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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/mhs4-hcw-training/protocol
September 01, 2023 - As there are several high quality, recent systematic reviews that evaluate the impact of HCW implicit … We will search for recent high quality systematic reviews and will rely heavily on the findings of any … such systematic reviews that are found. … pre-post studies
Studies should include at least 50 HCWs
Narrative reviews, scoping reviews … reviews.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/prevent-hai/draft-report
February 01, 2025 - We included English-language primary studies and systematic reviews for devices in our primary focus … categories, and only systematic reviews for devices of secondary interest. … We characterized potential sources of bias of each study using a de novo instrument, and for systematic … reviews we relied on review authors’ risk of bias ratings. … Searches identified 1,999 citations from which 12 systematic reviews and 27 individual studies met our
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-metaanalysis/methods
December 01, 2019 - Guide) highlights common challenges in systematic reviews of medical tests and outlines their mitigation … Challenges in systematic reviews of diagnostic technologies. … Assessing applicability of medical test studies in systematic reviews. … We should not pool diagnostic likelihood ratios in systematic reviews. … Exploring sources of heterogeneity in systematic reviews of diagnostic tests.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/weight-loss-surgery/research
December 01, 2019 - Data sources
Systematic reviews, case series, cohort, case control studies and controlled trials, found … CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Database of Abstracts of Reviews … reviews; and (4) studies with a sample size of less than three. … observational studies, surgery patients showed much greater weight loss at 1 year than reported in systematic … reviews and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on diet, exercise, medication, and other behavioral
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/migraine-treatments/research
January 01, 2023 - Reviews, PsycINFO ® , Scopus, and various grey literature sources from database inception to July 24 … reviews. … Data on triptans were derived from 186 RCTs summarized in nine systematic reviews (101,276 patients; … Data on NSAIDs were derived from five systematic reviews (13,214 patients; most studied was ibuprofen … Acute treatments for episodic migraine in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-navigation-model-lung-cancer-rapid.pdf
December 01, 2018 - Systematic Reviews.
2017;6:32. doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0425-7. PMID: PMC5316162. … On the other end,
rapid reviews adapt and streamline traditional systematic review methods to provide … We searched for systematic reviews from 2015 to 2018 in PubMed®, CINAHL®,
Cochrane Database of Systematic … We extracted data from systematic reviews and primary studies, and synthesized
results. … Systematic
Reviews. 2017;6:32. doi: 10.1186/s13643-
017-0425-7. PMID: PMC5316162.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/glaucoma-screening/research
December 01, 2019 - reviews. … For studies and systematic reviews, two reviewers independently assessed search results according to … Results
We excluded 167 of the 169 citations found in the search for systematic reviews. … One systematic review evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of screening tests for OAG. … Conclusions
We did not identify any systematic review or study that provided evidence for direct or
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/
April 11, 2025 - Supplemental Evidence and Data
Submit supplemental evidence and data (SEADS) for evidence reviews that … for data extraction, management, and archiving during systematic reviews. … Review March 13, 2025
Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons
Systematic Review … Review January 14, 2025
Trauma Informed Care: A Systematic Review
White Paper January … Nominate Topics To Be Addressed by Upcoming AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program Evidence Reviews
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-options-summarizing.ppt
June 01, 2012 - This option follows a well-known paradigm in systematic reviews for evaluating prognostic tests (more … This option is a well-known paradigm in systematic reviews for evaluating prognostic tests and is covered … Chapter 11: challenges in and principles for conducting systematic reviews of genetic tests used as predictive … The main analysis in the systematic reviews used a cutoff of AHI ≥15, but cutoffs of 10 and 20 were also … Chapter 11: challenges in and principles for conducting systematic reviews of genetic tests used as predictive
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-surveillance_research-protocol.pdf
May 19, 2011 - We will utilize existing systematic reviews as one component of the report to address the
KQs. … Systematic reviews will be selected based on direct relevance to the KQs with particular
attention … These systematic reviews, collectively, analyzed a small number of randomized
controlled trials and … For the assessment of systematic reviews, we will use the
Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews … Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool
to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0193_08-12-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - improve prescription medication adherence will be considered for refinement as an
umbrella review of systematic … reviews to outline current evidence gaps, limitations of the existing
literature, and future research … Recent high-quality systematic reviews have been completed on this topic, including a review from … Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD000011. … heterogeneity, the most useful product for this topic at this time is likely to be an umbrella review
of systematic
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-opioid-stewardship-protocol.pdf
July 01, 2023 - We will search for recent high quality systematic reviews and will
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rely primarily on the findings … of any such systematic review that is found. … reviews on Review Question 5 according to
the inclusion and exclusion criteria presented in Table … reviews. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/bladder-cancer-muscle-invasive/research-protocol
December 01, 2020 - Systematic reviews will be used as primary sources of evidence if they address a key question and are … If multiple systematic reviews are relevant and low risk of bias, we will focus on the findings from … Preventive Services Task Force. 18 Systematic reviews will be assessed using the AMSTAR quality rating … Using Existing Systematic Reviews to Replace De Novo Processes in Conducing Comparative Effectiveness … Using existing systematic reviews in complex systematic reviews.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-pancreas_executive.pdf
September 01, 2014 - of Multiple
Systematic Reviews) instrument. … Of the
123, 15 were systematic reviews and 108 were primary
studies. … (Strength of evidence from
published systematic reviews was not graded. … (Strength of evidence from published systematic
reviews was not graded. … Three systematic reviews were included for this question.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/anxiety-children_research-protocol.pdf
September 12, 2016 - Systematic reviews will be used if they address a key
question, include studies that meet the PICOTS … If
systematic reviews are included, we will update findings with any new primary studies
identified … Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
2009;Issue 4. Art. No.: CD004690. … Integration of existing systematic
reviews into new reviews: identification of guidance needs. … Systematic reviews.
2014;3:60. doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-3-60. PMID: 24956937.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/no-touch-disinfection/protocol
July 01, 2020 - reviews and primary studies that address the research questions. … Searches will focus on primary studies, but we will use systematic reviews to identify additional primary … reviews and primary studies that address the research questions. … reviews as evidence along with primary studies to improve efficiency given the report's timeline. … We had always intended to use systematic reviews in this way, but added this language to clarify that
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/menopause_research-protocol.pdf
March 25, 2012 - Other meta-analyses and systematic
reviews will not be included. … b Bibliographies of meta-analyses and systematic reviews will be reviewed for any trials not identified … reviews insufficienta
RCTs with active comparator Include if meta-analyses/systematic reviews insufficienta … Meta-analyses/systematic reviews Include
Observational studies Include if meta-analyses/systematic … Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to
assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/clinical-care-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2024 - We will search for good or fair quality systematic reviews published since 2010, using the
criteria … reviews. … We will search for good or fair quality systematic reviews published since 2010, using the criteria developed … reviews.23
We will rely primarily on the content of any good or fair systematic review that is found … Eligibility Criteria
We will search for original studies and systematic reviews on the Review Question
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/c-difficile-update/research-protocol
December 01, 2019 - Data Abstraction and Data Management
Recent, relevant systematic reviews determined to have fair or … Only systematic reviews that assessed and reported individual study risk of bias will be assessed for … For systematic reviews that do not meet all the feasibility criteria but are of fair or good quality, … Studies included in the prior published systematic reviews will be tabled and compared to our search … Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions: Version 5.1.0.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-reporting-bias_methods.pdf
November 01, 2013 - Mullan, et al. reviewed 147 published systematic reviews, of which 54 were
Cochrane reviews and 93 were … Cochrane handbook for systematic
reviews of interventions. … Cochrane handbook
for systematic reviews of interventions. … Cochrane handbook
for systematic reviews of interventions. … Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2007
Apr 18(2).
93.