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421. Evaluating Practices and Developing Tools for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy: Methods for the Joint Meta-Analysis of Multiple Tests (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - We use M to denote the number of tests. … The number of parameters is not the only challenge, as we discuss below. … Number of Parameters Because the number of parameters needed to fully specify the test results among … and mean logit-FPRs plus the total number of pairwise differences among the ! … This will increase the number of parameters further.

422. 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 - The limited number of studies conducted outside school limits the evidence about the effectiveness of … The number of studies for the other settings was relatively small to make such assessments. 14 Peer … We did not require a minimum number of studies to apply this rule, for example, a body of evidence … Also, rather than giving the 97 of 113, would rather know the number of the 96 unique intervention … Perhaps there was qualitative interpretation of “quality” based on number of outcomes measured?

423. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ace-inhibitor-arb-2007_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2007 - In addition to being the number one attributable risk factor for death throughout the world, hypertension … full report and this summary are available at www.effectivehealthcare. ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm Number … antagonist; GFR = glomerular filtration rate; LV = left ventricular; MI = myocardial infarction; NNT = number

424. Health-Careassociated-Infections Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Number of studies in each category by infection type and overall (continued) Analyzing the impact of … • Using the number of QI strategies. … Strength of evidence for combinations targeting VAP SOE Combination Outcome Number/Type of Studies … This brings the total number of analyses included in this Key Question to 30. … In addition, the number of relevant publications per year has increased.

425. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 13, 2011 - appears to be the “80/80/80” rule, which is defined as greater than 80 percent adherence to the total number … of events, the number of patients allocated, and the number of patients lost to followup. … ○ For case-control studies, we will record the numbers of cases and control subjects and the number … We anticipate that the number of included studies will be small, so we may consider dropping variables … As advised in the AHRQ Methods Guide, the number of studies that form that basis of given findings or

426. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 248: Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Major Joint Replacement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2021 - Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Major Joint Replacement Comparative Effectiveness Review Number … The PROSPERO protocol registration number is CRD42020199102.

427. Long-Term Care for Older Adults Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     November 07, 2012 - With the small number of studies and limited samples, we felt that this information was uninformative … It also does not make clear that states are allowed to limit the number of people who receive services … We clarified the number of reviewers involved in ratings. … Reviewer #1 Results The large number of tables in the text of the report were difficult to deal with … It is difficult to estimate the impact that such a report will have for a number of reasons.

428. Template for Draft Reports (pdf file)
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     October 06, 2006 - Number subjects received assigned therapy Age (Mean) Women % White % Afri- can Amer … RCT subject demographics (continued) Trial Inter- vention Number subjects randomized at start … Total number of hospitals, doctors or patients is also given wherever available. … Number of subjects who received assigned therapy? … Number of subjects lost to follow-up or withdrawn?

429. 8 (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - Such information has several potentially valuable uses: To assess the number of unpublished trials … A formal Delphi consensus exercise was used to reduce the number of items. … Were the number of DEATHS in each study group specified OR were the reason(s) for not specifying them … Was the TOTAL NUMBER of participants affected by harms specified for each study arm? 14. … Did the author(s) specify the NUMBER for each TYPE of harmful event for each study group? 15.

430. 8 (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - Such information has several potentially valuable uses: To assess the number of unpublished trials … A formal Delphi consensus exercise was used to reduce the number of items. … Were the number of DEATHS in each study group specified OR were the reason(s) for not specifying them … Was the TOTAL NUMBER of participants affected by harms specified for each study arm? 14. … Did the author(s) specify the NUMBER for each TYPE of harmful event for each study group? 15.

431. Disposition of Comments Report for Whole-Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis (pdf file)
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     November 15, 2011 - Peer Reviewer #1 Methods Please provide a flow chart mapping out the number of records identified, included … refer to this useful website: http://www.prisma-statement.org/statement.htm We have included the number … isolated femur equivalent to stress on the femur during walking or stair climbing, see JRRD Vol. 48, number … The simulation studies in JRRD Vol. 48, number 2, 2011, pages 179-190 agree with single subject study

432. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-biopsy_disposition-comments.pdf
     March 11, 2010 - Not all of the studies reported how many patients were enrolled; the number of breast lesions studied … However, often the screening mammogram is assigned a BIRADS number of 3 to 5 before further workup … A number of methods have been invented to deal with the impact of very inaccurate reference standards … Results I am shocked at the variability that exists for the number of missed cancers and this deserves … We encountered a number of publications that questioned whether the current standard of care for ADH

433. Meditation Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 124 Meditation Programs for Psychological Stress and Well-Being … the attrition from the original number randomized … Footnote c: Total number—This is the number of trials that measured the outcome: primary outcome (PO) … , the number of trials for which this outcome was a primary outcome; primary analysis (PA), the number … There are reasons why a large number of outcomes lacked sufficient evidence.

434. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update--Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update--Executive Summary 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number … The number of enrolled/examined participants ranged from 8 to 4140 (median = 59; IQR [interquartile … of studies identified in the outcome column, we included the number of studies for each finding; we … of studies identified in the outcome column, we included the number of studies for each finding; we … of studies identified in the outcome column, we included the number of studies for each finding; we

435. Disposition of Comments Report for Oral Contraceptive Use for the Primary Prevention of Ovarian Cancer (pdf file)
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     June 07, 2013 - Because the number of references is limited in the Executive Summary, we have not specifically cited … Presumably a higher number would be needed for deaths or for rarer cancers? … Also the total number of studies appears to be 159 (perhaps the asterisk should be here??) … Since many studies provide data for more than one outcome, the total number of studies included in … Page 62 - given the number of simulations, why not include credible intervals around the estimates

436. Disposition of Comments CER 185 Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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     May 05, 2017 - Given space limitations, effect size, number of trials, strength of evidence and other details have … Hearing levels and duration of middle ear effusion were reported by a sufficient number of studies, … The number of studies that include each comparison is indicated next to each edge (connecting lines … with thickness proportional to this number)." … Table 18 edited to read "Limited number of studies (8)" - now agrees with results Peer Reviewer

437. Disposition of Comments CER 185 Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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     May 05, 2017 - Given space limitations, effect size, number of trials, strength of evidence and other details have … Hearing levels and duration of middle ear effusion were reported by a sufficient number of studies, … The number of studies that include each comparison is indicated next to each edge (connecting lines … with thickness proportional to this number)." … Table 18 edited to read "Limited number of studies (8)" - now agrees with results Peer Reviewer

438. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - Effective Health Care Topic Number(s): 0082 Document Completion Date: 5-19-09 1 Results

439. Binge-Eating Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 160 Management and Outcomes of Binge-Eating Disorder … The number of serious adverse events was extremely low. … for harm 22 Intervention and Comparator Number of Studies (Sample Sizes, Number of Reported … The number of therapists with expertise in CBT for BED is limited. … Application Number 21-977/S037.

440. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 21, Management Strategies To Reduce Psychiatric Readmissions (pdf file)
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     May 21, 2015 - This framework stands in contrast with the current one presented in a number of significant ways. 1 … My comments, which are attached, include some further details on a number of the topics. … It may be more accurate to note that a decrease in number of psychiatric readmissions is often used … There was no significant difference between groups in the number of days spent in hospital (F2,76 = … Although there was a trend towards a greater number of client contacts with crisis services for the