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121. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 238 Cervical Ripening in the Outpatient Setting (pdf file)
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     March 22, 2021 - Section Comment Response Jean Salera- Vieira, AWHONN Results Conclusions are based on a total small … Jean Salera- Vieira, AWHONN Discussion Conclusions are based on a total small sample that was unable … We agree that due to the small sample sizes of many of the studies, it is not possible to assess rare … to conclude that outpatient cervical ripening is safe for mothers and their fetuses based on the small

122. White Paper: Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for Adapting Scope and Communicating the Evolving Evidence (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2025 - Although one small (n=14) randomized trial evaluated low-dose psilocybin for cluster headaches, it did … Effect Size (N Studies) [SOE] Comparable THC/CBD Oromucosal Spray Potential effect (4)a [+] Small … effect (7) [++] Small effect (6) [++] High THC – Synthetic, Oral Large effect (1) [+] Moderate … a Potential effect: SOE of low or higher; findings indicate at least a small magnitude of effect but … a Potential effect: SOE of low or higher; findings indicate at least a small magnitude of effect but

123. Trauma-Interventions-Maltreatment-Child Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - (d=0.26) Healthy caregiver-child relationship 1,25 700 Moderate, G1>G2; small (d=0.29) Placement … to medium (d=0.30 to 0.70) Healthy caregiver-child relationship 1,48 229 Low, G1>G2; small to medium … Interpretation of the effect size as small, medium, or large is defined as Cohen’s d = 0.20, 0.50, and … Sample sizes are commonly very small. … Additionally, small samples precluded subgroup analyses and examination of moderating and mediating

124. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2013 - a systematic process that involves compiling information on topics and issuing topic drafts to a small … this intervention is likely to be accepted by patients, clinicians may be hesitant because of the small … One clinical expert commented, “Patients considering antireflux surgery (a small group of patients, … The primary cause of SBS is surgical removal of more than half of the small intestine because of … SBS affects a relatively small number of patients, but those with SBS are significantly affected and

125. Osheroff_Respondent_Ebell 2 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - video  capture/display   • How  to  convey  validity  on  small  screen?  

126. Disposition of Comments for CER 162 Diagnosis of Celiac Disease (pdf file)
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     January 28, 2016 - question of how to best find celiac disease in the general population was beyond the scope of this small … While important, cost issues were beyond the scope of this small systematic review. … question of how to best find celiac disease in the general population was beyond the scope of this small … question of how to best find celiac disease in the general population was beyond the scope of this small … There is one study completed in North America of a small group of patients with treated celiac disease

127. Measuring-Blood-Pressure Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - SMBP Alone Versus Usual Care: BP Outcomes The strength of evidence is moderate for a small improvement … Meta-analysis of a small number of studies for the net changes in 24-hour ambulatory SBP and DBP at … The small number of studies and their distribution across different categories of additional support … Although the observed reductions in BP with SMBP with or without additional support were small in size … Patients had to be willing and able to participate in SMBP, or, in a small number of studies, have

128. White Paper: Enhancing Systematic Review Methods by Incorporating Unpublished Drug Trials (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - that unpublished trials could impact conclusions of systematic reviews increase with drugs that show small … Consideration of Published Large Trials: When multiple large trials on a drug are published, the impact of small … Anticipated effect size Drugs with low or small effect sizes Drug with high or large effect sizes … Drugs with small effect sizes are more likely to have negative studies, which are more likely to … This is particularly important for drugs with small effect sizes, which are more likely to have negative

129. Wireless-Motility-Capsule Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - A single device can detect specific transit times in the stomach, small bowel, and colon in a single … easy to empty from the stomach), a liquid diet, or changing one’s consumption pattern to multiple small … ROM† Treatment decisions Low 2 Very small numbers made comparison difficult for treatment decisions … A small proportion of patients who received WMC needed x rays on day 21 by protocol when the capsule … The small amounts of data that were available from small trials about these outcomes were heterogeneous

130. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2006 - However, it is clear that various complications after revascularization do occur in a small percentage … Although studies were generally too small to detect any but large differences in mortality rates, no … There were small to modest changes in creatinine clearance (–2 to +8 mL/min) or serum creatinine (–0.1 … rates of cardiovascular events between interventions; however, it is likely that the studies were too small … Those with advanced chronic kidney disease (serum creatinine >3.0 mg/dL) or very small kidneys (<7 cm

131. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes (pdf file)
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     September 02, 2016 - A modified test for small-study effects in meta-analyses of controlled trials with binary endpoints. … Detecting and adjusting for small-study effects in meta-analysis. … Estimating effect size under publication bias: small sample properties and robustness of a random effects … Many randomized trials are relatively small, limiting their ability to define risks of less common harms … For example, we may examine excluding papers reporting small surgical case series or case reports without

132. Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center Program (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - the first progress report was the most labor intensive, the volume of studies identified later were small … searched as intended Study Selection Process Yes Ongoing screening was successful, given the small … volume of citations Automation not found helpful, given small and frequent volume of literature … None Data Abstraction Yes Ongoing screening was successful, given the small volume of literature … before processes will be refined Risk of Bias No Ongoing assessment was successful, given the small

133. Hunt_Panel_3 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Culturally relevant (i.e.,  narrative) o Plain  language • If your information is not  on a small

134. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2010 - The single randomized, controlled trial had too small of a sample size and too short of a followup to … osteoradionecrosis and bone toxicity were reported in a few studies and differences between 3DCRT and 2DRT were small … There is potential to introduce small errors at each step.

135. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2010 - It is possible that the difference between two treatment effects is significant when there is small … Standardized mean differences of 0.3, 0.5 and 0.8 are suggested corresponding to small, medium, and … validity of this assumption may be difficult to verify, especially when the number of studies is small … When the sizes of the included studies are small, it would take a substantial number of studies to … When the number of studies is small, investigators should only consider one variable each time.

136. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2010 - It is possible that the difference between two treatment effects is significant when there is small … Standardized mean differences of 0.3, 0.5 and 0.8 are suggested corresponding to small, medium, and … validity of this assumption may be difficult to verify, especially when the number of studies is small … When the sizes of the included studies are small, it would take a substantial number of studies to … When the number of studies is small, investigators should only consider one variable each time.

137. Patient-Centered-Medical-Home Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Studies where PCMH transformation was focused on a small proportion of patients being cared for in … In brief, there was moderately strong evidence that the medical home has a small positive impact on … patient experiences and small to moderate positive effects on preventive care services. … Staff experiences were also improved by a small to moderate degree (low SOE), but no study reported … Given the relatively small number of studies directly evaluating the medical home and the evolving

138. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2017 - TEP Reviewer #2 General Comments Many studies are small and the summaries of these studies does … And we tried to indicate when a finding was based on small studies. … TEP Reviewer #4 Results There are some exceedingly small studies in the report (I counted 9 with … We reincluded all studies that had been excluded solely for small sample size, with the exception … Small study effects for pooled effects of OA trials have been emphasized in many publications.

139. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2017 - TEP Reviewer #2 General Comments Many studies are small and the summaries of these studies does … And we tried to indicate when a finding was based on small studies. … TEP Reviewer #4 Results There are some exceedingly small studies in the report (I counted 9 with … We reincluded all studies that had been excluded solely for small sample size, with the exception … Small study effects for pooled effects of OA trials have been emphasized in many publications.

140. Moyer_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 -  of Recommendations Certainty  of Net Benefit Magnitude of Net  Benefit Substantial Moderate Small … However, for most individuals without signs or symptoms there is likely to be only a small benefit from