Results

Total Results: 2,622 records

Showing results for "improvement".

141. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gerd-2005_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2005 - For these patients, who have chronic GERD, most authorities consider the goals of therapy to be improvement … A challenge in treating GERD is that neither improvement in symptoms nor reduction in the need for antisecretory … Almost 90 percent of patients who were followed for 5 or more years in both surgical arms reported improvement … Improvement of esophageal pH exposure compared with sham could not be demonstrated for Stretta™. … (Comment: observational data reported 80-90% improvement in symptoms at 5 years followup.)

142. Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: Diagnosis and Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/urinary-incontinence-treatment/research
     April 09, 2012 - value of tests to distinguish urodynamic stress or urgency UI; 57 studies suggested specific ranges of improvement … Improvement in UI and quality of life were examined using different definitions, which hampered the synthesis

143. Cystic-Fibrosis-Hgh Surveillance (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_surveillance.pdf
     August 01, 2012 - Weight: Pooling of 5 RCTs found an improvement with rhGH vs. … control. 1 single arm trial found an improvement from baseline. … BMI: Pooling of 2 RCTs found an improvement with rhGH vs. … BMC Z-score: 1RCT found an improvement with rhGH vs. control. … Antibiotic Use: 3 RCTs found an improvement with rhGH vs.

144. Understanding Health-Systems’ Use of and Need for Evidence To Inform Decisionmaking (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-systems-research.pdf
     October 01, 2017 - Director Director Officer of the Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Preventive Services Task Force and Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Evidence-based Practice … Center Program Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Health- systems recognize that evidence and improvement ideas can come from both the top down (from … Using centralized performance improvement processes.

145. Disposition of Comments for CER 202 Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-202-thermoplasty-comments.pdf
     December 14, 2017 - The RISA study did find a statistically significant improvement in FEV1% predicted (prebronchodilator … The degree of improvement did not achieve the MID for this outcome. … Our center, through careful patient selection, has noted significant improvement in quality of life, … The intent of bronchial thermoplasty is asthma control, not improvement in pulmonary physiology as … Given the inconclusive evidence of pulmonary physiology improvement across the three trials but no

146. Exercise and Physical Fitness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/exercise-and-physical-fitness
     December 09, 2010 - Technical Brief: Whole Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis Research Protocol Archived December 9, 2010 Systematic Review Update: Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain Research Protocol March 1, 2019 Noninvasive, Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chron…

147. Design and Implementation of N-of-1 Trials: A User's Guide | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/n-1-trials
     February 12, 2014 - Research Report An Ethical Framework for N-of-1 Trials: Clinical Care, Quality Improvement

148. Plant-Based-Chronic-Pain-Appendix-F5 (xls file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/plant-based-chronic-pain-appendix-f5.xlsx
     January 12, 2021 - C Absolute improvement in VAS since initiation (mean [SD]): 8.2 (4.5) vs. 8.7 (5.1) vs. 9.5 (4.9) 6 months … C Absolute improvement in VAS since initiation (mean [SD]): 17.8 (8.2) vs. 16.4 (9.1) vs. 33.1 (20.2)

149. Living Systematic Review on Cannabis for Chronic Pain – Quarterly Progress Report 2 Tables (xls file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/plant-based-chronic-pain-review-q2-tables-f5.xlsx
     March 15, 2021 - C Absolute improvement in VAS since initiation (mean [SD]): 8.2 (4.5) vs. 8.7 (5.1) vs. 9.5 (4.9) 6 months … C Absolute improvement in VAS since initiation (mean [SD]): 17.8 (8.2) vs. 16.4 (9.1) vs. 33.1 (20.2)

150. Untitled (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-health-children_research-protocol.pdf
     December 11, 2015 - We plan to focus on dissemination, implementation, and quality improvement (D/I/QI) strategies targeting … Quality improvement: strategies targeting systems and providers of mental health care to children and … Quality Improvement Interventions To Address Health Disparities. … We intend to assess “having evidence of improvement” as our outcome set. … We assign a value of 1, indicating evidence of improvement) to cases that demonstrated a statistically

