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61. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Management of Infertility (pdf file)
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    September 02, 2016 - published manuscripts is an expedient but crude method for detecting reporting bias.4 Another method … Methods Our general approach will be pragmatic, using methods that could be readily incorporated into … We will pay particular attention to whether conclusions change by intervention type (e.g., procedure … ”[tiab] OR “standard days method”[tiab] OR “calendar method”[tiab] OR “basal body temperature method … ] Methods: Intervention 2 M/D/P [Assigned interventions] Methods: Comparators M/D/P [Study design:

62. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 5. Network Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - Adjusted indirect comparison method of Bucher et al.5 ► 2. Logistic regression ► 3. … Random effects meta-regression • With only 2 sets of trials (e.g., A vs B; B vs C), Bucher’s method … Choice of NMA method • There has been no systematic evaluation of the comparative performance of NMA … methods … • Investigators should test relevant assumptions where possible, regardless of method chosen.

63. A Framework To Facilitate the Use of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses in the Design of Primary Research Studies | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2019 - Questions and Draft Reports Submit SEADs Resources for Getting Involved Research Methods … & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … Review methods A multiphase iterative process was used to develop the framework. … Step 2 provides a simple method to identify an existing systematic review which is current, valid, and … Conclusions The four-step framework proposes a practical method which can be used by clinical researchers

64. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (pdf file)
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    October 24, 2019 - / or random allocation/ or single-blind method/ 39. … / or random allocation/ or single-blind method/ 22. … Method for handling missing data for primary PTSD outcome measure c. … Statistical analysis method for primary PTSD outcome e. … Did the study use adequate methods for handling missing data? k.

65. Appendix A - The Effect of Dietary Digestible Carbohydrate Intake on Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (pdf file)
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    August 31, 2023 - Controlled Trial/ 12 randomised controlled trials.sd. 13 exp controlled study/ 14 exp triple blind procedure … / 15 exp Double-Blind Method/ 16 exp Single-Blind Method/ 17 exp latin square design/ 18 exp

66. Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Behavioral methods should be used before considering the use of drugs. … The VHA has endorsed PTM as the standard method of treatment at VA medical centers. … Curing Tinnitus at Home with Natural Methods. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … The method and setting are the same for all study participants.

67. Treatment of Dementia Among Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Medicare Beneficiaries (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2008 - ................................................................................................ 1 Methods … Methods Data Data were derived from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) for 2002. … Approximately 3.4 million beneficiaries were identified using the three methods of case ascertainment … forms of data, with the potential bias more likely in undercapturing cases, and so we combined the methods … The Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study: study design and methods.

68. Having a Breast Biopsy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2020 - Questions and Draft Reports Submit SEADs Resources for Getting Involved Research Methods … & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … You will lie on your back or side for this procedure. … Pain Women who have an open surgical biopsy sometimes need prescription pain medicine after the procedure … Effective Health Care (EHC) Program Evidence Reports Health Topics Research Methods

69. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2011 - identified studies may report on newly emerged interventions, devices, technologies, diagnostic tests, procedures … meta-analyses ripe for updating). 28-31 Cumulative meta-analysis (CMA) is a statistical procedure … inflated rate of type-I error arising from repeated hypothesis testing. 32 Moreover, the use of this procedure … treatment modalities (e.g., devices, pharmaceutical products, surgery, diagnostic tests, and other procedures … of Ottawa (the Ottawa method). 19 The RAND method is based on the combination of external domain

70. Insulin Delivery and Glucose Monitoring Methods: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2015 - However, the value of the Delphi method is to obtain agreement in a small group without having any one … The method is efficient without geographic constraints, and allows all group members to have an equal … blood glucose monitoring method for each age stratum of each diabetes type. … blood glucose monitoring method for each age stratum of each diabetes type. … research, while the method of insulin delivery and outcomes of interest varied by population.

