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1201. Case-Management Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - The sample sizes of the studies of CM were variable, but many of the studies included fairly small samples … Due to heterogeneity in the characteristics of CM interventions and the limitation of small sample sizes … cases (particularly the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration [MCCD] trial)13 the studies had large sample

1202. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-illness-heart_research-protocol.pdf
      April 18, 2012 - If the sample includes a mixed population of people with SMI, 70% of the sample must comprise the … Before they are used, abstraction- form templates will be pilot-tested with a sample of included articles … Prevalence of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome in a sample of patients with bipolar disorder.

1203. Prostate-Cancer-Risk-Assessment-Genes Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-risk-assessment-genes_executive.pdf
      July 01, 2012 - On the use of population attributable fraction to determine sample size for case-control studies of

1204. Asthma-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2011 - setting and approach; inclusion/exclusion criteria; demographic and health characteristics of the sample … cointervention components (e.g., advice about diet, relaxation training); compliance with treatment; sample … participants per treatment arm.27 Trials were also inconsistent in the degree to which they ensured the sample … small number of trials, most of which were at moderate risk of bias due to factors such as small sample … included in the review, and the only minor flaws were retention of less than 90 percent and small sample

1205. PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2009 - The benefits from testing may be limited to a subset of those tested, so sample size requirements can … Sample sizes of studies on diagnostic accuracy: literature survey. BMJ 2006;332:1127-1129. 34.

1206. S44 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2007 - delays in the controls; just one of DD trials had to collect data by survey of patients Outcomes, sample … among patients who would be exempt (eg, children younger than18 years old) were “patients in a random sample

1207. PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/whitepaper3-lijmer02262010-2.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - The benefits from testing may be limited to a subset of those tested, so sample size requirements can … Sample sizes of studies on diagnostic accuracy: literature survey. BMJ 2006;332:1127-1129. 34.

1208. Trends in the use of echocardiography, 2007 to 2011 (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2014 - Because our sample includes the entire Medicare FFS population for all study years, we are able to … conduct analyses on the full population of interest rather than a sample. … Statistical inference is needed only when evaluating the potential error of the sample, and thus is … In addition, calculations of standard errors and standard statisti- cal tests commonly incorporate sample

1209. Long-Term Drug Therapy and Drug Holidays for Osteoporotic Fracture Prevention (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/research-protocol-osteoporosis_2.pdf
      October 05, 2018 - o Rare harms (i.e., AFF, ONJ, Afib): Sample size must be >100 and may include case-control, retrospective … o Nonrare harms: Sample size must be >1000 and limited to prospective cohort studies. … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, 2010. 23 Appendix 2: Sample Search … Registration Appendix 1: Bibliography Appendix 2: Sample Search

1210. Disposition of Comments for CER 178 Newer Medications for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/prostatic-hyperplasia-medications_disposition-comments.pdf
      May 26, 2016 - clarified the sentence in the methods section: “Inclusion criteria did not restrict trials by minimal sample … TEP Reviewer #4 Methods Similarly, the methods should indicate whether there was a minimal sample … We added a sentence to methods section: “Inclusion criteria did not restrict trials by minimal sample … TEP Reviewer #4 Discussion/ Conclusion I would also highlight that the short duration (and small sample

1211. Systematic Review Update: Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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      December 11, 2018 - with chronic pain related to “active” cancer, infection, inflammatory arthropathy, • <90% of study sample … abstracted into categories that include but are not limited to: study design, year, setting, country, sample … quality, heterogeneity across studies with regard to patient population, intervention and outcomes, and sample … When quantitative synthesis is not possible, sample size and assessment of variance within individual

1212. Cad-Women-Diagnosis Executive (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - Second, the sample size and low representation of women in most of the comparator studies may affect … Studies of sufficient sample size and representation of women. … accuracy of an NIT modality with another NIT modality or with coronary angiography did not present a sample … sex differences in NIT diagnostic accuracy or the impact on clinical outcomes, a sufficient 17 sample

1213. Disposition of Comments for Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-anemia-update_disposition-comments.pdf
      April 25, 2013 - Was each individual trial weighted equally, or were trials weighted in some way by sample size? … of GRADE, results are sufficiently precise according to current AHRQ Guidance. “.. when the total sample … line3: Suggest adding a few more details and/or a footnote to this table that show limitations: e.g.,- sample … indicating unique patient populations at such low underlying risk of mortality that at the enrolled sample … recognized alternative method, which is considered to be robust and valid regardless of event rate or sample

1214. Data Points 13: Use of Preoperative Breast MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dcis-mri-utilization_research.pdf
      August 01, 2012 - We limited the sample to elderly women (age 65 and older) who were enrolled in Medicare fee-for-service … We present results for the comedo subtype where there is adequate sample size.

1215. Layout 1 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rotator-cuff-tear_executive.pdf
      July 01, 2010 - , regardless of the type of approach used (open, mini-open, or arthroscopic), the study design, the sample … Five studies compared nonoperative to operative treatments, with a median sample size of 103 (IQR: 40

1216. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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      August 01, 2009 - conducted — stratified by cancer type, designs, and outcomes — while getting a sense of their relative sample … Markers (empty circles) stand for published studies; their area is proportional to the sample size, and

1217. Layout 1 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_executive.pdf
      September 01, 2011 - Therefore, trials require large sample sizes with long followup periods. … reporting of serious adverse events; a predominance of case reports and uncontrolled series; small sample

1218. Wheelchair-Service Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2010 - We will extract patient characteristics, study design, sample size, the elements of the assessment process … For Question 2, a table in the Brief will summarize the number of studies and the sample size included

1219. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
      December 16, 2011 - There will be no restriction on study sample size. … We will pilot test each tool on a sample of studies and develop decision rules regarding application … KQ2–5 using the cohort Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). 25 The NOS includes eight items assessing sample

1220. Medical-Evidence-Communication Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      July 31, 2012 - Turkey, Australia, Canada, Japan, and South Africa Any other country not specified for inclusion Sample … sufficient amount of high-quality evidence is available in the form of randomized controlled trials with sample … Study objectives • Intervention and comparators • Setting(s) • Duration • Outcomes measured • Sample … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: July 31, 2012 Data To Extract Examples of Data Items • Sample