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81. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-natriuretic-peptide_research-protocol.pdf
    December 20, 2011 - estimates, 2 HF is prevalent in 1.8% of the American population. … Some of these studies are in the general population (or unselected) and others in selected populations … Key Question 4 (KQ4): In HF populations, does BNP measured at admission, discharge or change between … studied and the settings of these populations. … BNP and NT-proBNP values are known to differ between general populations and hospital based populations

82. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 241_Physical Activity and the Health of Wheelchair Users: A Systematic Review in Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, and Spinal Cord Injury (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-241-physical-activity-wheelchair-evidence-summary-updated.pdf
    October 01, 2021 - The benefits of regular physical activity (movement using more energy than rest) for the general population … physical disabilities,2 less is known about the specific benefits and potential harms for this diverse population … In particular, the various populations using wheelchairs as a result of their physical disabilities … The three populations were chosen as representative of those using a wheelchair or those who • … , green=moderate, yellow=low, white=insufficient b Strength of evidence based on combining the two populations

83. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2024 Update of the Evidence Base for the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository (pdf file)
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    August 28, 2024 - Thank you, no further response necessary Peer Reviewer #2 General The target population and audiences … non-military samples, it would be interesting to understand trauma type distribution within each population … It is just difficult to understand the trauma type (pg 22) results when the populations are combined … This is related to trying to understand the differences in effect sizes across populations. … It seems that beyond the populations, comparators, outcomes, timing, and settings, the risk of bias

84. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0265_02-29-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparators, and outcomes, will be further … scope of the nomination to multi-modal pain management for post-hip fracture surgery in the geriatric population … What are different strategies to manage pain, and should it be different in different populations? … Is there evidence that treatment effectiveness varies by patient population? 11.

85. Disparities-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disparities-quality-improvement_executive.pdf
    August 01, 2012 - Background Health care disparities are the differences or gaps in care experienced by one population … Given the potential for QI strategies to improve the quality of care across the population, interest … Inclusion and exclusion criteria Category Criteria Population Individuals receiving health care in … However, it is uncertain how well the results of these studies can be generalized to other populations … The results may or may not be applicable to other populations in other regions.

86. Can Physical Activity Improve the Health of Wheelchair Users? Amended Protocol (pdf file)
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    June 21, 2019 - The populations of interest are those with MS, CP, and SCI. … • Exclude: Other populations. … population of wheelchair users and potential wheelchair users. … • Other populations • Studies of mixed populations with <80% MS, CP, SCI Intervention Any gross … Spinal cord injury and type 2 diabetes: results from a population health survey.

87. Ch 3-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_3-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
    September 21, 2012 - 35 Abstract Patient populations within a research study are heterogeneous. … explainable variability in the direction and magnitude of treatment effects for individuals within a population … Determining whether a treatment works for people in a target population that differs from the study … population requires additional information and methods.1 36 Developing an Observational CER Protocol … Health Care: Priority Populations Index Page. Retrieved from http://www.ahrq.gov/populations/.

88. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2021 - Tapering may be more challenging in Medicare populations due to higher medical complexity, presence … However, the quality of evidence is low or very low, and few studies specifically evaluated populations … Furthermore, current guidance does not specifically address tapering in Medicare populations. … Questions and PICOTS (population, intervention, comparator, outcome, timing and setting) Questions … Tapering From Long-term Opioid Therapy in Chronic Pain Population.

89. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2021 - Tapering may be more challenging in Medicare populations due to higher medical complexity, presence … However, the quality of evidence is low or very low, and few studies specifically evaluated populations … Furthermore, current guidance does not specifically address tapering in Medicare populations. … Questions and PICOTS (population, intervention, comparator, outcome, timing and setting) Questions … Tapering From Long-term Opioid Therapy in Chronic Pain Population.

90. PICO #1 Population(s): Children with infantile hemangiomas (IHs) Intervention(s): Early referral Comparator(s): Delayed referral Outcomes(s): Minimization of functional impairment and/or cosmetic deformity PICO #2 Population(s): Children… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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91. Layout 1 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/treatment-resistant-depression_executive.pdf
    September 01, 2011 - These TRD patients represent a complex population with a disease that is difficult to manage. … The core patient population of interest was patients with MDD who met our definition of TRD: failure … Populations enrolled in these trials appeared representative of our target population. … Our decision to include trials with patient populations including up to 20 percent with bipolar disorder … (i.e., the “mixed” populations noted earlier) was guided by clinical experience and common sense but

92. AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program Research Gaps Summary: Telehealth (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2023 - assess how to provide telehealth care by identifying characteristics of telehealth delivery, patient populations … provider-to-provider communication and collaboration for the provision of healthcare services to rural populations … healthcare needs, particularly for those who are geographically isolated or in underserved settings or populations … evaluate telehealth outcomes for women presenting for preventive health services and its role in serving populations … • Studies to identify the disadvantages telehealth may pose in specific underserved populations

93. Research White Paper Multinational Registries Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/multinational-registries-guide-3rd-ed-addendum-white-paper.pdf
    February 01, 2018 - one network model for the purpose of evaluating a condition, intervention, or treatment in a broader population … In addition, in cases where the patient population is limited (e.g., rare diseases), a new central registry … among the eligible or enrolled patient populations in different countries. … population is aging or growth is stagnant. … While some of these factors, like variations in patient population and standard of care, are unlikely

94. Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/vte-prophyalaxis/research

95. Improving Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities for Priority Populations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cultural-competence/research-protocol

96. rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-update-protocol-170515 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-update_research-protocol.pdf
    May 15, 2017 - Choosing a RA treatment drug can be difficult with these populations. … if >50% of study populations had an early RA diagnosis. … We will include any population that authors of a study define as early RA, provided that it includes … We will include studies with mixed populations if more than 50 percent of the study populations had … Personality, socio-economic status and inflammation: cross-sectional, population-based study.

97. Cad-Women-Diagnosis Executive (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2012 - women from mixed populations of known and no known CAD. … (no known CAD and mixed CAD populations) and by study quality (good quality rating). … , and good quality studies of women from mixed populations). 13 Table C. … Spectrum bias may be present since the studies we evaluated had potentially varied populations and … Reporting sex and CAD population subgroups separately.

98. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disparities-quality-improvement_research-protocol.pdf
    February 23, 2012 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has identified a list of priority populations … The study must include populations in which the purpose of the study is to examine a change in disparity … These populations will be defined by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, insurance status, sex, sexual … a Data regarding external referent populations must have been published within four years of a given … than the state level) with respect to the target population.

99. Realizing the Promise of Web 2.0: Addressing Health Disparities in Vulnerable Populations (Session III) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/aces-2010/white-paper

100. Vte-Prophyalaxis Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vte-prophyalaxis_executive.pdf
     May 01, 2013 - currently ranges from 48 to 122 per 100,000 in the United States,1,2 rates will rise with the aging population … The population, intervention, comparator, outcome, timing, and setting are shown in Table B. … PICOTS (population, intervention, comparator, outcome, timing, and setting) for each Key Question … PICOTS KQ 1 KQ 2 KQ 3–KQ 5 KQ 6 KQ 7–KQ 8 Population(s) • Trauma • Traumatic brain injury • Burns … PICOTS (population, intervention, comparator, outcome, timing, and setting) for each Key Question (