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1821. Chronic-urinary-retention-protocol (pdf file)
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      November 19, 2012 - that resolves when drug treatment is stopped or reduced • CUR attributable to a medical or surgical procedure … Methods A. Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review. … duration); followup duration; participant baseline demographics, comorbidities; CUR definition and method … attempts to balance allocation; effect modifiers and confounders; and appropriateness of analytic methods … / (118498) 21 Single  Blind Method/ (17086) 22 clinical trial/  (476450) 23 clinical trial, phase

1822. Disposition of comments for CER 169 Low Back Pain (pdf file)
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      February 29, 2016 - This is the standard method for reporting/assessing minimum clinically important differences. … typically derived from change from baseline at a given “disease severity”-often using an anchor method … This is the standard method for reporting/assessing minimum clinically important differences. … of imaging and procedures. … on mechanisms of injury may underlie overuse of imaging and procedures.

1823. Disposition of Comments Report for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: A Comparative Effectiveness Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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      June 10, 2013 - text to the Methods section in the ES and full report Added to last paragraph to the ES methods … We did not report mean effect sizes if we could not report a pooled CI; this is not a standard method … and is not a method that is recommended in the AHRQ Methods guide. 72 Peer Reviewer 3 Executive … overall comment made, was there an attempt to do “Indirect Comparisons” as described in the AHRQ Method … Guide on CER (e.g., Bucher’s simple method)?

1824. Comparative Effectiveness of Adjunctive Devices to Remove Thrombi or Protect Against Distal Embolization in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Native Vessels (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2012 - Within KQ 2, procedure time was qualitatively synthesized. … reporting of this endpoint (i.e., median with IQRs and means with SDs, different definitions of “procedure … was strongly expressed by the Technical Experts and the organization of material by ACS is a common method … This was clarified in the corresponding quality section of the methods. … adjunctive devices in other ACS, few included the analysis of adverse events which are further limited to procedure

1825. The Refinement of Topics for Systematic Reviews: Lessons and Recommendations From the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - The AHRQ Project Officer then described successful and unsuccessful procedures used by other EPCs not … In this way, group members gained familiarity with the procedures of other EPCs, identifying shared … It also resulted in the elimination of two questions related to nonmesh procedures; expansion of questions … Methods Research Report. … For further details about submission, please see the EPC Procedure Guide.

1826. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Effectiveness of Treatment in At-Risk Preschoolers; Long-Term Effectiveness in All Ages; and Variability in Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Treatment (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2011 - These questions have been derived through AHRQ procedure and cannot be changed Peer Reviewer #4 … in order to conduct the review at all, but “because I said so” is not exactly a strong, scientific method … Peer Reviewer #3 Methods Overall, the method section did a good job in describing how studies were … Single studies with contrary findings raise questions about the method that merit explication and caution … subsequent to PR version Peer Reviewer #7 Results p 127 L-20 Treated prevalence –more specific than method

1827. Disposition of Comments Report for Whole-Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis (pdf file)
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      November 15, 2011 - We make this exclusion clearer in the methods section. … There are standardized methods to assess the risk of bias, e.g., JADAD, PEDro. … Peer Reviewer #2 Methods p. 3 l44-46: There is a problem with the appendices. … In this method, the low levels of vibration displacements were optimally designed using simulation studies … The effective stress on the bone by this method is the combined stress on the bone from low-level vibration

1828. Kidney-Disease-Medicine Surveillance (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2012 - Methods ............................................................................................. … Methods 2.1 Literature Searches Using the search strategy employed for January, 2011-August … 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. … The criteria are listed in the table below.2, 3 2 Ottawa Method Ottawa Qualitative Criteria

1829. Disposition of Comments for Psychological Treatments and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (pdf file)
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      April 03, 2013 - psychodynamic approaches, and a farewell ritual at the end of the treatment in a single treatment method … The clinician follows standardized procedures to monitor and guide the patient’s associative process … Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols and procedures (2nd ed.). … is a primary author in the study of that method. … This tends to be a limitation of the AHRQ/GRADE method and not this document, per se.

1830. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      June 06, 2011 - The contrast agent used during the procedure to visualize the coronary arteries may cause anaphylaxis … At present, this device is not widely available.6 Exercise/stress ECHO is another noninvasive method … physicians and support staff.7 Although the use of noninvasive modalities to minimize the need for invasive procedures … Methods A. … NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures for all protocols. VIII.

