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  1. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c-screening_executive.pdf
    November 01, 2012 - infection two to four decades earlier.8,9 HCV without cirrhosis is associated with worse quality of life measures … provided (usually sample size, prevalence, sensitivity, and specificity) and compared calculated measures … The AUROC, which is based on sensitivities and specificities across a range of test results, is a measure … dropouts and have low dropout rates; use appropriate methods for preventing bias; and appropriately measure … may have importance not only in terms of individual clinical outcomes, but also as a public health measure
  2. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/fibromyalgia_disposition-comments.pdf
    January 26, 2015 - The use of all known FMS criteria and standard FMS outcome measures were appropriate. … information from the entire review process is provided in Table 12- Strength of Evidence, which gives a measure … We did not add this reference on how best to measure outcomes changes in chronic pain since that is … older groups--I have used the Late Life Function and Disability Index to capture a more accurate measure … We did not add a discussion of functional measures which is beyond the scope of this project.
  3. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/binge-eating-disposition-160504.pdf
    December 09, 2015 - Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Modified for Binge Eating to Support Use in Clinical Trials as a Measure … Both studies utilized the gold standard assessment measure (EDE) to determine the same primary outcomes … The outcome measures (behavioral=binge eating, weight, and psychological) are entirely appropriate. … overall b/c of lack of reporting of baseline differences, especially use of medications; also no measure … Therapeutic: non-therapist led CBT using similar methods and outcomes measures C.
  4. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-treatment_executive.pdf
    April 01, 2012 - for the analysis of primary studies, including the assessments of heterogeneity, reporting bias, measures
  5. Obesity (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
    December 01, 2015 - Body mass index (BMI), a measure of an individual’s weight relative to his or her height (kg/m2), is … significantly correlated to an individual’s body-fat percentage and is used as a measure to determine … behavior modification program in adults with BMI of 30–40 kg/m2 for whom more conservative weight measures … other obesity drugs are available, several experts cited liraglutide’s potential to improve some measures … (T2DM).2 However, a treatment gap exists between invasive bariatric surgery and more conservative measures
  6. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/depression-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
    December 01, 2014 - researchers use Child Depression Rating Scale (CDRS) scores as a primary intervention assessment measure
  7. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/insulin-blood-sugar-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - Unlike medications, a subject does not just measure glucose and realize benefits or risks. … (I did not see that for the JRF study- which cited improved QOL for glycemic control and socal scales … In a broader view, all of the tools measure some aspect of quality of life. … While agreeing that the separate measures do all measure some aspect of quality of life, they each … measure different domains and have been verified in different settings.
  8. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/decision-models-guidance_methods.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - Sometimes “utility” is defined as a “cardinal measure of the strength of one’s preference.”94-96 … for variables in the model (e.g., treatment effects, transition probabilities, costs, and utility weights … studies of interventions, estimates of treatment effects and other inputs (together with corresponding measures … For example, inconsistency in network meta-analyses can indicate the presence of effect measure modification … Calibrating models in economic evaluation: a comparison of alternative measures of goodness of fit,
  9. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism_disposition-comments.pdf
    November 01, 2010 - Varied instruments were used for different children to measure outcomes for the same domain. … Strength of evidence is a measure of our confidence in the results currently observed. … We do not intend to imply that within group change is a measure of treatment effect. … because it can be argued that many different interventions distally focus on skills that impact these scales … skills various treatments tend to directly address (i.e., proximal measures) and do not measure the
  10. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain-disposition-120516.pdf
    October 01, 2011 - The appendixes were helpful in understanding some of the methods and measures used to rate studies.
  11. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ankyloglossia_disposition-comments.pdf
    May 04, 2015 - Abstract vii (6 of 274), line 30: Future studies could provide additional data to confirm or change the measure … problem with the studies of articulation and speech is that when intelligibility was assessed, this measureMeasures of intelligibility should be made based on published protocols for ways to assess it. … I'm concerned that maternal report of pain is being discounted as a valid measure. … Pain scales are commonly used in medical research.
  12. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/system/files/docs/topic-brief-hospital-length-of-stay.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - Topic Brief: Interventions to Decrease Hospital Length of Stay 1 Topic Brief: Interventions to Decrease Hospital Length of Stay Date: 8/6/2019 Nomination Number: 866 Purpose: This document summarizes the information addressing a nomination submitted on 6/28/2019 through the Effective Health Care Web…
  13. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/opioid-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-2.pdf
    April 01, 2022 - chronic pain, what is the comparative effectiveness of different tapering protocols and strategies on measures … Predictors of long-term use of prescription opioids in the community- dwelling population of adults … Prolonged Opioid Use After Lumbar Fusion and the Effects of Opioid Use on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures … A systematic review of the evidence for the efficacy of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain in community-dwelling … Opioid-Related Risk Screening Measures for the Emergency Care Setting.
  14. Appendixes (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendixes-surveillance-report-1.pdf
    September 30, 2021 - chronic pain, what is the comparative effectiveness of different tapering protocols and strategies on measures … headache, fracture, motor vehicle accidents, cardiovascular events, endocrinological effects) KQ 4a: Measures … Predictors of long-term use of prescription opioids in the community- dwelling population of adults … Prolonged Opioid Use After Lumbar Fusion and the Effects of Opioid Use on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures … A systematic review of the evidence for the efficacy of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain in community-dwelling
  15. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/opioid-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-2.pdf
    April 01, 2022 - chronic pain, what is the comparative effectiveness of different tapering protocols and strategies on measures … Predictors of long-term use of prescription opioids in the community- dwelling population of adults … Prolonged Opioid Use After Lumbar Fusion and the Effects of Opioid Use on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures … A systematic review of the evidence for the efficacy of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain in community-dwelling … Opioid-Related Risk Screening Measures for the Emergency Care Setting.
  16. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritization-selection-of-harms.pdf
    February 01, 2018 - We categorized the harms assessed as “individual” or “composite harms;” composite harms included measures … given that the principles underlying the prioritization of outcomes are similar, whether they are to measure … Anticipated harms: (specific vs non-specific) o Unanticipated harms: difficult to say how you would measure … There is a weakness in composite measures. … Number of patients who stop treatment because of side effects is a homogeneous measure, otherwise, lumping
  17. Layout 1 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/preterm-birth-terbutaline-pump_executive.pdf
    September 01, 2011 - Pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic outcome measures can additionally be studied to understand inter-individual … observational studies are susceptible to the effects of confounding, future observational studies should measure
  18. Obesity (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
    June 01, 2015 - Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of an individual’s weight relative to his or her height (kg/m2). … BMI is significantly correlated to an individual’s body-fat percentage and is used as a measure to …  Key Expert Comments: Most experts acknowledged that a treatment gap exists between conservative measures … other obesity drugs are available, several experts cited liraglutide’s potential to improve some measures … Quality of life measures improved in the REDUCE pivotal trial.
  19. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/adhd_executive.pdf
    October 01, 2011 - showed clinically significant symptoms, defined by referral to treatment or high scores on screening measures … reported as standardized mean differences (SMDs) whereby the difference in outcome (using continuous measures … SMD is used as a summary statistic in meta­analysis when the studies use different instruments to measure … Only recently have investigations of PBT included direct measures of ADHD symptoms and associated functional … of justifying health services, the lack of quality control regarding reliability and validity of measures
  20. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/interventions-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
    June 01, 2013 - by 1 cm) that records the information sent from the ingestible sensor and that can also be used to measure … with the names of hospital and clinical staff to reduce risk of patient delirium; fall prevention measures

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