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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/hip-fracture-pain.ppt
May 01, 2011 - The incidence increases approximately 30-fold for men and 50-fold for women in age groups from 50 to … The difference between treated and control groups for reported intensity of pain is neither clinically … traction, the difference in pain intensity between patients treated with skin traction and control groups … stroke, and renal failure were either rarely reported or no significant differences were found between groups … Pain Management Interventions
Overall, adverse event rates were similar in both treated and control groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hip-fracture-pain.ppt
May 01, 2011 - The incidence increases approximately 30-fold for men and 50-fold for women in age groups from 50 to … The difference between treated and control groups for reported intensity of pain is neither clinically … traction, the difference in pain intensity between patients treated with skin traction and control groups … stroke, and renal failure were either rarely reported or no significant differences were found between groups … Pain Management Interventions
Overall, adverse event rates were similar in both treated and control groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/multiple-sclerosis_executive.pdf
April 01, 2015 - on randomized controlled trials (RCTs), systematic
reviews, and observational studies with control groups … Median treatment duration for the three groups ranged
from 7 years for the placebo group to 14 years … At Least
1 Serious
Adverse
Event
Treatment
Discontinuation
for Adverse
Event
Comparator
Groups … None of the studies used
appropriate comparison groups. … IFNbeta-1b 2 years
earlier than the comparators, but no differences between
treated and comparator groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/restless-legs_disposition-comments.pdf
November 27, 2012 - somnolence) were observed at Week 12 using LOCF in both the
gabpentin enacarbil (1200 mg) and placebo groups … improvement in all domains of the MOS at Week 12 using LOCF
in the gabpentin enacarbil treatment groups … In Study
XP053, baseline Overall-Life-Impact scores were similar between
treatment groups. … However, at Week 12 using LOCF, there was
an improvement in quality of life scores for all treatment groups … treatment difference was statistically significant favoring
the gabpentin enacarbil 1200 mg and 600 mg groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/phenylketonuria_surveillance.pdf
January 15, 2013 - 1b: What is the Evidence for Optimal Phe Levels To Minimize Cognitive Impairment for Different Age Groups … and regular
monitoring (controls were 73
healthy children recruited
from pts. families or peer
groups … Gonzalez, 20117
Country:
Spain
None: 121 children diagnosed
with PKU in one hospital
divided into groups … 1b: What is the Evidence for Optimal Phe Levels To Minimize Cognitive Impairment for Different Age Groups … 1b: What is the Evidence for Optimal Phe Levels To Minimize Cognitive Impairment for Different Age Groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s16.pdf
October 01, 2007 - Usual care control groups better estimate the effectiveness of
a new intervention relative to current … estimates of treatment effect; explore heterogeneity
across different settings, demographic and risk groups … Exploring sub-
groups within the WHS yields conflicting findings. … are undergoing surgery,
because the balance of harms and benefits is especially
problematic in these groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pressure-ulcer-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
January 10, 2012 - Key Informants and a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) representing a variety
of experts and stakeholder groups … Good-quality
studies include clear descriptions of the population, setting, interventions, and comparison
groups … assess*"
S17 S14 or S15 or S16
S20 Limiters - Exclude MEDLINE records
S19 Limiters - Age Groups … S6 and S7
S9 S6 and S7 Limiters - Exclude MEDLINE records
S10 S6 and S7 Limiters - Age Groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nephropathy-contrast-induced_executive.pdf
October 01, 2015 - separately analyze patients who received intravenous
versus intra-arterial contrast media, as these groups … diuretics, vasoactive drugs,
antioxidants, dopamine, and renal replacement therapy) in
which the study groups … N-acetylcysteine despite having a lower pooled risk ratio
estimate because of differences between the two groups … difficult to
justify additional RCTs of intravenous sodium bicarbonate
unless they focus on particular groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/public-reporting-quality-improvement_executive.pdf
July 01, 2012 - lead to change in health care delivery
structures or processes (at levels of individual providers,
groups … For initial data synthesis, we separated studies into four
groups by the health care settings that were … are not uniformly
consistent and many questions about the appropriateness
of the comparisons (both groups … reporting
