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201. Finding Grey Literature Evidence and Assessing for Outcome and Analysis Reporting Biases When Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - that include these studies. 21 Several studies provide empirical evidence of the effect of selective … , with observational studies representing 17 percent of all studies registered in ClinicalTrials.gov … studies, 37-39 although some have suggested that requirements to register observational studies might … , studies of complementary and alternative interventions, and non-English language studies. … Arranges outcomes in columns and studies in rows for all included studies.

202. Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 245_Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - Our searches targeted comparative studies and single group studies (i.e., studies without a comparison … Results We found 160 primary studies comprising 478,650 patients in total. … studies (N = 275,218). … We did not find any studies comparing timing of IBR or AR before or after chemotherapy. … The included studies were mostly at moderate to high risk of bias.

203. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - □ We will include studies of adults for KQ1-5. … , modeling only studies) … □ We will exclude studies published only as abstracts. … Reasons for exclusion will include: studies that did not include humans, studies clearly listed as a … activity (for energy intake studies).

204. Comparative Effectiveness of Approaches to Weight Maintenance in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - We will include studies of adults for KQ1–5. … , modeling only studies). … We will exclude studies published only as abstracts. … Reasons for exclusion will include: studies that did not include humans, studies clearly listed as a … activity (for energy intake studies).

205. Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2023 - Most studies on interventions to treat bereaved individuals, however, are small pilot studies. 29 There … comparing two or more intervention cohorts, controlled post-only studies, and case-control studies … comparing two intervention cohorts, controlled post-only studies, and case-control studies. … Studies), QUADAS 2 (Revised Tool for the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies), and RoB … studies that can strengthen evidence statements through confirmation of results in strong studies.

206. EHC Protocol: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Engaging Family Caregivers with Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions (pdf file)
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     August 04, 2023 - Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies and systematic … rapid review in a timely manner, and also capture all recently published studies. … , explicit selection criteria, or standard appraisal of studies. … We will also report unintended harms of this PSP as described in relevant studies. … Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies and systematic

207. Comparative Effectiveness of Physical Therapy for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Observational studies. … We do not plan to contact the investigators of the primary studies. … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies We will evaluate the quality of studies … , cross-sectional studies, or case series). … For diagnostic studies, we will apply the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS)

208. Breast-Biopsy-Update Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - Thus we grouped studies into two categories: (1) studies that explicitly reported that more than 15 … new studies for Key Questions 1, 2, and 3 respectively), for a total of 316 included studies. … We synthesized information on adverse events from a total of 144 studies (70 new studies and 74 from … We a reviewed a total of 143 studies for Key Question 3 (59 new studies and 84 studies from the original … of relevant studies.

209. Obesity-Child Executive (pdf file)
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     March 31, 2010 - Studies identified in the gray literature search had to meet the same inclusion criteria as studies … assess the risk of bias in the included studies.13 We categorized the studies as having low, moderate … Six studies addressed KQ6. … ) KQ1=110 (104 studies) KQ2 = 6 (6 studies) KQ3 = 1 (1 study) KQ4 = 5 (4 studies) KQ5 = 9 (9 studies … Studies With High Statistical Power We need more studies with large sample sizes and adequate length

210. Smoking-Pregnancy-Infants Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2014 - (9 studies). … We assessed individual study quality as good for 13 studies, fair for 15 studies, and poor for 28 studies … Studies Showing Effectiveness) Fair Quality: Total Number of Studies (Number of Studies Showing … The majority of studies (55 studies) included in this review recruited pregnant women; 4 studies were … Studies enrolled women who were all current smokers (42 studies), all recent quitters (8 studies),

211. Prevention of Contrast Media Induced Nephropathy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - between 1996 and 2010, from 52 studies per 1000 patients to 149 studies per 1000 patients. 2 The reported … Most of the primary studies focus on specific subsets of patients that had imaging studies or procedures … We will compare the included observational studies to any RCTs. … the main analysis to these studies. … would be conducted by excluding these studies.

212. Closing the Quality Gap Series: The Patient-Centered Medical Home | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - , and a wide variety of databases and Web resources to identify ongoing or recently completed studies … Results Seventeen studies with comparison groups evaluated the effects of PCMH (Key Question [KQ] 1 … Older adults in the United States were the most commonly studied population (8 of 17 studies). … There were too few studies to estimate effects on clinical or most economic outcomes. … The 31 studies identified in the horizon scan of ongoing PCMH studies (KQ 4) were broadly representative

213. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - In identifying studies, we will include studies that capture and report a measure of disparity in health … ; controlled before-after studies; prospective cohort studies; interrupted time series with comparison … Prospective cohort studies Interrupted time series studies with comparison groups Stepped-wedge … design studies Other criteria Original research studies that provide sufficient detail regarding … Poor studies will be identified but not further assessed.

214. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - identified all relevant studies for this review. … Hand Searching: Reference lists of included articles will also be reviewed for includable studies. … We will not exclude studies rated as being poor in quality a priori, but poor-quality studies will be … if discrepancies between studies are present. … (e.g. at least six to ten studies for continuous variables and four studies for categorical variables

215. Noninvasive Treatments for Low Back Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - We will exclude case-control studies, case reports, and case series. … We will not exclude studies rated as being poor in quality a priori , but poor-quality studies will … when discrepancies between studies are present. … studies identified in current searches. … included and overall findings, separately from newly identified studies.

216. breast-biopsy-update-130920 (pdf file)
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     September 20, 2013 - Studies must have been prospective or retrospective cohort studies or randomized controlled trials. … As for cost studies, we will only consider cost-effectiveness/cost-utility studies conducted in the … • Randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, and cross-sectional studies on patient preferences … included in the review (these studies will comprise the majority of the available studies).20-23 The … / or Cohort/ or Longitudinal studies/ or Evaluation studies/ or Follow-up studies/ or Prospective studies

217. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Healthcare Workers' Implicit Bias Training and Education | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies … , including pre-post studies Studies should include at least 50 HCWs Narrative reviews, scoping … criteria, or standard appraisal of studies. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions. … Criteria for assessing internal validity of individual studies . Rockville (MD): U.S.

218. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Prevention of Transmission of Infection With Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies … before-after studies Interrupted time series studies and repeated measures studies De-implementation … studies Studies published since 2011 Not published in English Not original research  … Other study designs (e.g., uncontrolled before-after studies or cross-sectional studies) … criteria, or standard appraisal of studies.

219. Inguinal-Hernia Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - versus mesh plug (3 studies), and TAPP repair/TEP repair versus Lichtenstein (4 studies). … other two studies. … All but two studies (which were registry studies) were considered to have moderate risk of bias. … studies). … (11 of 13 studies).

220. Renal Artery Stenosis Management Strategies: An Updated Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - medical therapy studies, and prospective or retrospective surgery studies. … Results From 1,454 citations, we included 78 studies and 20 case reports. … in 63 studies) of PTRAS; 20 cohorts (in 17 studies) of medical therapy alone; and 4 cohorts of surgery … Single-intervention studies found that various factors predicted outcomes. … New studies or reanalyses of data in existing studies are needed to better understand the comparative