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241. Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - These included studies using self-reported symptom scales (the artificial neural network test, the … Schedule of Fatigue and Anergia for CFS scale, subscales of the SF-36, and other scales) and various … (Low strength of evidence) Improvement on work and social adjustment scales in 2 trials. … Studies used a variety of methods to measure outcomes, limiting comparisons across studies. … Reliability and validity of Short Form 36 Version 2 to measure health perceptions in a sub- group of

242. Comparative Effectiveness of Physical Therapy for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Hand-held dynamometer Isokinetic dynamometer Knee goniometry Lower extremity activity profile Measure … Markers of inflammation: Girth measurements for swelling/edema Self-reported patient scales … Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) Pain subscale Patient Global Assessment Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales … Outcome Measures in Rheumatology OMERACT outcome measures including: Pain Physical function … global assessment Joint imaging (for studies of 1 year or longer) Health-related quality of life measure

243. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 43: Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2023 - Organizational Learning subdomain makes me think further about the LHS competencies and efforts to measure … I usually measure staffing levels, staffmix, and maybe availability of particular clinical expertise … Also related, a definition of ‘measure’ is needed. … Infrastructure, for example, is a construct, not a measure. … We have added definitions of how we understand context, characteristics and processes, measure,

244. Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Nosocomial Pneumonia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Although existing guidance recommends using PK/PD measures to guide the treatment of individuals with … nosocomial pneumonia, previous reviews have not determined the impact of using these measures on the … Question 1 For people with nosocomial pneumonia, how does using PK/PD measures to inform decisions … sufficient data are available, meta-analyses and results will be stratified by (1) method of PK/PD measure … Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) measures .

245. Postpartum Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Postpartum Treatment of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, and Peripartum Magnesium Sulfate Regimens for Preeclampsia With Severe Features | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 01, 2022 - of access to care Quality of communication Support to manage HTN Patient Reported Experience Measure … Specific to postpartum population* , e.g., Mother-Generated Index, Functional Status After Childbirth scales … , PROM = patient reported outcome measure, QoL = quality of life IV. … Patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures. … impact of the process of care on the patient’s experience PROM             Patient Reported Outcome Measure

246. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2011 - Furthermore, knowledge of the variation of a test measure is important when treatment is based on a … Variation in a test measure is a function of the analytical variation of the assay method (bias and … Online: December 20, 2011 13 domains were adapted from the Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scales … with regards to comparability of study populations, diagnostic standard, treatments, and outcome measures … , Denmark) and the DerSimonian and Laird random and fixed effects models 34 to generate summary measures

247. Evidence Summary-Comparative-Effectiveness-Review-213-Lower-Limb-Prostheses (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2018 - What assessment techniques used to measure functional ability of adults with major lower limb amputation … Impact Profile-Physical Dimension) • Tandem Test • TAPES (Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales … Movement, and Mobility No Valid Reliable 11 TAPES (Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales … Specifically: Global Health subscale No Valid No 11 TAPES (Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales … That an instrument demonstrates convergent validity with a given related measure does not imply that

248. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2010 - Subjective (e.g., Epworth sleepiness scales); only validated measures ii. … General symptom scales (e.g., diagnostic screening questionnaires); only validated measures d. … Psychological function scales; only validated measures e. … Cognitive or Executive function scales; only validated measures f. … Physical function scales; only validated measures g.

249. Appendix-E-Table-E5 0 (xls file)
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     November 04, 2021 - Cannabis cohort studies PMID Author, Year Study Design Setting Pain Population Pain Condition Age Measure … Female % Race, White % Race, Black % Race, Hispanic/Latino % Race, Asian % Race, other % Pain Duration Measure

250. Cannabis-App-F5-Table-Surveillance-Report-2 0 0 (xls file)
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     February 16, 2022 - Cannabis cohort studies PMID Author, Year Study Design Setting Pain Population Pain Condition Age Measure … Female % Race, White % Race, Black % Race, Hispanic/Latino % Race, Asian % Race, Other % Pain Duration Measure

251. Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - usual care or other interventions without SMBP in its effect on relevant surrogate outcomes (cardiac measures … Surrogate outcomes (KQs 1b, 2, 3, and 4) Cardiac measures Left ventricular hypertrophy Left … Not : adherence to SMBP monitoring Health care–process measures such health care encounters (visits … Not just as a device to measure the outcome BP. … 5 exp Self Care/ 6 (3 or 4) and 5 7 ((blood pressure or hypertens$) and self and (measure

252. Treatment for Acute Pain: An Evidence Map | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - Most systematic reviews report pain outcomes using scales that measure only pain intensity, while few

253. Observed Association Between Antidepressant Use and Pneumonia Risk Was Confounded by Comorbidity Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - After further adjustment for comorbidity measures, the OR was 0.89 (0.79 to 1.00). … After further adjustment for comorbidity measures, the OR was 0.63 (0.23 to 1.71). … It did not measure exposure to antidepressants or attempt to control for patient factors that may change … required at least six months of data prior to study eligibility to ensure an adequate period in which to measure … with the goal of identifying a potential wide range of potential signals to be further tested, did not measure

254. Management Strategies to Reduce Psychiatric Readmissions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - commonly measured outcome, psychiatric readmissions, probably undercounts true readmission rates; other measures … those at high risk of psychiatric rehospitalization functioning in the community; (2) how to accurately measure

255. Overactive Bladder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 14, 2018 - Research Report September 14, 2018 Assessing the Impact of Indexing Performance Measure

256. Women's Health | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 14, 2018 - Research Report September 14, 2018 Assessing the Impact of Indexing Performance Measure

257. Urinary Incontinence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 14, 2018 - Research Report September 14, 2018 Assessing the Impact of Indexing Performance Measure

258. A Systematic Review of Postpartum Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Postpartum Treatment of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, and Peripartum Magnesium Sulfate Regimens for Preeclampsia With Severe Features (pdf file)
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     April 20, 2022 - access to care ▪ Quality of communication ▪ Support to manage HTN ▪ Patient Reported Experience Measure … Specific to postpartum population*, e.g., Mother-Generated Index, Functional Status After Childbirth scales … , PROM = patient reported outcome measure, QoL = quality of life IV. … Patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures. … Design, Timing, and Setting details for systematic review search PREM Patient Reported Experience Measure

259. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) convene a panel of experts charged with developing quality measures … At AHRQ’s request, we conducted a systematic review to inform the potential development of these measures … between malnutrition and clinical outcomes included a combined 80 studies, only 43 used a known tool to measure … Instead, many studies identified malnutrition using only biometric measures, such as serum albumin levels … Consensus regarding objective measures to define a gold standard for diagnosing malnutrition are critical

260. Restless-Legs Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 16, 2011 - first 2 years of treatment and sometimes many years into treatment. 24 Several developed scales … MCIDs have not been defined for these scales. 23 Table 2: Scales to assess severity of RLS and …  Completed by patient  12-item questionnaire to measure impact of RLS symptoms on daily activities … We will evaluate methods used to define RLS, assess its severity, and measure treatment benefits and …  Studies that report only polysomnographic or other objective sleep-related measures.