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441. Treatment of Stage I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2023 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess risk of bias of eligible … Because these organizations use Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE … Because these organizations use Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE … The strength of evidence assessment will clearly document uncertainty, outline the reasons for insufficient … and caregivers, practicing clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers

442. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/venous-ulcers-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
     September 13, 2012 - being treated with compression systems, what are the benefits and harms of using systemic antibiotics … 3, the comparator of interest will be compression systems alone. … assessment tool.7 We will supplement these tools with additional quality-assessment questions based … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised … and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others with experience in making health

443. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cerebral-palsy-feeding_research-protocol.pdf
     June 12, 2012 - The diversity of the clinical features is reflected in multiple classification systems that include … Risk of bias is derived from the quality assessment of the individual studies that addressed the KQ … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others … Risk of selection, reporting, and other bias are assessed in the Quality Assessment Form Part I. … Risk of selection, reporting, and other bias are assessed in the Quality Assessment Form Part I.

444. Alcohol-Misuse-Drug-Therapy Executive (pdf file)
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     January 27, 2012 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … Risk-of-Bias Assessment of Individual Studies To assess the risk of bias (internal validity) of studies … had a complete set of assessment interviews, and suggest that disulfiram may have a role in the treatment … of support systems and additional provider and staff training.1,3 Further, primary care providers … Alcohol-use Disorders: The NICE Guidelines on Diagnosis, Assessment and Management of Harmful Drinking

445. final Fibromyalgia CER protocol_3-31-14 (pdf file)
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     April 03, 2014 - among health care providers in the timing of a fibromyalgia diagnosis relative to other coexisting … care providers across multiple clinical settings. … Applying the ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Fibromyalgia. … Pain assessment: global use of the Brief Pain Inventory. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

446. Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Patient Registries and Clinical Practice: Methods and Lessons Learned (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - The information in this report is intended to help EPCs and AHRQ understand health-systems need and … outcomes for assessment. … so that users can understand the level of comparability between measures across different systems and … The clinical areas selected for this feasibility assessment were diverse and presented different challenges … of NIH, universities and health systems Approximately half of the clinicalTrials.gov studies seem

447. DRN: Report 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2009 - The DEcIDE network assists health care providers, patients, and policymakers seeking unbiased information … new analytic tools to assist healthcare providers, patients, and policy makers with making informed … different from the focus of this project, assessment of those approaches and lessons learned may be … data content for the receiving entity) and healthcare providers who transmit any health information … Design factors that are measured in an assessment of sustainability should include (1) effectiveness

448. Treatments for Adults with Schizophrenia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2019 - to psychotic symptoms that are ruled out by appropriate use of diagnostic criteria and assessment. … assessment process and will undergo the procedures described in the following sections. … Assessment procedure to ascertain sufficiency of evidence: All studies will undergo quality assessment … For other bodies which have sufficient quality and precision, the rest of the strength of evidence assessment … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

449. Research Protocol: Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases (pdf file)
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     October 10, 2019 - , healthcare providers, and evidence synthesis experts. … risk of bias assessment approaches and the latest revision of the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool (RoB 2 … For the outcomes functional status and quality of life we will assess whether the outcome assessment … The strength of evidence assessment will use the AHRQ EPC program strength of evidence assessment categories … , practicing clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care

450. Comparative Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Postacute Rehabilitation for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - over, in order to include the population group in TBI Model Systems studies). … Assessment of Risk of Bias of Individual Studies The primary and secondary abstractor/evaluator will … and personnel, blinding of outcome assessment, incomplete outcome data, selective outcome reporting, … Systems of care. In: Silver JM, McAllister TW and Yudofsky SC, eds. … and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others with experience in making health care

451. Interventions to Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - antibiotics, clinical prediction rules, use of risk assessment or diagnostic prediction, use of non-antibiotic … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies The internal validity (quality) of … A fatal flaw is reflected by failure to meet combinations of items of the quality assessment checklist … Based on assessment of these domains, the body of evidence will be assigned a strength-of-evidence grade … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

452. Crosscutting-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1412 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - Based on this input, our overall assessment is that this intervention is in the lower end of the high-impact-potential … Results and Discussion of Comments Seven experts, with clinical, research, health systems, and health … However, one health systems expert noted that the definition of having an anesthesia professional “ … , and with patient approval, by family members, caregivers, or health care providers.23 Clinical … Results and Discussion of Comments Seven experts, with clinical, research, health systems, and health

453. Procalcitonin Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … consumer organizations, and purchasers of health care. … Clearinghouse, and the Health Technology Assessment Programme. … ), and outcome assessment (primary and secondary outcomes, response criteria, followup frequency and … is based on a system developed by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation

454. Serum Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - remission, relapse, and assessment of tumor burden)? … remission, relapse, and assessment of tumor burden)? … remission, relapse, and assessment of tumor burden)? … remission, relapse, and assessment of tumor burden)? … remission, relapse, and assessment of tumor burden)?

455. Treatments for Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/allergy-seasonal/research-protocol
     December 01, 2020 - for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (e.g., the Assessment of Multiple Systematic … of Abstracts and Reviews of Effects (DARE) and the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) databases of the … Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement. … daily living and/or sleeping) GRADE The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

456. Engaging-Caregivers-Appendix-B (xls file)
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     January 08, 2024 - able to complete a baseline assessment prior to the adolescent's discharge; (5) Reliable access to a … baseline assessment (i.e., alcohol or other drug use in the past 90 days). … without patient suffering, and result in demonstration of respect for the patient’s dignity and feelings … Confusion Assessment Method in the ICU tool; (4) Patients who had a Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale … needs assessment, followed by connection to appropriate resources; 3) Communication preference assessment

457. S16 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - assessment of outcomes) help ensure the “internal validity” of a study, they can reduce its rele- vance … Health plans and insurers: Should we pay for follow-up assessment of bone density for women on treatment … for individual patients or health systems (Table 3). … Control Rate* RRR (%) Strokes Prevented† Control Rate* RRI (%) Bleeds Caused† WHS Healthy female healthcare … workers 39,876 (54.6) 10 1.3 17 0.2 0.5 40 0.2 HOT Men and women with hypertension 8,883 (62.3) 4

458. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - Results and Discussion of Comments Six experts, with clinical, research, or health systems backgrounds … Results and Discussion of Comments Six experts, with clinical, research, or health systems backgrounds … .51,52 The monitor controls the platform and provides donor-organ assessment information.52 In pilot … Results and Discussion of Comments Six experts, with clinical, research, or health systems backgrounds … Normothermic perfusion of donor lungs for preservation and assessment with the Organ Care System

459. EPC Methods: An Exploration of Methods and Context for the Production of Rapid Reviews (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2015 - The target audience varied and included: hospitals, hospital management, health systems, health systems … However, health systems tended to dominate and few programs responded to requests from individuals not … Only one of the five products involved quality assessment and grading the quality of evidence. … None of the six products involved quality assessment or grading the quality of evidence. … How important are comprehensive literature searches and the assessment of trial quality in systematic

460. Horizon-Scan Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - administration professionals working in all sizes of health systems and settings (urban, rural, and … The expert with a potential conflict of interest and relatively lesser expertise, based on our assessment … , and systems of care delivery. … is the analysts’ assessment of comments for those topics with scores at or above the mean and median … are relative to the assessment of the other topics in that priority area at a particular point in