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461. Prognostic Tests (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - This section of the Methods Guide focuses on how to conduct a systematic review of prognostic tests. … Subpart A asks how complete was the followup of subjects and if the losses were related to either the … Reclassification tables are then used to determine how adding a prognostic test reclassifies the patients … Currently, reclassification tables are being analyzed to determine how adding a prognostic test reclassifies … Dear’s method (1994) uses a fixed-effects regression model to do this.

462. Prognostic Tests (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - This section of the Methods Guide focuses on how to conduct a systematic review of prognostic tests. … Subpart A asks how complete was the followup of subjects and if the losses were related to either the … Reclassification tables are then used to determine how adding a prognostic test reclassifies the patients … Currently, reclassification tables are being analyzed to determine how adding a prognostic test reclassifies … Dear’s method (1994) uses a fixed-effects regression model to do this.

463. Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings: Surveillance Report (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2020 - document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do … This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of clinical judgment. … This report is made available to the public under the terms of a licensing agreement between the author … The AHRQ EPC Program recognizes that people are struggling with urgent questions on how to control the … Given the rapidly evolving field, the AHRQ EPC Program will update these reviews on a regular basis to

464. Head-Neck-Cancer-Update Consumer (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2015 - about how well the different ways to give radiation therapy work? … Researchers do not know much about how side effects may differ for the different ways that radiation … This can affect how much saliva is made and can lead to dry mouth. … � Which option do you think is best for me? � What side effects am I most likely to have? … � What can we do about any side effects?

465. Protocol Amendment - Safety of Vaccines 030413 (pdf file)
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     September 18, 2012 - The following publication types / studies will be excluded: • Letters • Editorials • Individual case … reports • Animal studies • Mechanistic/in vitro (animal or human) studies; we will include an appendix … To make applicability information useful, the review will address how specific aspects of study design … affected the final population and how greatly (and in which direction) it may differ from more representative … Technical Experts do not do analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report.

466. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus (pdf file)
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     August 23, 2013 - Some methods have credibility and most do not, so it is misleading to just provide a single list that … How do we validate that quality of life is really tinnitus-specific? … Since many excluded studies do not actually have any direct connection to the topic at hand, a simple … Maybe a word in the introduction about how one might ever be able to show evidence based benefit for … The conclusions do not form a sufficient base to form a clear policy for what should be done at this

467. Psoriatic Arthritis Surveillance Assesment_CER 54_Low (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - • How out of date is that portion of the CER? … How quickly do systematic reviews go out of date? A survival analysis. … Do Not Know KQ 1: For patients with PsA, do drug therapies differ in their ability to reduce disease …  do  drug  therapies  differ  in  their  ability  to  improve  patient-­‐reported … Do Not Know criteria;  unable  to  draw  conclusions  on  the   comparative  efficacy

468. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 03, 2011 - How do preventive pharmacological treatments affect patient-centered and intermediate outcomes when … How do preventive pharmacological treatments affect patient-centered and intermediate outcomes when … How do preventive pharmacological treatments affect patient-centered and intermediate outcomes when … How do preventive pharmacological treatments combined with nondrug treatments affect patient-centered … Technical Experts do not do analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have

469. Disposition of Comments Report for Biologic and Nonbiologic Systemic Agents and Phottherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis (pdf file)
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     November 27, 2012 - For this reason, it is also important to capture long-term safety to obtain a global aspect of how … Do the acronyms need to be in the kq; it makes for a harder read? … For example, do you need to report both weight and bmi for the general study Thank you for this comment … Please include how psoriatic arthritis was diagnosed Thank you for your comment. … Please state how long remission was maintained Thank you for this comment.

470. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2010 - How Crohn’s disease medications should be combined is a subject of ongoing controversy and investigation … reports) for these outcomes. … If we do not identify reasons for inconsistency we may decide not to conduct a NMA for the particular … □ For two outcomes will include all levels of evidence (including case reports). … reports) for these outcomes.

471. Acs-Pci-Adjunctive-Devices Surveillance (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - • How out of date is that portion of the CER? … less of a signal to update than the former)? … How quickly do systematic reviews go out of date? A survival analysis. … Do Not Know However, these devices significantly increased the time needed to conduct the PCI procedure … Do Not Know MBG.

472. Topic Brief: Cervical Degenerative Disease (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2023 - a. How does the effectiveness of surgery vary by myelopathy severity at the time of surgery? 2. … In patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy, how do outcomes vary with choice of interbody graft … reports or comment or editorial or guideline or letter or news).pt.) (7227) 5 limit 4 to (english … What do you want to see changed? … (*Note: this is the "timing of surgery" question, which I think will be difficult to study, i.e. how

473. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 30, 2016 - It would be useful to know how these were selected. … On principle, however, I do not like pie charts as they do not really show data well. … , Case Study by Care Innovations, an Intel GE Company] http://www.careinnov ations.com/data/s ites … decrease after the application was discontinued" [Case study titled: "Medication Adherence and mHealth … we look forward to establishing a dialogue with AHRQ on how telehealth and remote patient monitoring

474. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report #208 Part 5 (pdf file)
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     July 26, 2012 - What matters is how the information is used and to what end. … how long or how rapidly changes were seen would be helpful. … They DO! … Wording has been revised to clarify how terms were developed and how searches were tested. … How well a study addressed confounding factors was one of the six criteria used to assess the quality

475. Medication-Adherence-Interventions Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - How do medication-adherence intervention characteristics (e.g., mode of delivery, intervention target … reports • Nonsystematic reviews • Editorials • Letters to the editor • Articles rated as having … reports • Nonsystematic reviews • Editorials • Letters to the editor • Articles rated as having … give more thought to how they might be able to extrapolate existing results to their specific patient … How to improve adherence with prescribed treatment in hypertensive patients?

476. Renal-Function Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 13, 2013 - There is no consensus on how to define a reference population for the assays (in terms of age, gender … Given that the prevalence of CKD in the US reached 15 percent in 2008, how to interpret troponin in … How do the positive predictive value and the negative predictive value vary with the population’s pretest … Do troponin results relate to: a. … Technical Experts do not do analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have

477. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 22, 2012 - Editorials, commentaries, case reports, and animal studies will be excluded. … How should meta-regression analyses be undertaken and interpreted? … How to formulate research recommendations. BMJ. 2006 Oct 14;333(7572):804-6. PMID: 17038740. … 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

478. PKU Surveillance Assessment_CER 56_Low (pdf file)
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     January 15, 2013 - • How out of date is that portion of the CER? … How quickly do systematic reviews go out of date? A survival analysis. … Do Not Know Key Question 1a: What is the evidence for optimal Phe Levels To Minimize Cognitive Impairment … Do Not Know A model of the association between maternal blood Phe levels during pregnancy and effect … Do Not Know did not experience a decrease in Phe, although those not adhering to diet or not using

479. Horizon Scanning Protocol and Operations Manual January 2013 Revision (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - If so, do not select unless the developer has expressed intent to create and market a commercial test … reports, or press releases? … Their perspectives include their vision and plans for how they intend to carry out diffusion of a technology … News, information on issues & advocacy efforts, case studies on various technologies AdvaMed SmartBrief … do you think [Horizon Scanning topic] has to disrupt how patients are managed and how clinicians and

480. Arthritis-Knee-Physical-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - • Case reports and postmarketing surveillance. … harms regardless of how authors perceived causality of treatments. … We do not plan to contact the investigators of the primary studies. … 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