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181. Design Specifications for Network Prototype and Cooperative To Conduct Population-Based Studies and Safety Surveillance | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - quality of care. 21 The planned network would allow a broad range of users to evaluate selected quality measures … when data (such as distance) are combined from sources in which it has been recorded using different scales … Financial viability is a measure of network cost-effectiveness. … Because anticipation of these new needs is difficult, the design should take measures to reduce the chances … Security and Usability —Strong but onerous security measures may degrade system usability and discourage

182. Functional-Limitations-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1306 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High-Impact Interventions Report Priority Area 08: Functional Limitations and Disability Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 www.ahrq.gov …

183. Heart-Failure-Transition-Care Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - For continuous outcomes (e.g., scales of quality of life or functional status) measured with the same … When we combined multiple scales in one meta-analysis, we used the standardized mean difference, Cohen … Given the heterogeneity of included interventions, we were unable to develop a single measure of intensity … included trials had to enroll patients during or soon after a hospitalization for HF and also had to measure … Future research should include validated measures of caregiver burden, patient-reported measures of

184. Alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy-140326 (pdf file)
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     January 27, 2012 - As a result, research has used other outcomes to measure the effectiveness of treatment, which can be … subsumed under the concept of harm reduction.32 These measures include significant increases in abstinent … naltrexone was found to reduce drinking quantity and prevent relapse (acamprosate trials did not measure … If we combine multiple scales (e.g., different scales to measure quality of life) in one meta-analysis … We will grade the strength of evidence for alcohol-consumption measures, accidents, injuries, quality

185. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2017 - If three or more studies reported the same outcome measure for the same intervention during the same … used for outcome measures and because it was not always possible to determine the scales from the … pooled outcomes as standardized mean differences; we did not pool studies that used different tools to measure … and follow-up, and even reporting of the scales used for some outcome measures, all of which limited … interventions need to be conducted for longer durations and mechanisms need to be developed to better measure

186. Trauma Informed Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2023 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

187. Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes: An Update of the Literacy and Health Outcomes Systematic Review of the Literature | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - The assessment included items intended to directly measure health literacy. … Measures of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality . … "Low parental literacy is associated with worse asthma care measures in children." … "Testing the feasibility of an interactive learning styles measure for U.S. … "Agreement between scales in the measurement of breast cancer risk perceptions."

188. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2021 - in Rheumatology) has developed guidelines on outcome measures. 24 General tools that have been adapted … Studies of similar interventions will be grouped by outcome measures if feasible. … If possible, we will also attempt to back-calculate effect sizes that represent common outcome measures … Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)--development of a self-administered outcome measure … Development and Validation of the Computer-Administered Animated Activity Questionnaire to Measure Physical

189. Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews: Identifying Quality Improvement Intervention Evaluations (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - A machine learning approach may put emphasis onto different kinds of predictive performance measures … . or dmaic.ti,ab. or dmadv.ti,ab. or define- measure-analyze-design-verify.mp. … MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Change over time in the proportion of children aged 24-30 months who received … We tested whether a new survey measure of the presence of practice systems (the PPC-R) is associated … with performance measure rates for depression among 40 medical groups in Minnesota.

190. Postpartum Care for Women Up to One Year After Pregnancy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2022 - anxiety, depression, substance use)* Patient-reported outcomes Quality of life (using validated measures … anxiety, depression, substance use)* Patient-reported outcomes Quality of life (using validated measures … within-intervention changes) for continuous outcomes with both pre- and postintervention data (e.g., quality of life scales

191. Menopause Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2015 - selection of cases and controls, response rate, equal application of diagnostic tests, accurate and equal measure … Pooling across scales can be accomplished only by using SMDs. … psychological symptoms: standardized mean differences from pairwise comparisons Sexual Function Some measure … There was improvement in global measures with all estrogens (high SOE). … and multiple scales requiring the use of SMDs is challenging.

192. Postpartum Care for Women Up to One Year After Pregnancy (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2022 - anxiety, depression, substance use)* o Patient-reported outcomes ▪ Quality of life (using validated measures … anxiety, depression, substance use)* o Patient-reported outcomes ▪ Quality of life (using validated measures … intervention changes) for continuous outcomes with both pre- and postintervention data (e.g., quality of life scales

193. Implementation of Recommended Screening and Counseling Interventions to Prevent Mental Health Disorders in Children and Adolescents | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2025 - adolescents suffering from a particular mental health disorder (e.g., depression) can serve as a preventive measure

194. Closing the Quality Gap Series: End-of-Life and Hospice Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Outcomes measures for each KQ For both KQs, we will include all relevant patient or family/caregiver … Quality of care measures, such as timeliness of response to pain and other symptoms. … If the article was captured in the original search, the principal investigator will determine what measures

195. Disposition of Comments for CER 195 Management of Uterine Fibroids (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2017 - As above, change is a type of outcome measure. … Reviewer (Allergen) Methods Quality of Life (pg. 11) – AHRQ’s Current Symptom Severity Scale Does Not Measure … In fact, the intent of the Symptom Severity Scale is not to measure the “variability and severity of … It measures the “distress due to the frequency and severity of uterine leimyomata symptoms”. … Instead, item response choices are presented as five-level Likert scales ranging from ‘not at all’

196. Using Existing Systematic Reviews to Replace de Novo Processes in CERs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Often, short periods of followup involve surrogate outcome measures; both factors (length of followup … Limitations in Quality Rating Scales As much as possible, CER investigators should apply objective

197. Chronic Venous Ulcers: A Comparative Effectiveness Review of Treatment Modalities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - However, the literature on chronic wounds and emerging science in the field also consider intermediate measures … over a 4-week period of time as measured by planimetry (photos, etc,) Pain using the standard pain scales … e.g., two-layer, short stretch, long stretch, multi-layer, Unna boot, and compression pump]), outcome measures … , definitions, and the results of each outcome, including measures of variability.

198. Cerebral-Palsy-Feeding Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - allocate patients to treatments; has a low dropout rate; and uses appropriate means to prevent bias; measure … The low strength of evidence for the effects of gastrostomy on increasing growth measures, including … Results for other growth measures are mixed, and substantial numbers of children remained underweight … Effect of oral sensorimotor treatment on measures of growth and efficiency of eating in the moderately … Effect of oral sensorimotor treatment on measures of growth, eating efficiency and aspiration in the

199. Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol-Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2021 - As a result, research has used other outcomes to measure the effectiveness of treatment, which can be … subsumed under the concept of harm reduction. 32 These measures include significant increases in abstinent … and naltrexone was found to reduce drinking quantity and prevent relapse (acamprosate trials did not measure … If we combine multiple scales (e.g., different scales to measure quality of life) in one meta-analysis … We will grade the strength of evidence for alcohol-consumption measures, accidents, injuries, quality

200. Methods Research Report - Progression-Free Survival: What Does It Mean for Psychological Well-Being or Quality of Life? (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - , etc.), or composite measures of disease activity. … Three of the studies also included disease-specific scales (the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy … QOL measurement description Author, Year QOL Measure Significant Change Threshold QOL Measure … Motzer Level: 2, State: Excluded Refid: 326, Patient preference-based utility weights from the functional … Scales, F. Zhan, K. A. Boehm, L. Asmar and A.