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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/psoriasis-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
January 10, 2012 - )
• Pharos EX-308 (Ra™ Medical Systems,
Inc.)
• XTRAC® (PhotoMedex, Inc.) … Published Online: January 10, 2012
Assessment of the quality of included studies will be conducted … assessment of adverse events, sample size, and use of intention-to-treat analysis. … Systematic
Reviews, Database of
Abstracts of Reviews of
Effects, and Health
Technology Assessment … practicing
clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/routine-antenatal-care.pdf
January 01, 2020 - trimester, a repeat complete blood count, Tdap vaccination, testing for group B strep, and an
assessment … have yet to be elucidated for routine antenatal care.
2
Several health systems in the U. … The COVID-19 pandemic increased the urgency of determining the ideal timing and
frequency of prenatal … Assessment of Quality and/or Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies: We will
evaluate each … ,
relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others with a
role
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antenatal-care.pdf
January 01, 2020 - trimester, a repeat complete blood count, Tdap vaccination, testing for group B strep, and an
assessment … have yet to be elucidated for routine antenatal care.
2
Several health systems in the U. … The COVID-19 pandemic increased the urgency of determining the ideal timing and
frequency of prenatal … Assessment of Quality and/or Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies: We will
evaluate each … ,
relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others with a
role
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/appendicitis_research-protocol.pdf
December 09, 2013 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies
We will assess the risk of bias for … Negative appendectomy and imaging
accuracy in the Washington State Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment … The development of QUADAS: a tool for
the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included … Evaluation of QUADAS, a tool for the
quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of
health care, and others
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/stroke-atrial-fibrillation/research-protocol
January 30, 2012 - Independent assessments of the currently available risk-assessment tools for thromboembolic events and … A comparative and thorough assessment of current tools could assist providers in understanding the clinical … Elucidating the role and accuracy of these tools with a comparative assessment would provide clinicians … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-204-obesity-disposition-comments.pdf
December 01, 2017 - We thought it was important to stay
focused on an objective assessment of the
risk of bias. … measures (or
that the assessments of these variables in ongoing data
systems should be of the highest … Assessment”
section. … Absent an
agreed upon list of relevant confounders,
the best risk of bias assessment isto
assess what … We added a reference to systems science
tools and the need for assessments of
study methods to include
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/hemorrhage-postpartum/research-protocol
June 11, 2014 - Treatment varies depending on the etiology, and clinicians need to know the optimal assessment methods … of the literature and will include eligible studies of all interventions—including systems-level approaches—for … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies
We will assess the quality of studies … Study limitations are derived from the quality assessment of the individual studies that addressed the … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/abnormal-uterine-bleeding_research-protocol.pdf
November 21, 2011 - staff will independently perform quality
assessment of the included studies; disagreements will be … The quality of individual
studies will be assessed using specific assessment tools for each type of … assessment tools and the Methods Guide for Effectiveness and
Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.