helped drive quality improvement in outpatient diabetes care
among Wisconsin physician groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/depression-pregnancy-postpartum_research-protocol.pdf
March 29, 2013 - observational study evidence (defined as cohort studies comparing at least two concurrent
treatment groups … reviews,
observational studies (defined as cohort studies comparing at least two concurrent
treatment groups … methods used for randomization, allocation concealment, and blinding; the similarity of
compared groups … at baseline; maintenance of comparable groups; adequate reporting of
dropouts, attrition, crossover
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/icd-categories-prevalence-reimbursement_research.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Numbers of claims and beneficiaries were summed across
diagnostic groups. … Payments were summed across
diagnostic groups. … The intersection of the 10 highest ranked condi-
tions across these three groups was then identified
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/palliative-care-tools_research-protocol.pdf
April 14, 2016 - of Life
Ethical and Legal Aspects of Care (care planning)
Over the past fifteen years, different groups … We will
conduct interviews in one or two small groups, with a separate call for caregiver
advocates … care
or meeting the definition of palliative care (see definition below)
All diseases, age groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tx-for-localized-prostate-cancer_surveillanceassesment_20120614.pdf
May 01, 2012 - There
was no difference in total
number of deaths between the
bicalutamide and placebo groups
for … age
ranges, few studies directly
compared the treatment effects of
different therapies across age
groups … prostatic neoplasms OR "prostate cancer"
AND
"age factors"OR age [ti] OR ethnicityOR ethnic groups … There was no difference in total number
of deaths between the bicalutamide and
placebo groups for men … age
ranges, few studies directly compared the
treatment effects of different therapies
across age groups
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tx-for-localized-prostate-cancer_surveillanceassesment_20120614.pdf
May 01, 2012 - There
was no difference in total
number of deaths between the
bicalutamide and placebo groups
for … age
ranges, few studies directly
compared the treatment effects of
different therapies across age
groups … prostatic neoplasms OR "prostate cancer"
AND
"age factors"OR age [ti] OR ethnicityOR ethnic groups … There was no difference in total number
of deaths between the bicalutamide and
placebo groups for men … age
ranges, few studies directly compared the
treatment effects of different therapies
across age groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/peripheral-artery-disease-treatment_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - RCTs, criteria included
adequacy of randomization and allocation concealment;
the comparability of groups … reported more transfusions,
arterial dissection/perforation, and hematomas compared
with the usual care groups … stroke
SOE=Insufficient
3 RCTs, 1932 patients
Inconclusive evidence due to low event rates in both groups … to imprecision, with 1 study
reporting similar amputation rates in the endovascular and
usual care groups … Multiple groups, including the American College
of Cardiology, Vascular Surgery working groups, and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-neuropathy_research-protocol.pdf
September 01, 2016 - publication to match a ClinicalTrials.gov registered trial if the intervention was the same AND 1
or more groups … Number of groups
Trial start date, trial end date
Trial discontinuation Early discontinuation?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/registry-of-patient-registries_research-2012-3_0.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Over 300 stakeholders from a variety of stakeholder groups
were engaged to discuss use cases, data elements … Common Data Element Groups by Condition—this section contains lists of data element
standards, scales
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disruptive-behavior-disorder_consumer.pdf
August 01, 2016 - Parent and child training programs are sometimes done in groups. … � Are there local support groups that could help me?
12
Notes:
13
AHRQ Pub.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/assessing-the-risk-of-bias-in-systematic-reviews-of-health-care-interventions-01.pdf
May 01, 2005 - Duration of follow-up is one such example: if duration of follow-up is different
across comparison groups … risk of bias and applicability: if the populations are systematically different between
comparison groups … start of the intervention can
occur when intervention status is misclassified (i.e., intervention groups … X X X
• No or minimal contamination between groups X X X
15 … X X
Bias in measurement of
outcomes
Overall or systematic differences between
study groups in
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/protocol-social-isolation.pdf
January 01, 2013 - We will also contact targeted health systems and research groups for existing
interventions and research