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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/assessing-the-risk-of-bias_draft-report.pdf
June 02, 2011 - ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF INCLUDED STUDIES
6/09/11 1
Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual … o Select items from recommended criteria for each included study design, as appropriate for the
topics … Guidance on Constructs to Include or Exclude from Risk of Bias
Assessment
The constructs included … Included in
Assessing
Applicability for
Individual Studies? … Included in Grading
Strength of the Body of
Evidence?
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January 01, 2020 - Urban Single N February 2012 to March 2013 Adult Cardiac arrest Physician
Paramedic Yes ETI Ground Included … Urban Multiple N NR Adult Cardiac arrest Paramedic Yes ETI Ground Included: patients who were intubated … Urban Multiple N January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 Adult Cardiac arrest NR Mixed NR Included: patients … Mixed Single N 12 months Adult Cardiac arrest Paramedic Yes ETI Ground Included: adults with cardiac … Urban Single N January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1995
Adult Trauma Paramedic Yes ETI NR Included: all
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-235-pharma-nonpharma-ptsd-update-summary.pdf
November 01, 2020 - • Risk of bias (ROB) was assessed for all included studies; most were rated as
having a medium ROB … in the repository
(both those found in this update and those included previously). … One
team member abstracted data from included RCTs into evidence tables developed for
Technical Brief … Sixty percent of
all studies included in the PTSD-Repository were rated as having a medium ROB, and … Data abstraction and ROB assessment for all 389 included
RCTs are being used by NCPTSD to update the
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rapid-evidence-heart-disease.pdf
October 01, 2022 - SRs
• RCTs included in or
published prior to
included SRs
• Clinical studies other
than RCTs … Three included studies that compared
PCI to OMT reported MACE. … Three included studies
comparing PCI to OMT reported CV mortality and 15 included studies reported MI … Older trials included in the reviewed meta-analyses
6. … The meta-analysis
included data from combined
CABG-PCI cohorts but
The literature searches included
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May 01, 2025 - Included studies
generally enrolled osteoporosis and cancer patients and included various types of … If presented data included both cancer and non-cancer patients, studies were included if non-cancer subgroup … Included studies generally enrolled osteoporosis and
cancer patients and included various types of antiresorptive … Table 7 summarizes the findings from both included RCTs. … aRistow et al. included both osteoporosis and cancer patients.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rural-telehealth-disposition-comments.pdf
December 26, 2022 - Peer review comments included the following themes:
• Impact of COVID-19. … Studies of VA
programs were
included. … Details
on the included
programs can
be found in
Appendix
Evidence
Tables. … Studies of eICU
were included. … Details on the
included
programs can
be found in
Appendix
Evidence
Tables.
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August 28, 2024 - Likewise, it
might be worth adding the caveat that these are only
the secondary outcomes included in … We included
additional discussion
of the results and
interpretation in the
Discussion section. … Peer Reviewer
#2
Results Details that were not included and may be helpful are
attrition rates and … included
studies? … ; and summary
data for the newly
included studies are
shown in Figures 17-
23 and Tables 6 & 7.
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January 01, 2024 - Characteristics and findings of included systematic reviews
Primary studies: Study characteristics Evidence … Study characteristics of included primary studies
Evidence Table C-3. … Intervention characteristics of included primary studies
Evidence Table C-4. … Population characteristics of included primary studies
Primary studies outcome: Implementation of a … Categorical outcome data of hospital mortality for included studies investigating change in standard
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-226-labor-dystocia-comments.pdf
May 14, 2020 - A definition that was used must be included. … Different details of
the included studies for a KQ are reported; funding for included studies
is sometimes … Nor did they state the
years of study publication for the studies included in each SR/MA. … This is not included in the main
report either. … We now list the
specific interventions when
discussing the included
studies.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-report-machine-learning-screening.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Fundamental concerns included distrust in machine
learning approaches by review teams and end users; … Two percent or less of all records retrieved were included
in the final SRs. … The Visual Acuity review was unique in that only one record from the 11,229
screened was included in … Cross-tabulations showing records included in the final report
relative to those deemed relevant via … from final report Included in final report Row total
Excluded by Simulation 5394 10 5404
Included
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-232-breathlessness-cancer-comments.pdf
November 19, 2020 - We included the study by Mosher et al. as its own
category because it included mindfulness (which we … After careful consideration, we have now included the
Bruera study. … The discussion included some important points
highlighted above. … The Pinna
study was already included. … Studies with mixed samples of cancer and COPD
should have been included.
