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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-240-acute-pain-appendix-f.xlsx
May 29, 2025 - Groups similar at baseline? Outcome assessors masked? Care provider masked? Patient masked? … Were the groups comparable at baseline on key prognostic factors (e.g., by restriction or matching)? … Did the study maintain comparable groups through the study period?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/obesity-child_research-protocol.pdf
March 31, 2010 - 5%
to 18.1% (adolescents aged 12-19 years) between 1976-1980 and 2007-2008.
2 3
Some minority
groups … such as African Americans, Hispanic, and Native Americans, and low-income groups are
at higher risk … of obesity.
4 5
However, the patterns are complicated, and not all low-income or
minority groups … factors affect children and contribute to
the disparities in obesity prevalence between population groups … correlation between direct and indirect measures of adiposity,
particularly in among different age groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/long-term-care-adults_executive.pdf
November 01, 2012 - NH care may also include family councils
and support groups for informal caregivers. … Mathematica Policy Research), foundations (such
as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), and advocacy
groups … of intervention
specification, use of equivalent outcome measures across
experimental and control groups … with NH residents at several points in time, but it did
not test the change over time between the groups … These groups
may experience different outcomes and have different
characteristics and preferences.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-238-cervical-ripening-appendix-g.xlsx
May 29, 2025 - Groups Similar at Baseline? Intention-to-Treat Analysis? Overall Attrition ≤20%?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/web-based_willis_respondent.pdf
January 01, 2009 - oncologists,
nurses,
social
workers,
pharmacists,
family/friends,
support
groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0064_11-23-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - Open-angle glaucoma disproportionately affects minority groups and vulnerable populations;
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/treatment-resistant-depression_research-protocol.pdf
December 09, 2009 - • Elderly or very elderly patients; other demographic groups (defined by age,
ethnic or racial groups … Category
Criteria
Inclusion Exclusion
Study population Humans, all races, ethnicities,
cultural groups … The peer reviewer may represent stakeholder groups such as professional or advocacy
organizations with
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-pci-bypass_surveillance.pdf
May 01, 2013 - Rates of death and myocardial
infarction were not statistically different
between groups. … Rates of stroke
were not statistically different between
groups certain patients with a low
SYNTAX … death, myocardial
infarction, or stroke at 2 years was not
statistically different between the two
groups … eluting stents
201 The combined rate of death and
myocardial infarction at 1 year was
similar between groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/head-neck-cancer_surveillance.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Based on this assessment, the CER was
categorized into one of the three updating priority groups: high … warning
from FDA, etc.
5
2.6 Determining Priority for Updating
Determining the priority groups … compared to 2DCRT groups. … yr)
27
Author year
Study name (if
applicable)
Study
design
Subjects
Treatment groups … 29
Author year
Study name (if
applicable)
Study
design
Subjects
Treatment groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-topics_methods.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Key informants representing
key stakeholder groups may be consulted as part of the topic selection … These include:
An open forum, supplemented by ongoing regular
engagement with key stakeholder groups … Soliciting participation in the technical expert groups
advising the EPCs conducting the systematic … Was nominated/strongly supported by one or more stakeholder groups. … Issues that technical expert groups address during topic development
1.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_2-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
January 01, 2011 - in nonexperimental studies and the
central assumption needed for nonexperimental CER—that treatment groups … The central assumption needed for
nonexperimental CER is that the treatment groups
compared have the … Measures of
association
Measures needed to compare outcomes
across treatment groups. … Cohorts allow the estimation
of actual incidence (risk or rate) in all treatment
groups and thus the … If this cannot be
achieved, then differences in periods between
treatment groups need to be carefully
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tinnitus_executive.pdf
August 01, 2013 - For the present review, treatment groups
revolve around four main categories
Effective Health Care … language
English Non-English
Study design All KQs: RCTs or observational studies with true control groups … ACRN, and
acupuncture
Although interventions showed no differences between treatment and
placebo groups … Anxiety
symptoms
141 Insufficient All groups in the study demonstrated improvement, but adding
a noise … Many
of the studies did not show statistical differences between
groups, but limited statistical power
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-high-risk-drugs-rapid-response.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The calls were intended to reinforce the education provided to both groups prior
to discharge from the … The mean TTR was
identical in both groups. … The rate of major bleeding was similar in
the two groups. … The per-patient lifetime discounted costs for these four
simulated groups (using Argentinian pesos) … • Hospitalization did not differ
between groups (RR 1.02,
95% CI 0.85 to 1.23).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-treatment-ssri_executive.pdf
April 01, 2012 - Experimental studies and observational studies with
comparator groups were included in this review. … The studies
generally showed no difference between groups. … with problems
in randomization, reporting compliance, and balancing
prognostic indicators between groups … A
limited number of studies undertook statistical evaluation
comparing harms between groups. … future research studies should be
sufficient to establish important margins of difference
between groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-stones-draft-appendi-c.xlsx
January 01, 2024 - None 3 years per study protocol; actual followup varied from 1.7 to 2.7 years across groups Monitored … Adherence to diet was "remarkably good" in both groups NR One of the following:
1) Typical renal colic … None 3 years per study protocol; actual followup varied from 1.7 to 2.7 years across groups Monitored … ; attrition due to side effects appears higher in the chlortalidone groups NI None Yes None Yes None … None NI There is no info on randomization process, but T3 shows moderately balanced groups, suggesting
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-systems-research.pdf
October 01, 2017 - considered within the EPC program and discuss partnerships
not unlike those AHRQ has with guideline groups … The EPC
program’s reports are used regularly by guideline groups, professional societies, and policy … So, those are the groups that are really… using… most of the clinical
evidence and developing protocols … How are we intersecting with our
primary care groups or specialty groups around advanced care planning … are conducting this project because we know our EPC work is being
used by people such as guideline groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/depression-childhood-protocol.pdf
August 06, 2018 - directive counseling, Katathym-imaginative
Psychotherapy, family therapy, parent education, self-help groups … with one exception (the Treatment for Adolescents
with Depression Study,28 which also included two groups … bias; concepts covered include those about adequacy of randomization (for RCTs
only), similarity of groups … Health Care, Integrated"] or "integrated
care":ti,ab or "integrative care":ti,ab or [mh "Self-Help Groups … S11 S3 OR S10 Search modes -
Boolean/Phrase 141,461
S12 S11
Limiters - English;
Age Groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0264_01-14-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - Population(s): Children and sub-groups of children diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic
arthritis
Intervention
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-medications_appendixes.pdf
March 01, 2009 - M
aintenance of
com
parable
groups?
Loss to follow
-
up? … M
aintenance of
com
parable
groups?
Loss to follow
-
up? … M
aintenance of
com
parable
groups?
Loss to follow
-
up? … M
aintenance of
com
parable
groups?
Loss to follow
-
up? … are indicated by: + outcome increased in
treatment groups; - outcome decreased in treatment groups
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-235-pharma-nonpharm-ptsd-update-appendix-g-1.xlsx
May 29, 2025 - Selection Bias Domain: Groups Similar at Baseline? Selection Bias Domain: ITT Analysis? … Also, MI computation used group as the unit of analysis (means, across groups) rather than individuals