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421. Communication and Dissemination Strategies To Facilitate the Use of Health-Related Evidence (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - established guideline developers versus other single studies or composites of studies. … Nine articles (representing 7 studies) are relevant to KQ 1; 42 articles (representing 38 studies) … were quasi-experimental studies. … of bias, consistency across studies, or applicability … • Few studies were directed toward clinicians.

422. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 18, 2011 - , or case-control studies. … Followup Duration KQs 1–6: We will not exclude studies based on duration of followup. … Authors of included studies may be contacted if clarification of methods or results is needed. … Good-quality studies generally meet all of the study design-specific quality criteria. … Results will be displayed in tables, thereby allowing comparison of findings across studies.

423. Draft Comparative Effectiveness Review Appendicies (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2005 - control).tw. 43581 28 exp Longitudinal Studies/ 498762 29 longitudinal.tw. 61304 30 exp Cohort Studies … Excluded Studies Excluded Studies Acher CW, Belzer FO, Grist TM, Turnipseed WD, Hoch JR, Archibald … • Comparative studies mostly had about 50% with ostial disease, when reported; cohort studies … studies). … • Among 6 studies with medical treatments, wide range of mortality estimates across studies.

424. Medication-Therapy-Management Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Studies that compare individual components of MTM with one another or with usual care 2. … o Retrospective controlled cohort studies o Case-control studies o Systematic review and meta-analyses … We will conduct quality checks to ensure that the search identifies known studies (i.e., studies identified … Development of the RTI item bank on risk of bias and precision of observational studies. … Assessing the applicability of studies when comparing medical interventions.

425. Dementia-Nursing-Home-Characteristics Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - We excluded studies without a comparator. We excluded studies judged to be of poor quality. … Quality Assessment of Individual Studies To assess the quality (internal validity) of studies, we used … Only two studies focused on structures of care. … Of the 14 studies included, we could rate the quality as good for only 4 studies. … of care as opposed to one-of studies

426. Disposition of Comments for Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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     April 22, 2013 - Finally, our results are consistent with studies that have included observational studies. … The multicondition/multi-intervention studies differ importantly from studies in the other KQs. … Yes Are the characteristics of the studies clearly described? … The multicondition/multi-intervention studies differ importantly from studies in the other KQs. … This may be better phrased as “There were only a few studies of antiseizure agents and available studies

427. Disposition of Comments Report for Methods for Insulin Delivery and Glucose Monitoring (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - studies is an integral part of HTA. … The review by Misso included observational studies and studies utilizing regular insulin in the CSII … Five studies used CSII only and four studies used CSII or MDI. … and risk of bias in observational studies, a large number of non-randomized studies addressing other … We have added the following statement regarding future studies of type 2 diabetes: "Future studies

428. Disposition of Comments Report for Strategies To Reduce Cesarean Birth in Low-Risk Women (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - on studies aimed at reducing cesarean rather than those studies that report cesareans as a routine … individual studies. … It is the most common component of the "sucessful" studies but also common in non successful studies … TEP #3 Results Page 86; Line 4 addsup to 29 studies when otherwise referring to 27 studies. … , or from families of studies – like those of doula support – that warrant stronger studies to confirm

429. Meditation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 17, 2012 - Studies of children and healthy individuals. … We will also use prior systematic reviews to identify studies. … For studies with continous outcomes we will only combine studies using mean differences if multiple … For studies with continous outcomes we will only combine studies using mean differences if multiple … For groups where studies differ in ROB scores, give priority to the lowest ROB studies first This

430. Arthritis-Psoriatric Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - We gave a good-quality rating to studies that met all criteria. … Our findings included studies rated good or fair for internal validity. … Most studies were of fair quality. … The available studies included two relatively small prospective cohort studies and placebo- controlled … studies; no head-to-head studies meeting inclusion criteria have been published.

431. Disposition of Comments for CER 166 Calcineurin Inhibitors (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2016 - C2 monitoring that included single-group pre-post studies. … Risk-of-bias assessment of all studies is included in the Appendix. … studies. … I believe that the authors included all relative studies in their analysis. … studies, and which we used for our meta-analysis.

432. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease (pdf file)
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     September 02, 2016 - Drug studies are twice as likely to have results posted in ClinicalTrials.gov as nondrug studies, and … sponsored studies.12 Studies conducted outside the United States may not be registered ClinicalTrials.gov … Analyses of studies included in the original review that also have a registry record For these studies … . exp evaluation studies/ 83. … / 49. exp evaluation studies/ 50.

433. Asthma-Immunotherapy-2011 Research (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Rating the quality criteria of observational studies Incidence Studies Mean ± Standard Deviation Risk … Rating the quality criteria of observational studies (continued) Incidence Studies Mean ± Standard … Agreement summaries Incidence or Prevalence Studies Risk Factors Studies Agreement Fleiss Kappa … Studies of Incidence Luutonen, 2002 Lauzon, 2003 Hunskaar, 2004 Waetjen, 2007 Studies of … For case-control studies.

434. Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2017 - comparative studies with only crude or unadjusted data. … With the exception of studies in the 2012 AHRQ review, studies found from existing systematic reviews … Thus, assessment of risk of bias of observational studies will differ between older and newer studies … We will explore subgroup differences within (and possibly across) studies. … of any design, including qualitative studies, surveys, and focus-group studies, including opinion pieces

435. Vte-Prophyalaxis Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - • Retrospective cohort studies • Case-control studies • Uncontrolled case-series for devices • Case … • Animal studies • Cost-effectiveness studies • Modeling studies • Risk assessment studies • Registries … , studies that used active controls, and uncontrolled studies • Low-dose UFH, LMWHs, factor Xa … , or studies that used active controls, and uncontrolled studies • Low-dose UFH, LMWHs, factor … studies (Table C).

436. MS Protocol draft_12_12-13 clean[2] (pdf file)
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     December 17, 2013 - Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review Studies will be included in the review based … published from 1990 to the present for studies enrolling adults with CIS or MS. … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Risk of bias of eligible studies will … Information about these studies will be made available in appendices. … Applicability of studies will be determined according to the PICOTS framework.

437. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Quality of included studies was assessed using the U.S. … Studies that used such analytic techniques are described as CCS studies, while those that did not are … called non-CCS studies. … Three studies reported outcomes that addressed Key Question 1, 2 studies reported outcomes that addressed … Key Question 2, 14 studies reported outcomes that addressed Key Question 3A, 18 studies reported outcomes

438. Omega-3-Maternity Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 18, 2015 - Of the 89 studies, 63 were RCTs and 26 were observational studies. … Only peer-reviewed studies will be included; unpublished studies will not be included. B. … report as “new” studies. … or multicenter study).pt. 85 (exp clinical trial/ or evaluation studies or follow-up studies or … / or exp cohort studies/).sh. 88 "prospective studies".af. 89 "prospective study".af. 90

439. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - and lack of studies evaluating this combination. … and lack of studies evaluating this combination. … Cohort studies are needed to explore the issue of macular edema further. … , particularly case-control studies. … by indication may be difficult to adjust for in such studies.

440. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     April 11, 2011 -  Exclude studies of individuals on dialysis. …  Exclude studies of women with gestational hypertension. … / 27 Follow-Up Studies/ 28 Prospective Studies/ 29 (control$ or prospectiv$ or volunteer$).tw. … 30 Cross-Over Studies/ 31 or/9-30 32 exp cohort studies/ or exp prospective studies/ or exp retrospective … studies/ or exp epidemiologic studies/ or exp case-control studies/ C ohort studies (Key Q uestion