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441. Cervical Ripening in the Outpatient Setting | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 16, 2020 - The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … validity of the evaluation, the grades will be reviewed by the entire team of investigators for: Study limitations … (low, medium, or high level of study limitations) Rated as the degree to which studies for a given … In accordance with the AHRQ Methods Guidance, if the studies have no limitations (i.e. are low risk of … Randomized Clinical Trials and Observational Studies: Guidelines for Assessing Respective Strengths and Limitations

442. Ebctandcfinal (pdf file)
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     June 05, 2012 - AHRQ Evidence-Based Care (EBC) Challenge Terms and Conditions Terms and Conditions: By submitting a product in response to the AHRQ Evidence-Based Care (EBC) Challenge, each team and each team member represents and warrants that:  The team and its members are the sole authors, creators, and owners of the pr…

443. Disposition of Comments: CER 227 Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     April 16, 2020 - ("Limitations of the Evidence Base"). … Information on and discussion of the limitations of the literature and the review process are described … We believe that the results and discussion appropriately describes the strenghts and limitations of … We believe that the results and discussion appropriately describes the strenghts and limitations of … The draft report’s findings are significant, particularly with regard to the challenges and limitations

444. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Management of High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Realist and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 07, 2019 - probability of being HNHC because participants commonly have complex chronic conditions and functional limitations … Patient support services are intended to address common barriers related to resource limitations, education … Multiple health conditions coupled with additional risk factors (i.e., functional limitations, behavioral … the MeSH term “multiple chronic conditions” or similar terms, limited to individuals with functional limitations … qualitative research.38 Our goal is to have a consistent approach for evaluating the strengths and limitations

445. Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2021 - Limitations in the fair quality trials included baseline differences between groups and high attrition … The observational studies had important limitations (Appendix tables B-2 and B-3). … Comparison Outcome Number and Type of Studies Number of Subjects Directness Precision Study Limitations … Transparent reporting of the methods used and the resulting limitations of the evidence synthesis are … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).50 Limitations of observational studies was assessed and summarized

446. Antibody Response Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Implications for Immunity: Final Update of a Rapid, Living Review (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2022 - The evidence base for Key Question 1 has several limitations. … Limitations of our review methods include single review at the abstract screening level, which could … and excluded studies likely to have serious methodological limitations that would invalidate results … Strength of evidence ratings Finding N Studies, N total Cohort Study Limitations Directness … Transparent reporting of the methods used and the resulting limitations of the evidence synthesis are

447. Can Physical Activity Improve the Health of Wheelchair Users? Amended Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 21, 2019 - The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … .34 To ensure consistency and validity of the evaluation, the grades will be reviewed for: • Study limitations … (low, medium, or high level of study limitations) • Consistency (consistent, inconsistent, or unknown

448. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - The other comparative studies were of shorter duration, were nonrandomized, or had other limitations.

449. Pharmacologic and Non-pharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients with Acute Exacerbation of COPD: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     April 11, 2018 - The domains to be used for all KQs will be: the methodological limitations of the studies (i.e., risk … We will report any limitations in applicability of 12 individual studies in evidence tables … and limitations of applicability of the whole body of evidence in the summary of evidence tables.

450. Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2021 - Language of Publication English only, due to resource limitations Abbreviations: KQ=key question … of bias inherent in each domain, and confidence that the results are believable given the study’s limitations … for KQs 1 through 4 within each comparison, based on five required domains: (1) study strengths and limitations … certainty around an estimate); and (5) reporting bias.17 Based on risk of bias, we will rate study limitations

451. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2011 - However, we are bound by the limitations of the software program that we have used. … At this time, the small size of the study sample and resulting limitations of statistical power in the … Limitations of the studies as well as the review are clearly stated. … The limitations of the review/studies are described adequately. … We agree that this is an important limitation, and we now mention it in the section on Limitations

452. Treatment for Bipolar Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 23, 2014 - risk of bias inherent in each domain and confidence that the results are believable given the study’s limitations … outcomes of KQ1 within each comparison will be evaluated based on four required domains: (1) study limitations … Uncertain   Overall Risk of Bias Assessment Low Results are believable taking study limitations … into consideration   Moderate Results are probably believable taking study limitations into consideration … High Results are uncertain taking study limitations into consideration Appendix C .

453. renal-update-2015-150115 (pdf file)
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     January 15, 2015 - Because of the limitations in the evidence, the review was unable to come to firm conclusions about … Given the limitations of the evidence in the original reports, an update is critical to allow a re-evaluation … intervention, and for each outcome, we will assess the number of studies, their study designs, the study limitations

454. Kidney-Disease-Medicine Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - • Although limitations in reporting impeded the quantitative synthesis of withdrawal and adverse

455. Hip-Fracture-Pain Clinician (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2011 - Effectiveness of Pain Management Interventions Systemic Analgesics and Multimodal Approaches: Studies comparing specific regimens of systemic analgesics or comparing multimodal approaches with standard care were limited, and evidence is insufficient to permit conclusions. ��� Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia: The evi…

456. Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.13 We assessed the domains of study limitations … placebo No significant group differences in 2 small studies with medium study limitations 5 RCT ( … Despite these limitations to generalizability, findings reported here are likely widely applicable given … Limitations of the Comparative Effectiveness Review Process We included studies published in English … Limitations of the Evidence Base A relatively large number of studies have been published on tonsillectomy

457. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - for PET/CT a clear statement about the knowns and unknowns in the literature and the strengths and limitations … We have discussed the strengths and limitations of the PET/CT literature in the third paragraph of the … These are limitations of the current literature, not limitations of the review. … We agree that there are limitations with the current literature.

458. Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2017 - The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … of the evaluation, the grades will be reviewed by the entire team of investigators for: • Study limitations … (low, medium, or high level of study limitations) • Consistency (consistent, inconsistent, or unknown

459. Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes (Update) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 15, 2014 - Limitations Studies on vitamin D and calcium were not specifically targeted at life stages (except

460. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2015 - PBT = proton-beam therapy; RT = radiotherapy; SBRT = stereotactic body RT Gaps in Knowledge and Limitations