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81. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-options-summarizing.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - Forgo the classical paradigm, which focuses on test accuracy; assess the ability of the index test to … Analysis Option 1: Focus on Prediction of Patient Outcomes Option one assesses the index test’s ability … Assessing the ability of the test to predict these patient-relevant outcomes is an example of analysis … Assess the test’s ability to predict patient-relevant outcomes instead of test accuracy. … The preferred method involves assessing the test’s ability to predict patient-relevant outcomes instead

82. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-options-summarizing.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - Forgo the classical paradigm, which focuses on test accuracy; assess the ability of the index test to … Analysis Option 1: Focus on Prediction of Patient Outcomes Option one assesses the index test’s ability … Assessing the ability of the test to predict these patient-relevant outcomes is an example of analysis … Assess the test’s ability to predict patient-relevant outcomes instead of test accuracy. … The preferred method involves assessing the test’s ability to predict patient-relevant outcomes instead

83. Outcome Definition and Measurement in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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    January 01, 2013 - in the population of interest, where a broader range of values shows more variability Responsiveness Ability … discussed in the context of patient-reported outcomes but is extendable to other measures, representing the ability … Patients or other respondents are asked to indicate the extent to which descriptions of specific feelings, abilities … assesses only physical activities that are easy to perform and do not reflect the different levels of ability … within the population, then the instrument will not reflect the true distribution of physical abilities

84. Disposition of Comments_CER 241: Physical Activity and the Health of Wheelchair Users: A Systematic Review in Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, and Spinal Cord Injury (pdf file)
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    October 18, 2022 - Further discussion is warranted regarding the lack of ability to blind participants when using a usual … We added lack of ability to blind participants as a limitation.

85. Health Literacy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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86. Autism-Update Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2014 - The ability to describe and predict these subgroups was limited. … Improvements were most often seen in cognitive abilities and language acquisition, with less robust … These new studies add to the prior report and strengthen our ability to make conclusions about the … commonly associated with ASD was targeted toward older children with generally average cognitive abilities … More simply, it is unclear that measures of cognitive ability, language, and ASD diagnostic symptoms

87. Epstein_Respondent_Glasgow 1 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - Uncertainty  about     o Outcome   o Cause   o Availability  of  support   o One’s  ability

88. Future Research Needs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Effectiveness of Treatment in At-Risk Preschoolers, Long-Term Effectiveness in All Ages, and Variability in Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Treatment (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2012 - • Ability to recruit/ availability of data o Given the varied settings in which ADHD is treated … • Ability to recruit/ availability of data o Recruitment into RCTs can be challenging, but given … However, the ability to monitor generalizable populations allows sufficient power to detect uncommon … in the meta-analysis, but there may be data availability issues regarding the ability to pool the … • Ability to recruit/ availability of data o Recruitment might depend on the overall attrition

89. Prioritization Criteria Methodology for Future Research Needs Proposals Within the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - is to not only synthesize the evidence, but also to identify the gaps in evidence that limited the ability … reviews is to not only synthesize the evidence, but also identify the gaps in evidence that limited the ability … opportunities, the quality of individual research proposals, the experience of the applicant, and the ability … Beyond synthesizing the evidence, CERs identify gaps in evidence that may have limited the ability to

90. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_research-protocol.pdf
    March 09, 2010 - evident disease progression, symptoms (e.g., pain, symptom scores), or health status (e.g., functional ability … progression of disease, symptoms (e.g., pain, symptom scores), or health status (e.g., functional ability … pain control, clinical remission, quality of life, growth, development, joint function, functional ability … control  Clinical remission  Quality of life  Growth  Development  Joint function  Functional ability

91. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0320_06-17-2009.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Can the ability to measure FLC, with their shorter half lives, improve treatment protocol selection

92. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Cryptorchidism (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/undescended-testicle_disposition-comments.pdf
    December 11, 2012 - I believe failure to mention or discuss this fact is detrimental for the ability to assess the effectiveness … In terms of the ability to perform this aim, it seems fairly sufficient in this regard. … usual guidelines of ordering a diagnostic study only if it assists in clinical decision-making, the ability … This is different than the ability to place testis in scrotum. … While a study concerning the "ability to achieve paternity" is the ultimate goal, it requires a 20-30

93. Medical-Evidence-Communication Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 31, 2012 - evidence; (2) to increase people’s motivation to use and apply evidence; and (3) to increase people’s ability … use and apply the evidence (e.g., opinion leaders, champions, social networks) • Increase people’s ability … e.g., using champions, opinion/thought leaders, peer and social networks); and (3) increase people’s ability … Major flaws preclude the ability to draw causal inferences between the intervention and the outcome. … Such conditions may be associated with heterogeneity of treatment effect and the ability to generalize

94. Research White Paper - Assessing the Predictive Validity of Strength of Evidence Grades: A Meta-Epidemiological Study (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - between 0.56 (95% CI, 0.47 to 0.66) and 0.58 (95% CI, 0.50 to 0.67) indicating a low discriminatory ability … Calibration refers to the 8 ability to estimate correctly the likelihood of a future event. … In our study, calibration is the ability to determine the likelihood that estimates remain stable. … Discrimination refers to the ability to differentiate between those that will experience a future event … In our study, discrimination is the ability to differentiate between effect estimates that will remain

95. Heart-Failure-Natriuretic-Peptide Executive (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2013 - KQ5 examines the ability of BNP/NT-proBNP to predict mortality and morbidity 3 outcomes in this … Age: Two studies investigated the influence of age on the diagnostic ability of NT-proBNP.101,112 As … Also, the studies did not suggest a single cutpoint to optimize the prognostic ability of the peptide … Adjusting for clinical covariates improves the ability of B-type natriuretic peptide to distinguish … Usefulness of adjusting for clinical covariates to improve the ability of B-type natriuretic peptide

96. Functional-Limitations-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1306 (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2013 - to restore some level of vision that improves patients’ ability to function. … to walk with crutches to patients with paraplegia who retain the ability to use their hands and … However, other experts believe this device has the ability to significantly improve patient mobility … work with patients after acute treatment of spinal cord injury to evaluate the patients’ functional abilities … treatment for spinal cord injuries, they work with occupational therapists who evaluate their functional abilities

97. Slide 1
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/study-design-considerations-chapter-2.pptx
    January 01, 2013 - genetics) Appropriate for studying acute effects of transient exposures Advantages: Self-controlled Ability … to assess short-term reversible effects Ability to inform about the time window for these effects Limitations … Advantages The lack of need to select controls, the ability to assess short-term reversible effects, … the ability to inform about the time window for this effect using various intervals to define treatment

98. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 20 Core Functionality in Pediatric Electronic Health Records (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2015 - It goes without saying that all EHRs have the ability to include questions and to capture their answers … – so this function is not unique to the PEHR but many care settings do not have the ability to include … Despite the variety of vaccination requirements between the States, an EHR should have the ability to … There is also a distinction that needs to be made between the adolescent’s ability to consent for care … The ability to track patients by positive newborn screen results (metabolic or point of care) and by

99. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 257: Schedule of Visits and Televisits for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-257-antenatal-care-evidence-summary.pdf
    June 01, 2022 - access to colleagues with prior telehealth experience; improved patient attendance at visits; and ability … barriers and facilitators from provider perspective: lack of privacy for televisits versus increased ability

100. Pressure-Ulcer-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - weight, specific medical comorbidities, and known risk factors for pressure ulcers, such as functional ability … nutritional status, incontinence, peripheral vascular disease, mobility limitations, and functional ability … nutritional status, incontinence, peripheral vascular disease, mobility limitations, and functional ability … population and clinical characteristics, including sex, age, ethnicity, comorbidities, functional ability … , specific medical comorbidities, and known risk factors for pressure ulcers, such as functional ability