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261. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 238 Cervical Ripening in the Outpatient Setting (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-238-cervical-ripening-outpatient-setting-comments.pdf
     March 22, 2021 - future research recommendations, such as registry and quality improvement studies, specific sample size

262. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 276: Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-276-ocd-executive-summary.pdf
     December 01, 2024 - all youth affected by OCD, including non-white, low socioeconomic status children, and of sufficient size

263. Dietary Intake of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Plasma Lipid and Cardiovascular Events (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/polyunsaturated-fatty-protocol.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - prisons) Publication ● English language ● Published in peer-reviewed journals * Minimum sample size … instances of studies being included for an outcome even though the study might not have met study size … prediction score is <0.40, we will screen at least 400 additional consecutive citations (this sample size

264. Dietary Saturated Fat Replacement and Plasma Lipid and Cardiovascular Events (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/saturated-fat-replacement-protocol.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - prisons) Publication ● English language ● Published in peer-reviewed journals * Minimum sample size … instances of studies being included for an outcome even though the study might not have met study size … prediction score is <0.40, we will screen at least 400 additional consecutive citations (this sample size

265. Medical-Evidence-Communication Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medical-evidence-communication_research-protocol.pdf
     July 31, 2012 - not specified for inclusion Sample sizes • N ≥ 100 total individuals in the study • No limits on size … sizes (have a different sign) or completely different (i.e., conflicting) effects or affects where the size … objectives • Intervention and comparators • Setting(s) • Duration • Outcomes measured • Sample size … Possible moderators of interest for all key questions include: risk of bias, study size, and target

266. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparison of Characteristics of Nursing Homes and Other Residential Long-Term Care Settings for People With Dementia (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/dementia-nursing-home-characteristics_disposition-comments.pdf
     October 23, 2012 - Sometimes an adequate sample size is difficult to achieve because an outcome under study (such as aggressive … example research involving a change in a physical setting of a facility is naturally limited in sample size … Sample size is of course also limited by attrition due to death/decline in this population. … interest, more studies need to be conducted with larger sample sizes to gain more precision in the size … Sample size and design remain important considerations in terms of validity, but we agree that the

267. Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/diabetic-neuropathy-disposition-170707.pdf
     March 24, 2017 - Given the imprecision due to the small size of the studies, we have changed the strength of evidence … evidence and we have changed the strength of evidence to low based on the imprecision due to the small size … Given the imprecision due to the small size of the studies and other limitations, we have changed the … For Botox, given the imprecision due to the small size of the studies, we have changed the strength

268. Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetic-neuropathy-disposition-170707.pdf
     March 24, 2017 - Given the imprecision due to the small size of the studies, we have changed the strength of evidence … evidence and we have changed the strength of evidence to low based on the imprecision due to the small size … Given the imprecision due to the small size of the studies and other limitations, we have changed the … For Botox, given the imprecision due to the small size of the studies, we have changed the strength

269. Assessing-The-Risk-Of-Bias-In-Systematic-Reviews-Of-Health-Care-Interventions (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/assessing-the-risk-of-bias-in-systematic-reviews-of-health-care-interventions-01_0.pdf
     May 01, 2005 - The actual bias of a study is unknowable, because the true effect size is unknowable. … surrounding an effect estimate with respect to a given outcome, based on the sufficiency of sample size … or required information size and confidence intervals around a summary effect size from pooled estimates … items to use, they are attempting to capture the biases that have the largest influence on effect size … effect (i.e., an interaction test can be conducted to demonstrate whether the difference in effect size

270. S166 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - between the modified and original indirect comparisons is attributable to both the decreased sample size

271. Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-kidney-disease-anemia_research.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - considering the feasibility of addressing the potential research questions with respect to sample size … Resource Use, Size, and Duration A consensus expert panel would require relatively few resources, as … Resource Use, Size, and Duration Cohort studies often require large samples, so it may be necessary … Resource Use, Size, and Duration Cohort studies often require larger samples, so it may be necessary … The sample size calculation becomes more tedious when the same subject undergoes multiple tests, as