1831. Defining an Optimal Format for Presenting Research Needs (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2019 - Methods Future Research Needs Report No. 3. … We welcome comments on this Methods Research Project. … to inform prioritization of future research, but all agreed that modeling should not be the only method … cost-benefit analysis 2008 BMJ 17638858 Diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of a simplified low cost method … alternatives for beef bulls with preputial prolapse 1997 J Am Vet Med Assoc 9357709 A decision analytic method

1832. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2013 - Please see the methods section for more details about this process. … interested in innovations in drugs and biologics, medical devices, screening and diagnostic tests, procedures … identifying new (and new uses of existing) pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostic tests and procedures … For purposes of horizon scanning, AHRQ’s interests are broad and encompass drugs, devices, procedures … Executive Summary Background Methods Results Discussion

1833. Disposition of Comments for CER 201 Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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      February 15, 2018 - Peer Reviewer 1 Methods 2. … Peer Reviewer 1 Methods 4. … Peer Reviewer 1 Methods 5. … , in the Methods section. … TEP Reviewer 4 Methods In the search strategy (Methods Search Strategy, Page 14 of 173), I would

1834. Fecal-Incontinence Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      November 30, 2014 - biocompatible tissue-bulking agents into the anal canal walls are a newer, more invasive nonsurgical procedure … .11 Surgical procedures used to treat FI in the United States include implanted sacral nerve stimulators … etc.) and become progressively more invasive (local injections of tissue-bulking material, surgical procedures … Methods A. … If dissimilar baseline Yes What method?

1835. Disposition of Comments Report for Treatments for Ankyloglossia and Ankyloglossia With Concomitant Lip-Tie (pdf file)
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      May 04, 2015 - Peer reviewer #2 Methods Methods: I appreciate the rigor of two-person review and secondary review … of a frenotomy versus skilled lactation consultation support (or some other conservative management method … TEP reviewer #3 Methods Methods: Yes to all the above questions Thank you for your comment. … Inclusion criteria now incorporates all surgical/procedures used to describe frenulum division including … As any oral procedure will produce a small amount of post procedure bleeding, it would also be important

1836. Disposition of Comments for CER 196 The Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma (pdf file)
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      March 23, 2018 - Peer Reviewer #1 Methods The Methods are described in a very thorough and detailed … The method of article selection is clearly articulated. … Appropriate statistical methods were used. … We realize many publications may not provide this information, but the method of AE collection can … interventions as they are reported in the manuscripts, we did not try to convert them to a standardized method

1837. PowerPoint Presentation
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      June 13, 2013 - Presentation Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Community Forum June 13, 2013 Using Deliberative Methods … As you know, deliberation is a method of public consultation that is designed to obtain informed input … s Effective Health Care Program, To advance understanding about the use of public deliberation as a method … Deliberative methods span from a 2-hr. session to a 3-day session. … Your approach will depend on the deliberative method, facilitator experience, and goals of the session

1838. The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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      September 19, 2014 - Methods The methods for this Comparative Effectiveness Review (CER) follow the methods suggested in … Effectiveness Reviews.30 All methods were determined a priori. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. … Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews.

1839. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - Does the comparative effectiveness differ according to the diagnostic method or definition used, the … We used a dual rating procedure for study quality in which all studies were first rated by one reviewer … number of years in practice, type of clinic, geographic region, and population served Diagnostic method … Delayed prescribing (any method) resulted in moderate-strength evidence of large reductions in use of … Intervention Education Education varied widely in method, duration, intensity, and local tailoring.

1840. Integrating stakeholder preferences in comparative effectiveness research using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and Conjoint Analysis (CA) (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - MCDA methods enable the evaluation of many alternatives by explicit ranking, rating or pairwise comparison … one of the most widely used MCDA techniques available (Saaty, 1989)  Conjoint Analysis (CA) methods … Conjoint analysis methods MCDA (e.g. … Use in marketing (i.e. creates a hypothetical market)  Large datasets required Slide 10 MCDA methods … Slide 18 General remarks on use of MCDA and CA methods  MCDA or stated preference techniques do