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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/osteoarthritis-knee-update/research-protocol
July 01, 2021 - In addition, the proportion of participants who experienced improvement should be abstracted if reported … If three or more RCTs of a particular intervention are included that enroll at least 50 participants … one knee only may improve pain in that knee but may not markedly improve function
Studies that use participants … way that outcomes are assessed (self-assessment, blinded assessor) and expressed (e.g., percent of participants … Assessing Applicability
We will consider applicability of participants and interventions separately
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/version-3-immunity-after-COVID-19.pdf
December 31, 2022 - In all three studies, a high proportion of participants had detectable IgG over the long-
term.11-13 … In the largest study, conducted among 367 adults in Finland, 97 percent of participants
had detectable … about reinfection, studies could not rule out the possibility that participants had an
asymptomatic … participants at
regular intervals (e.g., monthly), individuals who had an initial IgG response but … Third, most studies
were small (fewer than 200 participants), leading to lack of precision in estimates
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-262-pharmacotherapy-alcohol-summary.pdf
November 01, 2023 - situation where they differed by medication or placebo arm or
where there were higher numbers of affected participants … Compared with placebo, study participants treated with acamprosate were more
likely to experience anxiety … One trial (N=100) that recruited participants primarily by
advertisement in two family medicine settings
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cf__deliberativemethodswebinar_deliberativemethodsexperiment.pdf
June 01, 2012 - ’ Panel
4 locations: DC, Chicago, Sacramento, Raleigh-Durham
76 deliberative groups; 1,296 participants
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-bias-individual-studies/methods
October 01, 2019 - x
Were participants analyzed within the groups they were originally assigned to … Participants also recognized that many of the tools being used were not based on empirical evidence showing … The domains are sequence generation; allocation concealment; blinding of participants and personnel; … Was the NUMBER of participants that withdrew or were lost to follow-up specified for each study group … Was the TOTAL NUMBER of participants affected by harms specified for each study arm?
14.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nursing-staff-shortages-rapid-research-appendix-c.xlsx
January 01, 2024 - studies with newly qualified nurses, nurse preceptors and nurse supervisors because these groups of participants … Frameworks to help the participants to identify problems in practice, assess the problem, plan an action … The intention to stay in the current job was associated with the support that participants receive from … The lack of funding and incentives for preceptors frequently appeared in participants’ responses. … Year Study Design Objectives Country Study Years Pre-COVID or COVID Era Setting Population Number of Participants
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/postpartum-care-one-year-protocol-amendment.pdf
April 25, 2022 - Exclude: Institutionalized settings (e.g., prisons)
Design
● Randomized controlled trials (N ≥10 participants … per group)
● Nonrandomized comparative studies, longitudinal (prospective or retrospective) (N ≥30
participants … per group)
● Case-control studies (N ≥30 participants per group)
● Exclude: Single-group (noncomparative … per group)
● Case-control studies (N ≥30 participants per group)
● Exclude: Single-group (noncomparative … Strategies to Promote Postpartum Visit Attendance
Among Medicaid Participants.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-indicators-symposium_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - Methods
Symposium participants were divided into multidisciplinary groups to address the
identified … and presentation after the symposium and
solicited further comments from the group moderators and participants … For areas with more indicator development,
participants felt that there had been sufficient development … The issue of ideal sources of information was also difficult to resolve, as
participants identified … Participants did agree on a number of challenges that remain across domains.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/masks-prevention-covid-healthcare-community-amended-protocol.pdf
July 02, 2020 - research purposes, but should not be considered current.
2
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Participants … Review Protocol
Condition or Domain Being Studied
Key Questions
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Participants
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-anemia-update_research-protocol.pdf
June 16, 2010 - Trials with 50 or fewer randomized
participants per study arm for studies of
adults; 10 or fewer participants … Types of
participants
Only participants diagnosed with malignant
disease, using clinical or
histological … Were the participants anemic or at risk for anemia from chemotherapy and/or
radiotherapy?
4. … Were the participants anemic or at risk for anemia from chemotherapy and/or
radiotherapy?
6. … Were study participants blinded (masked) to the treatment they received?
