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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/search-strategy-white-paper.pdf
February 01, 2025 - Sample narrative review ............................................................................. … Sample narrative review
In each case, we have attempted to provide sufficient information for a … etc.; however, these tools make it possible to perform these tasks more quickly across
a much larger sample … We used sample simple and complex systematic review topic search strategies to determine
how well the … Sample Size Search (SSS) Tool for PubMed exclusion reason: no longer available.
67.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_5-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
January 01, 2012 - However, when
each registry is not a random sample of Medicare
patients but selects a very different … sample, the
generalizability of the findings from the study
(assuming that residual confounding is
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia-agitation-aggression_executive.pdf
March 01, 2016 - This
was mainly because of heterogeneous comparisons and
small sample sizes. … Sample
size calculations should also take into consideration
that individuals with dementia may change … Withdrawals and dropouts created considerable
loss of participants from already small sample sizes in … Sample selection and method of
randomization were not reported. … Poor description of non-
pharmacological interventions: analysis of consecutive sample of
randomised
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cad-women-diagnosis-future_research_1.pdf
February 01, 2013 - relevant based on screening
• 3 RCTs, 1 observational study, 1 nonrandomized intervention trial
• Sample … Meta-analysis of
RCTsYes
META-ANALYSIS:RCTs
--Sample size needed for outcome
--Number, quality of RCTs … Considerations include:
• Sample size required for a particular outcome and to include a representative … sample of
patients: Many outcomes of interest, particularly those involving safety, are relatively … uncommon, requiring an inordinately large sample size to achieve adequate power
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/binge-eating_executive.pdf
December 01, 2015 - with reasons: 809
Not published in English: 6
Wrong population: 419
Wrong study design: 304
Wrong sample … to
determine effectiveness of any of these treatments because
each was studied in a single, small sample … the end of
treatment is not surprising.
17
Intervention and
Comparator
Number of Studies
(Sample … number of other eventsa Moderate for harm
22
Intervention and
Comparator
Number of
Studies (Sample … Investigators should increase
the sample sizes on which they base conclusions about
treatment effectiveness
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/masks-prevention-covid-healthcare-community-amended-protocol.pdf
July 02, 2020 - Data extracted will include author,
year, country, study design, study dates, sample size, intervention
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/child-growth-development-outcomes-protocol.pdf
August 19, 2024 - Our initial sample search strategy will be developed by a
research librarian with expertise in conducting … will conduct appropriate
statistical tests (e.g., funnel plots, statistical tests for Egger’s small sample … This
may be based on sample size sufficiency and number of events. … When
quantitative synthesis is not possible, sample size and assessment of variance
within individual
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-262-pharmacotherapy-alcohol-disposition-comments.pdf
November 07, 2023 - It would be helpful to know the sample sizes of each
and which trial had insufficient data vs. both … Thank you, we
have revised this to
two sentences and added
the sample sizes for both
trials. … Public Comment
#3 (APA)
Results p. 32 table N HDD N seems to mean something other than sample size … The sample size issues
addressed in the last sentence seem like less of a focus of the GRADE and EBPC … Although the sample
sizes are factored into the meta-analytic weightings, not all of the studies were
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/carbohydrate-intake-protocol.pdf
April 08, 2024 - Our initial sample search strategy,
developed by a research librarian with expertise in conducting searches … will conduct appropriate statistical
tests (e.g., funnel plots, statistical tests for Egger’s small sample … This may be
based on sample size sufficiency and number of events. … When quantitative
synthesis is not possible, sample size and assessment of variance within individual
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-test_executive.pdf
April 01, 2013 - insufficient for diagnostic accuracy due to the inability to
compare or combine the two studies on different sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/mcda_webinar_transcript2.pdf
August 27, 2012 - is a question here from one of the participants
whether or not there are specific methods to select sample … We don’t
need any sample sizes here. … In general, sample size has to
do with the precision of the estimate score, the weights,
and I am not … That determines the sample size. … JOHNSON: Can I very quickly followup on a question that was
asked earlier on sample size, how many
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/obesity-child_research-protocol.pdf
March 31, 2010 - Forms to
abstract details about the study design and conduct, the population, setting,
country, sample … following: a clear description of the population, setting,
approaches, and comparisons; sound study sample … (eg, adequate sample size and
appropriate characteristics of the sample); appropriate measurement
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-assessing-impact.pdf
September 01, 2018 - Sample Tables for EPC Reports with Exercise and Questions for Key Informants
ES-1
Evidence Summary … rationale for the
quality measure indexing of reports and were shown a mock-up of the index for the sample … Sample Tables for EPC Reports With
Exercise and Questions for Key Informants
Table A-1. … Sample Tables for EPC Reports With Exercise and Questions for Key Informants
Cover_Methods_Assessing
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-ovarian-contraceptives_research-protocol.pdf
March 13, 2012 - melanoma
o Adverse effects of intervention(s): Same as final outcomes
KQ 7: Not applicable
Study sample … Exclusion criteria:
• Editorials, letters to the editor, or exploratory studies with inadequate sample … Before they are used, abstraction form templates will be pilot
tested with a sample of included articles … higher quality
and sensitivity analysis used to address the potential impact of issues such as small
sample
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/uterine-fibroids_research-protocol.pdf
March 01, 2016 - We may include in the analysis high of risk of bias studies that have a
large sample size or that evaluate … Many fibroid studies have small sample sizes, which limit the ability of a study to
overcome differences … age distribution, demographic attributes, and the prevalence
of concomitant conditions in the study sample … will 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/related_files/peripheral-nerve-block-protocol.pdf
November 18, 2023 - Study design Randomized controlled trials (RCTs)
Minimum sample size per arm of ≥30
participants. … ,
qualitative, case reports, opinions/letters, pilot
studies, feasibility studies
Studies with a sample … fields that will be extracted include author, year of publication, sponsorship,
country, setting, sample … selection criteria, intervention and control characteristics, sample
size, reported outcomes, outcome
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-de-novo-processes_methods.pdf
September 01, 2009 - SRs to answer key questions in the new SR, but in more than two-thirds of these cases, at
least a sample … reproducibility of application for inclusion criteria
and the accuracy of data abstraction in at least a sample … • After checking a sample of original studies:
• Was the application of inclusion/exclusion criteria … • Was individual study quality (such as sample size, study
design, blinding, various biases and confounders
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/systematicreviewsreplacedenovo.pdf
September 01, 2009 - SRs to answer key questions in the new SR, but in more than two-thirds of these cases, at
least a sample … reproducibility of application for inclusion criteria
and the accuracy of data abstraction in at least a sample … • After checking a sample of original studies:
• Was the application of inclusion/exclusion criteria … • Was individual study quality (such as sample size, study
design, blinding, various biases and confounders
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-adult-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
April 03, 2013 - average of those incidences at different ages, but the weights
depend on the age distribution of the sample … Studies with too small a sample size often
have other more covert problems as well. … included data on only those participants
who provided outcome data, roughly 90% of the randomized sample … Note also that that trial was, however, underpowered (they did not attain the
necessary sample based … sizes per arm; those
sample sizes are in fact stated in the Hien article (pg. 1428)—n=41 SS, n=34 RP
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dietary-supplements_research-protocol.pdf
December 15, 2010 - At each level of screening a random sample of at least 10 percent of records will be screened in
duplicate … We will perform independent checks on data extraction
from a sample of studies included in reviews of … study by one
reviewer with a second reviewer independently extracting data from a 10 percent random sample … Further, a sample of data
entered into summary tables will be verified against the original report. … Study quality will be assessed by one reviewer, a second reviewer assessing a
random sample; discrepancies