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221. Comparative Effectiveness of Strategies to De-escalate Aggressive Behavior in Psychiatric Patients in Acute Care Settings (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - teams.30 In addition, clinicians can employ pharmacologic interventions to reduce agitation quickly (rather … Most evidence addressed preventive, unit-wide programs rather than interventions specifically targeting … This focus on acute care settings (rather than psychiatric hospitals, which can involve both acute and … Nineteen studies addressed individuals on an acute care psychiatric unit (rather than a medical or emergency … than clinical or policy judgments.

222. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
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     October 23, 2014 - purpose of the report is not to make recommendations regarding the necessary of surveillance, but rather … The report does not make recommendations for practice; rather we attempted to interpret our findings … the contention that understanding comparative accuracy and effects of imaging is of limited value; rather … Rather imaging modalities should be considered in the context of the information they add to the clinical … However, we offer that this is not a gap, but rather includes endpoints which are inappropriate to evaluate

223. Research White Paper: A Framework To Facilitate the Use of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses in the Design of Primary Research Studies (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - than clinical researchers proposing new studies. … Rather, study designs which focus on implementation, translation, or dissemination may be of greater … The framework has been designed to be used by researchers rather than systematic reviewers, and thus … It is not intended to be applied as a simple checklist or “tick-box exercise,” rather it requires the … than a further primary research study. 16 References 1.

224. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2006 - If a less than 2-percent risk of having breast cancer with a negative diagnostic test is considered an … sufficiently accurate to avoid biopsy in women at average risk as judged by the acceptability standard of less than … patients; these flaws are responsible for ranking our confidence in our overall conclusion as moderate rather … than strong.

225. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 10, 2010 - evaluation of symptom impairment in multiple settings and at multiple times, with input from more than … However, the disruptive behavior often brings preschoolers into treatment, rather than academic concerns … , suggesting that increases in identification may be associated with changes in practice patterns rather … than an increase in the underlying prevalence of the disorder.6,7 In fact the underlying prevalence … in the Review Target Population For key question one, the population will include children less than

226. Disposition of Comments for Strategies To Prevent Weight Gain Among Adults (pdf file)
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     March 25, 2013 - than the appendices. … I would strongly recommend removing these sections as I feel they detract from, rather than improve … than "moderate” evidence? … Rather than just saying we need more research, can you speculate on how that might happen. … than add to the results.

227. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
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     March 16, 2017 - than moving to the results section. … It helps to employ more than one method. … Our results (using data in published Table 2) are from comparisons between doses rather than between … than lack of evidence. … than any change.

228. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/antipsychotics-children-update-disposition-170621.pdf
     March 16, 2017 - than moving to the results section. … It helps to employ more than one method. … Our results (using data in published Table 2) are from comparisons between doses rather than between … than lack of evidence. … than any change.

229. Research to Improve the Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services to People with Disabilities (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/stakeholder-report_0824.pdf
     August 01, 2024 - approaches to evaluation, which focus on identifying mechanisms or contexts that encourage change rather … also emphasized the following: • The importance of requiring data collection on disability status rather … than this being an optional data element—for example, developing requirements for the collection of … For example, rural areas have higher proportions of residents with disabilities than urban areas and … Rather, some improvements can be determined by consensus.

230. Disposition of Comments_CER 231 Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
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     July 31, 2020 - Page 66, line 11/12 – Should the word be “aides” rather than “aids”? … manuals rather than training and scaling up community level implementation of solid interventions. … There appears to be an orientation to advanced symptoms rather than as progressive with differing needs … Best Practice Caregiving also used the “program” as the unit of analysis, rather than grouping studies … The report seems to examine dementia primarily through a homogeneous lens rather than a heterogeneous

231. Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - No, if: The child you care for is older than 12 years or has a different behavioral, emotional, developmental … The information for this guide comes from a review of more than 200 studies by an independent research … It is about four times more common in boys than girls. … But to decide whether something helps or not (or works better than something else), researchers need … to look at the results from many studies rather than just one.

232. S50 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - of severity of illness and functional status, 5. patient differences are controlled statistically rather … RESULTS More than 20 major PBE-CPI studies have been con- ducted. … 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins S55 velop evidence-based improvements based on clinical data rather … than clinical opinion. … Methodologic alternatives such as PBE-CPI do not replace RCTs; rather, they provide additional systematic

233. Hesse (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - • Benefits o Gaining traction in private sector o Petabytes of data already exist o Observed, rather … than self-­‐reported • Tensions o Lack of computing power in  health o Resistance to data mining

234. Disposition of Comments Report for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2013 - than treatment). … The aspect being discussed is tailoring the interventions to the level and type of risk, rather than … (Note this reviewer's comments refer to page numbers at the top rather than the report page numbers … The NPUAP has now adopted the term "Stage" rather than "Grade". … Too much emphasis is placed on the patients’ risk factors rather than the quality of care given or

235. Disposition of Comments for CER 177 Agitation Aggression Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 21, 2016 - This is done in some studies but is still rather infrequent. … Rather than simply let trends continue, with multiple methodological problems in these studies, why … Rather, we hope that this report will spur further development and evaluation of behavioral and other … The first term defines the approach by what it is not rather than what it is. … The fatal flaw with either approach is a focus on the distress as the problem rather than as a symptom

236. Disposition of Comments Report for Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2013 - For KQ6, the 1st 4 key points deal with the rather unimportant issue of IVCF use rather than the much … The suggestions for further research in the topic areas are rather superficial while they should be … We suggest that weight-based dosing compared to fixed-dosing, rather than BMI-based dosing compared … This is through no fault of the authors, but rather to the paucity of quality data available. … than just the RR and CI and should include the p and I2 values.

237. Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 1-3: Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - In particular on page 25, the draft CER suggests a rather negative viewpoint of screening benefits. … We agree with the reviewer that direct GFR measurement is not performed in usual care, but rather it … than a final health outcome (e.g., ESRD, death, MI, etc.). … In the report, we did not conclude that there was evidence for no benefit, but rather we concluded … than as one of a myriad of medical conditions. 3.

238. Outcome Measure Framework Design Document (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research-2014.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - Both the NQMC and the NQF provide information on quality measures, rather than outcome measures. … While the system focuses on quality measures rather than outcome measures, it contains many similar … Therefore, the OMF is envisioned as a curated library, rather than a library of non-administered user-entered … The OMF focuses specifically on outcome measures, rather than all data collected by a registry. … than patient outcomes.

239. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 28 MAT Models (pdf file)
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     December 06, 2016 - It is agreed that the focus on primary care models and those that explore delivery models rather than … than AUD. … Might it just be variation in choice of treatment rather than a disparity in care? … than a single "optimal" model. … than the research is helpful for dissemination.

240. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review #68 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Comment Response Peer Reviewer 2 General: Clarity and usability Well-structured and organized, but rather … July 2012 14 Commentator & Affiliation Section Comment Response Peer Reviewer 4 Methods 2) Rather … than odds ratios. … than by weight. … In addition this sentence has been revised to specify “studies with mixed etiologies” rather than “