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81. uterine-fibroids-protocol-160301 (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2016 - and judging whether differing interventions are differentially influenced by such factors as fibroid size … Progestin-containing intrauterine devices; •   Medications to improve or resolve symptoms or reduce size … (e.g., age, race/ethnicity; symptoms; vascular supply to fibroids; menopausal status; or number, size … of the patients (e.g., age, menopausal status; symptom status) and fibroid characteristics (e.g., size … data and information specific to subgroups defined by factors such as menopausal status or fibroid size

82. FRN 41 - Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2013 - * 1 Does the comparative accuracy of NITs in women vary based on: body size, heart size, menopausal … What are the predictors of diagnostic accuracy (e.g., age, race/ethnicity, body size, heart size, menopausal … Does the comparative accuracy of NITs in women vary based on: body size, heart size, menopausal status … * 1 Does the comparative accuracy of NITs in women vary based on: body size, heart size, menopausal … RCT --Sample size needed for outcome --Size of pool of potential subjects --Duration of follow-up required

83. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 272_Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2024 - on natural products (i.e., herbal or botanical supplements and vitamins) and were small in sample size … hyaluronic acid; MBS=most bothersome symptom; NR=not reported; N/A=not assessed; OIS = optimal information size … did not provide adequate statistical reporting) dDowngraded one level for imprecision (total sample size … imprecision (SD crosses no-effect threshold) fDowngraded two levels for imprecision (total sample size

84. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 259: Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - Additionally, the results of subgroup analysis are limited by sample size and the risk of false-positive … Defining an optimal radiation dose, fractionation, and target size using contemporary techniques for … age range, estrogen receptor (ER) positive status, grade 1-2, no lymph node involvement, and tumor size … minority of patients who participated, for example age <50 years, invasive lobular carcinoma, tumor size

85. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2020 - ‡The node size reflects the sample size. … • Varying thresholds to define effect size estimates may alter certainty of evidence and clinical

86. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-tympanostomy_research-protocol.pdf
    September 02, 2016 - This spreadsheet will capture basic intervention, outcome, study design, sample size, and whether results … to include data on study design, intervention type and duration, population, outcomes, and sample size … We quantify such impact as a potential increase in total study population sample size (>20%), a change … Estimating effect size under publication bias: small sample properties and robustness of a random effects … the scope of the review to a manageable size without compromising its validity.

87. Omega−3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: An Updated Systematic Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/fatty-acids-cardiovascular-disease_executive.pdf
    August 01, 2016 - Furthermore, some questionnaires do not include portion size, so further estimation or extrapolation … of potentially eligible studies (more than 400), we applied arbitrary thresholds based on sample size … For MI, the strength of evidence was rated low primarily because the summary effect size estimate was … Meta-analysis, however, found a nonsignificant effect size (HR=0.88; 95% CI 0.77 to 1.02), with no … Meta-analysis found a nonsignificant effect size (HR=0.92; 95% CI 0.82 to 1.02), with no significant

88. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2009 - single quantitative estimate is desired, the strength of evidence may be insufficient if an effect size … If a meta-analysis was performed, this will be the confidence interval around the summary effect size … This additional domain should be considered if the effect size is particularly large. … Use one of two levels: • Strong: Large effect size that is unlikely to have occurred in the absence … of a true effect of the intervention • Weak: Small enough effect size that it could have occurred

89. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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    January 01, 2013 - context of decisionmaking, whether the central issue is harms or benefits, and the relative effect or size … If a meta-analysis was performed, this will be the confidence interval around the summary effect size … Weak: small enough effect size that it could have occurred solely as a result of bias from confounding … Domains: Strength of Association Scores This additional domain should be considered when the effect size … single quantitative estimate is desired, the strength of evidence may be insufficient if an effect size

90. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-radiation_technical-brief.pdf
    November 01, 2009 - Study design and size 3.d. Comparator used in comparative studies. 3.e. … proportional to the logarithm of the total sample size. … proportional to the logarithm of the total sample size. … proportional to the logarithm of the total sample size. … Study design and size 3.d. Comparators RCTs 3.e. Length of followup 3.f.

91. Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Association of Digestible Carbohydrate Intake With Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, and Body Composition (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2025 - healthy individuals on balanced diets.14, 15 Systematic Review on Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Growth, Size … between dietary digestible carbohydrate intake and the incidence of T2D and the effect on growth, size … Review of the Effect of Dietary Digestible Carbohydrate Intake on Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Growth, Size … Growth, Size, and Body Composition Seven studies with 85,827 participants reported the association between … Review of the Effect of Dietary Digestible Carbohydrate Intake on Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Growth, Size

92. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/weight-loss-surgery_research-protocol.pdf
    December 14, 2010 - Types of bariatric surgery include laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB), which reduces the size … Minimum sample size of the study is two (i.e., individual case report will not be reviewed). … For each intervention within a trial, the sample size, mean outcome, and standard deviation will be … If all studies within a subgroup use the same scale, then the effect size does not need to be standardized … analyses are scored so that more severely symptomatic persons have higher scores, a negative effect size

93. Future Research Needs for Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation in the Pediatric Population (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2012 - following criteria: • Advantages of the study design for producing a valid result • Resource use, size … Resource Use, Size and Duration Likely to require substantial resources to recruit and treat the … Resource Use, Size and Duration Likely to require substantial resources to recruit and follow the … Resource Use, Size and Duration Likely to require substantial resources to recruit and follow … List of recently published studies Research Gap Study Study Objective Research Design Sample Size

94. Cystic-Fibrosis-Hgh Surveillance (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - in statistical significance (from nonsignificant to significant) B2 A change in relative effect size … In addition, the study was not published in a pivotal journal, and the sample size was not larger than … and Article ID / Cohort/First Author/Year Participants (age, sex, condition)/ Sample size … Article ID / Cohort/First Author/Year Participants (age, sex, condition)/ Sample size Inclusion … but Article ID / Cohort/First Author/Year Participants (age, sex, condition)/ Sample size

95. Research White Paper: A Framework To Facilitate the Use of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses in the Design of Primary Research Studies (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/primary-research-design_research.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - 27 RCTs examined (22 percent) reported that they had used the findings of previous RCTs in sample size … Several publications have proposed methods which can be used to simulate sample size calculations and … Does the proposed study have adequate sample size and power? … Insufficient data: too few primary studies, or studies that are too small (sample size inadequate or … Evidence-based sample size calculations based upon updated meta-analysis.

96. Data Points 13: Use of Preoperative Breast MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dcis-mri-utilization_research.pdf
    August 01, 2012 - We present results for the comedo subtype where there is adequate sample size. … Rural refers to counties with fewer than 2,500 people.15 Tumor size: We defined tumor size using the … Increasing size and higher grade are related to higher rates of MRI use for women with DCIS but not … 69 396 19.2 1,641 27.5 70-74 386 18.7 1,507 22.4 75-79 295 15.9 1,331 16.5 80+ 294 7.5 1,753 9.4 Size … In general, women with higher risk DCIS (larger tumor size, higher grade disease, or ER-negative tumors

97. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements for Studies Evaluating the Effectiveness of Treatment Options for Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2018 - Comparison of the sample size, primary outcome, and withdrawals due to adverse events reported in the … What were the differences, if any, in pre-specified outcome measures, statistical plan and size of the … Two reviewers compared the planned sample size, the primary outcome, and the analysis plan specified … Sample Size Followup Published literature only Karmakar, 201435 Not found NA NA NA 28 6 weeks … Sample Size Followup Published literature only Thienel, 200441a Not found NA NA NA 1269

98. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD Repository (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2021 - are screened and determined to meet inclusion criteria, study design, year, setting, country, sample size … Characteristics of included studies, such as number of publications by year, study sample size, proportion … Results for primary PTSD outcome (measure score and within-group effect size) h. … Between-group effect size for primary PTSD outcome i.

99. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd4-final-protocol.pdf
    October 01, 2022 - are screened and determined to meet inclusion criteria, study design, year, setting, country, sample size … Characteristics of included studies, such as number of publications by year, study sample size, proportion … Results for primary PTSD outcome (measure score and within-group effect size) h. … Between-group effect size for primary PTSD outcome i.

100. Cad-Women-Diagnosis Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - What are the predictors of diagnostic accuracy (e.g., age, race/ethnicity, body size, heart size, menopausal … , heart size, menopausal status, functional status, stress modality Outcomes of women not reported … Second, the sample size and low representation of women in most of the comparator studies may affect … Studies of sufficient sample size and representation of women. … The Accuracy of the Electrocardiogram during Exercise Stress Test Based on Heart Size.