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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/meditation/research-protocol
October 17, 2012 - , and receipt of intervention by measuring 1) duration of structured training in meditation for the 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? … /exposures assessed using valid and reliable measures and implemented consistently across all study participants … There are concerns that participants in meditation studies are highly selected, such as trained meditators
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asd-medical-executive-170505.pdf
May 01, 2017 - from 2010—present and not addressed in prior reviews
Studies must have relevant population and ≥20 participants … with ASD (non-RCTs) or at least 10 total
participants (RCTs)
Studies must address one or more of the … Most studies were small (median 40 total participants/
study) and addressed variable agents. … Applicability
Study participants were generally recruited from specialty
clinical service programs … While duration was
typically short, retaining participants in studies, especially
in placebo arms,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/version-2-risk-of-reinfection-from-SARSCoV2.pdf
July 01, 2022 - selection bias could arise from the data sources used to identify
eligible individuals or the ways participants … Were the groups/participants free of the outcome at the start of the study (or at the moment of exposure … (participants without
antecedent of SARS-CoV-2 infection)
Group 2: Previously SARS CoV-2
infected … participants (participants with
antecedent of SARS-CoV-2 infection
[more than 6 months])
IgG humoral … :
Parents or guardians of participants
in all cohorts will also be enrolled for
limited participation
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/version-2-risk-of-reinfection-from-SARSCoV2.pdf
July 01, 2022 - selection bias could arise from the data sources used to identify
eligible individuals or the ways participants … Were the groups/participants free of the outcome at the start of the study (or at the moment of exposure … (participants without
antecedent of SARS-CoV-2 infection)
Group 2: Previously SARS CoV-2
infected … participants (participants with
antecedent of SARS-CoV-2 infection
[more than 6 months])
IgG humoral … :
Parents or guardians of participants
in all cohorts will also be enrolled for
limited participation
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/smoking-pregnancy-infants_disposition-comments.pdf
February 25, 2014 - Therefore, four
studies of pregnant current smokers with fewer than 50
participants per group contributed … Reviewer 12 Methods The authors chose a sample size of 20 participants for
each study arm as inclusion … We contacted the author for clarification of the number of
participants but did not receive a response … We contacted the author for clarification of the number of
participants but did not receive a response … The
reviewers agreed that participants in the control group
did not receive a placebo patch and thus
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effectivehealthcare.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.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.ahrq.gov/products/carioverter-difibrillators/abstract
April 14, 2010 - Participants, setting, and expected sample size: The study utilizes the following: a) >400,000 patients
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effectivehealthcare.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.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/postpartum-care-protocol.pdf
April 01, 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.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.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.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.ahrq.gov/products/cancer-anemia-update/research-protocol
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? … Were the participants anemic or at risk for anemia from chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy? … Were study participants blinded (masked) to the treatment they received?
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effectivehealthcare.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.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.ahrq.gov/products/cognitive-measures-harmonization/research
March 21, 2013 - Cross-sectional data from three studies including 9,269 participants were included in the applied analyses
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effectivehealthcare.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.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.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