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141. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - (NRSIs) in systematic reviews of interventions. … o Interventions and comparators: Are they new or established? … NRSIs, relates to the misclassification of interventions. … Selecting Observational Studies for Comparing Medical Interventions. … Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.

142. Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - risk-assessment scales for identifying people at higher risk of pressure ulcers and (2) preventive interventions … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality also commissioned a separate report on effectiveness of interventions … Evidence on effectiveness of other preventive interventions (nutritional supplementation; repositioning … More research is needed to understand the effectiveness of other preventive interventions over usual … care and the comparative effectiveness of preventive interventions.

143. Nonpharmacological Versus Pharmacological Treatments for Adult Patients With Major Depressive Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - psychological, complementary and alternative medicine, and exercise treatment options as first-step interventions … for adult outpatients with acute-phase major depressive disorder (MDD), and as second-step interventions … For benefits across all interventions, we graded the strength of evidence as moderate for only one outcome … Across all comparisons of interventions, major research gaps pertain to information about the comparative … You Might Also Like Systematic Review Sep 18, 2024 Behavioral Interventions

144. Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2021 - Evidence is low or insufficient for other interventions due to lack of studies or their limitations. … In 12 studies of clinician interventions, screening was higher for colorectal cancer with patient navigation … Clinician-delivered interventions were effective for smoking cessation and weight loss. … In 88 studies of health system interventions, evidence was strongest for patient navigation to increase … Evidence is low or insufficient to determine effects of barriers or effectiveness of other interventions

145. Future Research Needs for the Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions With Bypass Graft Surgery in Nonacute Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Future Research Needs for the Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions … Excerpt Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with or without stents and coronary artery bypass … graft surgery (CABG) are the two broad categories of interventions for mechanical revascularization … Project Timeline Future Research Needs for the Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions With … Systematic Review: Future Research Needs for the Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

146. Principles in Developing and Applying Guidance for Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Directly compares interventions. Reflects the complexity of interventions in practice. … Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions 4.2.6 [updated September 2006]. … Comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the effective health-care program [editorial]. … Evaluating primary care behavioral counseling interventions: an evidence-based approach [review]. … A framework for development and evaluation of RCTs for complex interventions to improve health.

147. Total Worker Health® (TWH) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - For the purposes of this review, we will use the term "TWH interventions" to refer to integrative interventions … TWH interventions are often multicomponent, complex interventions. … First, access to integrative interventions for certain occupational groups may be limited. … The body of evidence evaluating integrative interventions has grown in recent years. … Recommendations for worksite-based interventions to improve workers' health.

148. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 246_Management of High-Need High-Cost Patients: A "Best Fit" Framework Synthesis, Realist Review, and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - • Identifying and targeting HNHC patients for interventions to change their healthcare use requires … To examine the causal mechanisms and contexts of interventions leading to reductions in healthcare use … Finally, to synthesize the evidence of the effectiveness of interventions targeting HNHC patients (KQ … Framework of optimizing interventions for HNHC patients KQ 3: Effectiveness and harms of interventions … All but one study compared interventions with usual care.

149. Interventions to Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - Interventions may also fall into one of several categories. … There are also potential negative effects from these interventions. … The interventions themselves also may require substantial time and resources. … if direct comparisons of interventions are incomplete. … Interventions may also fall into one of several categories.

150. Prehospital EMS Blood Transfusion and Fluid Interventions for Hemorrhagic Shock (pdf file)
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     September 24, 2024 - Prehospital EMS Blood Transfusion and Fluid Interventions for Hemorrhagic Shock Evidence-based … Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Prehospital EMS Blood Transfusion and Fluid Interventions … This systematic review will consider the complexity and variety of interventions, the limitations of … Analytic framework The analytic framework illustrates how populations, interventions, and outcomes … Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. 2019:205-28. 14.

151. Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Maternal Mental Health Conditions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2024 - , which may affect the interpretation of their findings in regard to specific interventions. … Due to the heterogeneity in interventions, we were unable to draw conclusions. … The effectiveness of nonpharmacologic interventions may also vary by the component "ingredients". … regarding the comparative effectiveness between interventions and comparisons groups. … The key findings from such interventions are listed in the evidence map in Appendix Table C-1.

152. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 05, 2025 - Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Implementation of Recommended Screening and Counseling Interventions … Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Implementation of Recommended Screening and Counseling Interventions … However, implementation of such recommended preventive interventions appears to be limited, impeding … Can implementation strategies improve equity in the delivery of recommended interventions to prevent … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions.

153. Data Linkage Strategies to Advance Youth Suicide Prevention | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - identify and describe data systems that can be linked to data from studies of youth suicide prevention interventions … Data sources We conducted a systematic review to identify studies of suicide prevention interventions … Results Of the 47 studies (described in 59 articles) of suicide prevention interventions identified … systems with suicide prevention efforts to assess the broader and extended impact of suicide prevention interventions … Research Protocol Dec 08, 2023 Implementation of Recommended Screening and Counseling Interventions

154. AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program Synthesizing evidence to improve health care practice and delivery (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2020 - Literature Evidence and Assessing for Outcome and Analysis Reporting Biases When Comparing Medical Interventions … studies ◆ Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions … ◆ Assessing Harms When Comparing Medical Interventions ◆ Using Existing Systematic Reviews to Replace … ◆ Handling Continuous Outcomes in Quantitative Synthesis ◆ Assessing Harms When Comparing Medical Interventions … Areas of interest include complex interventions; tools to improve the efficiency of reviews, such as

155. Topic 0509 Home-based Primary Care Interventions NSD FINAL SJ-2 (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2013 - Topic 0509 Home-based Primary Care Interventions NSD FINAL SJ-2 Home-based … Primary Care Interventions Nomination Summary Document … The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparators, and outcomes, will be further … The nominator is interested in a range of interventions that deliver primary care services within … Home-based primary care interventions appear to have increased in prevalence since the 1990s, which

156. Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review Update - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions • No studies compared the interventions of interest to biofeedback … No trials directly compared interventions with opioids and few trials, reported effects of interventions … Importantly, interventions such as exercise, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, mind-body interventions … Active interventions include exercise, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, psychological interventions … with pharmacological interventions.

157. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Interventions to Prevent Nonventilator Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP) for Inpatients (pdf file)
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     August 05, 2024 - Making Healthcare Safer IV: Interventions to Prevent Nonventilator Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP … How could interventions to prevent NV-HAP for inpatients prevent or mitigate harms? 2. … Interventions to prevent NV-HAP was identified as a high priority topic for inclusion in the MHS IV … ) • Other emerging interventions • Interventions used to prevent pneumonia in patients on mechanical … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions.

158. Medical and Sensory-Related Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder-An Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - KQ4 What is the time to effect of medical interventions or interventions targeting sensory challenges … KQ6 Is the effectiveness of medical interventions or interventions maintained across environments or … KQ7 What evidence supports specific components of treatment with medical interventions or interventions … Interventions Medical Treatments We will define this category broadly as interventions involving … We will not include primarily behavioral interventions or educational interventions, though we note that

159. Home-Based Primary Care Interventions Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - HBPC interventions have been proposed as an alternative way of organizing and delivering care that may … Research articles often do not provide sufficient descriptions of the interventions to allow nuanced … Interventions For this review, home-based primary care interventions must include all four of the following … Settings Primary care must be provided in patients' homes as specified above in Interventions. … Analytic framework for Home-Based Primary Care Interventions Methods A.

160. Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile: Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - Objective Update a 2011 review of differences in accuracy of diagnostic tests and the effects of interventions … trials or high-quality cohort studies enrolling adult patients with CDI or suspected CDI for treatment interventions … Results We identified 37 diagnostic studies and 56 studies evaluating prevention or treatment interventions … Low-strength evidence was found that some institutional prevention interventions, such as antibiotic … Conclusions Research on diagnostic testing for and interventions to treat CDI expanded considerably