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401. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/urinary-incontinence-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
     September 30, 2010 - - We will prioritize clinical outcomes of continence and improvement of incontinence, quality of life … Improvement in incontinence: Reduction frequency and severity of incontinence episodes and reduction … as they were used by the authors of the original studies and with calculated rates of continence, improvement … the FDA guidelines for UI.82 In addition, we will evaluate the patients’ global report of overall improvement … We will group different definitions of continence and improvement in incontinence to have an overall

402. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/01_arthritis_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - seven standardized points also revealed that patients treated with MSC had a 0.4 mm and 0.8 mm mean improvement … The median duration of the clinical improvement provided by PRP for knee OA was 9 months. 27 Autologous … 59.8% and 65.7% in the 5 and 10 mg groups, respectively) met the American College of Rheumatology 20% improvement … Researchers reported, “ACR response rates showed a trend for improvement over time (month 1-24) with … 5 or 10 mg twice daily revealed durable ACR 20, 50, and 70 responses (measuring 20%, 50%, and 70% improvement

403. Heart-Failure-Transition-Care Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/heart-failure-transition-care_executive.pdf
     May 01, 2014 - evaluating 30-day readmissions is important for certain stakeholders (hospitals, payers, quality improvement … We found that improvement in HF-specific quality of life (as measured by the Minnesota Living With … U.S. hospitals found wide variation in education, discharge processes, care transition, and quality improvement … methods for patients hospitalized with HF.15 Our findings provide some guidance to quality improvement … on Performance Measures and the American Medical Association-Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement

404. Integrating Health System Data With Systematic Reviews_Methods Research Report (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-research-report-integrating-health-system-data.pdf
     April 01, 2020 - Director Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Director Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … data—including patient characteristics and reasons reported for missed appointments—to select optimal improvement

405. Disposition of Comments CER 219 Antipsychotics for the Prevention and Treatment of Delirium (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/delirium-disposition-comments.pdf
     September 03, 2019 - However, one major point is that the only positive finding with respect to improvement from antipsychotics … care or hospice settings, haloperidol or second-generation antipsychotics may have slightly less improvement … The concept of "slightly less improvement in severity than with placebo" was hard to conceptualize … compared with those who received placebo in palliative care or hospice settings may have slightly less improvement

406. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 272_Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-272-genitourinary-syndrome-executive-summary.pdf
     July 01, 2024 - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 272_Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: A Systematic Review Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 272 Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: A Systematic Review Executive Summary Main Points • One hundred seven publications of hormonal, non-hormonal moisturiz…

407. Stakeholder Involvement in Improving Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stakeholder-engagement_research.pdf
     September 01, 2011 - Authorized in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, the EHC Program

408. final Fibromyalgia CER protocol_3-31-14 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fibromyalgia_research-protocol.pdf
     April 03, 2014 - following suggestions were made and incorporated into the revised key questions below: 1) We added improvement … pain (Visual Analog Scale (VAS)40, Brief Pain Inventory41, McGill Pain Questionnaire42) § Symptom improvement … Revised FIQ (FIQR)44, Patient Global Impression of Change (PGI-C)45, Patient Global Impression of Improvement … of drugs or interventions KQ 2 KQ 1 Final health outcomes § Overall pain § Symptom improvement

409. 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 - Indicate whether the 1.8 point improvement in mean I-PSS between combination and placebo met criterion … for clinical improvement. … My interpretation is that a 3 point improvement would be necessary to establish clinical superiority … Maybe instead they could say "While vardenfail use was associated with significant improvement in mean

410. Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients With Advanced Cancer: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dyspnea-advanced-cancer-summary-1.pdf
     November 01, 2020 - Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients With Advanced Cancer: Evidence Summary Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 232 Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients With Advanced Cancer Evidence Summary Main Points For patients with advanced cancer: • Airflow interventions (fans) were …

411. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ace-inhibitor-arb-update_research-protocol.pdf
     May 07, 2010 - Comparative Effectiveness Reviews,4 Rating the Strength of Scientific Evidence: Relevance forQuality Improvement … Rating the strength of scientific evidence: relevance for quality improvement programs.

412. Data Points 13: Use of Preoperative Breast MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dcis-mri-utilization_research.pdf
     August 01, 2012 - breast cancer.8-12 Nevertheless, preoperative breast MRI has not been significantly associated with improvement … MRI’s detection capabilities may contribute to surgical planning, but studies have not confirmed improvement

413. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 5. Network Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-presentation-quantitative-synthesis-chapter-5.pdf
     February 01, 2018 - reporting methods and results in network meta-analyses: an overview of reviews and suggestions for improvement … reporting methods and results in network meta-analyses: an overview of reviews and suggestions for improvement

414. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/substance-abuse-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
     December 01, 2015 - Director Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Director, Evidence-based Practice Center Program Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for

415. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
     June 01, 2015 - Director Acting Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … Intervention Treatment for IBS focuses on responding to symptoms through changes in diet and lifestyle, improvement

416. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 25 Disparities within Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/mental-illness-disparities_disposition-comments.pdf
     May 26, 2016 - The conclusion can be used to inform future research, but there is room for improvement here as well … psychiatry, greater housing assistance, peer and family support, patient-centered services with an improvement … nurse-facilitated preventive healthcare for older adults with SMI are associated with sustained long-term improvement

417. DEMENTIA INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S #04 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
     February 01, 2015 - Director Acting Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … Memory improvement following induced hyperinsulinemia in Alzheimer's disease.

418. Methods Research Report Improving Access To And Usability of Systematic Review Data for Health Systems Guideline Development (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-health-systems-guidelines-development.pdf
     February 01, 2019 - Director Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Arlene … 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 … efficiencies through the creation of dashboards that facilitate customizing data to information and quality improvement … learning health systems’ efforts to provide evidence-based, quality care through continuous learning and improvement

419. The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of teh Lumbar Spine (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lumbar-fusion-protocol.pdf
     June 20, 2024 - trade-offs associated with each surgical or nonsurgical intervention (e.g., potential symptomatic improvement … low-back pain (≥3 months) resulting from degenerative disease of the lumbar spine, does symptomatic improvement … NRS) o Function (e.g., ODI) o Quality of Life (e.g., SF-36, SF12) KQ 6 • Response to challenge: Improvement … in symptoms vs. non-improvement; [stratify other outcomes by response] • Validated measures for

420. Systematic Review Search Strategy Development Tools: A Practical Guide for Expert Searchers (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/search-strategy-white-paper.pdf
     February 01, 2025 - publicly available to use for noncommercial purposes (research, clinical or patient education, quality improvement … Director Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality