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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-frameworks.ppt
June 01, 2012 - This section of the Methods Guide focuses on how to develop the topic and structure of a systematic review … It is important to have a clear understanding of how the test will be used clinically, including how … Module 10 discusses further how to decide whether to use decision modeling in a systematic review. … - Do cases identified by the new test respond similarly to treatment? … - Do cases identified by the new test respond similarly to treatment?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/healthcare-infections_disposition-comments.pdf
August 10, 2015 - were not directly addressed, including:
How do cleaning, disinfection and monitoring strategies
interact … While the authors do mention that the effectiveness of
disinfectants is significantly affected by how … Copper is being used and there are case studies
demonstrating the merits. … How realistic is it to expect these studies
to be done? … model of how EC leads
to HAIs’ is a w [remainder of comment not available]
Thank you for your comment
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/menopausal-symptoms-protocol.pdf
October 15, 2024 - These criteria do not rely on age as a staging criterion. … The
benefits and risks of this customized strategy have not been studied.20-22
Understanding how to … 2009
Research type Qualitative, survey, mixed methods, original
research
Case studies, narrative … They do not review the report, except as given the
opportunity to do so through the peer or public review … Technical Experts do not perform
analysis of any kind; neither do they contribute to the writing of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/long-covid-protocol.pdf
February 18, 2023 - What are potential facilitators and barriers to implementation, including
resources needed, and how … do barriers vary according to the setting? … on specific long COVID models of care, insights on where and how they
were established, how they have … Key Informants do not do
analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have not … reviewed the
report, except as given the opportunity to do so through the public review mechanism.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/presentation.ppt
August 01, 2009 - We discuss how and when to synthesize data and the summary tables used to illustrate this synthesized … do so. … Approach to an Evidence Map
This evidence map makes evident how selective the reporting was in a pharmacogenetics … Often, readers of a systematic review do not realize how selective a view this is. … to bias) are not the ones that have the best applicability (a proxy for how generalizable the findings
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-antigen-3-gene_research.pdf
April 01, 2013 - Finally, in order to understand how a test
impacts health outcomes, there is a need for either clinical … Finally, in order to understand how
a test impacts health outcomes, there is a need for either clinical … ; how do you know
which is right? … how do you know which is right? … establish performance; when PCA3 disagrees with
other inclusion criteria how do you know which is right
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/menopausal-symptoms-protocol-final.pdf
October 15, 2024 - These criteria do not rely on age as a staging criterion. … The
benefits and risks of this customized strategy have not been studied.20-22
Understanding how to … 2009
Research type Qualitative, survey, mixed methods, original
research
Case studies, narrative … They do not review the report, except as given the
opportunity to do so through the peer or public review … Technical Experts do not perform
analysis of any kind; neither do they contribute to the writing of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cognitive-decline-disposition-170707pdf.pdf
March 24, 2017 - that analyze results from RCTs (including
healthy adults and MCI, excluding non-randomized
trials, case … studies, reviews, and meta-analyses). … For example do they refer to
cognitive tests or dementia/MCI? … They do a good job with their
description of how bias was rated. … no value to American
taxpayers of NIA funded and organized research into
how to maintain cognitive
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cognitive-decline-disposition-170707pdf.pdf
March 24, 2017 - that analyze results from RCTs (including
healthy adults and MCI, excluding non-randomized
trials, case … studies, reviews, and meta-analyses). … For example do they refer to
cognitive tests or dementia/MCI? … They do a good job with their
description of how bias was rated. … no value to American
taxpayers of NIA funded and organized research into
how to maintain cognitive
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/weight-loss-surgery_research-protocol.pdf
December 14, 2010 - How do they compare to short-term outcomes (within 1 year from
surgery)? … reports. … For those trials that do not report a follow-up
standard deviation, we will impute one by assigning … Technical Experts
do not do analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have … not
reviewed the report, except as given the opportunity to do so through the peer or public
review
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse_research-protocol.pdf
April 28, 2010 - Question 2
How do specific screening modalities compare with one another for detecting alcohol … How do behavioral counseling interventions, with or without referral, compare with usual
