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1. Medical Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder — An Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   January 01, 2021 - Key Messages Despite many randomized trials, confidence in reported improvements (strength of evidence … to placebo, seven studies addressing risperidone or aripiprazole reported statistically significant improvements … N-acetylcysteine and tetrahydrobiopterin were not associated with improvements in social skills and symptom … Methylphenidate and atomoxetine were also associated with improvements in hyperactivity in small short-term … RCTs (low SOE), with improvements maintained over 6 months for atomoxetine (low SOE for longer term

2. Integrated and Comprehensive Pain Management Programs: Effectiveness and Harms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   October 01, 2022 - Compared with usual care or waitlist, IPMPs were associated with small improvements in pain in the short … CPMPs were associated with small improvements in pain immediately postintervention (SOE: moderate) but … no differences in the short, intermediate, and long term (SOE: low); for function, improvements were … in function but no improvements in pain in the short term when compared with physical activity alone … IPMPs and CPMPs may provide small to moderate improvements in function and small improvements in pain

3. Treatments for Ankyloglossia and Ankyloglossia with Concomitant Lip-tie | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - Four RCTs reported improvements in breastfeeding efficacy using either maternally reported or observer … Three studies with significant limitations reported improvements in other feeding outcomes with frenotomy … Three poor-quality comparative studies noted some improvements in social concerns and gains in tongue … Conclusions A small body of evidence suggests that frenotomy may be associated with improvements in … Comparative studies reported improvements in some measures of speech, but assessment of outcomes was

4. Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Behavioral Interventions Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - timeframes was associated with improvement in cognitive functioning and language skills (moderate SOE for improvements … behavioral therapy on anxiety reported positive results in older children with IQs ≥70 (high SOE for improvements … Smaller short-term studies of other interventions reported some improvements in areas such as sleep and … Despite improvements in the quality of the included literature, a need remains for studies of interventions … across settings and continued improvements in methodologic rigor.

5. Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - Improvements in pain continued into intermediate term for exercise, massage, and yoga (moderate effect … Osteoarthritis: For knee osteoarthritis , exercise and ultrasound demonstrated small short-term improvements … acupuncture (SOE: moderate), CBT, tai chi, qigong, and exercise (SOE: low) were associated with slight improvements … intermediate term for exercise (SOE: moderate), acupuncture, and CBT (SOE: low), slight functional improvements … In the long term, small improvements in function continued for multidisciplinary rehabilitation but not

6. TND-0775-150722 (pdf file)
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   May 12, 2015 - ., different dosage of the same antipsychotic) Outcome(s): Social, occupational and functioning improvements … ; improvements Topic Number(s): 0622 Document Completion Date: 05-12-15 1 http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … ability to live independently; harms of treatments (e.g., diabetes mellitus, extrapyramidal symptoms); improvements … dosage of the same non- pharmacological treatment) Outcome(s): Social, occupational and functioning improvements … ; improvements in health-related quality of life; reductions in hospitalizations; reductions in self-harm

7. Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   September 01, 2022 - Chronic low back pain : Psychological therapies were associated with small improvements compared with … Osteoarthritis pain : Exercise resulted in small improvements in function and pain at short-term (SOE … Small improvements in function and pain with exercise were seen for hip osteoarthritis short term (SOE … Fibromyalgia : Functional improvements were seen with exercise, mind-body practices, multidisciplinary … Long term, functional improvements persisted for multidisciplinary rehabilitation without improvement

8. Mobile Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   March 01, 2019 - Of the 11 apps, studies showed only 5 were associated with clinically significant improvements in HbA1c … Telesage; For Type 2 diabetes- Blue Star, WellTang, Gather Health) None of the studies showed patient improvements … Patients using two apps for type 1 diabetes experienced improvements in hypoglycemic episodes. … Patients did not experience improvements in quality of life, blood pressure, weight, or body mass index

9. In patients with cerebral palsy (CP) and difficulties with feeding, what is the effectiveness of of anti-reflux procedure (since often done in conjunction with gastrostomy placement) or type of tube (J-tube or G-J tube versus typical PEG… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   November 01, 2017 - (For example, improvements in patient symptoms or problems from treatment or diagnosis.) … Improvements in primary outcomes such as growth, quality of life, functional improvements, participation … Improvements in other outcomes such as nutritional status, decreased time spent in feeding-related activities … Improvements in delivering nutrition to patients with impaired oral feeding have increased the options

