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121. Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2024 - Visual System Assessment in Infants, Children, and Young Adults by Pediatricians. … Hearing assessment in infants, children, and adolescents: recommendations beyond neonatal screening. … Childhood  (5 years to 10 years) Adolescence  (11 years to 21 years) Vision Screening Perform risk assessment … Perform VISION SCREEN (at 5, 6, 8, and 10 years)  Perform risk assessment with appropriate action to … follow if positive (at 7 and 9 years) Perform VISION SCREEN  (at 12 and 15 years)  Perform risk assessment

122. Integrating Bodies of Evidence: Existing Systematic Reviews and Primary Studies (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2015 - The two most important considerations for KIs in determining whether to use the RoB assessment from … What factors make it possible to translate/use prior risk of bias (RoB) assessment? … Under what circumstances would you need to complete assessment again? Strength of Evidence 1. … Risk of bias assessment methods need to be transparent May confirm assessment by redoing a few studies … If confirmed, will accept the risk of bias assessment of all studies in an existing review.

123. Strategies To De-escalate Aggressive Behavior in Psychiatric Patients | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - We grouped studies as follows: (1) staff training interventions, (2) risk assessment interventions, ( … Of the 11 trials eligible for SOE assessment, all but 1 had medium (or high) risk of bias. … Risk assessment had low SOE for decreasing subsequent aggression and reducing use of seclusion and restraint … Only risk assessment decreased subsequent aggression or reduced use of seclusion and restraint (low SOE

124. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     October 18, 2010 - Scale of Harms(McHarm) into the quality assessment checklist.9 Criteria to assess study quality are … Assessment of ITT: An assessment of ITT will be made for the following study designs: • Randomized … A two-step process will be followed to make a complete assessment of study quality. … RCT, cohort, etc)8; this assessment will be made separately for all relevant outcomes reported in the … For each important outcome, a global assessment of the strength of the evidence (i.e. high, moderate

125. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Independent assessments of the currently available risk-assessment tools for thromboembolic events and … Also, an assessment of how application of these tools improves outcomes and providing a clinical guidance … Elucidating the role and accuracy of these tools with a comparative assessment would provide clinicians … We will use a checklist to guide the assessment of applicability. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

126. Untitled (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2016 - However, in clinical practice, the GCS is often used for field assessment of any traumatic injury, and … , and treatment.15 Lack of data from bypassed or delayed TBI assessment may also increase the risk of … Given this, performance of the same field triage assessment instrument may differ. … Outcomes also could be influenced by time of assessment, as an accurate earlier assessment could lead … Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. A practical scale. Lancet. 1974;2(7872):81-4.

127. Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 131. … technology assessment*).mp,hw. … (cochrane or (health adj2 technology assessment) or evidence report).jw. … technology assessment*).mp,hw. … (cochrane or (health adj2 technology assessment) or evidence report).jw.

128. Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - Assessment of Feasibility, Reliability and Validity We assessed feasibility in three ways: during tool … Quality Measurement and Health Assessment Group (QMHAG), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. … Nationwide veterans affairs quality measure for cancer: the family assessment of treatment at end of … IF a patient with cancer has new fatigue, THEN there should be an assessment within 1 month of the … Time of documentation may not reflect the time of assessment IF a patient with advanced cancer has

129. Executive Summary_Systematic Review_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2022 Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - Note that we do not provide summary statistics for RoB assessment of all 437 studies in this update, … since we will not complete updated RoB assessment for all 389 studies from the previous report in this … phase; complete RoB assessment using the updated Cochrane RoB 2 tool and summary statistics will be … AHRQ report with comprehensive data, calculated standardized effect sizes for PTSD outcomes, and RoB assessment … Updating RoB assessment to the same scale for all studies and adding standardized effect sizes will

130. Research Protocol (Amended): Treatment of Acute Pain--An Evidence Map (pdf file)
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     June 10, 2018 - A comprehensive, multidimensional assessment that better characterizes the pain, the individual, and … search strategy and a risk of bias assessment of eligible studies. … Acute pain assessment tools: let us move beyond simple pain ratings. … Assessment of pain in the elderly: A literature review. … o How does the assessment modify treatment? o Does this differ by setting?

131. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Quality assessment—a broad term used to encompass the examination of factors such as systematic error … Similar to the General Methods Guide,1 assessment of the major features that influence the importance … This may lead to biased assessment of the test characteristics. … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 186. … Systematic review: family history in risk assessment for common diseases.

132. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - (e.g., functional class, dyspnea, 6-minute walk test) versus biomarkers plus clinical assessment and … b) echocardiography plus clinical assessment versus echocardiography plus biomarkers and clinical assessment … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies The included studies will be assessed on … Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension in patients with advanced lung disease. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

133. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2009 - AHRQ Technology Assessment. … AHRQ Technology Assessment. … AHRQ Technology Assessment. … AHRQ Technology Assessment. … AHRQ Technology Assessment.

134. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 41: Evaluation of Mental Health Mobile Applications (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2022 - The section on risk assessment is confusing and may inadvertently exclude the most needy from using … It does not provide a comprehensive assessment of apps for a specific condition. … Complexity of framework, average time of 75 minutes per app to complete assessment, and low interrater … - alone in the App Integrity Assessment would not provide sufficient evidence to meet the threshold … These are the most prioritized questions and therefore placed at the start of the assessment.

135. Topic 0414 Imaging techniques and metastatic breast cancer tx NSD FINAL (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Comparative Effectiveness of Imaging Techniques for Assessment … Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Comparative Effectiveness of Imaging Techniques for Assessment … morbidity, mortality Key Questions What is the comparative effectiveness of imaging techniques for the assessment

136. Wheeled Mobility (Wheelchair) Service Delivery (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Recommendations to include equipment trials, formal followup, and outcome assessment were less uniform … Components of patient assessment (i.e., diagnosis versus functional abilities, cognitive abilities, … Assessment, prescription, and delivery steps (i.e., access, number of visits covered by insurance, … Outcome 8 assessment, one approach to determining the appropriateness of the equipment (e.g. … The concepts included wheeled mobility and patient assessment.

137. Frameworks for Determining Research Gaps During Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2011 - clinical assessment. … Program HSAC Health Services Assessment Collaboration HTA Health Technology Assessment ICD International … Finnish Office for Health Technology Assessment (cont.) … Health Services Assessment Collaboration (cont.) … clinical assessment.

138. Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Assessment usually takes place in the outpatient setting, but some patients become severely ill with … Standard Evaluation Standard assessment for patients with typical symptoms (nausea, vomiting, bloating … A typical assessment starts in the office of a physician, where a careful medical history is taken and … Outcomes The main outcomes of interest are assessment of motility and diagnosis of gastric emptying … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

139. CER 45 Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Comparative Effectiveness Surveillance Final 4.7.16 (pdf file)
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140. Table 1 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - At a minimum, dyspnea assessment should include a measure of intensity plus at least one measure of … Pain assessment tools: is the content appropriate for use in palliative care? … Mechanisms, assessment, and management: a consensus statement. … of dyspnea • Clinical assessment of dyspnea should include at least one measure of intensity and … and re-assessment are recommended, ideally with some documentation of a management plan Dyspnea