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461. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dietary-supplements_research-protocol.pdf
     December 15, 2010 - The use of some dietary supplements may complement standard care. … For continuous outcomes, means and standard deviations will be extracted to calculate mean differences … crude rates or relative measures of the association (relative risk, hazard ratio, odds ratio) with the standard … ): prespecified and valid definition of harms, mode of harms collection (e.g., active or passive, standard … the following important outcomes will be graded as high, moderate, low, or insufficient based on the standard

462. TND-555-09-03-2013 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Nominator(s): Individual Nomination Summary: The nominator is interested in whether there is a standard

463. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atrial-fibrillation-ablation_disposition-comments.pdf
     October 01, 2010 - With regard to the “standard of care” of anticoagulation post RFA, we reference the consensus document … the rates of avoiding anticoagulation between RFA and medical treatment, there is an established standard … We recommend the Draft Review recognize that a standard of care has been established and defined by … We do not make standard of care recommendations in an evidence review. … Circulation 2008; Since Doppler EF is the standard method to clinically measure EF and this is the

464. Meditation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 17, 2012 - Furthermore, given the anticipated large number of trials that have moved to a more rigorous design standard … SMD is the mean difference divided by a measure of within group standard deviation. … Effect sizes will be estimated in Standard deviation units. … Original Protocol Revised Protocol Rationale is the mean difference divided by a measure of within group standard … Effect sizes will be estimated in Standard deviation units.

465. Appendicitis Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 09, 2013 - Outcomes (1) Test performance using pathology or clinical followup as the reference standard; (2) … address population characteristics, sample size, study design, descriptions of the index and reference standard … The tool assesses four domains for risk of bias related to patient selection, index test, reference standard … Chapter 9: options for summarizing medical test performance in the absence of a "gold standard". … Chapter 8: meta-analysis of test performance when there is a "gold standard".

466. Single-arm studies in comparative effectiveness reviews (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - proportion of phase 3 trials being conducted using active agents when the true response rate for standard … presence of positive historical bias in estimating the null hypothesis (i.e., the estimate of the standard … the other hand, randomized phase 2 trials performed better in the presence of a moderately active standard … of care agent, and in the presence of negative historical bias (i.e., the estimate of the standard … Comparing an experimental agent to a standard agent: relative merits of a one-arm or randomized two-arm

467. DEcIDE 33: Summary Variables in Observational Resesarch: Propensity Scores and Disease Risk Scores (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2012 - of patient characteristics, then the effect of confounding by indication can be addressed through standard … When such a prognostic or confounding variable is measured, it may be adjusted for using standard approaches … Modeling Standard modeling considerations apply to the development of propensity score models, and … First, the standard population to which the treated and comparator groups will be weighted must be chosen … Generally the choice is between using the entire population (treated and comparators) as the standard

468. Patient-Centered-Medical-Home Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - used the summary ratings of good, fair, and poor, based on the studies’ adherence to well-accepted standard … control group from the average score of the experimental group and dividing the result by the pooled standard … Heterogeneity in study designs, populations, and outcomes meant that standard quantitative summary … Finally, no standard nomenclature or measures exist 15 for many of the concepts that form part of … The lack of a standard nomenclature and the often sparse reporting of interventions made uniform data

469. Kidney-Disease-Medicine Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - - In RCTs that compared high- versus low-dose treatment (ARB, statin), strict versus standard control … Treatment, Trials, Number of Patients Level of Evidence Summary, Conclusion, Comments Intensive vs. standard … blood pressure control, high-dose versus low-dose statins, tight versus standard glycemic control, … intensive multidisciplinary interventions versus standard care, or combination treatment versus monotherapy … • In RCTs of high versus low dose, combination versus monotherapy, and strict versus standard control

470. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 20 Core Functionality in Pediatric Electronic Health Records (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2015 - We have used the standard format for citing references in the document. … We have added information regarding the difference between the WHO and CDC (standard vs reference), … One strategy for dissemination that is not highlighted in the report is recent progress on standard … When using standard API, the EHR vendor presents data in the EHR is a standard interface and the developer … Peer Reviewer #9 Next Steps It is also worth noting that vendors can build standard API interfaces

