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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0648-140819.pdf
June 24, 2014 - use of synovial fluid analysis for the
presence of monosodium urate crystals, which is the reference test
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/braddock.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Row 1 (Basic): 2, nature
of decision, pt. role
of pt. preference;
routine
lab test
Row 2
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/use_of_handheld_ebell_presentation.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Apgar
score
for
neonatal
assessment
(Apgar,
1953)
o Mini-‐Mental
State
test
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/omega-3-maternity_research-protocol.pdf
May 18, 2015 - development, e.g.,
o Visual evoked potential acuity
o Visual acuity testing
§ Teller’s Acuity Card test … • Auditory development
o Nerve conduction test
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … depression; ADHD; autism; and cognitive, neurological, and visual function
development, we will run test … We will run a test search CAB Health before
determining whether to include this database. … intervention of interest, or studies that
report on a particular outcome of interest, e.g., a particular test
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/osteoarthritis-knee-future_research.pdf
February 01, 2013 - A major concern is in powering the
study adequately to test the effects of combinations of treatment … bias as much as
possible for that particular design and conducting studies with adequate power to test … A major concern is in powering the
study adequately to test the effects of combinations of treatment … Further, researchers should conduct studies with adequate
power to test hypothesized relationships.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/thromboembolism-update_research-protocol.pdf
February 17, 2016 - Type] OR ((comparative or Intervention) AND study) OR "Intervention
Studies"[Mesh] OR pretest* OR pre test … * OR posttest* OR post test* OR prepost* OR
pre post* OR “before and after” OR interrupted time* OR … followup) OR longitudinal OR placebo* OR ((comparative or
Intervention) AND study) OR pretest* OR pre test … * OR posttest* OR post test* OR
prepost* OR pre post* OR (before and after) OR interrupted time* OR
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gout_research-protocol.pdf
November 03, 2014 - Publication bias will be assessed using the
Begg adjusted rank correlation test and Egger regression … asymmetry test; 22, 23; selective
outcome reporting bias will also be assessed as part of the risk … Operating characteristics of a rank correlation test for
publication bias. … Bias in meta-analysis detected by a
simple, graphical test. BMJ. 1997 Sep 13;315(7109):629-34.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-assessment-research-updates_research.pdf
September 15, 2008 - Updating Current Effectiveness Reviews
Assessment of the Need to Update Comparative Effectiveness
Reviews:
Report of an Initial Rapid Program Assessment (2005-2009)
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/mccormack-presentation.pdf
May 29, 2025 - think through where they are in this
process. ofmaking a decision
about getting a breast cancer test
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-surgery-preparation_research-protocol.pdf
March 26, 2013 - We will pilot test the forms on several studies extracted by all team members to ensure
consistency … significant when the p-value of the Q statistic is P
< 0.1, to account for the low statistical power of the test
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-imaging_disposition-comments.pdf
October 01, 2014 - certain outcomes -especially
changes in treatment decision if that is the primary purpose of the
test … important
information) for each one: e.g. number of study participants, gold
standard accuracy, studied test … clinical practice, a patient
may have multiple diagnostic tests, with additional value from each
test … diagnostics tests are
synergistic and are ordered to better evaluate findings from a prior
imaging test
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_11-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
January 03, 2012 - and Analytic Methods
The first section of this chapter covered traditional
sensitivity analysis to test … For confounding factors, it can be helpful to test
several transformations and to see the impact of … nonlinear relationship between a
dependent and independent variable in a model),
it can be useful to test
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/aggression_executive.pdf
October 01, 2016 - All findings for
the medications protocols were underpowered to test
noninferiority.
Table B. … reported their harms findings as indicating no differences,
but their studies were underpowered to test
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s50.pdf
October 01, 2007 - Successively test a priori and post hoc hypotheses based
on questions that motivated the study originally … It is impossible for a randomized
clinical trial to test all possible interactions among interven-
tions … Test. 2003;12:281–345.
8. Rosenbaum PR. Observational Studies. New York, NY: Springer; 2002.
9.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypothyroidism-hyperthyroidism-screening-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
February 01, 2012 - Reviewer
#2
Executive
Summary
I would have listed/reviewed the criteria used to judge a screening
test … would have an overt thyroid dysfunction (e.g.,
an elevated TSH and low FT4), whereas
when clinicians test … the scope of this review, we agree that it is an
important consideration in deciding whether
to test … to detect overt thyroid dysfunction, the
question of what to do for patients who have
borderline test
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/outcome-definition-and-measurement-chapter-6.pptx
January 01, 2013 - Reliability
Degree to which a score or other measure remains unchanged upon test and retest, across different … interviewers or assessors , or across items on the same test
Validity
Degree to which a measure assesses … Reliability is the degree to which a score or other measure remains unchanged upon test and retest (when
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/registries-guide_executive.pdf
April 01, 2007 - Purposes
• Determining clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness, or comparative effectiveness of a test … • A feasibility study or pilot test may be useful in certain situations, such as when studying hard-to-reach … • Results that can be confirmed by an unbiased observer—such as death, test results, and scores from
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mrsa-screening-2010_executive.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Once
screened, patients may or may not be isolated while
waiting for screening test results. … Once the screening test
results are received, patients who screen positive may be
isolated; patients … RCT24 from the SOE analysis because of
criticisms of the lengthy turnaround time of its screening
test … and the failure to implement contact precautions
and/or isolation while awaiting test results.33,34 … failure to implement
barrier precautions, isolation, and/or decolonization while
awaiting screening test
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-provider-adherence_research-protocol.pdf
March 02, 2012 - Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical
test. BMJ 1997; 315(7109):629-34.
38.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-disease-medicine_disposition-comments.pdf
August 01, 2012 - CKD and assessing
clinical outcomes plus limitations in
relevant indirect evidence (e.g. uncertain
test … At my
repeated suggestion one woman got a copy of her lab test
results and found out her GFR was 36 … In the draft report, we
discussed the test properties of the MDRD
and CKD-EPI formulas. … We agree that the modeling exercise can be
expanded to assess, test and generate hypotheses for some