitated support groups … A substantial body of evidence addressed psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, expert- facilitated focus groups … moderate strength of evidence for the beneficial effect of psychotherapy and expert-facilitated support groups

135. Prostate-Cancer-Test Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-test_research-protocol.pdf
     October 14, 2011 -  Was there an attempt to balance groups by design? …  Were baseline prognostic characteristics clearly described and groups shown to be comparable? …  Were participants in treatment groups recruited within the same time period? …  Were outcome measures clearly valid, reliable, and equally applied to treatment groups? …  Was the difference in attrition between treatment groups below a high level (<15%)?

136. Renal-Artery-Stenosis Surveillance (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-artery-stenosis_surveillance.pdf
     June 01, 2012 - Based on this assessment, the CER was categorized into one of the three updating priority groups: high … the weak evidence in the original CER suggesting no significant difference in mortality between the groups … pivotal trials 7,8 and one retrospective study 13demonstrationg no significant difference among the groups … [sample size =55] The survival curves were nearly identical for the two groups over 42 months. … 33 Author year Study name (if applicable) Study design participants Intervention groups

137. Executive Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 256_Effectiveness of Telehealth for Women's Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2022 - telephone support General advice for followup as needed 1 RCT (569) Similar rates of abortion in both groups … of postabortion patients at 1 year; reduction of subsequent abortion in both groups within 2 years … due to socioeconomic factors, rural location, or geographic isolation; and from other underserved groups

138. Asthma-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2011 - We divided comparisons into five groups based on the primary intervention focus and control group … We discuss outcomes separately for each of the five groups. … heterogeneity across groups. … • Exploratory analyses suggest that intensity-matched control groups and control groups that involved … In addition, trials that matched intensity between treatment groups appeared less likely to reduce

139. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/atypical-antipsychotics-off-label-update_research-protocol.pdf
     May 19, 2010 - Demographic subsets include different racial/ethnic groups, different age groups, and different genders … Severity subsets of population are categorized as groups with mild, moderate, or severe condition. … method; the adequacy of allocation concealment; maintenance of blinding; similarity of compared groups … For groups of trials not judged sufficiently clinically similar to support meta-analysis, we will perform … The peer reviewer may represent stakeholder groups such as professional or advocacy organizations with

140. final Fibromyalgia CER protocol_3-31-14 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fibromyalgia_research-protocol.pdf
     April 03, 2014 - Yet these patient groups are of greatest interest to clinicians. … Observational studies without control groups will be excluded. … Yes Valid measures, groups ~equivalent No Non-validated measures or non- equivalent groups … Were there attempts to balance the allocation across groups? (e.g. … Was length of follow-up the same for all groups?