4.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ankyloglossia_executive.pdf
May 01, 2015 - with ankyloglossia or ankyloglossia with concomitant tight labial frenulum
(lip-tie); studies with participants … likely factors that could affect applicability are the
severity/degree of ankyloglossia, age range of participants … ability to clean teeth with tongue,
lick outside of lips, and eat ice cream compared with
untreated participants … using the tongue
to clean the teeth and for licking in the treatment group
compared with untreated participants … addressing surgical approaches for ankyloglossia
Outcome;
Number of
Studies and
Quality (Total
Participants
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/preterm-birth-terbutaline-pump_executive.pdf
September 01, 2011 - All studies were from the United
States, and participants were recruited either from
single-center study … were recruited, the
question of overlap in participants across these studies
was an important concern … Therefore,
where appropriate, we report this risk of double-
counting of participants. … In several studies, participants received specialized outpatient services from Matria
Healthcare. … In addition, several of the cohort
studies investigated participants from a single
proprietary database
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/delilberative-methods-design-gupta.pdf
January 11, 2017 - Goals
Before Forums
Research & analysis of issues
Reach beyond usual suspects
Build trust of participants
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/module-ii-stakeholders-and-stakeholder-engagement.pdf
June 01, 2011 - Slide 5
Module II Learning Objectives
After completing Module II, participants will be able to: … Speaker notes: After completing Module II, participants … Participants vote on top priorities. … Participants vote on top priorities. … Stakeholders may be engaged throughout the research process in different
ways; as key informants, as participants
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/meditation_research-protocol.pdf
October 17, 2012 - information on general study characteristics (e.g., study design, study period, and
follow-up), study participants … • Did the strategy for recruiting participants into the study differ across study groups? … Detection Bias:
• Were those who collected data on the participants blind to the allocation? … , subject proficiency with meditation, instructor
qualifications, and study selection criteria for participants … There are concerns that participants in
meditation studies are highly selected, such as trained meditators
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-treatment_executive.pdf
April 01, 2012 - We included studies of participants with primary open-
angle glaucoma or open-angle glaucoma suspects … We excluded studies that enrolled participants with
conditions other than open-angle glaucoma if they … Outcomes
For KQ 1, the outcome is the proportion of participants
with moderate, severe, and profound … KQ 2 deals with patient-reported outcomes, so we
considered participants’ mean total or relevant item … Finally, we compared the proportion of participants
experiencing the following adverse events among
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism_disposition-comments.pdf
November 01, 2010 - The minimum number (N) of ten participants was selected in
consultation with our content experts and … The authors used correlates of change or post-
treatment outcome for participants in a single
group … In terms of
scientific logic, it is as if the participants did not
receive a treatment because the … All
participants were in the same all-day center-
based program. … /educational/allied health studies with
fewer than 10 participants.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-bias-individual-studies_methods.pdf
March 01, 2012 - x
Were participants analyzed within the groups they were originally assigned to? … x x x
Were the outcome assessors blinded to the intervention or exposure status of participants? … Participants also recognized that many of the tools being used were not based on empirical
evidence … The domains are sequence generation; allocation concealment;
blinding of participants and personnel; … Was the TOTAL NUMBER of participants affected by harms specified for each study arm?
14.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s50.pdf
October 01, 2007 - , (3) recruit
participants from heterogeneous practice settings, and (4)
collect data on a broad range … Likewise, in RCTs in health services
research, study participants are randomized into either a
treatment … If this purity is compromised, intention-to-treat
analyses (which keep all participants in the study … Selection Criteria, Patient Recruitment,
and Generalizability
To reduce variation among study participants … Because their participants are screened,
selected, and subjected to scrutiny and intervention control
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_disposition-comments.pdf
April 01, 2012 - Peer Reviewer #2 Methods Why were case series of 100 participants or less
excluded? … These studies should include
participants that one would encounter in a screening setting. … We acknowledge that the inclusion of studies that have
included participants with known or suspected … Including participants who are not representative of those
one reasonably expects to encounter in a … Open-angle glaucoma
participants with VF loss had lower scores than
participants with no VF loss.”