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101. Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2023 - subject matter expert panel which will assess the feasibility of developing consensus-based quality standards … standard or method to detect the impact of screening KQ2: No reference standard to determine the … • Reference standard: The domain will evaluate whether the reference standard, its conduct, or its … interpretation may have introduced bias, taking into account the quality of the reference standard … The assessment will take into account whether the interval between the tool and the reference standard

102. CER 174 Executive Summary: Imaging for the Pretreatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - For comparative accuracy (KQ1), the study must have compared both tests to a common reference standard … The reference standard must not have been defined by either imaging test being assessed. … We set no requirements on what the reference standard must be (e.g., biopsy, clinical followup). … standard was used), risk of bias items, and outcome data. … standard.

103. Colorectal-Cancer-Protocol_130520 (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2013 - Reference Standards To Assess Test Performance o Histopathological examination of tissue o Intraoperative … Were readers of the diagnostic test of interest blinded to the results of the reference standard? … Were readers of the reference standard blinded to all other clinical information? 10. … Were patients assessed by a reference standard regardless of the test’s results? 11. … Were all patients assessed by the same reference standard regardless of the test’s results? 12.

104. Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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105. Cancer-Pancreas Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2013 - Instead, the imperfect reference standard is clinical followup. … The study must have compared both tests to a reference standard. 3. … Is the reference standard likely to correctly classify the target condition? 7. … who underwent different reference standards such as clinical follow-up and surgical findings)? … Were readers of both tests of interest blinded to the results of the reference standard (or the reference

106. Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions — An Update to the 2009 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Comparators (reference standard and comparator index tests) For test performance outcomes (KQ 1) the … findings according to core-needle biopsy that are classified as positive by the reference standard) … are found to be invasive according to the reference standard) For KQ 2: Rate of inconclusive … The reference standard is used in their definition and is not a “comparator test.” … Studies must have used as reference standard for core-needle biopsy one or more of the following: open

107. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety: Emerging Methods - Part I | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - Designed Delays Versus Rigorous Pragmatic Trials: Lower Carat Gold Standards Can Produce Relevant Drug … Designed Delays vs Rigorous Pragmatic Trials: Lower Carat Gold Standards Can Produce Relevant Drug Evaluations

108. Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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109. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2012 - Previous consensus recommendations from 2008 established baseline standards for scintigraphy and discussed … standard tests like scintigraphy. … Radiopaque Markers Slow-transit constipation is defined by the reference standard of radiopaque marker … Gastroparesis: The reference standard is a 4-hour gastric emptying study. 2. … standard is a 4-hour gastric emptying study

110. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - malnutrition while other patients were either (1) not screened or assessed or (2) assessed with a reference … standard (i.e., imaging or SGA).

111. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2024 Update of the Evidence Base for the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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112. Management of Renal Masses and Localized Renal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Risk: Low/High/Unclear Domain 3: Reference Standard Is the reference standard likely to correctly … (Yes/No/Unclear) Were the reference standard results interpreted without knowledge of the results … (Yes/No/Unclear) Could the reference standard, its conduct, or its interpretation have introduced … (Yes/No/Unclear) Did all patients receive a reference standard? … (Yes/No/Unclear) Did all patients receive the same reference standard?

113. Protocol: Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2014 - The reference standard must not have been defined by either imaging test being assessed. … We will set no requirements on what the reference standard must be (e.g., biopsy, clinical follow-up … who underwent different reference standards such as clinical follow-up and surgical findings)? … Were readers of both tests of interest blinded to the results of the reference standard (or the reference … Were the people determining the reference standard unaware of the diagnostic test results?

114. Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Patient Registries and Clinical Practice: Methods and Lessons Learned (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - updating of outcome measures would appear vital to the ultimate success of any harmonization and standardization … This lack of standardization introduces the potential for different providers to use different definitions … Additionally, several consensus-based efforts aimed at harmonization and standardization exist, providing … http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/product_brief.cfm? … curation and updating of outcome measures is vital to the ultimate success of any harmonization and standardization

115. Modeling to evaluate benefits and harms of new diagnostic tests compared to established diagnostic tests – uses and limitations (pdf file)
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     November 19, 2009 - fundamental shortcomings in the design, conduct, and reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies.34 The STAndards … Errors made by the reference standard bias the usual estimators of sensitivity and specificity of the … standard) can be jointly false negative for cancers with little intraluminal manifestation or jointly … Treating colonoscopy as an error-free reference standard likely overestimates the ability of the camera … Meta- analysis of diagnostic tests with imperfect reference standards.

116. PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - The results of the test under evaluation are compared to those from a reference standard in order to … standard or when the new test is thought to be better than the current reference standard. … Strategies exist to deal with cases in which the reference standard result is missing in some patients … or when information can be used to build a substitute or proxy for the reference standard, but when … there is no accepted reference standard, other approaches have to be used.42 6 There are other

117. PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - The results of the test under evaluation are compared to those from a reference standard in order to … standard or when the new test is thought to be better than the current reference standard. … Strategies exist to deal with cases in which the reference standard result is missing in some patients … or when information can be used to build a substitute or proxy for the reference standard, but when … there is no accepted reference standard, other approaches have to be used.42 6 There are other

118. Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2022 - findings and lessons learned from this project serve as a roadmap to support future work in AHRQ developed standards-based

119. Standardized Libraries of Harmonized Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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120. Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity: A Systematic Evidence Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2019 - Research could be advanced by more use of data dictionaries, reporting standards on data linkage, long-term … environment changes on obesity prevention and control, such as consistent use of data dictionaries, reporting standards