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41. Treatments for Fecal Incontinence: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2016 - PFMT-BF alone* 2 109 Severity No significant difference was found between groups in improvement in the … score at 3 months. ��� Quality of life No significant difference in FIQL score was found between groups … There was no significant difference in improvement in the CCFIS score for the treated versus the sham groups … median decrease in the number of FI episodes over 2 weeks was not significantly different between groups … oral clonidine (0.2 mg/ day) vs. placebo 1 44 Severity No significant difference was found between groups

42. App-E-Surv-Report-3-Noninvasive-Nonpharma (xls file)
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    January 01, 2022 - Patient Blinded Care Provider Blinded Outcome Assessor/Data Analyst Blinded Compliance Acceptable in All Groups … Attrition Reported Attrition Acceptable Attrition B/w Groups Acceptable Timing of Outcome Assessment … in All Groups Similar Registered or Published Protocol Avoidance of Selective Outcomes Reporting Quality

43. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Executive (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2012 - They delivered therapies to small groups of individuals that progressed through rehabilitation together … Improvements in participation measures were sustained 6 months post-treatment for all treatment groups … Low (moderate risk of bias, single study) CIQ at end of treatment No difference between groups … Planners of cohort studies should carefully select comparison groups as similar as possible to the … Studies we reviewed demonstrated similar outcomes across treatment groups at 1-year followup intervals

44. Liver-Cancer-Therapy Executive (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - Fundamental domains include assembly and maintenance of comparable groups; loss to followup; equal, … • Poor: Studies are graded as “poor” if any of the following fatal flaws exist: groups assembled … In the other RCT, 3-year cancer- free survival was 43%, 21%, and 23% in the RFA, PEI, and PAI groups … Increased bilirubin was not different between groups. … This finding supports our approach of combining the PEI and PAI groups in our meta-analysis of the

45. Refining Key Questions: Interactive Case Study Quiz (ppt file)
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    May 29, 2025 - The C stands for comparator, meaning the group or groups being compared to those receiving the intervention … * Which of the following groups are NOT considered to be key informants in the Effective Health … Patients Industry representatives Types of Key Informants Types of Key Informants Which of the following groups

46. Refining Key Questions: Interactive Case Study Quiz (ppt file)
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    May 29, 2025 - The C stands for comparator, meaning the group or groups being compared to those receiving the intervention … * Which of the following groups are NOT considered to be key informants in the Effective Health … Patients Industry representatives Types of Key Informants Types of Key Informants Which of the following groups

47. S103 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - may simply reflect underlying differences between the groups rather than effects that are caused by … is calculated as the difference in outcomes between the matched groups. … Matching algorithms frequently omit a significant proportion of the population when comparison groups … Second, are there known sub- groups that might have different response characteristics? … Assessing the extent to which the model balances the treatment groups is critical.

48. Appendix F 0 (xls file)
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    May 29, 2025 - Groups Similar at Baseline? Patient Masked? Care Provider Masked? Outcome Assessors Masked? … Were the Groups Comparable at Baseline on Key Prognostic Factors (e.g., By Restriction or Matching)?

49. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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    May 29, 2025 - for opinions of others, even when they disagree with you Comfort dealing with conflict Belief that groups … as child care Alternative forums Individual interviews Written testimony Web-based discussions Focus groups … forums might include individual interviews or written testimonies, web-based discussions, or focus groups … Individual interviews, focus groups, dedicated meetings, written testimonials, and other techniques, … as well as involving stakeholders in diverse discussion groups may be used

50. Erythropoiesis-Stimulating-Agents-Utilization Research (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2011 - These groups are more thoroughly described in the subsequent Definitions and Methodology section. … The absolute number of ESA-using beneficiaries in each of the aforemen- tioned groups is presented in … Of note, the absolute number of users rose minimally among the predialysis and dialysis groups, each … The absolute number of ESA-using beneficiaries with cancer in each of the four groups is presented … Figure 2: Number of beneficiaries in kidney disease groups among the Medicare cancer population 100

51. March 3rd Impact of Healthcare Algorithms on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - , including marginalized groups, that may be at risk of being differentially affected by the system … Include: 1) groups defined by a single factor and 2) groups defined by a combination of factors. … F2.2) Evaluate all data sets to assess inclusiveness of identified demographic groups and collect data … F3.1} Identify and prioritize demographic groups, including marginalized groups, that may be at risk … Include: 1} groups defined by a single factor, and 2) groups defined by a combination of factors.