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May 31, 2022 - We
purposely included a broad range of outcomes that included
both traditional implementation evaluation … To clarify, we included a broader set of studies that
included outcomes in the population listed in … We included a broad population and set of included
interventions that fell under the broader umbrella … This included quality improvement research. … This includes all studies included in our review.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_executive.pdf
April 01, 2012 - We also included studies of suspected OAG
subpopulations, which included participants identified
from … With respect to the risk of bias of included primary
studies, 68 percent of the included studies were … -79 34 considered the Stratus OCT,
10 included the Cirrus OCT, 6 considered the RTVue OCT,
2 included … Two studies64,81
included examination of GAT. … Three of the
83 studies included a population-based sample, and the
remainder included healthy participants
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_disposition-comments.pdf
April 01, 2012 - We included studies of adult (“adult” as defined by included
studies) asymptomatic participants in general … In
terms of setting, we included all settings “Settings for this
review included community screenings … The statement "Asymptomatic high-risk populations
included those not previously tested.." was included … In terms of setting, we included all settings
“ Settings for this review included community screenings … Peer Reviewer #4 Results I am not aware of any studies that ought to have been
included and the included
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August 01, 2016 - The systematic
review included 84 unique studies published from 1994 to June 2014. … Programs
that included a parent component, either alone or as part
of a multicomponent program, were … However, only a few studies
evaluated the medications included in this review, and their
results did … Adverse effects
of medications reported in included studies were mild or
moderate, but the ability … All interventions categorized as multicomponent included a parent component.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/study-eligibility-criteria.ppt
January 01, 2000 - Examples of Bias in This Context
For example, the included studies may not have been conducted in the … Other Considerations for Setting Criteria
What study designs should be included? … Types of Studies To Be Included
Limit to randomized controlled trials? … A study that included “individuals over 10 years of age”? … Example 1:
A Maternal-Fetal Surgery Technical Brief
Case series with N ≥ 2 were included.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-mental-health_research-protocol.pdf
September 01, 2016 - To date, our investigation has revealed that a substantial
proportion of the included studies in the … SIMHC review use cRCTs (9 cRCTs of 154-17 included
studies). … Your study [xxx, has been included/is eligible for inclusion] in this
review. … [For authors of included clinical trials included in the report that do not have a
clinicaltrials.gov … [For authors of included clinical trials included in the report that are clinical trials who have a
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-infertility_research.pdf
June 01, 2017 - Potentially eligible studies not included in the review ............................................. … To maintain feasibility while still applying our methods to a range of
interventions, we included Key … Second, for matched studies (i.e., studies included in the Management of Infertility SR with a
CT.gov … Full text reviewed
and study included in Management of
Infertility SR. … Only one-third of the studies included in the Management of Infertility SR were matched to a
CT.gov
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/type-2-diabetes-medications-update_research-protocol.pdf
April 06, 2010 - Thus there will be two included DPP-IV
inhibitors: sitagliptin and saxaglitpin. … For each possible
comparison, we indicate if it should be included, not included but tallied, or excluded … For each possible comparison of combinations, we indicate if it should be included, not included
but … □ All studies included human subjects. … □ For Key Question 1, we included only RCTs.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ear-infection_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - The additional
evidence included: additional outcomes data from studies
that were included in the recent … Of the 59 studies, 42 studies were
included in one of the five systematic reviews, and we
included … We included another report64 that was a followup
study to the Bonding and Tos report (1985)61 included … Autoinflation
One study87 included in the systematic review of
autoinflation17 included adults 16 to … Only a few studies included quality-of-
life outcomes, and none included satisfaction with care.