471. Outcome Definition and Measurement in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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     January 01, 2013 - relevant definitions of cost or health resource utilization outcomes Describe how to use a validated, standard … measurable directly or via proxy from data sources proposed for study For costs, should consider proposing standard … Describe plan for use of a validated, standard instrument for measuring patient-reported outcomes Should … specific aspects of disease symptoms or treatment or quality of life, if known Should propose use of a standard

472. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - Most studies investigate differences between supervised exercise training and standard home exercise … strategies for revascularization include surgery, angioplasty (cryoplasty, drug-coated, cutting, and standard … We used the summary ratings of good, fair, or poor based on the study’s adherence to well-accepted standard … We present summary estimates, standard errors, and confidence intervals in our data synthesis. … We used a random-effects model that was a generalization of the standard random- effects model used

473. CER 22 Rotator Cuff Tears NSD clean (pdf file)
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     March 20, 2014 - CER 22 Rotator Cuff Tears NSD clean ntervention Comparative Effectiveness of Non-operative and Operative Treatments for Rotator Cuff Tears …

474. S131 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - Validity Any discussion of validity requires a definition of a gold standard against which results are … For drug studies of this sort, the ultimate gold standard is the true biologic and physiologic effect … RCTs are often seen as the gold standard method that comes closest to this goal. … RCT results based on more selected populations can be generalized and continue to serve as the gold standard … Nonetheless, even if the gold standard estimate for our cohort 5 population had been the PROSPER trial

475. FRN 30: Outpatient Case Management for Adults With Medical Illnesses and Complex Care Needs: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2015 - FRN 30: Outpatient Case Management for Adults With Medical Illnesses and Complex Care Needs: Future Research Needs Future Research Needs Paper Number 30 Outpatient Case Management for Adults With Medical Illnesses and Complex Care Needs: Future Research Needs Future Research Needs Paper Number 30 Outpati…

476. Horizon Scanning_Rapid Cost Analyses of Selected Potential High-Impact Intervention Reports (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - adoption rate, and we estimated costs of one or two of the main interventions used for the current standard … We also sought to determine whether the new intervention would replace or add to existing standard of … Clinical trials of idelalisib and ibrutinib in combination with current standard-of-care regimens for … They reported that standard laparoscopic Heller myotomy was about $15,500 less costly. … The primary benefits of Evzio over a standard naloxone kit are the voice-instruction technology and

477. Disposition of Comments for CER 147 Menopausal Symptoms: Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies (pdf file)
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     March 05, 2015 - Page ES-8 please verify that the definitions of high, low, and standard dose estrogen used in table … The citation for the definitions of high, standard, and low/ultralow definitions of estrogen doses should … are more effective than any other comparator....however, vast majority (4/5 for high dose, 30/37 for standard … Standard dose estrogen by vaginal route included only creams, of which only 3 included a placebo comparison … The phrase Standard effect sizes is used but use the abbreviation for standard mean differences (SMD

478. Development and Usability Testing of EPC Evidence Review Dissemination Summaries for Health Systems Decisionmakers (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2018 - A standard, systematic approach to qualitative data coding7 and thematic analysis8 were used. … Use standard, well-organized tables and figures for conciseness. … (Participant 3) Use standard figures to present the findings. … (Participant 1) Use standard tables to present the findings. … The time required might be reduced if standard templates were available.

479. Disposition of Comments for CER 182 Glasgow Coma Scale (pdf file)
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     January 12, 2017 - Results (see also Table 5) and Discussion, few studies reported sensitivity and specificity based on standard … meaningful, it seems to be written in the context of the assumption that total GCS is a criterion standard … Defining the gold standard for that assessment is the trick. … I would choose one standard way of reporting throughout the document. … Is tGCS really a criterion standard?

480. Disposition of Comments Report for Primary Care Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (pdf file)
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     March 21, 2013 - interpret without information on what the comparator group(s) were The strength of evidence tables are standard … Peer Reviewer #1 Introduction Also need to discuss outcome assessment with alkaline hematin the gold standard … A particular example is ph 77 on progesterone, where primary care is related to “standard care”, whatever … Lastly, we have dropped the word “standard” noting the formulations are used in care in the United … We are working into a standard AHRQ template described in methods guidance using conventional approaches