71. S158 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - This procedure requires individual-level data from val- idation studies. … Examples of such a method are maximum likelihood, the method developed by Breslow and Cain,27 and estimating … Claims Data Gold-Standard Claims and Survey Exposure X X X Demographics X X X Diagnoses X X X Procedures … Observation and Inference: An Introduction to the Methods of Epidemiology. … Stürmer et al respond to “Advancing Propensity Score Methods in Epidemiology”.

72. Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - and adverse events according to vitamin D serum assay methodology, to permit a comparison by assay method … used Comparators The serum concentration of 25(OH)D or 1,25 (OH)2D and the method used for the … Any questions will be referred to the co-project lead, including questions regarding the assay method … Columns will be added to the evidence tables to indicate the serum vitamin D assay method, where not … Columns will be added to the data tables showing the serum assay method for vitamin D.

73. Evaluation of Dietary Protein and Amino Acid Requirements: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2024 - & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … When more than two studies were available, different designs and/or methods to calculate the estimate … We identified a critical need for the development of a single standardized and validated method to assess … Future studies, using this new method, should focus on population groups including infants, children, … Review methods.

74. Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2020 - This method is neither universally available nor practical on a population basis. … Currently, the cost of a home BP monitor is approximately $30 to $130. 10 Insurance coverage and approval procedures … Methods A. … Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (hereafter Methods Guide ). … / 14 Single-Blind Method/ 15 clinical trial.pt. 16 Clinical Trials.mp. or exp

75. S108 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - was analyzed by Cox proportional hazards regression and by a weighted regression analysis, using the method … The magnitude of bias was calculated for each method of analysis. … Another term for this method is inverse probability of treatment weighted estima- tion. … This procedure was performed for each category of effect of the adverse event: (1) no effect; (2) indirect … However, this procedure may be misleading.

76. Methods-Balancing-Harms-Benefits Research-2012 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - Methods Research Report Methods for Benefit and Harm Assessment in Systematic Reviews … Methods Research Report Methods for Benefit … Probabilistic Simulation Methods The probabilistic simulation method employs probabilistic simulations … Stated Preference Method or Maximum Acceptable Risk Stated preference methods elicit patient preferences … Investigator choices also affect how study procedures account for outcomes that may be unintended consequences

77. Cad-Pci-Bypass Surveillance (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - Methods ............................................................................................. … Methods 2.1 Literature Searches Using the search strategy employed for the original report, … an evidence table, we assessed whether the new findings provided a signal according to the Ottawa Method … and/or the RAND Method, suggesting the need for an update. … nonsignificant to significant) B2 A change in relative effect size of at least 50 percent RAND Method

78. Acute Treatments for Episodic Migraine | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2020 - If meta-analysis is deemed appropriate, we plan to use the profile likelihood random effect method to … based on the Mantel and Haenszel method will be adopted when the number of studies is 3 or less. … Assessing Applicability: We will follow the procedures outlined in the EPC Methods Guide for Comparative … Explaining heterogeneity in meta-analysis: a comparison of methods. … Method, Assessment of the Credibility of Systematic Reviews No specific methods were presented for

79. Updating Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Current Efforts in AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - identified studies may report on newly emerged interventions, devices, technologies, diagnostic tests, procedures … meta-analyses ripe for updating). 28-31 Cumulative meta-analysis (CMA) is a statistical procedure … inflated rate of type-I error arising from repeated hypothesis testing. 32 Moreover, the use of this procedure … treatment modalities (e.g., devices, pharmaceutical products, surgery, diagnostic tests, and other procedures … of Ottawa (the Ottawa method). 19 The RAND method is based on the combination of external domain expert

80. EHC Research Protocol (Amended): Treatments for Acute Episodic Migraine (pdf file)
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    January 09, 2020 - based on the Mantel and Haenszel method will be adopted when the number of studies is 3 or less. … Assessing Applicability: We will follow the procedures outlined in the EPC Methods Guide for Comparative … Explaining heterogeneity in meta-analysis: a comparison of methods. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Method, Data Abstraction and Data Management No specific methods were presented for conducting