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1321. Disposition of Comments for CER 178 Newer Medications for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/prostatic-hyperplasia-medications_disposition-comments.pdf
      May 26, 2016 - Clinicians will be able to use these recommendations to make therapeutic decisions, with some caveats … report on Newer Medications for LUTS Attributed to BPH will be very beneficial for clinicians making therapeutic … These trials were rated high risk of bias, the potentially non-therapeutic dose of the comparator contributes … , but storage specific outcomes were beyond the scope of our review as we were not interested in treatments … I think this would further reinforce the message that these new drugs are clearly not first-line treatments

1322. final Fibromyalgia CER protocol_3-31-14 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fibromyalgia_research-protocol.pdf
      April 03, 2014 - exercise program, cognitive behavioral therapy and pharmaceutical therapy when indicated.1,17 Complementary … o Active § Exercise: supervised or independent (aerobic, strength training, stretching, water/therapeutic … • Other therapies o Mind-body therapies: meditation, hypnosis, tai chi, visualization o Other … and implementation (treatment fidelity) for nonpharmacologic treatments. … Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics. 2011 Sep;34(7):483-96. PMID 21875523. 19.

1323. DEcIDE 34 - Developing a Registry of Patient Registries: Options for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/registry-of-patient-registries-development_research_0.pdf
      February 01, 2012 - purposes for patient registries include evaluating the safety, effectiveness, or quality of medical treatments … particular trial:  Description of study design  Phase of the trial  Disease, condition, drug, or therapy … Trials and other studies for cancer treatment, genetics, diagnosis, supportive care, screening, and … patients, data collected, data collection intervals, and study duration Disease, condition, drug, or therapy … By type of patient, condition, treatment, and geographical area Search criteria vary by database

1324. Total Worker Health® (TWH) (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/worker-health_executive.pdf
      April 01, 2016 - object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among treatment … Effectiveness Reviews, the program supports systematic appraisals of existing scientific evidence regarding treatments … We specified a broad range of outcomes— intermediate and final health benefit outcomes and treatment … , method of handling dropouts and missing data, reliability and validity of outcome measures, and treatment … For KQ 2 (treatment effectiveness and harms), we grouped by outcome category.

1325. Osheroff_Respondent_Ebell 2 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/use_of_handheld_osheroff_respondent.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - Preventive  care/wellness  (EPSS),  condition  management   o Rule  in/Rule  out;  risk  (treatment …  on  health  status;     • Interpret  patient  data  according  to  individual  treatment

1326. Amendment_HIE-Protocol_3-14-2015 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-information-exchange_research-protocol.pdf
      April 20, 2015 - (e.g., violations of privacy, errors in diagnosis or treatment from too much, too little or inaccurate

1327. Methods Future Research Needs Number 8: Framework for Considering Study Designs (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/study-design-framework_research.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - By definition, CER involves comparing two active treatments, tests, or policies as opposed to a no … treatment or a placebo comparison group. … Future Research Needs for Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Localized Prostate Cancer. … Patients and treating clinicians must perceive equipoise across tests or treatments when invited to … Patients and providers choose the treatments so acceptance will be high.

1328. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Management of High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Realist and Systematic Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mgmt-hnhc-patients-protocol.pdf
      November 07, 2019 - health care providers and social support systems, which, in turn, could increase adherence to their treatment … be determined Comparator KQ 1: Comparison population or no comparator KQ 2: Any intervention, treatment … as usual, or no comparator intervention KQ 3: Any intervention or treatment as usual KQ 3: No … data, whether intention-to-treat analysis was used, reliability and validity of outcome measures, and treatment … DSM-III-R diagnoses and treatment needs. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 1990;12(6):355‐62.

1329. Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/peripheral-nerve-block-protocol.pdf
      November 18, 2023 - Comments, editorials, and letters *EMERGENCY – A surgical, therapeutic, or diagnostic procedure that … URGENT – A surgical, therapeutic, or diagnostic procedure that must be performed to prevent death or … ELECTIVE – A surgical, therapeutic, or diagnostic procedure that can be performed at any time or date … Treatment of acute postoperative pain. Lancet. 2011;377(9784):2215-2225. … Beloeil H, Bonnet F, PROSPECT Working Group Of The European Society Of Regional Anaesthesia And Pain Therapy

1330. AHRQ Slide Template 2004 (ppt file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/introduction.ppt
      January 01, 2010 - If patients are choosing between two treatments, CE research does not study treatment 1 versus placebo … but rather compares treatment 1 versus treatment 2. … Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine Therapies for heart and blood vessel disorders … use and resistance — University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Therapeutic medical devices — Weill … New Jersey Therapies for older adults and the effects of aging — University of Iowa Pediatric therapeutics

