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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd4-final-protocol.pdf
October 01, 2022 - Diagnosis of acute stress disorder
• Studies that do not specify criteria used to
diagnose PTSD
• Sample … studies are screened and determined to meet inclusion criteria, study design, year, setting,
country, sample … Characteristics of
included studies, such as number of publications by year, study sample size, proportion
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ptsd-adult-treatment-update_research-protocol.pdf
December 31, 2017 - military settings
Other settings
Study design KQs 1–3: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of any sample … size of at least 500,a case-control studies with a sample size
of at least 500a
All other designs … and studies
using included designs that do
not meet the sample size
criterion
Language Studies … For KQ 4, we have
chosen a sample size cutoff of 500 for prospective cohort studies and case-control … We will reassess risk of
bias in a random sample of 10 studies included in the prior review that continue
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-stones-draft-appendi-c.xlsx
January 01, 2024 - Description Intervention Duration Followup Duration Co-Interventions N Randomized N Analyzed Total Sample … Total Mean Age (SD) Total Women No. (%) Total Race/Ethnicity No. (%) Intervention 1 Sample Size Intervention … 1 Mean Age (SD) Intervention 1 Women No. (%) Intervention 1 Race/Ethnicity No. (%) Intervention 2 Sample … Intervention 2 Mean Age (SD) Intervention 2 Women No. (%) Intervention 2 Race/Ethnicity No. (%) Intervention 3 Sample … Intervention 3 Mean Age (SD) Intervention 3 Women No. (%) Intervention 3 Race/Ethnicity No. (%) Intervention 4 Sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-ovarian-contraceptives_disposition-comments.pdf
June 07, 2013 - non-English articles still have English
abstracts (at least in PubMed), providing some
information like sample … Exploring potential
sample size and effect sizes from abstracts in the
non-English literature (or translating … in our review only 2 studies (both
assessing acute harms) were excluded specifically
based on this sample … Sample sizes for the specific
studies are included in the study characteristic tables. … It would be helpful to mention the sample size
needed for a BRCA1+ population, which would be smaller
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rapid-response-chemotherapy-dental.pdf
July 01, 2023 - Studies denoted by an asterisk (*) provide the strongest evidence (based on
study design and/or sample … The four prospective cohort studies had total sample sizes ranging from 255 to 411.30, 39, 40, 62 The … The largest of these had a sample size of 2216
patients who were followed at a single cancer center … The other four studies having retrospective cohort designs had smaller sample sizes, with the
number … This study was
limited by the small sample size and multiple QOL scales that were administered (with
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-opioid-stewardship-protocol.pdf
July 01, 2023 - United States, and having each study
assessed by a single reviewer except for a randomly selected 10% sample … 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/decide16final-mortality-risk-in-copd-pts-using-theophylline.pdf
December 01, 2009 - We included patients with theophylline (N=27,052)
and a 35% random sample of the remaining cohort from … However, because of the small sample of patients none of the results were
statistically significant. … Sample selection used to identify the analytic cohort included in the time-varying
exposure analysis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/copd-management_research.pdf
December 01, 2009 - We included patients with theophylline (N=27,052)
and a 35% random sample of the remaining cohort from … However, because of the small sample of patients none of the results were
statistically significant. … Sample selection used to identify the analytic cohort included in the time-varying
exposure analysis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/preterm-birth-terbutaline-pump_research-protocol.pdf
October 18, 2010 - Further, the two RCTs included in a published Cochrane review had small
sample sizes (52 and 42 participants … Observational studies
identified through our scoping literature search consistently have larger sample … setting, duration of followup
Population characteristics
•
: inclusion/exclusion criteria, maternal sample … Randomization sequence generation
x
Allocation concealment4
x
Adequate sample … Assessment of Loss to Followup:
Since the reported sample size could represent either the total number
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/autism-interventions-future_research.pdf
September 01, 2012 - Second, the small sample size of our
stakeholder panel limited the generalizability of our findings. … transitioning to
independence (total studies included in the review = 32, with none of good quality)
• Small sample … examining the differential effects of individual comorbidities will
