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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/traumatic-brain-injury-rehabilitation_research-protocol.pdf
October 25, 2010 - studies that primarily enroll
individuals with mild TBI. … Limiting included studies to
those published in English is not ideal; however, studies conducted in … Searching from primary studies will
begin with a precise search to identify relevant studies efficiently … / (5008)
26 exp case control studies/ (504256)
27 exp cohort studies/ (1093654)
28 Case control.tw … up adj (study or studies)).tw. (31303)
32 (observational adj (study or studies)).tw. (26024)
33
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-child-interventions_executive.pdf
February 01, 2013 - , and nested case-control studies
• Excluded designs: case reports, case series, cross-sectional studies … , nonsystematic reviews, retrospective
cohort studies, non-nested case-control studies
Sample size … ,
older (up to 19 years old), only two studies included
children younger than age 7.35,36 No studies … The studies targeting children exposed to trauma
that addressed KQ 1 included two studies of children … exposed to a natural disaster, two studies of children
exposed to war/terrorism, three studies of
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mrsa-screening-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2010 - For example, of the 4 CCS studies categorized
as “good” quality studies, 1 was a multicenter cluster … Moreover, it is unclear how the non-randomized, uncontrolled studies quasi-
experimental studies-such … and one for
non-CCS studies). … The Blumberg and
Souweine studies were non-CCS studies and
therefore, were not included in the SOE … ” quality studies.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-204-obesity-disposition-comments.pdf
December 01, 2017 - to be strongest,
followed by foundation studies, and then by unfunded studies. … The extent to which the
conclusions of the studies (and also the press releases about
the studies) … Should
say “of the 42 experimental studies”
In this context, the 35 studies refers to
those that … Reviewer #4: Results, KQ3
“The majority (n=133 studies) of the 171 US studies evaluated
governmental … staff, one study used an EHR, four studies used
selfreported data, and two studies used other measures
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_disposition-comments.pdf
April 01, 2012 - We included studies of adult (“adult” as defined by included
studies) asymptomatic participants in general … studies of prevalence
were excluded since many times these studies also
evaluate issues of importance … As the inclusion criteria for the Burr review, "Population-
based studies and studies in a primary care … about the studies that were excluded
because this was the majority of the studies. … We did not
identify any new studies to address Key Question 5 and
identified 72 additional studies
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer78_procalcitonin_disposition_20121210.pdf
October 05, 2012 - Data from all 5 studies
was pooled. … For example, for
ICU LOS, (actually only four studies provided evidence
and table 7 says 5 studies) … , two studies reported
significant difference and two studies reported non-
significant difference – … The 2 excluded
studies reported effects larger than any of the included studies, so if
these 2 studies … samples of the 2 smaller studies.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disparities-quality-improvement_executive.pdf
August 01, 2012 - ; prospective and
retrospective cohort studies; interrupted time series studies with comparison groups … ; and stepped-wedge
design studies. … ; controlled
before-after studies; prospective and retrospective cohort
studies; interrupted time series … .10,11,22-25
The remaining studies were cohort studies, including one
prospective cohort study,26 one … Duration of studies was generally 1 year.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disposition-of-comments-cer-192-anxiety-in-children.pdf
August 31, 2017 - The vast majority of studies combine
diagnoses. … The
starting point in studies of
intervention is high for RCTs and low
for observational studies. … SOE is never
determined for individual studies. … Studies were clearly described. … as long term studies or studies of
moderators or mechanistic studies.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain_executive.pdf
October 01, 2011 - We
did not a priori exclude studies rated poor quality, but
poor quality studies were considered to be … between
studies were present. … in 7 studies. … )
Insufficient for sex and race
(most studies included a
majority of women, but
studies didn’t evaluate … A simple and
valid tool distinguished efficacy from effectiveness studies.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/quantitative-synthesis-expanded-methods_methods.pdf
March 01, 2013 - that have only few studies. … only few studies. … When interpreting the results,
the precision of the studies is as relevant as the number of studies. … number of studies … While it is not recommended to
combine studies using RD when baseline risks are different among studies
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cesarean-birth-2010_research-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2010 - ); insurance type/status (9 studies); nutritional status (2 studies); provider and institutional
policy … , and maternal age (>15 studies); sleep and fatigue (2 studies); maternal weight,
obesity, body mass … index, and height (35 studies); and miscellaneous topics, including studies
examining large cohorts … of women with multiple contributing risk factors (>50 studies). … For observational studies (specifically the pre- and post-
studies of health systems changes), we will
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy-surveillance.pdf
September 01, 2017 - We identified 16 new studies. … , and
case-control studies … No studies were identified. … 11 studies). … ), number of
drinking days (2 studies), and drinks per drinking
day (2 studies).
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/renal-cancer_disposition-comments.pdf
February 24, 2016 - uncontrolled single-arm studies or
studies without adequate descriptions of tumor
localization. … as well as studies of therapy. … Studies are clearly described. … Despite some merit to large,
retrospective single-institution studies, the
majority of those studies … are single-arm modality
studies and not comparative (i.e. lower level of
evidence) studies.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-search_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Reading the references of all
included studies is a useful technique to identify additional studies, … Identifying relevant
diagnostic studies in MEDLINE. … Identifying diagnostic
accuracy studies in EMBASE. … of relevant studies. … studies.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-radiation_technical-brief.pdf
November 01, 2009 - Out of 243 papers, 185 were single-arm retrospective studies, and
another 35 studies were prospective … Seven studies (3 percent) focused on a pediatric population; most
of the remaining studies reported … Most studies reported patient relevant-clinical outcomes: 151 studies (62 percent)
described overall … photon radiation for other cancers (six studies); surgery (three
studies). … The remaining 220 studies were single-arm studies (case series or cohort studies);
185/220 were retrospective
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pressure-ulcer-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
May 08, 2013 - Regarding the quality of the studies, we agree that there were many studies of poor
quality and/or small … Hence, earlier
studies will not fair as well as more
recent studies provided
invesitgators of more … studies. … reported for some studies but unavailable
for other studies. … studies resemble
pilot studies-further complicating
the task.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vaccines-safety-protocol-130325.pdf
September 18, 2012 - What AEs are collected in clinical studies (phases I–IV) and in observational studies
containing a … What AEs are collected in clinical studies (phases I–IV) and in observational studies
containing a … Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review
The following publication types / studies … in the United States
• Non–English-language studies
• Studies not reporting or mentioning AEs. … The following types of studies will be included:
• Studies that compare AEs between a vaccinated
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/health-careassociated-infections_executive.pdf
November 01, 2012 - These
were simple before-after studies or controlled before-
after studies (2 of 88) with two group … rates for multiple individual infections.14,35,61
These studies are treated as separate studies, one … Most studies used multiple QI strategies; only 12 studies
used a single QI strategy. … Fourteen of the studies adjusted for potential
confounders, and the results of these studies appeared … Most studies of QI strategies are
effectiveness studies rather than efficacy studies.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/arthritis-knee-physical-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
April 01, 2010 - • Observational 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 … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies
We will evaluate the quality of studies according
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asthma-immunotherapy-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2010 - While Canonica et al refer to placebo-controlled studies, our review
included studies comparing SIT … Our review included European SLIT studies and also U.S. studies (4
studies). Table E1-Appendix E. … First, the number of U.S. studies is
less than 7% of the total number of studies so is a very small … Our review included all studies that met our inclusion criteria: we
included studies from Europe, Asia … From the 142
studies included, only 16 studies (11%) came from the U.S.; 12
studies in the SCIT group