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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-infection-prevention-mdro-protocol.pdf
July 01, 2023 - Depending on the
expected volume of literature, the EPC team may opt to have a randomly selected 10% sample … A second team member will check a 10% sample of
citations to verify that relevant studies were not … A
second team member will check a randomly selected 10% sample of the articles to verify that important
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/suppl-1-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Investigators should assess the characteristics of the patient sample relative to the study objective … Part of this discussion
will necessarily deal with sample size issues and
statistical inference for … assess
a specific CER objective, researchers should
describe: (1) the characteristics of the patient
sample … used in the research relative to the
objective; (2) the subset of patients within the
sample whose … ensure that
the research design produces unbiased average
treatment effect estimates for this patient sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/nt_docs/cervical-degenerative-topic-brief.pdf
March 01, 2023 - non-operative treatment in patients with mild or no cervical
spondylotic myelopathy, we reviewed a sample … retrospective cohort
studies,12-15 and three in-process trials.16-18
For KQ3,
• We reviewed a sample … laminoplasty
Total: 0 Total: 10 (from sample of 200 studies)
• RCT: 2
• Retrospective cohort: … Because a large number of articles were identified for KQs 1 and 3, we reviewed
a random sample of 200 … of 200
studies)
• KQ2, 13 studies
• KQ3, 10 studies (from sample of 200
studies)
• KQ4, 0 studies
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/menopause_research-protocol.pdf
March 25, 2012 - different target population (the treatment
indication being chronic disease prevention in the study sample … studies Exclude
Single arm/case series Exclude
Case reports Exclude
Minimum duration ≥ 12 weeks
Sample … studies Include
Single arm/case series Exclude
Case reports Exclude
Minimum duration ≥12 weeks
Sample … Include
Single arm/case series Exclude
Case reports Exclude
Minimum duration
5 yearsa
1 yearb
Sample … arm/case series Include
Case reports (life-threatening events) Include
Minimum duration None
Sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rotator-cuff-tears-future_research.pdf
February 01, 2013 - The literature limitations included low study quality, disparate
treatments and outcomes, small sample … Even with 100 percent participation, the prioritization activity was limited to a small sample, and … However, the modest
sample sizes of most rotator cuff RCTs does not allow for subgroup analyses. … The sample size was limited by the Paperwork Reduction Act and
Information Collections Policy (44 USC … However, the modest
sample sizes of most rotator cuff RCTs does not allow for subgroup analyses.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/deliberative-methods-how-to-webinar-text-only.pdf
December 06, 2011 - Slide 12
How deliberative methods vary
Length, duration
Group size, participant sample
… This depends on whether a representative sample of the
lay public is a goal. … The participant sample was selected through community-based recruitment and
consisted of caregivers
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/deliberative-methods-how-to-webinar-text-only.pdf
December 06, 2011 - Slide 12
How deliberative methods vary
Length, duration
Group size, participant sample
… This depends on whether a representative sample of the
lay public is a goal. … The participant sample was selected through community-based recruitment and
consisted of caregivers
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/dementia-nursing-home-characteristics_executive.pdf
October 01, 2012 - reasons:
772
Wrong PICOTS: 301
Wrong publication type/study design: 289
Wrong country: 132
Small sample … regarding these specific outcomes due to imprecise
results and no reported power calculations to justify
sample … due to imprecise results in these single
studies that did not report power calculations to justify
sample … term care settings indicate the number and percentage of
residents with dementia who composed the sample … • Indicate the number and percentage of residents with
dementia who composed the sample, and analyze
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/musculoskeletal-disorders-imaging_research-protocol.pdf
August 05, 2010 - , of studies
with a specific characteristic), or medians and interquartile range (e.g., for study
sample … Alternative graphs depicting study designs, medical
conditions where positional MRI is utilized, sample … retrospective; cross-sectional,
case-control or longitudinal; single center or multicenter) and study sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/arthritis-psoriatric_research-protocol.pdf
December 06, 2010 - Original research; eligible study designs include:
• Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with a sample … of equal to or greater than 100
• Nonrandomized controlled trials
• Observational studies with a sample … Case report
• Review articles
• Editorials
• Letters to the editor
• Studies with insufficient
sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine_research-protocol.pdf
December 06, 2010 - criteria)
Original research; eligible study designs include:
• Randomized controlled trials with a sample … size
≥100
• Nonrandomized controlled trials
• Observational studies with a sample size ≥100:
prospective … Case report
• Review articles
• Editorials
• Letters to the editor
• Studies with insufficient
sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/masks-surveillance-2-appendix-table-a-2.xlsx
March 01, 2020 - Date Retrieved Source Link/URL Study Design Study Dates Geographic Setting Setting Inclusion Criteria Sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Masks-appendix-table-b-2-surveillance-report.xlsx
March 01, 2020 - Date Retrieved Source Link/URL Study Design Study Dates Geographic Setting Setting Inclusion Criteria Sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-533_05-24-2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - For serology testing, a blood
sample is drawn from the patient, while biopsy is performed by enteroscopy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_executive.pdf
April 01, 2012 - We excluded studies in which the candidate tests were
performed on a sample of healthy volunteers only … We searched the literature without imposed
language, sample size, or date restrictions. … The range of sample size was 25 to
174 glaucomatous eyes and 15 to 164 healthy eyes. … Tafreshi A, Sample PA, Liebmann JM, et al. … Sample PA, Medeiros FA, Racette L, et al.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-antigen-3-gene_research.pdf
April 01, 2013 - PCA3 Testing in the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer: Future Research Needs
Future Research Needs Paper
Number 24
PCA3 Testing in the
Diagnosis and
Management of Prostate
Cancer: Future Research
Needs
Future Research Needs Paper
Number 24
PCA3 Testing in the Diagnosis and Management of
Prost…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gastric-cancers-protocol-amendment.pdf
May 02, 2025 - the width of confidence intervals relative to a clinically
important effect estimate, sufficiency of sample … width of
confidence intervals
relative to a clinically
important effect
estimate, sufficiency of
sample … width of confidence
intervals relative to a
clinically important
effect estimate,
sufficiency of sample … matern*:ti,ab
OR men:ti,ab OR mother*:ti OR parent*:ti OR patern*:ti,ab OR women:ti,ab))
12 ('random sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-cough_executive.pdf
March 01, 2014 - Before the data abstraction form templates were used, they
were pilot-tested with a sample of included … A total of 5,927 participants
were included across studies; sample sizes of individual
studies ranged … A total of 2,923 participants were included across trials;
sample sizes were relatively small, ranging … CQLQ--corrected sample size and correlation
coefficients for French 2002 paper for Internal
Consistency … CQLQ--corrected sample size and correlation
coefficients for French 2002 paper for Repeatability.
3.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_research-protocol.pdf
September 22, 2014 - system-
level characteristics, or the source of the resistance data (i.e., population versus study
sample … No sample size limits will be applied. … Multiple strategies were developed, a sample MEDLINE
search strategy appears in the Appendix. … Sample Literature Search Strategy
Box1. … Sample Ovid MEDLINE® search strategy
Database: Ovid MEDLINE(R) and Ovid OLDMEDLINE(R) <1946 to February
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-test_research-protocol.pdf
October 14, 2011 - followup
10
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: October 14, 2011
Sample … size No studies of PCA3 will be excluded based on sample size but
this element will be considered as … No primary matched studies will be excluded based on sample size, but this will be
considered part of … Did the whole sample or a random selection of the sample receive verification by using a
reference … Was the scientific quality (e.g., sample size, study design, blinding, biases, and
confounders) of the