necessitate a relatively large sample … Second,
the small sample size of our stakeholder panel limits the generalizability of our findings.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/fiber-intake-protocol.pdf
August 15, 2023 - maximum prediction score is <0.40, we will screen at least 400 additional
consecutive citations (this sample … following for each life stage (as feasible),
each analyzed fiber type, and each outcome: study types and sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cesarean-birth_research.pdf
January 01, 2020 - In phase 1, the EPC investigators developed a list of sample
research questions and recommendations … research questions and 12
sample methodologic improvements based on evidence gaps identified in the … We then developed a list of sample research questions and methodologic
recommendations, based on the … research questions and 12 sample
methodologic recommendations that have potential utility for reducing … research questions and 12 sample methodologic recommendations.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-report-testing-machine-learning-tool-chronic-pain.pdf
November 01, 2020 - Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain
(hereafter referred to as the chronic pain report).5 Based on the sample … Peer Review of Electronic
Search Strategies) instrument.10 Search strategies were tested against a sample … The sample was three reviews in a specific topic area (chronic
pain). … A sample of approximately 25
studies was used to test the optimized search strategies for each review
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/improving-utility-evidence-synthesis-white-paper.pdf
April 01, 2021 - data sources: a literature
review for relevant publications and frameworks, a review of a convenience sample … In the purposive sample of 43 systematic reviews, the use of
the term “insufficient” covered both instances … This report draws on three sources of data: a literature review, a review of
a purposive sample of EPC … not come out of interviews (2
reports), which could be related to an insufficiently representative sample … We may have not included
14
important strategies because our sample was limited to reports in which
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-247-interventional-treatments-acute-chronic-pain-evidence-summary_0.pdf
September 01, 2021 - We did not conduct statistical and graphical methods for assessing for
small sample effects (a potential … shortcomings (e.g., high
attrition, lack of intent-to-treat analysis, baseline group differences, small sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/depression-childhood-protocol.pdf
August 06, 2018 - Most notably, the developmental age of the sample
(adolescent vs. younger children) is a critical component … age >12 and ≤18): randomized
controlled trials (RCTs)
• Children (sample age ≤12): RCTs or controlled … All other designs and studies
using included designs that do
not meet the sample size
criterion … When studies with sample sizes of 1,000 or more participants are available
for a given intervention … possible, for each intervention/comparator grouping, we will present findings clustered by
age of sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antidepressants-seniors-pneumonia_research.pdf
May 01, 2008 - Power and sample
size calculations. A review and computer program.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-harms_methods.pdf
November 01, 2008 - harms reporting in clinical trials is frequently inadequate.
7,8
Second, few RCTs have large enough sample … If large,
higher quality studies are available, it could be reasonable to specify a minimum sample … thrombolytic agents with 80-percent power.
78
Ruling out smaller event rates would require even higher sample … prespecified quality criteria)
Studies meet a defined threshold for duration of followup
Studies meet a sample … Did the authors specify if the harms reported encompass ALL the events collected or a selected SAMPLE
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_chou_assessing_harms_when_comparing.pdf
November 01, 2008 - harms reporting in clinical trials is frequently inadequate.
7,8
Second, few RCTs have large enough sample … If large,
higher quality studies are available, it could be reasonable to specify a minimum sample … thrombolytic agents with 80-percent power.
78
Ruling out smaller event rates would require even higher sample … prespecified quality criteria)
Studies meet a defined threshold for duration of followup
Studies meet a sample … Did the authors specify if the harms reported encompass ALL the events collected or a selected SAMPLE
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-275-people-with-disabilities-disposition-comments.pdf
September 16, 2024 - Pg 13 line 4 – consider reporting sample size of
patients with Parkinsons as well as sample size of … The study did not report the sample sizes of patients and
caregivers separately. … for barriers and facilitators
identified in each study with some basic information
about the study sample … which
include a small number of participants often reflecting
a stratified rather than convenience sample