Results

Total Results: 1,374 records

Showing results for "small".

441. Disposition of Comments Report for Breathing Exercises and/or Retraining Techniques in the Treatment of Asthma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asthma-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
     September 10, 2012 - It seems that for a review of this magnitude and caliber, that securing some fairly small funds to … Examination of the full-text articles showed that the breathing components appeared to be a very small … However, the overall body of evidence primarily consisted of small, methodologically limited trials … breathing exercises found no change in routine measures of lung function.(259) One study showed a small

442. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-treatment-adherence_research-protocol.pdf
     September 13, 2011 - We define heterogeneity as small if the I-square statistic is less than 25 percent, as moderate if it … To avoid spurious findings, we will use a small number of prespecified hypotheses to explore heterogeneity … We anticipate that the number of included studies will be small, so we may consider dropping variables … The body of literature available to answer this question is small, of poor quality, with high heterogeneity

443. Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-review-masks-prevention-covid-version-1.pdf
     December 01, 2021 - close facial fit and very efficient filtration of airborne particles (blocking at least 95% of very small … laboratory-confirmed viral respiratory illness was only diagnosed in symptomatic patients; the number of cases was small … .29 The other trial found that continuous N95 use (at all times while working) was associated with a small … The other study was small (n=37) and only reported three cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in HCWs, resulting … respiratory illness and two fair quality, cluster-randomized trials showing N95 masks associated with a small

444. Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report: Anxiety in Children (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disposition-of-comments-cer-192-anxiety-in-children.pdf
     August 31, 2017 - RCTs are not particularly designed for detecting adverse events (short followup, small number of patients … It didn't appear that any trials were excluded, especially very small studies. Thank you. … In that sense very small studies and high quality (NIMH funded) are all treated the same. … Regarding the quality (NIMH funded or small studies), we believe that the issue is not about who funded … There are so many small studies that are included and the large (by the field's standards) are ignored

445. Future Research Needs for the Comparative Effectiveness of Breathing Exercises and/or Retraining Techniques in the Treatment of Asthma (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-treatment-future_research.pdf
     September 01, 2012 - low-to-moderate or insufficient to address the Key Questions adequately as it was based primarily on small … However, such trials would need large sample sizes in order to account for presumably small-to-modest … In particular, many of the research questions may require 14 large samples because of the small … Also, throughout the original CER and FRN processes, we discovered that there are a very small number … In alternate years from 2014, we will offer small grants to explore original ideas in inherently novel

446. UBIQUS Document (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/oct_13_webinar_transript_10-13-11.pdf
     October 13, 2011 - We provide time immediately after their contribution for one on one or small group debriefing. … participants so carefully as Carolyn described, good faculty, adult learning, again repetition, small … what has been said, but what has been left unsaid and how the numbers can be manipulated to make a small … As we’ve said in a few different places, repetition is always good; to repeat small study groups … And finally, the Small Steps to Big Changes is part of My Life Check.

447. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Prevention in Adults of Infection With Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-infection-prevention-mdro-rapid-research.pdf
     April 01, 2024 - Universal gloving showed a small benefit in the intensive care unit. … • Universal gloving has a small effect in reducing MDRO infections, mostly in the ICU setting (Low … A meta-analysis of universal glove use (with 6 of 8 included studies in the ICU setting) showed a small … Salgado and colleagues performed a small randomized controlled trial52 in three ICUs, comparing copper … A systematic review of the adverse effects of contact isolation suggested a small detriment to mental

448. nnovative Methods in Stakeholder Engagement: An Environmental Scan (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stakeholders-engagement-others_research-2012-1.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - of organizations engage stakeholders: private and public; for-profit and not-for-profit; large and small … , which encourages equal participation from all participants, involves dividing participants into small … These small groups may be focus groups, workshops, juries, advisory panels, and/or workgroup groups … Thus, DiabetesMine helped set the agenda in the diabetes device marketplace with a very small up-front … One organization suggested raffles, prizes, refreshments, or programs for small children (such as a

449. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2024 Update of the Evidence Base for the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-pharm-non-pharm-treatment-update-disposition-comments.pdf
     August 28, 2024 - It's also useful to note how many very small trials drive this literature. … individual participant level data synthesis to better understand what works for subpopulations such as small

450. Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hemorrhage-postpartum_clinician.pdf
     July 01, 2016 - these procedures and surgeries was rated insufficient, as the data come from a limited number of small

451. Methods Research Report: Performance and Usability of Machine Learning for Screening in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-report-machine-learning-screening.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - All three allow the user to download the relevance predictions after screening a small training set, … performs better for simpler reviews, or reviews that include only randomized trials; however, our small … We used a 200-record training set and a small sample of three SRs. … Wallace BC, Small K, Brodley CE, et al. … Wallace BC, Small K, Brodley CE, et al.

452. Healthcare Industry Waste and Lifecycle Assessment (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lifecycle-assessment-protocol.pdf
     August 23, 2023 - informants interviews will be conducted as web conferences, and we will invite key informants to a small … However, not many research syntheses on the topic have been published to date and most include only a small … For others, publishers need to agree on the use of the figure, which sometimes comes with a small fee

453. Evidence Summary Comparative Effectiveness Review 216 Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-216-telehealth-evidence-summary.pdf
     April 01, 2019 - : Only studies of surgery explicitly examined harms, but the study limitations were high based on small … difference in mortality Low Other clinical outcomes (KQ1) 6 Clinical outcomes better with telehealth but small … Harms (KQ3) 3 Complications from telehealth in surgery was compared with standard procedures in small

454. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 257_Schedule of Visits and Televisits for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-257-antenatal-care-disposition-comments.pdf
     June 28, 2022 - • Some small errors related to typos and how figures were drawn were noted and corrected.

455. Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 236 Maternal, Fetal, and Child Outcomes of Mental Health Treatments in Women: A Systematic Review of Perinatal Pharmacologic Interventions (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-236-mental-health-pregnancy-evidence-summary.pdf
     April 01, 2021 - A small subset of studies attempted various approaches to address confounding (e.g., propensity score

456. Amended Protocol: Maternal and Childhood Outcomes Associated with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/wic-outcomes-nutrition-protocol-amended.pdf
     October 01, 2020 - complications, morbidity and mortality Infant birth outcomes: e.g. gestational age, birth weight, small … without continuity correction.12 We will use Cohen’s classification to categorize effect sizes as small … Birth weight Very low birth weight Low birth weight, Normal birth weight High birth weight Small

457. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer's-type Dementia (CATD) (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/catd-protocol-draft_0.pdf
     November 02, 2018 - Regarding appropriateness for pooling, small studies are prone to overestimate the magnitude of an … This change was instituted in an attempt to efficiently eliminate small, often single-center and low … Small studies also are likely to have low statistical power, more likely to be low quality, will not … be able to adjust for potentially confounding variables, and are prone to small sample bias. … Small studies: strengths and limitations.

458. Rapid Evidence Product: Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings Version 2 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-review-masks-prevention-covid-version-2.pdf
     December 01, 2021 - close facial fit and very efficient filtration of airborne particles (blocking at least 95% of very small … laboratory-confirmed viral respiratory illness was only diagnosed in symptomatic patients; the number of cases was small … .29 The other trial found that continuous N95 use (at all times while working) was associated with a small … The other study was small (n=37) and only reported three cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in HCWs, resulting … respiratory illness and two fair quality, cluster-randomized trials showing N95 masks associated with a small

459. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Executive Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/adhd_executive.pdf
     October 01, 2011 - By convention, 0.2 represents a small effect, 0.5 a moderate effect, and 0.8 a large effect.11 The … and safe; however, the evidence comes primarily from short­term trials lasting days to weeks with small … about exacerbation of tics with stimulants appear to be unfounded, although the sample size remains small … ADHD symptoms.79 As with psychostimulants, the group means for blood pressure and heart rate show small … A small proportion returned to previous levels of poor functioning over time.83 In the MTA trial,

460. Acs-Pci-Adjunctive-Devices Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/acs-pci-adjunctive-devices_research-protocol.pdf
     July 01, 2010 - RCTs already exist within this smaller sample size range, observational studies in this range contain small … initial experiences not representative of current practice, and small studies will not help define