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341. Hepatitis-C-Screening Executive (pdf file)
     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

342. Disposition of Comments for Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups (pdf file)
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     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.

343. Disposition of Comments for CER 160 Binge Eating Disorder (pdf file)
     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.

344. Glaucoma-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
     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

345. 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

346. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - researchers use Child Depression Rating Scale (CDRS) scores as a primary intervention assessment measure

347. Disposition of Comments Report for Methods for Insulin Delivery and Glucose Monitoring (pdf file)
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     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.

348. Guidance for the Conduct and Reporting of Modeling and Simulation Studies in the Context of Health Technology Assessment (pdf file)
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     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,

349. Microsoft Word - Comparative_Effectiveness_Research_Review_Disposition_of_Comments_Report_Final_120710_refs_delinked1.docx (pdf file)
     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

350. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Analgesics for Osteoarthritis—An Update of the 2006 Report. (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2011 - The appendixes were helpful in understanding some of the methods and measures used to rate studies.

351. Disposition of Comments Report for Treatments for Ankyloglossia and Ankyloglossia With Concomitant Lip-Tie (pdf file)
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     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 measure … Measures 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.

352. Topic Brief: Interventions to Decrease Hospital Length of Stay (pdf file)
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     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…

353. Systematic Review on Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain: Surveillance Report 2 (pdf file)
     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.

354. Appendixes (pdf file)
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     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

355. Systematic Review on Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain: Surveillance Report 2 (pdf file)
     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.

356. Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews (pdf file)
     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

357. 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

358. 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.

359. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     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

360. Interventions-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1306 (pdf file)
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     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