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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/registries-guide-2nd-edition_disposition-comments.pdf
March 03, 2010 - Is this a general comment, or a specific comment on
inadequate sample size? … Is this
a general comment, or a specific comment on inadequate sample size,
inadequate outcome definition … Some information on background rates is needed to do
sample size calculations, but the information may … Page 10, paragraph 3: This is another place where the authors refer to the
sample (the registry) being … There is a strong interplay between representativeness, patient recruitment,
sample size and power,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pilot-projects-supplementing-white-paper.pdf
December 01, 2024 - RCTs to identify harms is problematic due to the relatively short duration of followup and small
sample … bone protective medication (BPM) at admission; compared with recent observational studies and MHFV
sample … Because many health
systems are small and may not have the necessary sample size to address the evidence
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-cancer-imaging_research-protocol.pdf
December 17, 2013 - Table 1 represents sample questions to be asked to each of the categories of Key Informants.
… Sample questions for Key Informants
Key Informant Category Potential Questions
Clinical Experts/Clinical … Reference Number, Author, Year
Study characteristics Study design
Inclusion/exclusion criteria
Sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/autism-medical-update_research-protocol.pdf
February 16, 2016 - Eligible RCTs must have a total minimum
sample size of 10. … We will require a higher minimum sample size (n=20) for other
comparative studies as they typically … experts,
much of the relevant literature on ASD is published in English; however, we will scan a
sample … in the model by adjusting for
factors such as age, symptom severity, or comorbidities in the study sample … use
established concepts of the quantity of evidence (e.g., numbers of studies, aggregate
ending-sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-surgery-preparation_research-protocol.pdf
March 26, 2013 - rectal surgery
We will require that studies have enrolled at least 10 subjects (per arm); smaller
sample … rectal surgery
We will require that studies have enrolled at least 10 subjects (per arm); smaller
sample … Even if the
outcome rate is 10 percent (i.e., quite high), the sample size needs to be >400 patients … because our preliminary searches indicate that non–English-language studies are few and have
small sample … for other effectiveness reviews and will include elements
that address population characteristics, sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/osteoporosis-vibration-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2020 - We will include studies published in English of any
sample size, any design (randomized controlled trial … Distribution of the studies that examined the effects of vibration therapy by study design,
sample size … , and comparators
Vibration
platform
Vibration
amplitude
Vibration
duration Study design
Sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-review-no-touch-modalities.pdf
May 01, 2022 - unadjusted reduction in overall
respiratory viral infection
incidence was found (p=0.003,
based on 2-sample … lights, bedside
tables, phones,
chairs, intravenous
poles, keyboards,
bedrails), 10x10
cm area per
sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-hospitalizations_research.pdf
October 01, 2008 - Methods: Medical charts were randomly selected from a systematic sample of hospitalizations identified … Such determination would require review of all or at least a random sample of
medical records without
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-postpartum-screening_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - Before the data abstraction form
templates were used, they were pilot tested with a sample
of included … depression using a validated clinical interview
or diagnostic instrument in screen positives and all or a
sample … Sample size ranged from
99 recruited at a single site to 4,084 enrolled from
101 practices. … Defining sample size for the study based on
detecting clinically relevant differences in
test performance … here is between the
increased generalizability of having subjects take a
single test versus overall sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/protocol-social-isolation.pdf
January 01, 2013 - A second reviewer will verify a 25% sample of articles and abstracted data.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/communicating_risk_international_king.ppt
January 01, 2005 - literacy is a frequent theme
Evaluations focus on understandability and motivation to talk to provider
Sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-artery-stenosis_executive-2007.pdf
January 01, 2007 - restrictive patient eligibility or
inadequate reporting; and limited power of studies due
to small sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-203-adhd-disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2018 - TEP Reviewer #4 Methods I also couldn't find the rationale for having different sample size
for the … The review indicates
that the FDA standard of sample size was included, but the
rationale for doing … have now added in additional
reasoning to our exclusion criteria
column for study design about the
sample … The midcourse change in the scope of the
review (pertaining to the sample size of studies included in … have now added additional
reasoning to our exclusion criteria
column for study design about the
sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/estimation-and-reporting_chapter-3.pptx
January 01, 2013 - Slide 1
Estimation and Reporting of Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
www.ahrq.gov
Estimation and Reporting of Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/respectful-maternity-care-protocol.pdf
September 16, 2022 - Appendix A contains our sample MEDLINE® search strategy, which will be
adapted to search the other databases … criteria, data will be abstracted, including elements such as
study design, year, setting, country, sample … will conduct appropriate statistical tests (e.g., funnel
plots, statistical tests for Egger’s small sample … each of the included reports for these questions, with a focus on elements such as the
extent the sample … Sample Search Strategies: Cervical Degenerative Disease Treatment
Strategies will be adapted for databases
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-family-engagement-protocol.pdf
December 31, 2019 - Sample topics to be
discussed with the key informants are listed in Table 1. … which systematic reviews have captured all relevant studies published before 2015, using at a
20% sample … systematic
reviews, and then decide whether additional searching of the articles beyond the screened sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/adhd_disposition-comments.pdf
October 01, 2011 - Also, the sample size should be
mentioned, the denominator for the 44 CVAs and 21 TIAs. … Atomoxetine's
sponsor reported that its safety sample was well over 3,000 subjects. … However, it is
becoming clearer now from analyses done in the 2007 Swanson papers
on the MTA Sample … The key paper by Molina et al in 2009 on the 8 year follow up of the MTA
sample is also missing. … been helpful would have been to include the work of Ron Kessler
using the US National Comorbidity Sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/methods-guide-inclusion-nonrandomized-studies.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Moreover, because of their generally
smaller sample size and shorter duration than NRSIs, RCTs more … Studies that are conducted using big data
offer the obvious advantage of very large sample sizes (often … Because of large sample sizes, high precision of treatment effect sizes is often attained,
which may … See Appendix A for a sample of hedges for some
common NRSI designs. … Moreover, because of their generally large
sample sizes, effect size estimates from individual NRSIs
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/methods-guide-inclusion-nonrandomized-studies.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Moreover, because of their generally
smaller sample size and shorter duration than NRSIs, RCTs more … Studies that are conducted using big data
offer the obvious advantage of very large sample sizes (often … Because of large sample sizes, high precision of treatment effect sizes is often attained,
which may … See Appendix A for a sample of hedges for some
common NRSI designs. … Moreover, because of their generally large
sample sizes, effect size estimates from individual NRSIs
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-fatigue_research-protocol.pdf
May 01, 2014 - abstracted into categories that
include but are not limited to: study design, year, setting, country, sample … of
symptoms; criteria used for diagnosis, presence of medical and psychiatric co-
morbidities); the sample … Sample Search Strategy (Ovid MEDLINE)
1 exp Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ (4528)
2 exp Encephalomyelitis