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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/weight-gain-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2020 - • Health-related quality of life as measured by absenteeism,
presenteeism, the SF-36 or other scales … • Maintenance of weight within same BMI category as the baseline
measure. … • Alternative measures of weight other than weight in pounds or
kilograms or BMI (e.g., waist-to-hip … The additional alternative measures of
weight have variable reporting consistency,
and not including … Revise this section to make it clear that the
following measures are the primary measures of
interest
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/weight-gain-prevention/research-protocol
December 01, 2019 - Health-related quality of life as measured by absenteeism, presenteeism, the SF-36 or other scales. … Maintenance of weight within same BMI category as the baseline measure. … Alternative measures of weight other than weight in pounds or kilograms or BMI ( e.g., waist-to-hip … The additional alternative measures of weight have variable reporting consistency, and not including … Revise this section to make it clear that the following measures are the primary measures of interest
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-bias/methods
August 01, 2019 - The outcome measures included, and inclusion of non-English language papers account for at least some … that are notoriously characterized by variability in outcome measurement methods and a multitude of scales … choose to restrict to specific measurement methods (i.e., only including studies that used measurement scales … Because the study is registered at the beginning of the study, the intended primary outcome measures, … Disagreements in meta-analyses using outcomes measured on continuous or rating scales: observer agreement
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/mental-illness-outcomes/research-protocol
December 01, 2019 - Although stakeholders have proposed a variety of quality measures (QMs), no single validated measure … Not surprisingly, although stakeholders have proposed a variety of such measures for SMI, no single measure … The technical brief will interview key informants—including quality measure developers, quality measure … and Psychosocial Instruments provide bibliographic access and descriptions of tests, manuals, rating scales … Definition of Terms
Quality measure (QM) : Broadly defined, quality measures are tools that help measure
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/episodic-migraine-surveillance-report-3.pdf
August 01, 2022 - initiated during a
migraine attack is associated with
meaningful improvement in patient-reported
outcome measures … Measures of diagnostic accuracy
KQ1 g-h. … occipital nerve
block and supraorbital nerve block reported significantly
more reduction of pain scales … with greater occipital nerve block
and the combination reported significantly more
reduction of pain scales … initiated during a
migraine attack is associated with
meaningful improvement in patient-
reported outcome measures
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-informed-care-protocol.pdf
April 19, 2023 - Trauma Informed Care
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Trauma Informed Care
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Exposure to adverse and potentially traumatic experiences is common and may influence the
health of millions of individuals. Trauma exp…
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/telehealth-acute-chronic/research-protocol
January 01, 2019 - antibiotic stewardship
Time to diagnosis and time to treatment
Diagnostic concordance or other measures
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/mental-illness-adults-prisons/research-protocol
December 01, 2019 - Was the outcome measure of interest objective and was it objectively measured? … Risk of bias is an inverse measure of internal validity. … refers to a direct link between the intervention and the ultimate health outcome, while precision is a measure … Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT): resiliency and disease management outcome measure guidelines … PMID: 12111919
Definition of Terms
I 2 : This is a measure of heterogeneity, ranging from 0 to
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/cultural-competence/research-protocol
December 01, 2019 - primary outcomes of interest are reductions in disparities between populations for a given health outcome measure … Outcomes measurement issues inherent in the psychometric properties of the questionnaires used to measure … We will assess statistical heterogeneity with Cochran’s Q test and measure magnitude with I 2 statistic … Yes
Measure valid and reliable (i.e. objective measures, well validated scale, provider report); and … above features
(partially validated scale)
No
None of the above features (self-report, scales
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/episodic-migraine-surveillance-report-1.pdf
June 01, 2022 - supraorbital nerve block, alone or in combination, reported
a significantly greater reduction on pain scales … block alone or the combination of nerve blocks reported a significantly greater reduction
on pain scales … Measures of diagnostic accuracy
KQ1 g-h. … occipital nerve
block and supraorbital nerve block reported significantly
