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221. Obesity Prevention and Control | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - KQ3 What obesity measures, dietary and physical behaviors, and other outcomes have been assessed in … or use of a validated instrument (see Appendix B for list of commonly used validated instruments) to measure … We will use a list of validated measures as illustrated in Appendix B. … When available, we will abstract the effect size and units, measure of variability, and 95% confidence … List of Commonly Used Validated Dietary and Physical Activity Measures Dietary Measures Common short

222. Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Major Joint Replacement Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2023 - Examples of modalities include stretching exercises to improve joint mobility; use of weights to improve … set-up and removal of intervention without monitoring, or healthcare professional engagement only to measure … pre- and post-intervention outcome measures). … changes) for continuous outcomes with both pre- and post-intervention data (e.g., pain or function scales … Asymmetry in quadriceps rate of force development as a functional outcome measure in TKA.

223. DRN: Report 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2009 - AHIP 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 … Security and Usability—Strong but onerous security measures may degrade system usability and discourage

224. AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center Division Annual Report 2022: Solving the Puzzle for Evidence-Based Decision Making (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - management by EMS, including protocols, operating procedures, educational materials, and performance measures … Systematic Review of Comparative Studies Evaluating Positive Airway Pressure and the Validity of Breathing Measures … Looking Beyond PTSD Severity: Exploring Categorical Measures of Treatment Response.

225. Primary Care Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - bother, hematocrit) Quality of life including both bleeding specific and general quality of life measures … Pain related to bleeding Sexual function as reported by sexual function measures, general measures … invasive (e.g., ablation) interventions will be excluded Studies must include at least one outcome measure … of trials using the same or similar interventions; and 4) disparate primary and secondary outcomes measures

226. Disposition of Comments for CER 208 Treatment for Bipolar Disorder in Adults A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 07, 2018 - Affiliation Comment Response Results – Acute Mania Peer Reviewer #6 The prioritization of MID as a measure … Second, the high rates of attrition often led to only one usable outcome measure—time to recurrence

227. Disposition of Comments for Treatment of Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - KQ1 is focused on severe visual impairment, which is not an appropriate measure on ethical or practical … of visual impairment, rather than as a disconnected, indirect measure that requires research to link … ability, every day, daily living, daily life, behavior, behavior, activities of daily living and independent … living. … points were lost on the VFQ composite score, and more than one point on the Dependency and Driving Scales

228. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - A quality indicator or quality measure is an agreed-upon process or outcome measure that is used to … That is, the first step identifies who to measure, steps 2-4 identify what to measure, and step 5 assesses … This will require determining appropriate weights for individual components, as well as considering … Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care. … Outcomes assessment in cancer: Measures, methods, and applications.

229. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - A quality indicator or quality measure is an agreed-upon process or outcome measure that is used to … That is, the first step identifies who to measure, steps 2-4 identify what to measure, and step 5 assesses … This will require determining appropriate weights for individual components, as well as considering … Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care. … Outcomes assessment in cancer: Measures, methods, and applications.

230. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/quality-gap-palliative-hospice_research-protocol.pdf
     June 27, 2011 - 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

231. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update--Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - A wide variety of checklists and scales were used to assess symptomatology in patients. … When different outcomes were considered to measure the same construct (e.g., different subscores of … interval includes a clinically significant value (e.g., SMD ≥ ±0.50, CGI-I or CGI-S ≥ ±2 points [7 point scales … • Consensus on outcomes and outcome measures is needed to ensure consistency and comparability across

232. Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2020 - chronic pain, what is the comparative effectiveness of different tapering protocols and strategies on measures … Intermediate outcomes such as pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic measures, drug-drug interaction markers … and overdose Reference standard for misuse, opioid use disorder, or overdose; or other benchmarks Measures … We will apply similar methodology to other outcomes measures.

233. Obesity Prevention and Control (pdf file)
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     February 08, 2017 - use of a validated instrument (see Appendix B for list of commonly used validated instruments) to measure … We will use a list of validated measures as illustrated in Appendix B. … For the obesity measures and behavioral outcomes, we will additionally abstract the measures or instruments … When available, we will abstract the effect size and units, measure of variability, and 95% confidence … List of Commonly Used Validated Dietary and Physical Activity Measures.

234. Amended Protocol: Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2021 - collection and for the measurement of patient-centered outcomes in addition to intermediate, process measures … satisfaction, behavior, and decisions such as choice of treatment or antibiotic stewardship; Access measure … indicators including but not limited to time to diagnosis or time to treatment o KQ2: Indicators and measures … KQ2: a) Indicators and measures of uptake of telehealth (e.g., rates of use, timing to implementation … hypothetical scenarios (i.e., not actual experience) • Diagnostic concordance or accuracy or other measures

235. Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2023 - collection and for the measurement of patient-centered outcomes in addition to intermediate, process measures … satisfaction, behavior, and decisions such as choice of treatment or antibiotic stewardship; Access measure … indicators including but not limited to time to diagnosis or time to treatment KQ2: Indicators and measures … KQ2: Indicators and measures of uptake of telehealth (e.g., rates of use, timing to implementation … hypothetical scenarios (i.e., not actual experience) Diagnostic concordance or accuracy or other measures

236. Abnormal-Uterine-Bleeding Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 21, 2011 - bother, hematocrit)  Quality of life including both bleeding specific and general quality of life measures …  Pain related to bleeding  Sexual function as reported by sexual function measures, general measures … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: November 21, 2011 11  Studies must include at least one outcome measure … trials using the same or similar interventions; and 4) disparate primary and secondary outcomes measures

237. Management of Suspected Opioid Overdose with Naloxone Guidelines by Emergency Medical Services Personnel | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2019 - 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 …

238. CER 222: Evidence Summary: Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - health outcomes”2 determined by a higher incidence or prevalence of disease, a population health measure … groups, or before-after studies that assessed differences between groups, were most likely to report measures … population should be involved in planning studies to inform the study design, interventions, and outcome measures … gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Disparities#5. Accessed May 23, 2019. 2. HD Pulse.

239. Behavioral Programs for Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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     September 11, 2015 - For HbA1c, we used a difference of 0.4 percent (e.g., 7.6% vs. 8.0%).53 For quality-of-life measures … ; DSMP MD, 0.40; 95% CI, -0.36 to 1.16 MD, -0.06; 95% CI, -0.60 to 0.48 No difference (different measures … Use of widely accepted generic quality-of-life measures would be beneficial.

240. Communication and Dissemination Strategies To Facilitate the Use of Health-Related Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - We will also include studies that measure ultimate outcomes. … Income Health literacy/numeracy Outcome characteristics Definition of outcomes Measures … In general, a study with a low risk of bias has a strong design, measures outcomes appropriately, uses