37 … Risk of bias is derived from the quality assessment
of the individual studies that addressed the Key … practicing clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of
health care
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/binge-eating/research-protocol
July 21, 2014 - the diagnosis of BED, the assessment of a patient eating an “objectively large amount of food” is not … Furthermore, a consistently endorsed definition of LOC eating does not exist; thus, the assessment of … assessment (PICOTs) is depicted for each of the treatment KQs (Figure 1) and each of the course of illness … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies
To assess the risk of bias (internal … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cervical-ripening/protocol
January 16, 2020 - CD in patient at <6 cm dilation for fetal distress
Cervical assessment at time of admission (e.g. … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies
Methods from the Methods Guide for … Based on the risk of bias assessment, individual included studies will be rated as being “good,” “fair … Bishop score and transvaginal ultrasound for preinduction cervical assessment: a randomized clinical … , practicing clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-221-copd-evidence-summary.pdf
October 01, 2019 - COPD
Purpose of Review
To evaluate the effectiveness and harms of pharmacologic and
nonpharmacologic … the
benefits and harms of antibiotics and systemic
corticosteroids in mild ECOPD, the benefits
and … In adult patients with exacerbation
of COPD, what are the benefits and harms
of emerging and other … In adult patients with exacerbation of COPD,
what are the benefits and harms of emerging and
other … outcomes, such as mortality, resolution of
exacerbation, hospital readmission etc., to allow
for assessment
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-topic-refinement_methods.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Based on an assessment of the experience of various EPCs, to identify best practices and
incorporate … The
recommendations in this report were developed from our work group’s synthesis and assessment
of … These may be clinicians or other health care providers, researchers,
or other individuals who are well … the systematic review and analysis
o Studies
o Systematic reviews
• Assessment of other ongoing … consumer organizations,
purchasers of health care, and others who will use the findings from the report
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antipsychotics-children_executive.pdf
February 01, 2012 - The object is to help
consumers, health care providers, and
others in making informed choices
among treatment … with the use of FDA-
approved FGAs and SGAs in children, adolescents, and
young adults ≤24 years of … Quality Assessment and Grading the Body of
Evidence
Two reviewers independently assessed the
methodological … We assessed cohort studies using a modified
Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale. … Common
weaknesses included lack of independent and blind
outcome assessment and failure to adequately
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/preoperative-testing/research-protocol
May 14, 2013 - on an individualized assessment of the patient's medical history and perceived risks. … At the systems level, the volume of testing has direct impact on resource utilization and costs. … Trials Registry, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Health Technology Assessment Database … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies
We will assess the methodological quality … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-difficile-update_research-protocol.pdf
December 23, 2014 - of participants and personnel, blinding of outcome assessment,
incomplete outcome data (i.e., was incomplete … If the risk of bias
assessment tool is similar to our approach, we will separately assess risk of bias … bias by comparing
reported results with those mentioned in the methods section and an assessment of … QUADAS-2: A revised tool for the quality
assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of
health care, and others
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/people-with-disabilities-protocol.pdf
January 16, 2024 - /or lack of knowledge on
the part of healthcare providers; communication failures between healthcare … , health
system policies or procedures) or attitudinal (e.g., healthcare provider knowledge or awareness … ; educational/training programs for healthcare
providers)
• Characteristics/components of interventions … reports produced by Federal or State agencies, healthcare provider organizations, or
others. … ,
practicing clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of
healthcare
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-care-interventions-review_white-paper.pdf
March 01, 2011 - If an assessment is done, the
resulting surveillance report describing the methodology and findings … citing the limitations
of relying solely on RCTs for assessment of complex interventions,2, 35, 36 though … outcome,38 may not reflect the dynamic and interacting nature of
multicomponent and systems-level interventions … systems, and quality improvement interventions.5, 39 For example, an examination of
EPOC’s health systems … assessment, and synthesis.20
Investigators must consider the advantages and disadvantages of various
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/multiple-sclerosis_executive.pdf
April 01, 2015 - The object is to help
consumers, health care providers, and
others in making informed choices
among … the MS Quality of Life-
54 (MSQOL-54, the Functional Assessment of Multiple
Sclerosis (FAMS), and the … Such areas may
contribute systems-level factors to DMT selection and
adherence, and to the successful … Needs assessment of persons with multiple sclerosis
and significant others: using the literature review … Validation of the functional
assessment of multiple sclerosis quality of life instrument.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-cancer-liver-metastases-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
September 27, 2012 - This topic is clinically relevant and one of importance to health care providers,
patients, and policymakers … :
• Quality Assessment
o Number of participants and flow of participants through steps of study … Assessment of Methodological
Quality of Individual Studies
• Assessment of Applicability and Clinical … chemotherapy)
– Number and types of previous lines of treatment
• Outcome Assessment
o Identified … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and
others
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ahrq-healthcare-horizon-scan-protocol-operations-manual-151001.pdf
September 01, 2015 - AHRQ does not
directly participate in the horizon scanning or assessment of leads or topics, and did … To evaluate components of existing horizon scanning systems and their respective
protocols to identify … An expert with a
potential COI and relatively lesser expertise, based on our assessment of their degree … access, infrastructure, and systems of care delivery. … (TEC) provides evidence-based
reports on health care technology
assessment in the areas of diagnosis