more reduction of pain scales … with greater occipital nerve block
and the combination reported significantly more
reduction of pain scales
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/episodic-migraine-surveillance-report-2.pdf
June 01, 2022 - Measures of diagnostic accuracy
KQ1 g-h.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/whitepaper3-lijmer02262010-2.pdf
January 01, 2009 - specificity, predictive
values, likelihood ratios, or receiver operating characteristic curves and derived measures … often remote from health outcome, in the short term,
researchers rely on more proximate efficacy measures … one could consider jumping immediately to randomized clinical trials with patient-centered
outcome measures … Memorandum for the evaluation of
diagnostic measures. … Likelihood ratios as a measure of the
diagnostic usefulness of excretory urogram
information.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medical-tests-proposals_research.pdf
January 01, 2009 - specificity, predictive
values, likelihood ratios, or receiver operating characteristic curves and derived measures … often remote from health outcome, in the short term,
researchers rely on more proximate efficacy measures … one could consider jumping immediately to randomized clinical trials with patient-centered
outcome measures … Memorandum for the evaluation of
diagnostic measures. … Likelihood ratios as a measure of the
diagnostic usefulness of excretory urogram
information.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/medical-tests-proposals/research
December 01, 1969 - specificity, predictive values, likelihood ratios, or receiver operating characteristic curves and derived measures … are often remote from health outcome, in the short term, researchers rely on more proximate efficacy measures … one could consider jumping immediately to randomized clinical trials with patient-centered outcome measures … Memorandum for the evaluation of diagnostic measures. J Clin Chem Clin Biochem 1990;28:873-879. … Likelihood ratios as a measure of the diagnostic usefulness of excretory urogram information.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/asthma-immunotherapy-2010/research-protocol
December 01, 2020 - standardized mean differences will be calculated if continuous outcomes are measured by using different scales … tolerogenic conjugates of common allergens with monomethoxypolyethylene glycols of different molecular weights … FDA Standardized Allergens:
Background Information: "FDA would like to add the following unit of measure … (MeSH)
Other Terms
Efficacy: measure under ideal conditions; e.g.: demonstrated in clinical … trial
Effectiveness: measure under field conditions; e.g.: demonstrated in practice
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-postpartum-screening_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - This allows an approach that compares total
tests or false-positive results as a measure of “cost” or … “harm” with a measure of benefit, such as “cases of
depression detected.” … organization) were risk factors for depression.
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Finally, although studies used a variety of different scales … All six provided
some measure of appropriate diagnosis and treatment of
depression. … In practice, this means not only agreement on which
variables to collect, but how to measure and report
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/telehealth-acute-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
February 15, 2017 - o Diagnostic concordance or other measures
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-illness-adults-prisons_research-protocol.pdf
September 13, 2012 - Was the outcome measure of interest objective
and was it objectively measured? … Risk of bias is an inverse measure of internal
validity. … refers to a direct link between the intervention and the ultimate health
outcome, while precision is a measure … Forensic Assertive Community Treatment
(FACT): resiliency and disease management
outcome measure guidelines … Definition of Terms
I2 This is a measure of heterogeneity, ranging from 0 to 100 percent, in which higher
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cultural-competence_research-protocol.pdf
July 09, 2014 - outcomes of interest are reductions in disparities between
populations for a given health outcome measure … Outcomes measurement issues inherent in the
psychometric properties of the questionnaires used to measure … We will assess statistical heterogeneity with
Cochran’s Q test and measure magnitude with I2 statistic … Yes
Measure valid and reliable
(i.e. objective measures, well validated
scale, provider report … (self-report, scales with lower validity,
reliability); not equivalent across
groups
Uncertain Could
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/aggression/research-protocol
January 01, 2020 - terms of frequency, severity, or duration (as measured by direct counts or by validated aggression scales … terms of frequency, severity, or duration (as measured by direct counts or by validated aggression scales … For all analyses, we will use fixed- or random-effects models to estimate summary measures of effect. … Methodological issues in monitoring the use of coercive measures. … Hospital-Based Inpatient Psychiatric Services (HBIPS) Core Measure Set Selection Form.