52. Outcomes in COPD patients treated with theophylline (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2009 - Treatment groups were stratified based on propensity to receive theophylline. … month baseline period, and outcomes were compared between groups. … Analysis Baseline treatment regimens were used to define comparison groups. … We used two approaches; the first was a simple approach to characterizing treatment groups. … Therefore, patients with more severe disease may be more likely to be in THEO groups.

53. Outcomes in COPD patients treated with theophylline (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2009 - Treatment groups were stratified based on propensity to receive theophylline. … month baseline period, and outcomes were compared between groups. … Analysis Baseline treatment regimens were used to define comparison groups. … We used two approaches; the first was a simple approach to characterizing treatment groups. … Therefore, patients with more severe disease may be more likely to be in THEO groups.

54. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 25 Disparities within Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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    May 26, 2016 - Our original literature search included the Mesh term “minority groups” as a way of capturing multiple … groups defined by race and ethnicity. … We also reorganized the report such that the descriptions of the disparity groups are in the Methods … Indians and Native Americans, these disparities groups might still be addressed in the summary and … We agree and both groups are highlighted in the revised text.

55. Cannabis-App-G-Table-Surveillance-Report-2 0 (xls file)
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    May 29, 2025 - Groups Similar at Baseline? Patient Masked? Care Provider Masked? Outcome Assessors Masked? … Were the Groups Comparable at Baseline on Key Prognostic Factors (e.g., By Restriction or Matching)?

56. S123 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - In sepa- rate analyses, we varied the number of patient groups (2, 4, 8, and 12 groups) constructed for … ‡§Statistically different rate across groups at 0.99 and 0.95 confidence levels, respectively. … available on each HCUP discharge abstract into Charlson index groups. … Patient Groups Per Instrument ESBC Patients All (N � 6185) Stage I (N � 3280) Stage II (N � 2905 … Groups Per Instrument Instrument F-Statistic After Diagnosis, Effect of BCSI on Patient Survival 1

57. Disparities-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - To measure potential changes in disparity between patient groups, studies had to include a target and … Because the balance between groups achieved by randomization does not reliably extend to subgroups, … • The intervention was successful in both groups. • Reminder interventions improved the likelihood … The intervention increased screening rates in both the private and public insurance groups compared … • The difference between observed effects for breast cancer screening in the two language groups

58. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of New Therapies (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2010 - Most patients in all of the groups were also using oral hypoglycemic medications. … The first three groups were patients who never filled exenatide: (1) patients never on exenatide and … The fifth and six groups are subsets of the fourth. … We hypothesized that the most comparable groups would be groups 3 and 6, as these were patients on oral … The mean age was fairly comparable across groups.

59. Engaging Stakeholders to Identify and Prioritize Topics for Future Research: Recommended activities and reporting practices (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - Report any compensation Stakeholder Recruitment • Develop a priori list of relevant stakeholder groups … overall response rates • Monitor stakeholder representativeness and distribution of stakeholder groups … ; add individuals to recruitment as necessary to ensure target stakeholder groups are included 

60. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    February 23, 2012 - defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as "differences in health outcomes between groups … The disparity may be established by measuring the difference between outcomes in two groups internal … As health care systems, disparity indicators, and groups subject to disparities vary geographically, …  Study Groups. … , (2) the comparability of the study groups, and (3) the outcome of interest (for cohort studies).