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181. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2021 - There are several groups that regularly measure patterns of care and publish on adherence with ASTRO … ASTRO will collaborate and support patterns of care studies to measure and compare rates of concordance

182. Template for Draft Reports (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - What standardized outcome measures should be used for HCBS and NH recipients that fully measure benefits … What quality-of-life measures and disease-specific measures should be used to capture an individual … What quality-of-life measures and disease specific measures should be used to capture an individual's … o Measure outcomes at appropriate and comparable intervals of time. … What standardized outcome measures should be used for HCBS and NH recipients that fully measure benefits

183. Use of Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in the Management of Heart Failure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - These domains were adapted from the Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scales for case-control studies … judgment with regards to comparability of study populations, diagnostic standard, treatments, and outcome measures … Copenhagen, Denmark) and the DerSimonian and Laird random and fixed effects models 34 to generate summary measures … Outcome Measurements Was the outcome defined clearly (i.e., was the measure described in … Outcome Measurements Was the outcome defined clearly (i.e., was the measure described in

184. Comparative Effectiveness of Case Management for Adults With Medical Illness and Complex Care Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - and cost are other relevant outcome measures. … Process measure outcomes (include but are not limited to): adherence to therapy; missed appointments … KQ 3: In adults with medical illness and complex care needs, does case management affect process measure … Does the effectiveness of case management for process measure outcomes differ according to patient characteristics … Does the effectiveness of case management for process measure outcomes differ according to intervention

185. The Empirical Evidence of Bias in Trials Measuring Treatment Differences | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - Studies differed markedly on a number of dimensions including measures/scales used to measure biases,

186. Ptsd-Adults-Trauma-Interventions Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 08, 2012 - Population, Interventions, Comparators, Outcome measures, Timing, and Setting (PICOTS) criteria for … gr=cli&prod=dts&id=overview#scales. … gr=cli&prod=dts&id=overview#scales Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: … Online: November 8, 2012 patient reports little or no distress on Subjective Units of Distress Scales … PTSD outcome measures Outcome Measure Description Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS)24, 49

187. Executive Summary: Pain Management Interventions for Hip Fracture (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2011 - Observational analytic studies were assessed using the cohort and case­control Newcastle Ottawa Scales … Acute pain was measured using different scales (numeric rating score [1–5] and 10cm VAS). … Acute pain was measured using the 10cm VAS; the baseline measure was 6.5cm. … Acute pain was measured using different scales (i.e., numeric rating scales and 10cm VAS). … Standardization of outcomes and outcome measures will allow easier and meaningful comparisons across

188. Phenylketonuria Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - in study) • Did not provide Phe level and IQ data for each participant or mean/median levels plus measure … (as specified in study) • Did not provide Phe data for each participant or mean/median levels plus measure … deviation) • Did not provide executive function data for each participant or mean/median data plus measure … Currently, findings on the association of Phe levels and any specific measure of executive function … Registries have been established and will provide important data, as will ongoing studies that measure

189. Disposition of Comments Report for Assessment and Management of Chronic Cough (pdf file)
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     January 07, 2013 - other dimensions of cough Peer Reviewer #3 General The comments about Visual Analogue Scales are … Such studies suggest to me that VAS measures still perform better than many other subjective scales … For each of these measures we sought to measure the validity, reliability, and Source: http: … Lastly, Visual Analogue Scales are reported very unfavourably. … besides cough counting (i.e. other QOL scores, VAS scales) may be more effective tools to evaluate

190. Carbohydrate-Intake-Draft-Report-Rob-Table (xls file)
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     February 27, 2025 - If possible, this is rated for the measure of interest at the main timepoint of interest (e.g., GWG at … characteristics by restriction or matching (<10% or authors report not statistically significant) For yes: are measures

191. Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Home Evidence Reports Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures … SHARE: Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures … Objective To conduct a systematic review of the use of pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) measures … Evidence is insufficient to conclude whether using PK/PD measures to inform decisions about dosing or … One trial (rated high risk of bias) used PK/PD measures to study the impact of different antibiotic dosing

192. Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Home Evidence Reports Public Reporting of Cost Measures … Purpose We sought to document current practices for public reporting Web sites that include measures … We conducted a systematic scan to identify Web sites that report cost measures, and cataloged these measures … Project Timeline Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health Jan 10, 2014 … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/public-reporting-cost-measures/technical-brief

193. Psychological Treatments and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - Appendix A, at the end of this report, describes each of the PTSD measures in detail. … Outcome measures: PTSD symptom reduction, both assessor-rated and self-reported, as measured by the … prodname=dts#scales . National Center for PTSD. Davidson Trauma Scale (DTS). … PTSD outcome measures Outcome Measure Description Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale … It can be scored as a continuous measure of PTSD symptom severity.

194. Assessment Tools for Palliative Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2021 - In the mid-1990s, Teno and colleagues published the first TIME Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End-of-Life … Questionnaire"[tiab] OR "self report"[tiab] OR instrument[tiab] OR instruments[tiab] OR scale[tiab] OR scales … Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End of Life Care (TIME). … PROMIS: Measures. … Grid-Enabled Measures Database.

195. Additional Patient Outcomes and Alternative Pathways in Evaluations of Testing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - Existing testing trials and studies do not always have a health outcome as the primary outcome measure … Researchers sometimes focus on an outcome measure for which they hope to demonstrate a benefit, such … on patients, beyond the primary clinical outcome measures. … If one feels that testing may lead to clinically relevant anxiety, one of the existing anxiety scales … These scales are probably not sensitive enough to detect more subtle changes, which could help to explain

196. Research Protocol: Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases (pdf file)
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     October 10, 2019 - ), volume of metastases (mean, SD, other measures), size of metastases (mean, SD, other measures) … outcomes functional status and quality of life we will assess whether the outcome assessment used scales … Quality of life as measured by validated scales 3. Cognitive function measured by any scale 4. … mean differences, will be translated into absolute effects or mean differences on known scales to help … We will review the applicability of the assessment scales to the population of interest.

197. Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2021 - ), volume of metastases (mean, SD, other measures), size of metastases (mean, SD, other measures) Prognostic … outcomes functional status and quality of life we will assess whether the outcome assessment used scales … Question 1–3 Overall survival (time to death, hazard ratio) Quality of life as measured by validated scales … mean differences, will be translated into absolute effects or mean differences on known scales to help … We will review the applicability of the assessment scales to the population of interest.

198. Assessing the Validity of Administrative Data Using Clinical Medical Records | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - the proposed model, strategies to overcome or avoid them, and potential improvements to the model; Measure … You Might Also Like Research Protocol Aug 02, 2024 Pediatric Quality Measures … Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup

199. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2021 - There are several groups that regularly measure patterns of care and publish on adherence with ASTRO … ASTRO will collaborate and support patterns of care studies to measure and compare rates of concordance

200. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Measuring Outcomes of Care for Persons With Disabilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - In addition to the basic repertoire of condition-specific and generic outcomes measures, additional measures … The outcome measures may also be enhanced by using selected process measures that address the extent … efforts. 6 Research Timing: We will assess the duration of followup generally applied with each measure … instruments Measurement time frame and the potential for fluctuating levels Disability cut-points (if the measure … Care Coordination Measures Atlas. Version 3.