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241. Insomnia_protocol-140403 (pdf file)
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     April 03, 2014 - bed], or questionnaires [Athens Insomnia Scale (ASI)28; Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS)12; Fatigue Severity … Scale (FSS)12, 28; Glasgow Sleep Impact Index (GSII)32; Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)12, 28 ; Leeds … duration, participant baseline demographics, comorbidities; insomnia definition, method of diagnosis, and severity … the effect of treatment and affect applicability of findings include diagnostic accuracy, insomnia severity

242. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - Participants reported a weighted mean pain severity of 6 on a scale of 0 to10. … Topical diclofenac led to a small improvement in average pain severity and patients reporting response … Duloxetine resulted in a small improvement in pain severity, moderate improvement in pain response, … Capsaicin patch had effects on pain severity short of small-effect in post-herpetic neuralgia and HIV … The TCA amitriptyline did not improve pain severity.

243. Migraine-Prevention Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - frequency of ≥50 percent after 3 months.3 In addition to pain relief, preventive drugs can decrease severity … to baseline similarity of the subjects in treatment groups by demographics, migraine frequency and severity … quality of life, patient satisfaction, and composite outcomes, which included migraine frequency and severity … Antiadrenergic Drugs Clonidine was no more effective than placebo for reducing migraine duration or severity … Magnesium oxide reduced severity of migraine attacks relative to the placebo group.

244. Disposition of Comments for CER 183 Tonsillectomy for OSDB (pdf file)
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     January 17, 2017 - OSA and upper airway resistance syndrome”) and have expanded on our discussion of variability in severity … See references 1, 9, and 11 for more fulsome treatment of frequency and severity. … Most studies did not explicitly rate severity of infection but used counts of prior episodes as a marker … of severity. … study (including a treatment and comparison group) as assignment to treatment groups was based on severity

245. Antidepressant Treatment of Depression During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2014 - of depressive or mood disorders, prior use of antidepressive drugs (for treatment or prevention), severity … have no information on the most effective dose of antidepressant drugs in pregnant women based on severity … studies, however, we did not have further information on the diagnosis timing, prior history, or severity … comparing treatments and adequately measuring appropriate outcomes, with measurement of depression severity … important prognostic factors such as pre-existing illness, 18 depression history, depression severity

246. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparison of Characteristics of Nursing Homes and Other Residential Long-Term Care Settings for People With Dementia (pdf file)
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     October 23, 2012 - the context of stage, only one study considered the evidence in relation to the level of dementia severity … Since this review is about people with dementia / Alzheimer’s disease of sufficient severity to result … health and psychosocial outcomes varied by the characteristics of the person with dementia (e.g., severity … Model requires interaction of residents (e.g., severity) and setting. … especially in determining what variables should be studied and the importance of understanding the severity

247. Disposition of Comments for Treatment of Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - complications between patients receiving shunt surgery and patients receiving trabeculectomy, the severity … of the intraoperative complications varied significantly.11 The severity of complications may vary … The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study demonstrated that greater severity of visual field loss in persons … Impact of severity and bilaterality of visual impairment on health- related quality of life. … Impact of severity and bilaterality of visual impairment on health- related quality of life.

248. Disposition of Comments for CER 201 Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2018 - In addition to different age ranges, severity and control of asthma at randomization would be critical … We also added text to the Discussion noting the importance of asthma control and disease severity … populations across studies, as well as a lack of detailed information about asthma control and severity … reaction when exposed under real-world conditions, nor does sensitization precisely identify the severity … However, we could not stratify most of our analyses by subgroups, including age or severity of disease

249. Disposition of Comments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2013 - For example, PASP as a reliable marker of disease severity or prognosis is dependent upon RV systolic … This is a key issue since pulmonary htn by echo or by cath can underestimate severity of PVR when RV … BNP levels alone have not been shown to be an accurate surrogate marker for disease severity even in … BNP levels alone have not been shown to be an accurate surrogate marker for disease severity even in … And severity of disease using PVR, 6 min. walk, functional status as comparators Thank you for your

250. Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients With Advanced Cancer: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2020 - studies only used visual analog scales for measuring breathlessness, study attrition was high given the severity

251. Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - benefits and harms depending on treatment type.3 In addition, differences in outcomes may vary by severity … existing clinical practice guidelines offer separate recommendations by age and DD type or level of severity … fluoxetine, statistically significant moderators of benefits included sex, family income, depression severity … benefits for a few outcomes among males; lower income families; and study participants with greater severity … 26 preliminary evidence for moderators of efficacy and effectiveness, such as baseline depression severity

252. Dementia-Agitation-Aggression Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - By contrast, preventive approaches aim to reduce the frequency and severity of agitation/ aggression … Desired outcomes of nonpharmacologic interventions include a reduction in the incidence and severity … The appropriate instrument depends on disease severity and context of care (e.g., setting, severity … This evidence could inform decisionmakers about the best ways to reduce the frequency and severity … Few studies provided details on dementia type or severity/stage of illness.

253. Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Programs for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - support, Compensation seeking, Insurance status, Comorbidities, Acute treatment TBI Characteristics Severity … support, Compensation seeking, Insurance status, Comorbidities, Acute treatment TBI Characteristics Severity … How should the severity of specific impairments be assessed and reported in effectiveness research … How should the severity of overall impairments be assessed and reported in effectiveness research to … In addition, we will create and test a series of new taxonomies to describe TBI severity and predict

254. Disposition of Comments for CER 196 The Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma (pdf file)
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     March 23, 2018 - scope here) Peer Reviewer #2 Introduction Also some background on the GINA classification/severity … paragraph of the introduction "Current asthma guidelines recommend assessment of asthma control and severity … Overall the approach seems to have been liberally inclusive, especially with respect to asthma severity … Also, some studies did not provide information about baseline asthma severity or control. … at baseline) and we think that as we say in the limitations, studies should clearly report severity

255. Autism Surveillance (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - percent of children but were not associated with clinically significant improvements in ADOS severity … 25h/week at the center; 10h/week at home Children receiving EIBI showed improvements in autism severity … over 4 months Children receiving CBT showed significant improvement in clinician rated autism severity … Children in the IBI group showed improved outcomes including lower severity of autism, higher adaptive … 30 percent of children but were not associated with clinically significant improvements in ADOS severity

256. Menopause Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2015 - Review Number 147 Approximately 85 percent of women report experiencing symptoms of varying type and severity … effectiveness and adverse effects vary among subgroups of participants defined by demographics, symptom severity … of estrogens on quality of life, a finding potentially attributable to older age and less symptom severity … experiencing menopause, there were some differences in mean age, length of followup, and symptom severity … Symptoms during the perimenopause: prevalence, severity, trajectory, and significance in women’s lives

257. Maternal and Fetal Effects of Mental Health Treatments in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review of Pharmacological Interventions (pdf file)
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     December 05, 2018 - included populations: the efficacy population for psychotherapy-only interventions may have lower severity … However, confounding by indication and underlying disease severity remain concerns. … At the same time, complexity and severity of mental health conditions, baseline symptom control, and … heterogeneity, we will use meta-regression or subgroup analyses to examine effect sizes by level of severity … Some factors identified a priori that may limit the applicability of evidence include the following: severity

258. Disposition of Comments Report for Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Artery Stenting (pdf file)
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     February 26, 2013 - Page ES-1 line 30: Authors overlook the issues that angiography often UNDER-estimates the stenosis severity … Utility of FFR in discovering when angiography under estimates lesion severity certainly needs to be … several appropriate uses for FFR as an “adjunct to coronary angiography for the determination of lesion severity … Intervention4 states that:  The limitations of coronary angiography for determination of lesion severity … FFR measurements pre- and post placement of stents provide critical information regarding the severity

259. Antipsychotics-Children-Surveillance-150120 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - The cohort study did not control for illness severity so made conclusions difficult No new research … CONCLUSION: Baseline obesity was associated with lower illness severity, which could be mediated by greater … The Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) and the ADHD-Rating Scale (ADHD-RS-IV) were used as primary … Global measures of severity (Clinical Global Impressions-Severity) and of functional impairment (Children's … (moderate strength of evidence). reduction on the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale but was unaware of

260. Research White Paper: A Framework To Facilitate the Use of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses in the Design of Primary Research Studies (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - were 61 trials showing vitamin C cannot prevent colds and has only minimal effects on duration and severity … Heterogeneity exists in setting, intervention, outcomes, and severity of illness. … Setting Outpatient, variety of methods used to determine severity. … Implications: need standardized way of assessing severity of sore throat and standardize throat swabbing … NA Study in adults, with range of severity of sore throat, using oral steroids is justified.