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221. Technical Brief: Multidisciplinary Pain Programs for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/pain-chronic/research-protocol
     July 28, 2010 - managing pain to an extent that the patient’s independence is restored and overall quality of life improved … published literature, grey literature, and key informants and by doing so will provide a structure for improved … In what ways, should the referral process to MPP be improved? … Reconditioning (but research study must explicitly state this), e.g. back education Education Improved

222. Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pain-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
     July 28, 2010 - managing pain to an extent that the patient’s independence is restored and overall quality of life improved … published literature, grey literature, and key informants and by doing so will provide a structure for improved … In what ways, should the referral process to MPP be improved? 13. … Reconditioning (but research study must explicitly state this), e.g. back education Education • Improved

223. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/head-neck-cancer_disposition-comments.pdf
     May 27, 2010 - results, it can be concluded that some aspects related to xerostomia and some other domains of QOL are improved … All three randomized studies, as well as all phase II-like and retrospective comparisons, report improved … directly engage in dialogue to find alternative, cost-effective means to streamline development of improved … results, it can be concluded that some aspects related to xerostomia and some other domains of QOL are improved … All three randomized studies, as well as all phase II-like and retrospective comparisons, report improved

224. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_executive.pdf
     October 01, 2010 - Treatment advances in CF over the past 25 years have improved measures of nutrition, pulmonary function … The median age of survival has improved consistently from 1955 to the most recent data in 2006 (37-year … In controlled trials, rhGH therapy significantly improved exercise workrate. … In one controlled trial, mean Tanner stage improved regardless of gender, and in an analysis of three … controlled trials, rhGH therapy significantly improved sexual maturation in females but not in males

225. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/for-patients-with-rectal-cancer-what-is-the-comparative-effectiveness-of-different-imaging-modalities-alone-or-in-combination-ie-incremental-benefit-from-using-more-than-one-modality-for-preoperative-staging-and-treatment-sel
     June 01, 2011 - neoadjuvant therapy, local excision of tumors, or radical surgery) resulting in decreased local recurrence, improved

226. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/population-children-18-years-of-age-1-what-are-the-incidences-and-prevalences-of-non-inflammatory-pain-syndromes-eg-benign-hypermobility-syndrome-patellofemoral-stress-syndrome-fibromyalgia-and-growing-pain-in-children-and-ad
     January 30, 2009 - Interested in improved diagnosis of aforementioned condtions (e.g.

227. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/what-evidence-exists-for-programs-to-increase-patient-adherence-to-prescription-medications-which-programsapproaches-are-most-effective-at-increasing-adherence-for-which-populations-and-conditions-if-little-or-no-evidence-exi
     August 12, 2009 - Improved health outcomes defined by specific outcomes for the chronic condition.

228. Data Points #18: Use of and access to health care by Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes: impact of diabetes type and insulin use, 2007-2011 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/diabetes-medicare-use/research
     January 29, 2014 - Type 2 diabetes is often treated with oral medications or lifestyle changes such as improved diet and

229. Evaluation of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/horizon-scan/research
     May 26, 2016 - identification, prioritization, monitoring, and assessment of potential for high-impact of the interventions be improved

230. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0094_04-09-2009.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - variety of outcomes for treatment, including reduction in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) core symptoms; improved

231. DuBenske_Presentation_REVISED_FINAL (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/web-based_dubenske_presenter.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - -­‐making   Systems:     Connecting  Patients,  Caregivers  and  Clinicians  for  Improved

232. Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain: Quarterly Progress Report: February 2021 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/plant-based-chronic-pain-review-q2.pdf
     May 01, 2021 - Sleep was 4 significantly improved in four trials, but function or disability and quality of … life were not clearly improved. … The overall FIQ score scale, which includes some elements on pain interference, improved significantly … Physical functioning, assessed with a subscale of the FIQ (10-point scale), also improved more with … Both studies found that mean pain severity improved more with nabilone than placebo (mean differences

233. Executive Summary - Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2023 - Spinal column shortening may be associated with improved bladder or bowel functioning and pain (low

234. Value Dossier (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-nomination-fecal-incontinence-supporting.pdf
     June 19, 2020 - the 36- month PAS showed that the statistically significant improvements associated with Solesta® improved … Mean CCFIS scores and all FIQL domain scores significantly improved from baseline to 36 months (p<0.001 … analyses (at 6 months): • Patients with FI symptoms of ≤5 years duration had a significantly improved … p=0.0026) • A significantly greater percentage of patients with obstetric causes of FI had an improved … An improved physical function in SF-36 from 74.3 at baseline to 86.4 at 6 months was noted (p = 0.04

235. Physical Therapy for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis Disposition of Comment Report (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/arthritis-knee-physical-therapy_disposition-comments.pdf
     November 06, 2012 - In one study, low- and high-intensity exercises similarly improved function, gait, and pain. … In one study, unloader brace improved disability, composite, joint, and gait functions.” … The results indicated that aerobic exercise improved function and reduced pain independently of the … I think the key finding that no one intervention improved all outcomes should be minimized. … exercise, and ultrasound reduced pain and improved function.

236. Technical Brief – Wheeled Mobility (Wheelchair) Service Delivery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/wheelchair-service/research-protocol
     July 01, 2010 - The intent is to provide stakeholders with an improved understanding of the various ways in which wheeled … How can the process be improved? 5. How could future research help you in your practice? … more eye-to-eye level standing – lifts user from seated to standing position; pressure relief and improved

237. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Comparative Effectiveness of Medication Adherence Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/medication-adherence-interventions/research-protocol
     August 18, 2011 - prescribed by their health care providers.” 3 (p. 487) In the same sense that health outcomes may be improved … by enhancing provider implementation of best practice guidelines, they may also be improved by helping … of 61 trials of individual-level programs to improve medication adherence, 11 the effect size for improved … Is improved medication adherence associated with improvement in patient outcomes? … Is improved medication adherence associated with improvement in patient outcomes?

238. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0523_02-27-2012.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - predicting successful conversion, successful ablation, successful maintenance of sinus rhythm, and improved

239. Drug Therapy for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-update/final-report-update-2018
     July 16, 2018 - Combination therapy with TNF (tumor necrosis factor) or non-TNF biologics plus MTX improved disease control

240. Interventions-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1306 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/interventions-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
     June 01, 2013 - Experts expected to see the program’s most dramatic effects in reduced health care costs, improved … They noted the potential for improved patient outcomes and the reduced number of hospital admissions … implemented by pharmacists who should widely accept the program due to the potential benefits to improved … adherence and ultimately improved patient outcomes.”37 Most experts opined that this intervention … Multiple experts pointed out that although evidence is limited to a single trial, its data showed improved