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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/assessing-the-risk-of-bias_draft-report.pdf
June 02, 2011 - are assessed in other domains when evaluating the strength of a body of
evidence. … now overlap with or fall within the domains of other
systematic review tasks. … those domains as a basis for the rules. … This process relies on an accurate
assignment of items into domains. … The Risk of
Bias tool includes six domains for which empirical evidence demonstrates associations with
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/aggression_executive.pdf
October 01, 2016 - restraints only
as a last resort.14-22 Finally, using seclusion and restraints is
closely followed as a quality-of-care … Directors’ Six
Core Strategies.24 These Six Core Strategies ultimately aim
to forestall or at least … posted on the Agency for
Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) Web site for
public comment (www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … of care in such settings. … What is
the role of quality measures, designed to create incentives
to improve the quality of care,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tech-brief-39-pediatric-cancer-survivorship-comments.pdf
March 01, 2021 - serve children and
adolescents under a Medicaid demonstration
program, providing care for at least a six-month … and quality
and satisfaction with care
captured in health services/
economic outcome domains. … We have edited the figures for
GQs 4 and 5 so that they fully
map to the outcome domains. … , but is not
included under any of the outcome domains
considered in the technical brief (it is noted … under the care domains of
survivorship care plan, model
of care, or survivorship care
service.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/clinical-pathway-methods-report.pdf
December 01, 2018 - of health care services. … of health
care in the United States. … care quality. … The Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research established the CDS Connect website to
facilitate dissemination … Guideline uptake is influenced by six
implementability domains for creating and
communicating guidelines
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May 20, 2024 - We also held discussions with six members of our
Technical Expert Panel (TEP). … to assess risk of bias
in randomized trials.37 The five domains of the tool are the randomization process … bias rating of “high,” “some concerns,” or “low” for each of the above
domains and the overall risk … scale by evaluating and
weighing the combined results of the included domains. … Below, we discuss the primary domains and how we will assess them:
Risk of bias (see the above section
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January 01, 2012 - No statement in this report should be construed as an
official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. … the case of new applications of
already-diffused technologies. … Perspectives of an expert with a COI are balanced by perspectives of experts without COIs. … available; (2) information was compiled by September 21, 2012, in this priority area; and (3) we
received six … They also subject patients to
risks of adverse events, some of which could be serious.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/major-joint-replacement/protocol
July 14, 2020 - body function and structure, and activity and participation domains. … These domains have been defined by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health … In addition to the modalities that directly impact the ICF domains, numerous adjunctive modalities are … For KQs 1-4, we will compare interventions with their comparators (grouped by ICF functional domains, … Outcomes of total hip and knee replacement: preoperative functional status predicts outcomes at six months
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-opioid-stewardship-protocol.pdf
July 01, 2023 - (NQF) identified fundamental actions to support opioid
stewardship in healthcare organizations,5 six … Purpose of the Review
The overall purpose of this review is to determine the effect of opioid stewardship … Cochrane
Collaboration’s tool that cover the domains of selection bias, performance bias, detection … of the reported results.8 The risk of bias assessments will focus on the main outcome of
interest … If any of the PSPs have more than one study of effectiveness, we will
grade the strength of evidence
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-risk-bias.ppt
June 01, 2012 - Three scales met all six criteria the authors considered important:
Cochrane Methods Working Group checklist … An updated version (QUADAS-2) identifies four key domains rated in terms of risk of bias:
Patient selection … An updated version of this scale, called QUADAS-2, identifies four key domains, each of which are rated … These four domains are patient selection, index test or tests, reference standard, and flow and timing … under the four domains of patient selection, index test(s), reference standard, and flow and timing.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-risk-bias.ppt
June 01, 2012 - Three scales met all six criteria the authors considered important:
Cochrane Methods Working Group checklist … An updated version (QUADAS-2) identifies four key domains rated in terms of risk of bias:
Patient selection … An updated version of this scale, called QUADAS-2, identifies four key domains, each of which are rated … These four domains are patient selection, index test or tests, reference standard, and flow and timing … under the four domains of patient selection, index test(s), reference standard, and flow and timing.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/sleep-apnea-diagnosis-future_research.pdf
February 01, 2012 - 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 new topics.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/observational-studies_white-paper.pdf
December 01, 2013 - 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. … care quality. … observational studies lowered the SOE in one or more domains.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/pelvic-pain/research-protocol
October 19, 2010 - studies varying from three to greater than six months and the location of pain and pathology largely … pain of at least six months' duration that appears in locations such as the pelvis, anterior abdominal … , satisfaction with care, quality of life, and harms? … the following four major domains: risk of bias (low, medium, high), consistency (inconsistency not present … ratings for the individual domains.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-introduction_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - knowledge of providers, availability of therapeutic
resources, and so on. … presented by medical tests, a body of
test evaluation literature has emerged over the past six decades … In
Chapter 7, we discuss the challenges and applications of grading the strength of a body of test … of therapies; in particular, the very great importance of context and the dearth of comprehensive … of
health care.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/back-pain-treatment/research-protocol
October 08, 2014 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies
Predefined criteria will be used to … evidence that includes the major domains of strength of evidence (risk of bias, consistency, precision … at least six to ten studies for continuous variables and four studies for categorical variables. 24 … evidence domains (risk of bias, consistency, precision, directness) based on the totality of underlying … to a four-level scale by evaluating and weighing the combined results of the above domains:
High—We
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/antipsychotics-children-update/research-protocol
December 07, 2015 - onset in the adolescent sample was six. … ; 34 from National Survey of Adolescents data, the six-month prevalence of PTSD was estimated to be … based on EPC Methods guidance. 44 This tool consists of six domains (sequence generation, allocation … If one or more individual domains are assessed as having a high risk of bias, the overall score will … studies with outlying effect sizes, for studies rated as high risk of bias in some domains such as incomplete
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June 04, 2010 - normative growth and development, medication adherence and persistence, as well as other important domains … will be assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias tool. 10 This tool consists of six domains … The overall assessment is based on the responses to individual domains. … If one or more individual domains are assessed as having a high risk of bias, the overall score will … . 17 This approach assesses the evidence based on four domains: risk of bias, consistency, directness
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/urinary-incontinence-treatment_surveillance.pdf
October 29, 2012 - , and New England Journal of Medicine) and six specialty journals (Journal
of Urology, International … We
identified one RCT that demonstrated significant differences in three domains of quality of life … We identified one RCT that demonstrated significant
differences in two domains of quality of life measure … Darifenacin
Darifenacin significantly improved
urgency UI and several domains of
quality of life more … Darifenacin
Darifenacin significantly improved urgency UI and several
domains of quality of life more
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/traumatic-brain-injury-rehabilitation_executive.pdf
June 01, 2012 - We evaluated SOE
based on four required domains (risk of bias, consistency,
directness, and precision … certain rehabilitation programs and compared
results to those not participating in the program.30-33 Six … Six studies were conducted in the United States and two in
other countries (United Kingdom and Finland … Six studies assessed comparative effectiveness with
respect to productivity outcomes.35, 37, 41-43, … This would enable
researchers to better define impairment domains and levels
of impairment, which is
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-risk-assessment-genes_executive.pdf
July 01, 2012 - of health
care in the United States. … care
quality. … The properties
of a 5-SNP panel were investigated in six articles, four
of which also considered family … Across six studies, the range of observed diagnostic ORs
for the 5-SNP panel was 2.4 to 4.5. … moderate risk of bias.
5
Rating the Body of Evidence
We considered the domains of risk of bias,