151. AcademyHealth REACH Challenge Worksheet: (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ebc_challenge_final_submission_planning_worksheet1.pdf
     June 20, 2012 - ______________________________ Can you refine or focus your idea on one key opportunity for improvement

152. Developing and Piloting a Tool To Create Dot Plots To Summarize Pooled Data for Multiple Outcomes in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/dot-plots-methods.pdf
     October 01, 2021 - Director Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … the pilot utilized pooled data for pain response (the proportion of patients meeting a threshold for improvement … placebo or no opioid Note: Pain response indicates the proportion of patients who experience ≥30% improvement

153. CER 226: Evidence summary_Labor Dystocia (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Evidence%20Summary_2.pdf
     May 01, 2020 - Improvement with continuous emotional support: Continuous emotional support lowered risk of cesarean … with Doula support: Doula support reduced risk of instrumental vaginal delivery Improvement with … Adverse Events Maternal Outcomes – Trauma to the Pelvic Floor 1 RCT74 (271) Improvement with … Adverse Events Maternal Outcomes – Trauma to the Pelvic Floor 1 RCT74 (271) Improvement with … Low (one study) Maternal Outcomes – Chorioamnionitis 1 RCT167 (2,404) Improvement with immediate

154. Noninvasive Treatments for Low Back Pain (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/back-pain-treatment_research_executive.pdf
     February 01, 2016 - Most patients experience a rapid improvement in (and often a complete resolution of) pain and Effective … disability, and are able to return to work.6 In those with persistent symptoms, continued improvement … with slightly greater likelihood of overall improvement vs. … with slightly greater likelihood of overall improvement vs. … pain or function (e.g., 50% improvement in pain or on the RDQ).

155. antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_research-protocol.pdf
     September 22, 2014 - For example, the Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium guidelines are based on evidence limited to … Improvement!in!symptoms,! speed!of!improvement! ! … Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium. … . : Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium; Southfield (MI). 2010 9. … Measuring improvement in such skills, however, may be difficult.

156. AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program Research Gaps Summary: Telehealth (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ehc-research-gaps-telehealth.pdf
     April 01, 2023 - publicly available to use for noncommercial purposes (research, clinical or patient education, quality improvement … Director Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Acting Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator for the USPSTF and EPC Programs Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … • Studies need standard outcome measures for quality assessment, quality improvement, and research

157. Antipsychotics-Children-Surveillance-150120 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antipsychotics-children-surveillance-150120.pdf
     October 01, 2014 - and placebo for aggression is possibly out of date, that the strength of evidence (SOE) for SGAs and improvement … Eleven studies on bipolar disorders reported symptom improvement. … Four studies examined improvement for behavioral issues. … The improvement at the ADHD-RS-IV score was 22.5%, 12 patients (42.8%) presented an improvement of 30% … , but only 2 (7.1%) an improvement greater than 50%.

158. Draft-Appendix-Pbt-Cohort-Studies (xls file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/draft-appendix-pbt-cohort-studies.xlsx
     May 11, 2021 - C Absolute improvement in VAS since initiation (mean [SD]): 8.2 (4.5) vs. 8.7 (5.1) vs. 9.5 (4.9) 6 months … C Absolute improvement in VAS since initiation (mean [SD]): 17.8 (8.2) vs. 16.4 (9.1) vs. 33.1 (20.2)

159. Progression-Free Survival: What Does It Mean for Psychological Well-Being or Quality of Life? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/survival-quality/research
     April 12, 2013 - literature search for KQ1 sought to identify studies that showed a causal relationship between PFS and improvement … meaningfulness of PFS as an outcome in the absence of association with OS; and (3) the extent to which improvement

160. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/what-is-the-effectiveness-of-physical-therapy-for-the-treatment-of-acute-ambulatory-and-shoulder-hand-and-finger-injuries-following-an-accident-andor-surgery-question-1-how-do-various-physical-therapy-treatment-modalities-com
     October 20, 2009 - The State pays for PT as long as the patient’s condition shows improvement, but they do not pay for maintenance … There exists no standardized way to interpret or measure improvement. … We are interested in what assessments and/or metrics are available to assess and measure improvement