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961. Disposition of Comments for Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening and Treatment of Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Depression (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-200-comments-post-acs.pdf
     November 14, 2017 - Since there are 2 versions of the PHQ, use of the "PHQ" is ambiguous and confusing. … and treatment strategies as well the scope of the review and the key questions within the analytical … TEP #6 Methods 4) The statistical analysis including assessment of study quality and strength of evidence … and the implications of this bias. … fact that PHQ (-2/-9) that has become dominant in actual clinical practice at many health systems.

962. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … consumer organizations, and purchasers of health care. … Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: critical appraisal … Implementation of an industrial systems-engineering approach to reduce the incidence of methicillin-resistant … impact of targeted active surveillance for MRSA in patients and healthcare workers.

963. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - Although none made mention of sources of noise or bias in the imaging systems described, most studies … This Key Informant was referring to a quantitative assessment of treatment response related to standard … Systems are now available in a range of wide coverage designs. … Iterative reconstruction is available on new systems and also as an upgrade to many installed base systems … base systems.

964. Vte-Prophyalaxis Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies We conducted the risk of bias assessment … in efficacy and safety outcome assessment methods. … Their assessment of the indirect evidence regarding bioaccumulation and increased anti-Xa levels are … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised

965. Untitled (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/tympanostomy-tubes_research-protocol.pdf
     November 16, 2015 - with recurrent AOM who have a normal ear examination at the time of assessment for tube candidacy.1 … Analytic Framework To guide the assessment of studies that examine the association between tympanostomy … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies – We will assess the methodological … Health technology assessment (Winchester, England). 2014 Jan;18(5):1-118. PMID: 24438691. 3. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

966. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
     December 16, 2011 - health care systems (see Data Abstraction below), and resource allocation. … eight items assessing sample selection, comparability of cohorts, and the assessment of outcomes. … We will extract data from graphs using the measurement tool of Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (Adobe Systems Inc … The development of the QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

967. Research White Paper Multinational Registries Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - -year basis, depending on risk assessment.25 Differences in the practice of medicine can be difficult … An assessment of the number of patients who would potentially meet the enrollment criteria for the … Case Report Forms CRFs are used to systematically collect information from health care providers, either … The assessment schedule must be consistent with the study aims, length of recall for the response options … discussed above, assessment of the regulatory, ethical, and legal environments in which a multinational

968. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-screening_research-protocol.pdf
     October 20, 2011 - for HCV infection within the context of screening and risk assessment of the general population. 1,2 … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess the risk of bias … We will adapt criteria from the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) tool (systematic … 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

969. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/type-2-diabetes-medications-2007_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2007 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among treatment … and functional status 4 5 because of a limited number of studies and differences in the questionnaires … In the absence of compelling evidence from long-term trials that include assessment of cardiovascular … Given the limitations of the analysis, the effects of rosiglitazone on cardiovascular mortality and myocardial … compared with other oral diabetes medications. 5 DREAM (Diabetes REduction Assessment with ramipril

970. PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS FOR A STUDY OF (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antipsychotic-medicine-cardiovascular-elderly_research.pdf
     February 01, 2009 - The DEcIDE network assists health care providers, patients, and policymakers seeking unbiased information … The older patient: the ongoing challenge of efficacy and tolerability. … The efficacy, safety, and tolerability of antipsychotics in the elderly. … Antipsychotics and the risk of sudden cardiac death. … Antipsychotics and the risk of sudden cardiac death.

971. Disposition of Comments for Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - intervention on the right of the line of identity, and the plot showing net change clinic BP is set … scientific meetings of professional societies” The assessment of the diagnostic accuracy or the risk … and drug administration website for measurement systems with a particular product code. … of disease, BP goals and the role of antihypertensive therapy. … of the types and validation of such monitors.

972. Transcript Deliberativemethodswebinar (pdf file)
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     April 19, 2012 - She is also an associate member of the Department of Political Science and a member of the Centre … and the analysis of the determinants of health-policy decision making. … political systems, and so deliberative procedures should try to compensate for that in some way … in healthcare quality, access, financing, comparative-effectiveness research and consumer engagement … And then, secondly, and as importantly, to obtain public input on the topic of the use of evidence

973. Crohns-Disease Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2014 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … their assessment in RCTs and poor control for confounding in nonrandomized studies. … In children, the evidence was insufficient to permit assessment of the consistency of medication efficacy … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised … Longitudinal assessment of growth, mineral metabolism, and bone mass in pediatric Crohn’s disease.

974. Disposition of Comments Report for Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Treatments for Unstable Angina/Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - A discrepancy in describing the association of DAPT with and without PPI and CV outcomes and the association … of the report and in Table 7. … of the RCTs and observational studies are consistent and the findings from the meta-analysis of the … the data and the areas of need for future research. … AHRQ evidence reports are often translated into other documents (e.g., Consumer summary, Clinician

975. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antidepressants-2007_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2007 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among treatment … efficacy and effectiveness of fluoxetine, paroxetine, and sertraline for the treatment of dysthymia. … Methods of adverse events assessment in efficacy trials differed greatly. … Determining whether assessment methods were unbiased and adequate was often difficult. … Paroxetine and venlafaxine had the highest incidence of this problem, and fluoxetine the lowest incidence

976. - (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_appendixes.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - D-3 Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL): Assessment of the overall well-being of a patient. … Toronto Lung Transplant Program and either were accepted to the program or died during assessment … Strength of evidence for outcomes evaluated in Key Question 2 Quality assessment Summary of findings … Strength of evidence for outcomes evaluated in Key Question 4 Quality assessment Summary of findings … The six-minute walk test: a guide to assessment for lung transplantation.

977. Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes (Update) (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - The assessment of the literature on vitamin D and all-cause mortality in the original report was based … An assessment of the association between serum 25(OH)D and incident hypertension in 1,211 participants … Of the RCTs identified for the current report that met the criteria for inclusion in an assessment … , and six reported participating in the Vitamin D External Quality Assessment Scheme. … in the assessment of dose-response, as well as the RCTs included in the original report and plotted

978. Asthma-Immunotherapy-2010 Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … of allergies and asthma in the adult and pediatric populations and then finalized the protocol. … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment We created standardized forms for data extraction to maximize … Not all of the studies reported safety data and the lack of a consistent reporting system and grading … systems for reporting pertinent primary outcomes, such as symptoms or medication use.

979. Renal-Function Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … We used the Downs and Black quality assessment tool to assess the quality of all included studies.27 … Thus, our assessment of the prevalence of elevated baseline troponin may be incomplete (KQ 4.1). … ACS using global risk assessment criteria in their reports, as the interpretation of troponin post-testing … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised

980. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-update-2015_disposition-comments.pdf
     January 01, 2015 - We definitely appreciate the concern that outcomes assessment should be standardized for all of the … outcomes to emphasize the importance weight plays when choosing diabetes medications for the consumer … This is discussed in the Methods under risk of bias assessment, and the quality of the observational … quality assessment tools. … We agree that better quality assessment tools have been developed since then.