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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-applicability_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 6
6-1
Chapter 6
Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies
in Systematic Reviews
Katherine E. Hartmann, M.D., Ph.D., Institute for Medicine and Public Health,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
David B. Matchar, M.D., Center for Clinical Healt…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/engaging-caregivers-rapid-review.pdf
April 01, 2024 - with medication
management, use of medical devices, managing special diets, assistance with care
tasks … medications, 53 percent help with care coordination, and 46 percent
assist in general medical and nursing tasks … inadequate education for safely managing patient
medications and receiving limited training about home care tasks
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/women-hiv_disposition-comments.pdf
November 21, 2016 - bias or the
strength of evidence of individual studies or of
the entire evidence-base, because these tasks
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_executive.pdf
December 01, 2014 - 1
Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer:
Update of a 2008 Systematic Review
Executive Summary
Background
Prostate cancer is the most common
nondermatologic cancer in men.1,2 The
American Cancer Society has estimated
that 241,740 men were expected to receive
a diagnosis of prostate cancer in 2012,
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritization-selection-of-harms.pdf
February 01, 2018 - Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews
Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews
Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in
Systematic Reviews
This report is based on research conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Rese…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/osteoporosis-vibration-therapy_technical-brief.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Whole-Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis
Whole-Body Vibration
Therapy for Osteoporosis
Technical Brief
Number 10
Technical Brief
Number 10
Whole-Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 G…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-239-acute-migraine-evidence-summary.pdf
December 01, 2020 - Evidence Summary for CER 239: Acute Treatments for Episodic Migraine
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 239
Acute Treatments for Episodic Migraine
Evidence Summary
Main Points
• Compared with placebo, treatments such as triptans, NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-
inflammatory drugs), dihydroergotamine, antieme…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-reconstruction-mastectomy-protocol.pdf
April 09, 2020 - Research Protocol: Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Breast cancer is the most common new cancer diagnosis among women and the second …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/palliative-care-research-amended-protocol.pdf
November 21, 2019 - Mixed MethodsReview -Integrating Palliative Care with Chronic Disease Management in Ambulatory Care
Evidence-based Practice Center Mixed Methods Review
Protocol
Project Title: Mixed Methods Review - Integrating Palliative Care with Chronic Disease
Management in Ambulatory Care
I. Background and Ob…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/substance-abuse-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
January 01, 2020 - #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential
High-Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 14: Substance Abuse
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
www.ahrq.…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ankyloglossia_research-protocol.pdf
June 30, 2014 - Ankyloglossia-protocol-140630
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Ankyloglossia
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Background
Ankyloglossia is a cong…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/incident-user-design_research.pdf
May 01, 2012 - DEcIDE 32: The Incident User Design in Comparative Effectiveness Research
Research from the Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE) Network
May 2012
Effective Health Care Program
Research Reports
Number 32
The Incident User Design in Comparative
Effectiveness Research
Eric S. Joh…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ear-infection_research-protocol.pdf
August 07, 2012 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: August 7, 2012
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Otitis Media With Effusion: Comparative
Effectiveness of Treatments
Amendment Date(s) if appli…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nephropathy-contrast-induced_research-protocol.pdf
October 01, 2013 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Prevention of Contrast Media Induced Nephropathy
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) is defined as impairment of renal function, an
increase in serum creatinine levels by more than 25 pe…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-difficile-update_research-protocol.pdf
December 23, 2014 - Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Clostridium diffic…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nonpharm-treatment-chronic-pain-protocol.pdf
December 11, 2018 - Systematic Review Update: Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Chronic Pain
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Systematic Review Update - Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic
Treatment for Chronic Pain
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Nature an…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ear-infection_disposition-comments.pdf
May 04, 2013 - Vocabulary is
associated with many other cognitive, linguistic and academic tasks. … First
grades performance on morphological and
phonological awareness tasks accounted for a
significant … than
(retrospectively ascertained) OME history that could contribute to group
differences on the tasks
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/opioid-use-disorder_disposition-comments.pdf
December 06, 2016 - patients, improving adherence,
monitoring patients, identifying treatment options and
performing tasks … level of detail
requested by the reviewer in terms of tracking
who is doing each of these specific tasks … Office-based Opioid
Treatment (Yale) system is looser in terms of
who functions in the “glue” role and what tasks
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/scope-communicating-evolving-evidence-white-paper_0.pdf
June 01, 2025 - White Paper: Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for Adapting Scope and Communicating the Evolving Evidence
White Paper
Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations
for Adapting Scope and Communicating the Evolving
Evidence
White Paper
Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Conside…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s13.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Methodologic Challenges to Studying Patient Safety and
Comparative Effectiveness
Brian L. Strom MD, MPH
Abstract: Studies of patient safety and comparative effectiveness
entail unique methodologic challenges. These studies may be sus-
ceptible to systematic error, including selection bias, exposure
…