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81. The purpose of our tool is to compile a comprehensive list of questions that may be used to evaluate the quality of non-randomized studies of interventions or exposures (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2012 - non-randomized studies of interventions or exposures Methods Research Report Reliability Testing … v Reliability Testing of the AHRQ EPC Approach to Grading the Strength of Evidence in Comparative … We conducted inter-rater reliability testing using data obtained from two published CERs. … Methods We conducted the inter-rater reliability testing using data obtained from two published CERs … Table A summarizes inter-rater testing results. ES-3 Table A.

82. Development of the RTI Item Bank on Risk of Bias and Precision of Observational Studies (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2011 - Phase 2 included face validity testing, cognitive testing, content validity testing, and interrater … reliability testing. … Content Validity Testing An important goal of content validity testing was to identify a core set of … cognitive testing, and 40 items following content validity testing which were used for interrater … reliability testing.

83. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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    January 30, 2009 - (e.g. radiologic studies, laboratory testing, etc) Treatment Psychological (anxiety) Does your … Testing which may or may not be relevant or appropriate for the clinical situation. … As a result of misunderstanding the sensitivity and specificity of autoantibody testing for specific … rheumatic diseases, physicians continue to use such testing indiscriminately. … The answer will help to inform clinical practice guidelines for autoantibody testing in children.

84. Prostate-Cancer-Test Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    October 14, 2011 - October 14, 2011 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: PCA3 Testing … These programs are based on the premise that PSA testing can lead to early detection of prostate cancer … However, testing total PSA levels to decide which patients should undergo a biopsy has been found to … by and used at a single laboratory testing site). … The Key Questions (KQs) present three proposed scenarios in which this testing may be used.

85. Comparative Effectiveness of Fecal DNA Testing in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average Risk Adults. (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2012 - Comparative Effectiveness of Fecal DNA Testing in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average Risk Adults … Fecal DNA Testing in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average-Risk Adults. … or soon to be available testing. … or soon to be available testing. … As the authors note, the field of fecal DNA testing is rapidly evolving.

86. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 11 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - in cases that involve testing for heritable conditions. … 3b: How well does CYP450 testing predict drug efficacy? … Rather, family history-based testing is the paradigm that is recommended to guide the use of BRCA testing … Task Force on Genetic Testing (NIH). … of confirmatory testing.

87. Wireless-Motility-Capsule Executive (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - We sought to determine whether WMC testing is useful in conjunction with or instead of other testing … testing. … Is WMC equivalent to conventional testing? Is it superior? … The SOE was low regarding the effect of WMC testing on treatment decisions based on ROM testing. … ROM testing involves exposure to at least one x ray by definition.

88. Serum Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 23, 2012 - defined as serum and urine electrophoresis or immunofixation electrophoresis), compared with traditional testing … Three retrospective, fair-quality studies evaluated the SFLC assay as an adjunct to traditional testing … role of the SFLC assay as a better indicator for therapeutic decisionmaking compared with traditional testing … insufficient to suggest that the assay may increase sensitivity when used as an adjunct to traditional testing … Future research should focus on standardization of diagnostic testing and monitoring algorithms in prespecified

89. Colorectal-Cancer-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2012 - Acceptability of Testing. … (of a program of testing, and harms of testing due to diagnostic inaccuracies) and optimal intervals … roles of fecal DNA testing. … Also, our review did not include stool-based testing using RNA or other genetic/genomic based testing … fecal DNA testing.

90. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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    August 04, 2010 - Does the use of Cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19) testing to predict response to clopidogrel in people: … undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, lead to improvements in health outcomes compared to a no-testing … would like to see compared: Health outcomes following therapy guided by CYP2C19 pharmacogenetic testing … , to predict clopidogrel response, versus a no-testing strategy. … Organization Please tell us how you heard about the Effective Health Care Program Testing

91. Appendix-Table-B-1-Observational-Studies (xls file)
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    March 20, 2021 - Database was linked to the HMC national PCR testing and COVID-19 hospitalization and severity database … All individuals for whom serological testing data was collected in Qatar Deceased persons tested for … Note: Symptomatic and asymptomatic PCR testing were widely available for employees, with data available … occurred at days 0 and 7; clearence testing was conducted day 28; then homes returned to "routine testing … followed by repeated weekly testing; non-residential students were subject to random surveillance testing

92. Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Stage II Colon Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 13, 2012 - What are the potential benefits and harms of this testing compared to current practice? … Is GEP testing a replacement or add-on technology? … Are there additional specific features of this testing (technology) that need to be considered? … Question 4 What important issues are raised by using GEP testing for stage II colon cancer? … Genomic Testing: ACCE Model Process for Evaluating Genetic Tests.

93. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 261_Postpartum Care up to 1 Year After Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2023 - • Healthcare Delivery Strategies – Coordination and Management of Care o For screening/testing care … to oral glucose tolerance testing up to 1 year postpartum but not random glucose testing or hemoglobin … (Hb) A1c testing (moderate SoE). … For screening/testing care (3 studies of mail and/or telephone reminders), testing reminders were associated … testing or HbA1c testing (moderate SoE).

94. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - , versus hereditary genetic testing for mutations or genomic profiles, since acquired mutation testing … of confirmatory testing. … testing for the BRCA mutation. … testing. … of confirmatory testing.

95. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - , versus hereditary genetic testing for mutations or genomic profiles, since acquired mutation testing … of confirmatory testing. … testing for the BRCA mutation. … testing. … of confirmatory testing.

96. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 10 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - The links between testing, test results, and patient outcomes are typically complex: even when testing … In most cases of evaluating medical testing, some type of formal modeling will be useful. … Table 10–2 classifies the results of PET testing. Table 10–2. … Patients without suggestive clinical examination are not candidates for PET testing. … Additional patient outcomes and pathways in evaluations of testing.

97. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - Noninvasive technologies for the diagnosis of CAD including echocardiography, MIBI-SPECT, pharmacologic testing … , stress testing, etc. … Noninvasive technologies for the diagnosis of CAD including echocardiography, MIBI SPECT, pharmacologic testing … , stress testing, etc. … Additionally, reduction in cost and unnecessary repeat testing.

98. Colon-Cancer-Gene-Profiling Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    March 13, 2012 - (This report will tabulate a listing of publications that used GEP testing and included patients with … What are the potential benefits and harms of this testing compared to current practice? e. … Is GEP testing a replacement or add-on technology? f. … Question 4 What important issues are raised by using GEP testing for stage II colon cancer? … Genomic Testing: ACCE Model Process for Evaluating Genetic Tests.

99. Plasma-Cell-Dyscrasias-Sflc-Assay Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - or IFE), compared with traditional testing alone, improve the diagnostic accuracy for PCDs (MGUS, … to traditional testing on diagnostic performance as insufficient. … SFLC Assay and Diagnostic Testing (KQ1) The addition of SFLC testing to traditional tests of electrophoresis … However, it was not possible to determine whether SFLC testing is superior to traditional 10 testing … Few studies were available for specific comparisons between SFLC testing and traditional testing; the

100. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Outcome(s): Intermediate outcomes – diagnostic accuracy for detection of tumor; adverse events of testing … active surveillance vs. active treatment) lead to improvements in health outcomes compared to a no-testing … What are the potential harms of testing or subsequent management options associated with use of the … Having a tool with enhanced diagnostic specificity that improves diagnostic testing may partially reduce … While there are currently several guidelines addressing total PSA testing and prostate cancer screening