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321. Disposition of Comments Report for Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions: An Update to the 2009 Report (pdf file)
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     September 10, 2014 - Results The number of cores and size of needle affect complication (hematoma) rates. … A graphical representation of the studies included would be useful; e.g. a histogram of study size … Table 7 and other similar tables should include study size. … General A major weakness of the review is lack of comparative performance by lesion size. … I’m assuming that we didn’t report on lesion size because the data was not available.

322. Disposition of Comments for Quality Improvement Interventions To Address Health Disparities (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - You might even consider a new heading for Sample Size. … We have inserted a level two heading for “Sample Size”. … We have deleted the table footnote and added a section for “Sample Size”. … We have changed the font and size using the level one heading. … As noted by the authors, this was an estimate for minimum required sample size.

323. Defining an Optimal Format for Presenting Research Needs (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - themes, we did not deem necessary to replace the fifth interviewer or to further expand the sample size … over willingness-to-pay graph plots the expected value of a hypothetical study with infinite sample size … 16981193 Expected value of information and decision making in HTA 2007 Health Econ 17327242 Sample-size … prescribing: results of a quantitative evaluation 2008 Pharmacotherapy 19029207 Optimal sample size … effectiveness analysis in regulatory processes 2009 Pharmacoeconomics 19762100 Risk-based sample size

324. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol - Management of Infantile Epilepsies (pdf file)
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     October 25, 2022 - One wished we had attempted to quantify the size of the potential benefits (potentially via metaanalysis … that at least 80% of a study population must be 36 months of age or younger, and the minimum sample size … The minimum sample size of 10 per procedure for surgical studies, however, is appropriate. … There are some VNS placed in children < 3 years but uncommon for technical reasons (e.g. size of battery … /generator relative to size of child).

325. Glaucoma-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - The size of the shift depends on both the thickness and integrity of the RNFL. … The size and brightness of the light target are varied at multiple locations, and the subject is asked … We searched the literature without imposed language, sample size, or date restrictions. … The sample size ranged from 26 to 95 participants with glaucoma or suspected glaucoma and 37 to 128 … The range of sample size was 25 to 174 glaucomatous eyes and 15 to 164 healthy eyes.

326. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - Effect size interpretation is based on Cohen’s d, whereby zero equates to no effect, 0.2 equates to … When this occurred, we constructed an effect size for each relevant arm of each study. … ankle-brachial index; ACD=absolution claudication distance; COT=claudication onset time; ES=effect size … sex, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, coronary artery disease, location of stenosis, and stent graft size … In our systematic review, we used an effect size meta-analysis to assess the comparative effectiveness

327. Disposition of Comments Report for CER 203 ADHD (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - TEP Reviewer #4 Methods I also couldn't find the rationale for having different sample size for the … The review indicates that the FDA standard of sample size was included, but the rationale for doing … added in additional reasoning to our exclusion criteria column for study design about the sample size … The midcourse change in the scope of the review (pertaining to the sample size of studies included in … Furthermore, no attempt was made to list the reported effect size from the study.

328. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 23, 2012 -  The minimum sample size for inclusion is 50 per study-intervention group. … a In the absence of published information (e.g., minimum effect size … , standard error), to inform a power calculation, the minimum sample size was derived from expert opinion … of publication, study location (e.g., city, state) and time period, population description, sample size

329. CER 22 Rotator Cuff Tears NSD clean (pdf file)
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     March 20, 2014 - demographic (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, comorbidities, workers’ compensation claims) and clinical (e.g., size

330. Disposition of Comments for CER 167 Renal Masses (pdf file)
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     February 24, 2016 - I also wonder whether it is appropriate to treat tumor size as a continuous variable, meaning does … a size increase from 2 cm to 3 cm, from 3 cm or 4 cm, and from 4 cm to 5 cm etc... … The included studies tend to treat tumor size as a continuous variable and therefore the results are … The OR of 1.3 is a relative finding, which presumes the continuous spectrum of tumor size is uniform … Precision is based more on sample size and number of studies.

331. Grades-Predictive-Values White-Paper-2015 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - Results of stratified analyses based on sample size, risk of bias, and magnitude of effect estimates … Results of stratified analyses based on sample size, risk of bias, and magnitude of effect estimates … First, the size of our sample was limited. … Influence of trial sample size on treatment effect estimates: meta- epidemiological study.

332. Breastfeeding and Health Outcomes for Infants and Children (pdf file)
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     February 03, 2025 - is a signal that newer evidence might change the findings of the ESR (e.g., based on the design or size … of confidence intervals relative to a clinically important effect estimate, sufficiency of sample size … and the possibility that controlling for plausible confounders would increase or decrease the effect size

333. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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     August 01, 2009 - example: PICOTS (may be listed in table title or headers) Methodological quality Applicability Study size … Markers (empty circles) stand for published studies; their area is proportional to the sample size, and

334. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     December 06, 2010 - Original research; eligible study designs include: • Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with a sample size … equal to or greater than 100 • Nonrandomized controlled trials • Observational studies with a sample size

335. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine_research-protocol.pdf
     December 06, 2010 - Original research; eligible study designs include: • Randomized controlled trials with a sample size … ≥100 • Nonrandomized controlled trials • Observational studies with a sample size ≥100: prospective

336. Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 245_Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - downgraded from low to insufficient based on a single study with high risk of bias and imprecise effect size

337. Depression-Treatment-Ssri Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - within the various clinical groupings of interventions were prepared to examine differences of effect size … Inadequate sample size was a factor in many studies. … Adequate sample size was an issue in these studies. … Studies are needed with a sufficient sample size to explore whether there are differences in race, … A second study, a pilot with small sample size evaluating dose escalation, showed no effect.

338. Prostate-Cancer-Test Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 14, 2011 - studies have demonstrated that excluding non–English- language studies has little impact on effect size … followup 10 Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: October 14, 2011 Sample size … No studies of PCA3 will be excluded based on sample size but this element will be considered as part … No primary matched studies will be excluded based on sample size, but this will be considered part of … Was the scientific quality (e.g., sample size, study design, blinding, biases, and confounders) of the

339. Nephropathy-Contrast-Induced Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - Group,9 we rated evidence as precise if the total number of patients exceeded an optimum information size … If the total number of patients exceeded the optimum information size and the 95% CI did not exclude … For the main outcome of interest, CIN, we used an optimum information size of 2,000 based on an expected … For less frequent adverse outcomes, we used an optimum information size of 10,000 based on an expected

340. Fibromyalgia Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - link between the intervention and outcome); (3) consistency (similarity of effect direction and size