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101. Community Forum Deliberative Methods Demonstration: Evaluating Effectiveness and Eliciting Public Views on Use of Evidence--Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - On such issues, public input on what underlying values should be considered, potential tradeoffs in … • Changes in participants’ empathy and concern for issues affecting the community at large. … , political efficacy and solidarity, and anticipated post-meeting activity related to deliberation issues … During the first two sessions, participants began exploring issues about hospital quality. … the session to provide additional information and different points of view on the case studies and issues

102. Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center Program (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - reports, AHRQ supports empiric research by the EPCs to help understand or improve complex methodologic issues … ongoing basis for the entire duration that the report is being updated, since additional scoping issues … During our review, we obtained TEP input on several issues, such as whether to include new plant-based … potential to improve effect size estimates as more data became available, there are several other issues … et al.’s survey of researchers who had participated in an LSR pilot project10 identified four main issues

103. Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - evaluate 3 indicators because of low prevalence; 22 indicators had significant interrater reliability issues … , 9 had significant validity issues, and 3 had both reliability and validity issues, leaving a set of … Most indicators did not meet criteria due to reliability issues. … ., managed care) that cross clinical settings, although their focus is on aggressiveness of care.3 Issues … Examples of quality indicators with significant issues with feasibility, reliability or validity in

104. Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - Ethical, legal, and social issues No ethical, legal or social issues exist. … Ethical, legal, and social issues No important ethical, legal or social issues. … Ethical, legal, and social issues Little important ethical, legal, or social issues exist. … Ethical, legal, and social issues No important ethical, legal or social issues exist. … Ethical, legal, and social issues No ethical, legal or social issues exist.

105. Behavioral Programs for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - prevention and detection of acute and chronic diabetic complications) and addresses psychosocial issues … a Diabetes distress is a unique set of emotional issues experienced by patients with diabetes. … These emotional issues are directly related to the burden of living with this chronic disease.

106. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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     December 09, 2009 - Capturing the Context Analytic frameworks can provide a means of capturing contextual issues important … Capturing the Context This analytic framework includes contextual issues at both the individual level … process of identifying specific researchable key questions in the context of complex clinical or policy issues

107. Methods-Guidance-Topics Methods (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - This Guide presents issues key to the development of Comparative Effectiveness Reviews and describes … recommended approaches for addressing difficult, frequently encountered methodological issues. … Often, experts and stakeholders can bring attention to the issues that underlie uncertainty about the … Incorporates issues around both clinical benefits and potential clinical harms. … Issues that technical expert groups address during topic development 1.

108. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2017 - Thank you for your comment 9 Peer Reviewer #2 Findings It is not clear how issues related to proxy … Given the high prevalence of these issues in the palliative care population, it seems that it would … Unfortunately, these issues were rarely reported and therefore we were unable to draw conclusions on … This content is all on Bereavement and doesn't address the issues of care at the end of life. … In addition to many of the issues above, this person raises the issues of minimizing ongoing harm,

109. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2017 - Thank you for your comment 9 Peer Reviewer #2 Findings It is not clear how issues related to proxy … Given the high prevalence of these issues in the palliative care population, it seems that it would … Unfortunately, these issues were rarely reported and therefore we were unable to draw conclusions on … This content is all on Bereavement and doesn't address the issues of care at the end of life. … In addition to many of the issues above, this person raises the issues of minimizing ongoing harm,

110. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 3 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - We also address unique issues that might arise if the test in question is a genetic test, although genetic … has sponsored several EPC reports.4–6 EGAPP uses these reports to generate guidelines that the CDC issues … reviewed might be administered with concurrent screening tests that could themselves raise ethical issues … example, it is unlikely that the prognostic information from spirometry would actually raise these issues … United States, 2008: a review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and cancer screening issues

111. Disposition of Comments Report for Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Peer Reviewer #2 Introduction Very good summary of the issues at hand. … Panel (TEP), which served in an advisory capacity to help refine Key Questions, identify important issues … results section is clear and, to the extent supported by the evidence, appropriately addresses the issues … In the renal community, there is much going back and forth about iron issues - diagnosis of the various … We agree with the comments on the potential issues concerning %HYPO.

112. Disposition of Comments for CER 204 Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - (page 2, lines 25 and following) could cite some of the articles or reports that describe the issues … Other issues could include substance abuse and violence as public health problems that are complex, … Readers will have variable knowledge of the issues to be considered in relation to each question and … As I already noted, quality issues related to diet and PA were not discussed in the review (although … types of measures were described) but I think the quality issues of these measures, which are not

113. Goal Setting (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - Slide 9 Getting to your Goals Before Forums  Research & analysis of issues  Reach beyond usual

114. AHRQ Slide Template 2004 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - step, from topic development through publication Provide input on scientific, protocol, and process issues … Clinical and economic issues in hospital settings — University of Chicago Consumer education and patient … As discussed, these modules and the Methods Guide are intended primarily to address methodological issues … And although some of these issues may be specific to CERs, many may also be broadly applicable to other … The setting encompasses issues of both population (hospital populations have different characteristics

115. AHRQ Slide Template 2004 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - step, from topic development through publication Provide input on scientific, protocol, and process issues … Clinical and economic issues in hospital settings — University of Chicago Consumer education and patient … As discussed, these modules and the Methods Guide are intended primarily to address methodological issues … And although some of these issues may be specific to CERs, many may also be broadly applicable to other … The setting encompasses issues of both population (hospital populations have different characteristics

116. Future Research Needs for the Comparative Effectiveness of Breathing Exercises and/or Retraining Techniques in the Treatment of Asthma (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - The six overarching issues were not included in the prioritization questionnaire, but were noted as … extremely important issues in this area of research by all stakeholders. … These issues were: 1. … issues in this area of research by all stakeholders. … These issues were: 1.

117. Study Eligibility Criteria (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2000 - Observational Studies (I) Observational Studies (II) Well-conducted observational studies can address issues … These are only examples, and the review team should think through as many issues as are relevant to the … is often combined with other types of urological conditions, such as stress incontinence or prostate issues … On the other hand, the fact that men who had bladder-related issues likely had a different etiology for … those issues and could have a different response to treatment could bias the overall estimate of effect

118. Whole-Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - A Technical Brief provides an overview of key issues related to a clinical intervention or health care … To provide an overview of the key issues and evidence map related to the use of whole-body vibration … What are the potential safety issues and harms of vibration therapy when used to treat osteoporosis? … Identify the important issues raised by the technology. a. … Other issues of concern emerged in the published literature and in key informant discussions.

119. Assessing the Quality of Individual Studies (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Assessing “best evidence”: issues in grading the quality of studies for systematic reviews. … Assessing “best evidence”: issues in grading the quality of studies for systematic reviews. … Additional Criteria for Observational Studies (II) Methods for dealing with any design-specific issues … Assessing “best evidence”: issues in grading the quality of studies for systematic reviews.

120. Long-Term-Care-Adults Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Attempts to make indirect comparisons are complicated by issues of selection, case mix, and attrition … If not adequately dealt with by study design, these issues also impede direct comparisons. … However, practical and ethical issues make the use of randomized designs highly unlikely. … Studies should be designed to address both methodological issues and fundamental questions such as … Summary of research gaps to address (continued) Methodological Issues Findings Research Needs Other