272. Assessing-The-Risk-Of-Bias-In-Systematic-Reviews-Of-Health-Care-Interventions (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/assessing-the-risk-of-bias-in-systematic-reviews-of-health-care-interventions-01.pdf
     May 01, 2005 - The actual bias of a study is unknowable, because the true effect size is unknowable. … surrounding an effect estimate with respect to a given outcome, based on the sufficiency of sample size … or required information size and confidence intervals around a summary effect size from pooled estimates … items to use, they are attempting to capture the biases that have the largest influence on effect size … effect (i.e., an interaction test can be conducted to demonstrate whether the difference in effect size

273. Binge-Eating Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/binge-eating_executive.pdf
     December 01, 2015 - Bariatric surgery significantly reduces the stomach size and capacity, effectively rendering it physically … meeting criterion 1a, but also to describe eating behavior that is contraindicated based on meal size … reasons: 809 Not published in English: 6 Wrong population: 419 Wrong study design: 304 Wrong sample size … included one additional anticonvulsant RCT but were not able to add new information regarding effect size … , which is ultimately needed for future efforts to use meta-analysis to evaluate treatment effect size

274. Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 238: Cervical Ripening (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2021 - Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 238: Cervical Ripening Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 238 Cervical Ripening in the Outpatient Setting Evidence Summary Main Points • The highest strength of evidence for outcomes of outpatient cervical ripening found in this report was low, with …

275. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-ovarian-contraceptives_research-protocol.pdf
     March 13, 2012 - Adverse effects of intervention(s): Same as final outcomes KQ 7: Not applicable  Study sample size … Exclusion criteria: • Editorials, letters to the editor, or exploratory studies with inadequate sample size … of stroke in IUD users versus placebo) • Precision (precise or imprecise), based primarily on the size … quality and sensitivity analysis used to address the potential impact of issues such as small sample size

276. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atypical-antipsychotics-off-label-update_disposition-comments.pdf
     September 01, 2011 - converting all outcomes into unitless "effect sizes", and then back-converting the pooled effect size … Also, in Table 32 (now called Table 33) we have added to the 2011 findings that the size of effects … Other In the trials covered by the reviews, statistical significance is often used, not effect size … We have tried to address effect size at the end of each section, and in the discussion section.

277. Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/urinary-incontinence-update_research-protocol.pdf
     June 06, 2017 - designs For effectiveness outcomes: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), with no minimum sample size … For harms outcomes: RCTs, with no minimum sample size; nonrandomized longitudinal comparative studies … N = sample size; PICOTS = populations, interventions, comparators, outcomes, timing, and setting; RCT … the 2012 AHRQ review only assessed only study strategies to reduce bias and justification of sample size … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: June 6, 2017 13 include descriptions of the study design, sample size

278. Assessing the Impact of Indexing Performance Measure Codes on the Perceived Value of EPC Reports to Health Systems (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-assessing-impact.pdf
     September 01, 2018 - confidence that this enhancement could be applicable to many types of health systems regardless of their size … approximately 30 to 50 hours of effort to create this enhancement in projects of moderate to large size

279. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-pci-bypass_executive.pdf
     October 01, 2007 - Layout 1 Background Atherosclerosis develops in a patchy, discontinuous fashion within coronary arteries. Therefore, it is possible to treat the discrete areas of obstruction that most impede coronary blood flow to the myocardium. The mechanical approaches to coronary revascularization fall broadly into two categor…

280. Weight-Loss-Surgery Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/weight-loss-surgery_executive.pdf
     June 01, 2013 - Items included specific surgical procedures or nonsurgical treatments, study design, sample size, and … An average-size trial (N=60) conducted in Taiwan compared RYGB with SG; the RYGB group had better weight … However, it was of modest size and was conducted in an academic setting in a select group of patients … involves the placement of an adjustable belt around the upper portion of the stomach, restricting the size … surgical weight-loss procedure in which the stomach is reduced to about 15 percent of its original size