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41. Intergrated and Comprehensive Pain Management Programs: Effectiveness and Harms: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-251-integrated-pain-management-evidence-summary.pdf
    October 01, 2021 - Implications and Conclusions Our review suggested that IPMPs and CPMPs may provide small to moderate improvements … in function and small improvements in pain for patients with chronic pain compared with usual care … The average improvements in function and pain in our review were consistent with those reported for

42. Evidence Summary: CER 231 Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2020 - 3 improve quality of life for PLWD6-9 and health system-level markers, including improvements … expedite the translational pipeline of idea development to implementation, as they aim to do, critical improvements … Only with such improvements will we be able to draw clearer, less ambiguous conclusions related to efficacy

43. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - If there is evidence of improved outcomes, can the improvements be linked to the patient's use of the … monitors, or are the improvements more directly related to the additional support provided to the patient

44. Treatments for Adults with Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/schizophrenia-adult_research-protocol.pdf
    September 23, 2016 - Both pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for schizophrenia can result in meaningful improvements … Ideally, improvements in symptoms translate to long-term clinically relevant positive changes in other … • Outcomes for each question: o Key Questions 1 and 2: Benefits Outcomes: § Functional • Improvements … Improvements in core illness symptoms scale score changes 8. … Improvements in core illness symptoms scale score changes 6.

45. Physical Therapy Interventions for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/arthritis-knee-physical-therapy/research
    December 01, 2019 - Six of 11 individual RCTs demonstrated clinically important improvements in pain and disability with … scales were determined for 26 tools but have not been used in RCTs to examine the clinical importance of improvements

46. Bariatric Surgery and Nonsurgical Therapy in Adults With Metabolic Conditions and a Body Mass Index of 30.0 to 34.9 kg/m² | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Improvements in blood glucose measures were reported as early as one month postsurgery. … Improvements in hypertension, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and triglycerides were also

47. Data Points #17: Trends in bariatric surgery in Medicare beneficiaries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - In addition, studies have demonstrated significant improvements in medical comorbidities such as type … rehospitalization rates moderate, it did not appear that bariatric surgery was associated with health status improvements

48. AHRQ’s EPC Program: Supporting Better Healthcare for 25 Years (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/25th-anniversary-epc-brochure.pdf
    November 01, 2022 - research institutions, synthesize scientific evidence and produce comprehensive reports to— ◆ Inform improvements

49. What is the comparative effectiveness of imaging techniques for the assessment of response to treatment in metastatic breast cancer? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - (For example, improvements in patient symptoms or problems from treatment or diagnosis.) … Improvements in outcomes such as mortality and monitoring response to avoid ineffective chemotherapy,

50. Evaluation of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 01, 2019 - Potential improvements to the Horizon Scanning System In line with the findings above, interviews of … external experts and internal staff identified several potential improvements.

51. Cannabis Article Selected as Best of 2022 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 01, 2023 - with high THC and sublingual and some extracted cannabis products may be associated with short-term improvements

52. Autism Surveillance (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2012 - Newer studies continue to report improvements among children in motor, eye- hand coordination, and … Another large RCT (Strain, 2011) found that children in LEAP classrooms showed improvements in problem … computer game reported in improvements in face recognition. … One good- quality RCT suggested benefit from the use of ESDM in young children, with improvements … One good-quality RCT suggested benefit from the use of ESDM in young children, with improvements in

53. Physical Activity and the Health of Wheelchair Users: A Systematic Review in Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, and Spinal Cord Injury | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 01, 2024 - Main Points We found physical activity to be associated with improvements … Physical activity was associated with improvements in walking ability, general function, balance (including

54. Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review Update - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/noninvasive-nonpharm-pain-summary.pdf
    April 01, 2020 - Spinal manipulation was associated with small improvements compared with sham manipulation, usual … Massage was associated with small improvements in short-term function (6 trials [2 new]) and pain ( … Acupuncture was associated with small improvements in short-term (5 trials) and long-term (1 trial) … One trial found pulsed electromagnetic fields were associated with small improvements in function … in function and moderate improvements in pain compared with usual care over the short term in one

55. Cystic-Fibrosis-Hgh Surveillance (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_surveillance.pdf
    August 01, 2012 - Anthropometrics: 26 observational studies showed mixed results regarding whether improvements in … Anthropometric Measures: In controlled trials suitable for pooling, significant improvements in height … In controlled trials, significant improvements in weight were observed for patients with CF receiving … Qualitative improvements in several measures of exercise tolerance were seen after rhGH therapy in … Do Not Know Overall Conclusions: Improvements in bone mineral content vs.

56. Does the use of Cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19) testing to predict response to clopidogrel in people: (1) with acute coronary syndrome, (2) who have suffered other cardiovascular disease-related events (e.g., ischemic stroke, symptomatic… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - symptomatic peripheral arterial disease), or (3) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, lead to improvements … (For example, improvements in patient symptoms or problems from treatment or diagnosis.)

57. Comparative effectiveness of conventional computed tomography (CT), multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) (CT colonography), fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) or FDG-PET/CT, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - (For example, improvements in patient symptoms or problems from treatment or diagnosis.) … Improvements in morbidity and mortality outcomes from treatment among patients with colorectal cancer

58. Comparative effectiveness of ultrasound (US), conventional computed tomography (CT), multidetector computed tomography (MDCT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) or FDG-PET/CT for the… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - (For example, improvements in patient symptoms or problems from treatment or diagnosis.) … Improvements in the accuracy of staging among patients with pancreatic cancer, which may assist treatment

59. Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) - defined as peripheral artery disease of the lower extremities 1) Does aspirin reduce the risk of adverse cardiovascular events (MI, stroke, cardiovascular death) in patients with PAD? Is there a… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - (For example, improvements in patient symptoms or problems from treatment or diagnosis.) … Improvements in mortality and morbidity and quality of life Describe any health-related risks, side

60. Behavioral Programs for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2016 - lifestyle and DSME-plus-support programs offering ≥11 contact hours led to clinically important improvements … DSME-plus-support programs offering ≥11 hours of contact with delivery personnel led to clinically important improvements