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121. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - poorly developed methods that are common across reports, such as: • Inconsistency in approaches to quantitative … workgroups developed guidance on observational studies, applicability, harms and adverse effects, quantitative … • Quantitative synthesis. • Rating a body of evidence.

122. Medication-Therapy-Management Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - 2013 If we find three or more similar studies for a comparison of interest, we will consider quantitative … To determine whether quantitative analyses are appropriate, we will assess the clinical and methodological … If we conduct quantitative syntheses (i.e., meta-analysis), we will assess statistical heterogeneity … When quantitative analyses are not appropriate (e.g., because of heterogeneity, insufficient numbers

123. Management and Outcomes of Binge-Eating Disorder in Adults: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2016 - descriptions of each type of CBT. b Waitlist refers to patients who received no treatment at all. c For quantitative … GI = gastrointestinal; MA = meta-analysis; RCT = randomized controlled trial; RR = risk ratio a For quantitative

124. Chicago-Area DEcIDE Center (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2009 - Prioritizing future research on off-label prescribing: results of a quantitative evaluation. … Our quantitative analysis identified particular concerns with the off-label use of antipsychotic and … 2 be driven by data, which meant that all measures in the prioritization model(s) were based on quantitative … For each factor, we created a quantitative relative index measure. … Our list is formed from a general framework and limited to available quantitative measures that span

125. Guidance for the Conduct and Reporting of Modeling and Simulation Studies in the Context of Health Technology Assessment (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Uncertainty: a guide to dealing with uncertainty in quantitative risk and policy analysis. … Evaluation (not validation) of quantitative models. … Expanded guidance on selected quantitative synthesis topics. … Applying quantitative bias analysis to epidemiologic data. … Quantitative analysis of sponsorship bias in economic studies of antidepressants.

126. Dyspnea DEcIDE (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - dyspnea indicators address general conceptual areas of routine assessment (suggesting regular use of a quantitative … Aggregate results from 2007 reported assessment for dyspnea in 94% of medical records, but a quantitative … measure set targeting the elderly (Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders or ACOVE) advocated use of a quantitative

127. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2013 - and measures of heterogeneity, such as Cochran’s Q test or I2 statistics, as noted in first module on quantitative … DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.03.009 Quantitative Synthesis. … If a single quantitative estimate is desired, the strength of evidence may be insufficient if an effect … Furthermore, some evidence suggests no difference in accuracy between quantitative and qualitative systems … the absence of evidence to support specific systems for weighting the domains, both qualitative and quantitative

128. C-Diff-Infections-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - any relevant new studies; three subject matter experts responded. 2.4 Check for qualitative and quantitative … Clinically important caveat A7 Opposing findings from discordant meta-analysis or nonpivotal trial Quantitative … Assessment of Clostridium difficile infections by quantitative detection of tcdB toxin by use of a … Quantitative fecal lactoferrin in toxin- positive and toxin-negative Clostridium difficile specimens … LaSala et 2013 Quantitative fecal 112 patients tested toxin positive; NAAT- N/A quantitative This study

129. Systematic Review Update: Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     December 11, 2018 - The feasibility of a quantitative synthesis will depend on trial size, the number and completeness of … When quantitative synthesis is not possible, sample size and assessment of variance within individual … If sufficient numbers of RCTs (>10) are available, quantitative funnel plot analysis may be done. … Conducting quantitative synthesis when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health

130. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 13, 2012 - another independent parallel review to determine if they should be included in the final qualitative and quantitative … for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies during the final qualitative and quantitative

131. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 246_Management of High-Need High-Cost Patients: A "Best Fit" Framework Synthesis, Realist Review, and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - We included quantitative and qualitative studies of adult HNHC patients (high healthcare use or cost

132. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Management of High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Realist and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 07, 2019 - We will use qualitative and quantitative synthesis methods in conducting the review. … If feasible, we may do qualitative or quantitative sensitivity analyses to gauge the difference in conclusions … studies for a comparison of an outcome of interest, we will consider pooling our findings by using quantitative … To determine whether quantitative analyses are appropriate, we will assess the clinical and methodological … Appraising qualitative research for inclusion in systematic reviews: a quantitative and qualitative

133. Noninvasive, Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     September 20, 2017 - (e.g., multiple independent reviewers), appropriate methods for evidence synthesis (qualitative or quantitative … The feasibility of a quantitative synthesis will depend on trial size, the number and completeness of … When quantitative synthesis is not possible, sample size and assessment of variance within individual … are available, quantitative … Conducting quantitative synthesis when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health

134. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - However, there is a very important concern with respect to quantitative imaging that is not discussed … This reviewer is concerned that without appropriate information on the quantitative characteristics … This Key Informant was referring to a quantitative assessment of treatment response related to standard … studies done to determine utility of imaging in a particular instance, and a lack of evaluation of quantitative

135. Disposition of Comments Report for The Clinical Utility of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) in Asthma Management (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2017 - The exception is in the KQ 1c where we actually had enough quantitative data (14 RCTs) and we were … Section 1a follows a standard quantitative diagnostic meta- analysis. … P22 L36-38 – It would be worth elaborating on the quantitative differences between comparison to healthy … KQ1a Subgroup and sensitivity analyses: We added quantitative differences between comparison to

136. Dispostion of Comments Report for Child and Adolescent Exposure to Trauma (pdf file)
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     February 11, 2013 - TEP #3 General I am disappointed that the report was not able to attempt a quantitative review although … family violence decreased the number of eligible studies and therefore the ability to conduct more quantitative … 23 studies that were dropped because of a high risk for bias might have been included in a weighted quantitative … The volume and type of comparators in this body of evidence do not support quantitative indirect comparisons

137. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - this review, we included evidence for the benefits or harms of any of the above-named programs, and quantitative … this review, we included evidence for the benefits or harms of any of the above-named programs, and quantitative

138. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 35: Asthma Self-Management Education Packages (pdf file)
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     April 27, 2020 - Stanley Szefler Results The findings of this report are well summarized, although some quantitative … Since this was designed as a Technical Brief, we generally limited the quantitative scope of our

139. Disposition of Comments Report for Decision Aids for Cancer Screening and Treatment (pdf file)
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     December 23, 2014 - how often the choice was changed before and after the DA or with/without the DA thus rendering a quantitative … Commentator & Affiliation Section Comment Response Peer Reviewer #1 Methods A motivation is lacking why "Quantitative … problem at hand, we agree with the reviewer’s implied comment that it may challenge readers without quantitative … Please refer to the Results section for a description of qualitative analyses for all outcomes and quantitative … Similarly, it also helps to provide some representative numbers in the text, or numbers in a plot (without quantitative

140. Disposition of Comments Report for Medication Adherence Interventions: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     September 11, 2012 - While more quantitative syntheses would be nice, the authors' argument about heterogeneity (page 17 … Peer Reviewer #5 Methods The rationale for not performing quantitative synthesis within sub-groups of … We had prespecified that we would not perform quantitative synthesis for subgroups that have results … that KQ 1 consistently refers to trials Peer Reviewer #4 Results While their reluctance to conduct quantitative … Because the report does not provide any quantitative synthesis of findings from studies that address