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1581. Management of Uterine Fibroids - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2017 - GnRH) agonists, mifepristone, ulipristal, and uterine artery embolism (UAE) reduce fibroid size, and improve … Myomectomy and hysterectomy also improve quality of life. … Interventions include expectant management or placebo; medications to improve or resolve symptoms or … Some medications and procedures also improve quality of life.

1582. Autism-Update Executive (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2014 - impairments in communication and social interaction and restricted/repetitive behaviors and interests) may improve … changes within this theoretically important domain, data are more limited about their ability to improve … Although such ratings outside of the clinical setting may be suggestive of generalization in that they improve … addressing interventions for younger children, children who received behavioral interventions seemed to improve … Training programs included components to improve social communication skills such as joint attention

1583. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2015 - Most experts commenting on this intervention opined that it has the potential to improve patient health … However, experts commented that the device’s potential to improve patient health is limited by its … Experts commented that this intervention has the potential to improve patient health by reducing the … Unmet need and health outcomes: ITCA 650’s subcutaneous delivery could improve patient adherence to … They opined that this implant has the potential to improve patient health outcomes, citing increased

1584. Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Programs for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - and funders of research make well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve … and technology assessments to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve … purchasers as well as the health care system as a whole by providing important information to help improve … Potential to improve decisionmaking for patient or provider, by decreasing uncertainty. … To improve staff competencies on new or novel assessments of the TBI patient population NCT01132898

1585. Discerning the Perception and Impact of Patients Involved in Evidence-based Practice Center Key Informant Interviews (pdf file)
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      December 19, 2017 - To improve the scientific rigor of these evidence reports, AHRQ supports empiric research by the EPCs … to help understand or improve complex methodologic issues in systematic reviews. … These methods research projects are intended to contribute to the research base in and be used to improve … What could the person leading the discussion have done differently to improve the discussion? 18. … We truly do appreciate your honesty and your willingness to help us improve the process.

1586. Self-Measured Blood Pressure: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - and funders of research make well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve … to blood pressure (BP) treatment and consequently improve outcomes. … to blood pressure (BP) treatment and consequently improve outcomes. … SMBP requires patient participation to assess and improve BP control. … Two self-management interventions to improve hypertension control: a randomized trial.

1587. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Surveillance (pdf file)
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      October 29, 2012 - contrast to the original CER, the finding from one RCT demonstrated that magnetic stimulation did not improve … Darifenacin needed to be given to nine women in order to improve UI in one woman (Table 7).

1588. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - Effective Health Care Topic Number: 0343 Document Completion Date: 3-23-11 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Peripheral artery disease (PAD) will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparators, and out…

1589. AHRQ EPC Program Launches Learning Health Systems Panel to Help Make Evidence Reports More Useful to Health Systems in Improving Patient Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      Home » News » AHRQ EPC Program Launches Learning Health Systems Panel to Help Make Evidence Reports More Useful to Health Systems in Improving Patient Care AHRQ EPC Program Launches Learning Health Systems Panel to Help Make Evidence Reports More Useful to Health Systems in Improving Patient …

1590. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - Reports from observational studies suggested that helminths might prevent or improve UC by inducing … No effective treatments are available to improve long-term nutritional absorption other than intestinal … If the patient does not improve after 3–5 days, colectomy (i.e., surgical removal of the colon) can … Early results of TSO are encouraging; however, larger trials will be needed to improve patient and … A reduction in PN might significantly improve patient outcomes and quality of life.

1591. Disposition of Comments for CER 202 Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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      December 14, 2017 - well-written systematic review of two key question areas, the effects of allergen remediation in the home to improve … asthma and the effects of bronchial Thermoplasty, BT, to improve asthma. … We note that it did not improve in either AIR or AIR 2. … We agree that it is best to use “may improve” in describing BT’s effects in some patients with asthma

1592. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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      August 12, 2009 - Furthermore, physicians’ ability “to recognize non-adherence is poor and intervention to improve adherence

1593. Evaluation of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      May 26, 2016 - the performance of the three primary functions of the Horizon Scanning System and to discern ways to improve

1594. Hepatitis-C-Treatment-Adherence Executive (pdf file)
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      September 22, 2011 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 91 Interventions To Improve Patient Adherence to Hepatitis … Therefore, efforts are needed to improve treatment adherence in HCV. … The BIC program was designed to improve patient adherence. … Almost all included studies measuring adherence showed that interventions tended to improve adherence … Interventions To Improve Patient Adherence to Hepatitis C Treatment: Comparative Effectiveness.

1595. Mental-Illness-Heart Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2013 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 105 Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors … The review was designed to evaluate strategies to improve CVD risk factors in adults with SMI. … To prioritize interventions for review, we examined published systematic reviews of strategies to improve … Project Title:Strategies to Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness … Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness.

1596. Depression-Chronic-Conditions-Interventions Executive (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - interest is emerging about whether treatment of common mental health conditions in primary care can improve … An emerging literature addresses whether better treatment of depression in primary care can also improve … eager to identify interventions and processes that can streamline care for multiple conditions and improve … mean any intervention that (1) targets the care process within a system of care and (2) works to improve … antidepressant medications, but they must be delivered as part of a broader systematic strategy to improve

1597. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2014 - cervical disc replacement in the absence of neurologic compromise, stating that patient symptoms can improve … However, data are limited regarding the ability of autologous MSCs to improve OA symptoms and regenerate … encouraging, the experts said, and they were cautiously optimistic about the potential of MSCs to improve … Experts were cautiously optimistic about PRP therapy’s potential to improve patient health outcomes … Mesenchymal stem cell injections improve symptoms of knee osteoarthritis.

1598. Alcohol-Misuse-Drug-Therapy Clinician (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2016 - Conclusions There was moderate-strength evidence that acamprosate and oral naltrexone improve alcohol … medications.† Expanding awareness and access to medication-assisted treatment for AUD has the potential to improve

1599. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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      December 05, 2013 - Additionally, patients treated with Mobi-C were reported to improve more than patients treated with … Experts thought that available evidence suggests that Mobi-C may improve clinical success rates and … If Mobi-C is shown to improve outcomes enough to benefit patients and reduce the need to reoperate … Experts were cautiously optimistic about PRP therapy’s potential to improve patient health outcomes … Mesenchymal stem cell injections improve symptoms of knee osteoarthritis.

1600. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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      October 20, 2009 - therapeutic activities, direct (one-on-one) patient contact by the provider (use of dynamic activities to improve