1331. AHRQ Slide Template 2004 (ppt file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/introduction.ppt
      January 01, 2010 - If patients are choosing between two treatments, CE research does not study treatment 1 versus placebo … but rather compares treatment 1 versus treatment 2. … Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine Therapies for heart and blood vessel disorders … use and resistance — University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Therapeutic medical devices — Weill … New Jersey Therapies for older adults and the effects of aging — University of Iowa Pediatric therapeutics

1332. Disposition of Comments Report for Strategies To Reduce Cesarean Birth in Low-Risk Women (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cesarean-birth-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - There is limited applicability of studies to current treatment contexts due to the fact that the new

1333. Pressure-Ulcer-Prevention Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pressure-ulcer-prevention_executive.pdf
      May 01, 2013 - Effective Health Care treat despite surgical and other invasive treatments. … nutritional supplementation; pads and dressings; lotions, creams, and cleansers; and intraoperative warming therapy … supplementation; repositioning; pads and dressings; lotions, creams, and cleansers; and intraoperative warming therapy … Waterlow Pressure Ulcer Prevention/Treatment Policy Card. … Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: Comparative Effectiveness.

1334. Untitled (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/thromboembolism-update_research-protocol.pdf
      February 17, 2016 - inhibitors, direct thrombin inhibitors, and mechanical devices) on venous thromboembolism outcomes, treatment … inhibitors, direct thrombin inhibitors, and mechanical devices) on venous thromboembolism outcomes, treatment … bleeding disorder o   Prior medications (especially antiplatelet drugs) o   Kidney function o   Treatment … Network MA: A meta-analysis in which multiple treatments are compared using both direct comparisons … Pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis: Medical drug therapy for the prevention of venous thromboembolism.

1335. chronic-fatigue-protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-fatigue_research-protocol.pdf
      May 01, 2014 - Food and Drug Administration’s (FDS’s) patient-focused drug development initiative, treatments fell … targeting symptoms included medications to treat pain, fatigue, and sleep dysfunction, and non-drug therapies … pacing strategies, and mental exercises.10 An examination of the comparative effectiveness and harms of treatments … What are the (a) benefits and (b) harms of therapeutic interventions for patients with ME/CFS and how … /usual care, other active interventions (including combination therapies and head-to-head trials)

1336. Renal-Function Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-function_executive.pdf
      August 01, 2014 - It may not be ethical to randomize or withhold therapy based on troponin values alone, as ACS treatment … Therapeutic options and likelihood of impact on outcomes may vary across stages of CKD. … Many patients may already have indications for these therapies; what additional treatment should clinicians … next steps regarding how best to manage these patients with elevated troponin levels (how and if treatments … would vary from those treatments indicated by clinical factors alone), the applicability of this screening

1337. C- Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/musculoskeletal-disorders-imaging_research-protocol.pdf
      August 05, 2010 - conventional diagnostic imaging) Interventions • Positional MRI testing and positional MRI test-directed treatments … (i.e., effect on additional diagnostic testing, effect on limiting the differential diagnosis) o Therapeutic … impacts (i.e., effect on treatments received, changes in planned treatment regimen) • Clinical outcomes … selection of treatment. … Monitoring: assessing response to treatment or relapse after therapy.

1338. Anxiety in Children (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/anxiety-children_research-protocol.pdf
      September 12, 2016 - patient-centered outcomes, including remission, anxiety symptoms, behavioral problems, parent distress, therapeutic … Child Interaction Therapy § Problem solving therapy (PST) § Third wave (Mindfulness) therapies • … Child Interaction Therapy § Problem solving therapy (PST) § Third wave (Mindfulness) therapies • … wave (Mindfulness) therapies o Acceptance and Commitment Therapy o Mindfulness Based Cognitive … , Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist), parental overprotection, accommodation, parent distress, therapeutic

1339. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-treatment-adherence_research-protocol.pdf
      September 13, 2011 - may be extended up to 48 weeks for patients with HCV genotype 1.5,6 The effects of antiviral therapies … may change with the introduction of the new drug class.13,14 Adherence to treatments has been shown … treatment outcomes specifically in HCV antiviral therapy or whether treatment adherence interventions … training), increasing the convenience of medication use (e.g., simplifying drug dosing, tailoring the treatments … • Treatment regimens: prescribed antiviral therapy.

1340. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dietary-supplements_research-protocol.pdf
      December 15, 2010 - is of perhaps greatest concern in the elderly.3,4 The use of CAM, which refers to preventive and therapeutic … , similarity of treatments. … or 95 percent CI and reported adjustments for patient age, race, gender, comorbidities, concomitant treatments … Use of complementary therapies in patients with cardiovascular disease. … Herbal therapies and cardiac side effects. Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 2008;23:187-90. 17.