10. Treatments for Fecal Incontinence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - or without electrostimulation on FI severity (PFMT-BF -5.4 vs. dextranomer -4.6 point Vaizey score improvements … Surgical improvements varied. … Most current interventions show modest improvements in FI outcomes that meet minimal important differences

11. Treatments for Schizophrenia in Adults: A Systematic (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2017 - Ideally, improvements in symptoms translate to long-term, clinically relevant, positive changes in … Benefits Outcomes for Key Questions 1 and 2 • Functional – Improvements in social and occupational … Women had greater improvements than men in core illness symptoms with clozapine and in quality of life … Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) resulted in improvements in global function and quality of life ( … SGA comparisons Core Illness Symptoms: Improvements in Negative Scale Scores • Olanzapine was more

12. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 01, 2022 - anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (for osteoarthritis and inflammatory arthritis) were associated with mostly small improvements … improvement in quality of life was seen with duloxetine in patients with neuropathic pain, and small improvements … showed memantine moderately improved pain, function, and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia; improvements … In the short term, small improvements in pain and/or function were seen with SNRI antidepressants for

13. Autism-Update Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2014 - Improvements were most often seen in cognitive abilities and language acquisition, with less robust … Children’s symptom severity often decreased during treatment, but these improvements often did not … exceeded improvements related to the impact of ameliorated anxiety itself. … Limitations of the Evidence Base Despite improvements, the existing literature still has significant … across settings and continued improvements in methodologic rigor.

14. Interventions Targeting Sensory Challenges in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder - An Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2021 - Key Messages Some interventions may yield modest short-term (<6 months) improvements in some outcomes … Conclusions Some interventions targeting sensory challenges may produce modest short-term (<6 months) improvements … while some therapies may hold promise and warrant further study, substantial needs exist for continuing improvements

15. Should subclinical hypothroidism be treated? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - Desired Health Improvements: If you question focuses on: … Identification of a particular disease or condition, what improvements in identification or diagnosis … Treatment of a particular disease or condition, what improvements in patient symptoms or problems would

16. More information is needed on the long-term effects of antipsychotic therapy in older adults. Please consider new research in the benefits and harms of treating patients with atypical antipsychotics. | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - Desired Health Improvements: If you question focuses on: … Identification of a particular disease or condition, what improvements in identification or diagnosis … Treatment of a particular disease or condition, what improvements in patient symptoms or problems would

17. What is the most effective therapy for a depressed patient who has not responded to an SSRI? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - Desired Health Improvements: If you question focuses on: … Identification of a particular disease or condition, what improvements in identification or diagnosis … Treatment of a particular disease or condition, what improvements in patient symptoms or problems would

18. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2020 - The antidepressant duloxetine resulted in small improvements in pain, function, and quality of life … In patients with fibromyalgia, RCTs (n=24) show small short-term and intermediate-term improvements … Anticonvulsants pregabalin and gabapentin show short-term improvements in pain and function but not … Acetaminophen did not show improvements in pain or function, across all doses (SOE: Low). … In patients with inflammatory arthritis (k=30 RCTs), NSAIDs resulted in small improvements in pain

19. Autism-Adolescents Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - There is also evidence to suggest that improvements in symptoms and improvements in problem behaviors … One longer term case series reported improvements in general symptom severity and compulsive behavior … • Some improvements in emotion recognition in treated participants; no differences in measures of … • Improvements in aggression, irritability/agitation, repetitive behavior, sensory motor behaviors … A crossover study of the opioid receptor antagonist naltrexone found no significant improvements in

20. My nomination is about comparing outcomes of different glaucoma treatments, particularly canaloplasty to trabeculectomy and to medical therapy alone. | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - Desired Health Improvements: If you question focuses on: … Identification of a particular disease or condition, what improvements in identification or diagnosis … Treatment of a particular disease or condition, what improvements in patient symptoms or problems would