care for improving … How do specific behavioral counseling approaches, with or without referral, compare
with one another … For KQ 2,
§
like the previous USPSTF review, we will
Case series
Case reports
Nonsystematic reviews … Technical Experts do not do
analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-health-children_disposition-comments.pdf
December 19, 2016 - Peer Reviewer 5 Methods You do seem to include some other types but how do
they fit into your list … We typically do include a table of results in the
executive summary to substantiate our
conclusions … practices, so trying to learn how that
can best be done is also certainly a worthy goal. … more about how to implement and disseminate best
practices. … As currently written, the findings do not appear to be
useful other than to a limited number of researchers
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
January 27, 2012 - and especially medication therapy that has yet to have a major impact on
how primary care providers … b: How do medications for adults with alcohol-use disorders compare for improving
consumption outcomes … b: How do medications for adults with alcohol-use disorders compare for improving
health outcomes in … b: How do medications for adults with alcohol-use disorders compare for adverse effects
in outpatient … Case series
Case reports
Nonsystematic reviews
Editorials
Letters to the editor
Articles rated as
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypothyroidism-hyperthyroidism-screening-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
February 01, 2012 - Is this serious complication a reason to
want to screen or treat? … what to do for patients who have
borderline test result is important. … The studies of TSH in the elderly
do highlight the importance of understanding
how TSH varies with … way to do that
legibly in the subtables (Tables 8b-g and
Tables 9a-d). … See answer to Comment #94 – we do not feel
that subclinical thyroid dysfunction meets the
standard
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-child-adolesc-mental-health-grand-rounds.pptx
May 22, 2025 - How accurate are brief assessment tools compared to reference standard methods to identify obsessive … to care
Our review found very sparse published evidence to inform how to treat individuals who fail to … This therapy also focuses on helping patients learn how to develop close, authentic relationships and … Not superior to TAU.
Lower risk patients do better in CAMS. … do network meta analysis not able to do that – enough study – RCTs, Number small.
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Representative
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-cancer-imaging_technical-brief.pdf
October 01, 2014 - reports
Opinions
Commentaries
Letters to the editor with no primary data
Other English language … A few atoms out of
every million, however, are unmatched and do not point toward the head or the feet … volumes in order to remain accredited (as they do for breast MRI). … Breast cancer and HIV in the era of highly active
antiretroviral therapy: two case reports and review … Palliative radiation for lung cancer metastases to
the breast: two case reports.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-205-predictors-trauma-care-disposition-comments.pdf
April 01, 2018 - These sites also need some type of triage scheme to
determine if a patient needs to go to a higher level … The more complicated you make it, the less likely they are to do it. … support the conclusions made about extremes of age It is difficult to
evaluate exactly how many articles … those who are "expectant" (expected to
die) in order to do greatest good for greatest number of patients … The authors do a great job of illustrating the interpretation of
sensitivity and specificity in many
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/multinational-registries-guide-3rd-ed-addendum-white-paper.pdf
February 01, 2018 - document are those of
the authors, who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do … address
multiple types of research objectives, but, in order to do so, they must be planned, designed … planning
process how a proposed registry design will be perceived in each of the countries of interest … Because observational studies do not alter the care that a patient would receive in
routine clinical … However,
there is no consistent guidance at an international level for when and how to obtain this consent
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/obesity-child_disposition-comments.pdf
June 10, 2013 - Perhaps a diagram or explanation of
how the sorting by kq and settings relate to each
other may help … how
this new review makes a unique contribution. … Do you mean after the
intervention started? Was completed? There is a
big difference. … The table headings do not link to the definitions. … For example, how does the cost of diverting
teacher's time to a prevention activity impacts
on overall
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-interventions-maltreatment-child_disposition-comments.pdf
April 15, 2013 - is as yet too
limited to do so. … the "scylla" of low power to detect
effects in that if you do find a significant effect in a small … However, they do not offer any discussion of the
limitations of RCTs in that they are:
• Hard to do … Depending on how this study is being
planned to be used, I think it is very important to ensure that … models in isolation, but rather to consider how systemic level changes can
potentially have a significant