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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-disease-medicine_disposition-comments.pdf
August 01, 2012 - As
a result of taking the measures described above, my GFR
rose from 37 to 51 in less than six months … , but recommends that more research be
conducted in order to ensure the highest quality of care is … of bias. … , in the revised report, we tried to
clarify the Structured Abstract to more
clearly refer to the six … , but
recommends that more research be conducted in order to
ensure the highest quality of care is
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alcohol-misuse_executive.pdf
April 28, 2010 - Definitions of the spectrum of alcohol misuse
Term Definition
Risky or hazardous
use
Consumption of … publications
Total # of records after duplicates removed
6,265
# of records screened
6,265
# of records … to 1.7) or for all age groups
combined (adults, older adults, and young adults/college
students) (six … However, other studies have found that
patients view screening favorably, even perceiving higher
quality … of care when screening is followed by counseling.95
For example, one prospective cohort study found
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/crohns-disease_executive.pdf
February 01, 2014 - We chose specific safety outcomes on the basis
of the severity of the outcome, impact on quality of … grade on four domains:
risk of bias, consistency, directness, and precision. … Induction of Remission
Of the 78 comparisons with evidence, 4 resulted in high
strength of evidence … Subgroup Analyses
Six trials reported a statistical interaction test on disease
characteristics that … six comparisons.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colon-cancer-gene-profiling_technical-brief.pdf
December 01, 2012 - of health care services. … of health care in the United States. … care quality. … However, in a 2009 publication, based on eight cohorts from six studies, Lu et al. noted
that existing … (six
studies).16, 20, 22, 26-28 This is problematic because MSI status is used in the risk-stratification
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-208-bipolar-adults-disposition-comments.pdf
August 07, 2018 - Strength of evidence assessments
followed AHRQ methods guidance
and the domains and process are
described … for
adequate assessment of risk of
bias. … The
report text provides the domains
that contributed to lower
assessments of strength of
evidence … I presume it’s because of lack
of FDA approval? … ) had followups between six to twelve months, precluding
conclusions for long-term maintenance for most
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/skin-lesions-evaluation_technical-brief.pdf
December 01, 2014 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed
decisions and thereby improve the quality … of health care services. … Effectiveness Reviews to assist
public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve the quality … of health care. … Twenty-six percent of the abstracts included data assessing at-risk populations and
treatment settings
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nephropathy-contrast-induced_disposition-comments.pdf
January 07, 2016 - A dose of 20 mg of one drug is not the same as a dose of 20 mg of another. … We used the grading scheme recommended
in the Methods Guide6 and considered all
domains: study limitations … the studies scored positive (+) in all 5
domains. … hours that practitioners would be able to stomach is a lot shorter than
twelve hours (or even six hours … benefit of NAC in
prevention of CIN.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-cancer-risk-reduction_research.pdf
October 25, 2010 - well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality
of health … care services. … of health care. … We present a conceptual framework for future research
that emphasizes high priority research domains … The questionnaires were
organized into six sections: Introduction, Populations of Interest, Interventions
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/insulin-blood-sugar-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2010 - in the setting of
intensive insulin therapy, and the intensity of
monitoring of glucose during such … line
49 instead of inserting all of the references at
the end of line 49. … Study duration ranged
from six days to four years. … In a
broader view, all of the tools measure some
aspect of quality of life. … measure different domains and have been verified
in different settings.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-urinary-retention_research.pdf
September 01, 2014 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well informed
decisions and thereby improve the quality … of health care services. … of health care in the United
States. … domains: (1) study limitations (internal validity); (2) directness (single, direct link
between intervention … Populations/Unknown Causes
Four studies (original research) and one systematic review addressed six
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tech-brief-37-opiod-use-adults-comments.pdf
November 03, 2020 - Methods The Conceptual Framework diagram is useful in
organizing the different domains of concern. … six individuals
employed by federal agencies and nine
individuals employed by nonfederal entities. … of 65 in much of
the background). … of 65 in much of
the background). … Nucynta blunts my pain enough to allow me to
fall sleep before midnight and sleep for six to
seven
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/Evidence%20Summary_0_0.pdf
April 01, 2020 - of Review
The purpose of the review is to examine the benefits
and harms of pharmacological and nonpharmacological … Methods
We followed established methodologies of
SRs as outlined in the Agency for Healthcare
Quality … Three RCTs compared psychotherapy and
pharmacotherapy; six compared psychotherapy
plus pharmacotherapy … For
studies reporting on harms, 23 of 39 were assessed
as some concern for risk of bias, 14 of 39 as … concerns for risk-of-bias studies 23 38.3
High risk-of-bias studies 14 23.3
Unclear risk of bias 1 1.7
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/omega-3-maternity_disposition-comments.pdf
October 12, 2016 - the risk of bias
raise a significant question of overall quality of the
studies reviewed and consequently … As part of the review process, we assess
the study quality (risk of bias) of each
study in duplicate … intake, rare reporting of baseline intake of
omega-3 and relative levels of all fatty acid classes, … Szajewska et
al.8
included six trials (1278 women) and showed
LCPUFA supplementation during pregnancy … ten RCTs and six observational studies were
included, but there are only nine RCTs and 12
observational
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/observational-research-scores_research.pdf
May 01, 2012 - This paper describes the use of two types of summary scores in the context of
observational research … The
range of values of probability of exposure is from 0 (no chance of exposure given the person’s … the values of
a set of variables that are correlates of exposure. … The presence of each of the correlates of outcome confers a different
probability of the outcome and … In this example, we assume that there are nine individual drugs of interest, six
traditional NSAIDs
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/back-pain-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
February 29, 2016 - opioids, all of which have
significant risk, there are no good long-
term studies over six months to … of the individual domains within the
GRADE system were downgraded. … system leaders and policymakers
among others make well informed
decisions and thereby improve the
quality … of health care services. … APTA believes the
lack of granularity of the description of
these interventions is a “Limitation of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/antipsychotics-children-update_executive.pdf
January 01, 2018 - In the United States there has been
a near disappearance of the use of FGAs
Purpose of Review:
To … We assessed SOE based on five core domains:
study limitations, consistency, directness, precision, … Six studies comparing olanzapine with risperidone found
that there may be little or no difference in … Twenty-six studies reported on subgroup analyses. … of many of the studies
contributing data.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colorectal-cancer-liver-metastases-therapies_executive.pdf
December 01, 2012 - The volume of
disease in these patients is small, either in terms of
lesion size or number of lesions … In the
continuum of care, use of a local hepatic therapy may
occur before or after the use of systemic … Because of the
prevalence of CRC and the high likelihood of metastases,
especially to the liver, this … and
Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group.60 This system
explicitly addresses the following domains: risk … Two-hundred ninety-six patients were
included from these seven studies.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/wireless-motility-capsule-future_research.pdf
May 01, 2013 - well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality
of health … care services. … of health care in the United States. … care quality. … Six of nine stakeholders are considered clinical experts in gastrointestinal motility and
neurogastroenterological
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vte-prophyalaxis_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - of DVT
or of PE in the hospital increases the
costs of the hospitalization by roughly
$10,000 and … Assessment of Methodological Quality of
Individual Studies
We conducted the risk of bias assessment … Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.”34 In assigning
evidence grades, we considered the four recommended
domains … Only six were randomized controlled trials. … of risk.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diagnostic-tests-accuracy_research.pdf
January 01, 2013 - of health care services. … of health care in the United States. … care quality. … We model this dependency using a six-
dimensional normal distribution analogous to (3):
! … , we could not extract cross-tabulation
counts from five studies in the trisomy 21 group, and from six