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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/reporting.ppt
September 01, 2009 - Types of participants:
Example:
Participants of any age with CRF or receiving dialysis (haemodialysis … Methods: Eligibility Criteria (II)
This slide offers examples of how studies and participants were described … Specifically, the type of study, the types of participants, the type of intervention, and the type of … Example:
Information was extracted from each included trial on: (1) characteristics of trial participants
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September 01, 2017 - Prior conclusions (insufficient SOE)
were based on 2 trials (164 participants). … We identified three new RCTs with
440 participants, but efficacy results are inconsistent.23,26,43 A … (Prior
conclusions
were based on
2 trials (164
participants). … We identified
three new
RCTs with 440
participants,
but results are
conflicting. … In this group, 46% of participants
receiving acamprosate abstained from heavy
drinking compared to
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/distributed-network-blueprint_research.pdf
June 01, 2010 - effectiveness
studies), quasi-experimental studies, clinical trials (e.g., collect long-term outcomes for
participants
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asd-medical-disposition.pdf
May 26, 2017 - reflects a largely arbitrary
judgement, but given that studies in ASD have
included more than 100 participants … They are also frequently adapted to be
targeted to specific study participants given the
significant … Risperidone Plus Parent
Training” (p. 21): This heading may be misleading because
risperidone was given to participants … We have added text to the Research Gaps section
to acknowledge the difficulty of retaining participants
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September 18, 2012 - • Was the mode of harms collection active (participants are asked about the occurrence of
specific … AEs) or passive (participants are not specifically asked about or tested for the
occurrence of AEs; … • Was number of participants who withdrew or were lost to followup reported?
E. … but counted (and extracted, assessed for
quality, and analyzed) as one study to ensure that the same participants
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/suda-final-protocol.pdf
October 02, 2018 - data from clinicaltrials.gov
o Randomized controlled trials (including cross-over trials)
N ≥10 participants … per study group
o Large nonrandomized comparative studies with longitudinal follow-up
N ≥ 100 participants … o Single arm pharmacologic studies with at least 200 participants and
longitudinal follow-up (to identify … combinations) to no treatment and to each other that have at least three comparative studies or at
least 1000 participants
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/multiple-sclerosis_executive.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Further, natalizumab and IFNbeta-1b were more
effective than IFNbeta-1a in reducing the number of
RRMS participants … Participants
in the two treatment arms (50 mg and 250 mg) showed
lower all-cause mortality compared … were generally not reported, although
two studies gave rates of about 25 percent to 30 percent
of participants … Further, all studies lost participants to attrition. … Used in Long-
Term Studies Assessing
Discontinuing or
Continuing DMTs
Number of Studies;
Number of Participants
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January 01, 2007 - , 14 percent of participants were members of ethnic minorities. … The mean patient age of study
participants was 57 years (standard deviation [SD] 6.25). … All 29 studies demonstrated higher rates of cough in ACEI-treated
participants. … The mean age of study participants was 55 years (SD 5). … rates in ARB-treated participants; and five showed no difference in
withdrawal rates.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism_executive.pdf
April 01, 2011 - We also excluded studies with fewer than 10 total
participants for studies of behavioral, educational … , allied
health, or CAM interventions; or fewer than 30 total
participants for medical studies. … The
cognitive, language, and adaptive behavior profiles of
participants included in these studies were … Participants typically had substantial impairment
or delay, but some children had less early
cognitive … In the medical
literature, study participants were generally recruited
from non-primary-care populations
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disabilities-quality-improvement-outcomes_disposition-comments.pdf
October 15, 2012 - implication
that only the Social perspective supports and empowers “people who
have disabilities to be full participants … medical needs and secondary
conditions that examined a mixed population of disabled and non-
disabled participants
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September 02, 2013 - Grading Strength of Evidence: Interactive Quiz
Grading Strength of Evidence
Interactive Quiz
Prepared for:
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods Guide
www.ahrq.gov
Grading Strength of Evidence: Interactive Quiz
Is grading the strength of evidence t…
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September 02, 2013 - Grading Strength of Evidence: Interactive Quiz
Grading Strength of Evidence
Interactive Quiz
Prepared for:
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods Guide
www.ahrq.gov
Grading Strength of Evidence: Interactive Quiz
Is grading the strength of evidence t…
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/worker-health_executive.pdf
April 01, 2016 - Investigators often did
not adequately describe the flow of participants
(especially for studies that … Overall attrition was high in several studies;
most studies performed a complete-case analysis;
participants … cluster randomized
trials.54 In particular, authors should provide a clear
diagram to show the flow of participants … methods should be
informed by the potential reasons for missing data
and whether the outcomes of participants … Weight-loss maintenance among
SHIFT pilot study participants 30-months after intervention.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/wireless-motility-capsule_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - Several of the studies also specified that participants
did not use prokinetics within the immediate … We excluded studies that included non-diseased
participants exclusively, because our review focused … We recognize that many of the
most commonly cited studies in the field included
non-diseased participants … The non-diseased participants had demographic
characteristics very different from the gastroparesis … For example,
the majority of the non-diseased participants were
19
college-age males, whereas the
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/machine-learning-quality_research.pdf
September 01, 2012 - PARTICIPANTS: Eighteen registered
nurses. … PARTICIPANTS: 44
physicians, 17 midlevel providers, and approximately 200 staff members; data from … PARTICIPANTS: Random sample of 44 practices allocated to intervention and control groups. … METHODS: A
total of 6,440 participants were included in this study. … PARTICIPANTS: One hundred seventy-four laboratories self-reported data.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/liver-cancer-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
November 28, 2012 - defined in consultation with the TEP and
include the following:
Quality Assessment
o Number of participants … and flow of participants through steps of study
o Treatment-allocation methods (including concealment … o Were participants selected to be representative? … o Were participants in treatment groups recruited within the same time period? … o Was there an attempt by investigators to allocate participants to treatment groups in
an attempt
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/high-cholestorol-medicines-update_research-protocol.pdf
December 31, 2013 - patients with diabetes, patients
with established vascular disease, females, patients older than 80, participants … investigator (e.g., an event that results in death,
hospitalization, disability, or a birth defect)
Participants … Adherence and harms
• Treatment adherence (investigator
defined)
• SAE (explicitly stated)
• Participants … information on general study characteristics (e.g., study design, study period, and followup),
study participants … and safety of more intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol: a meta-‐analysis of data
from 170,000 participants
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
February 22, 2012 - data elements to be abstracted will include the following:
• Quality Assessment
○ Number of participants … and flow of participants through steps of study
○ Treatment-allocation methods (including concealment … ○ Were participants selected to be representative? … ○ Were participants in treatment groups recruited within the same time period? … ○ Was there an attempt by investigators to allocate participants to treatment groups in an
attempt
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mrsa-screening-2010_research-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2010 - elements to be abstracted will include the following:
o Quality Assessment:
– Number of participants … and flow of participants through the steps of the study
– Treatment allocation methods (including … O Were participants selected to be representative? … O Were participants in treatment groups recruited within the same time period? … O Was there an attempt by investigators to allocate participants to treatment groups in an
attempt
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-illness-adults-prisons_executive.pdf
August 01, 2013 - The women-only MTC treatment was
tailored to meet the additional needs of its participants,
including … In the third trial, participants had less criminal justice
involvement. … Female and Mood-Disordered Incarcerated Research
Participants
For treatments administered in the incarceration … About
60 percent of the participants in the MTC intervention
for women had a diagnosis of depression … level or training
of the providers, and whether ancillary treatments were
also received by study participants