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81. Disposition of Comments for CER 204 Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2017 - The outcome measures are appropriate. … These measures are categorized based on the NCCOR Measures Registry. … We took these categories from the NCCOR Measure Registry. … You are correct, several studies used more than one method to measure outcomes. … Already stated that they all had only one pre- measure.

82. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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    February 16, 2011 - and our requirement that validated outcome measures be used as an inclusion/exclusion criterion. … Therefore, we will not restrict this review to validated outcome measures. … Validated Outcome Measures: a. … Other Outcome Measures: a. … Core outcome measures for chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations.

83. Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics – Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2020 - the selection based on their professional knowledge and also considering the frequency of an outcome measure … To arrive at a quantitative measure, we will use the Jadad scale, which was developed for drug trials … Since most of the scales used as outcome measures in the pooled analyses are scored so that more severely … Effectiveness: effectiveness trials (pragmatic trials) measure the degree of beneficial effect under … -3 (Conners 3) Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS) Conners' Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales

84. Research Protocol: Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research (pdf file)
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    October 06, 2022 - KQ 2: What approaches have been used to measure or understand the organizational context and process … That assessment will focus on whether the measure is defined clearly (i.e., in a manner that can be … readily replicated), whether the measure can be classified as being nominal, ordinal or continuous; … Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update. … Choose Measures.

85. Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2022 - The decisional dilemma is "how can we define and measure organization characteristics to improve research … KQ 2: What approaches have been used to measure or understand the organizational context and process … the measure is intended to be descriptive or normative (i.e., based on data that is compared to the … Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update . … Choose Measures.

86. Amended Protocol: Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients with Advanced Cancer (pdf file)
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    May 19, 2020 - This tool must include patient-or caregiver-reported measures of anxiety. … rate • Oxygen or carbon dioxide/ bicarbonate levels • Heart rate • Blood pressure • Objective measure … Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care? … Observational scales are used for patients unable to self-report and are validated against self-report … For the purposes of this report focusing on breathlessness, we wanted to focus on an objective measure

87. Meditation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    October 17, 2012 - Experimental measures of attention 1. … will only combine studies using mean differences if multiple trial reports use the same or similar scales … If a direct measure of negative affect is available, we will use that measure instead of any indirect … as indirect measures since they reflect a component of the outcome but there are more direct measures … will be used when the same outcome ( such as anxiety or depression) is measured using different scales

88. Meditation Programs for Stress and Well-Being | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - will only combine studies using mean differences if multiple trial reports use the same or similar scales … SMD is the mean difference divided by a measure of within group standard deviation. … If a direct measure of negative affect is available, we will use that measure instead of any indirect … as indirect measures since they reflect a component of the outcome but there are more direct measures … SMD is the mean difference divided by a measure of within group standard deviation.

89. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    October 13, 2021 - The components of the measures have been combined into a composite measure, the Global Malnutrition … for the eventual composite measure. … that are first scored separately as proportion measures. … can vary depending on the tool used to measure it. … The target audience for this report is quality measure developers.

90. Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: Systematic Review, Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2018 - • Included measures have: – Low sensitivities, so normal values on the physiologic measure (a negative … – High specificities, meaning abnormal values on the physiologic measure (positive test) are unlikely … known or suspected trauma who are treated out-of-hospital by EMS personnel, what is the evidence that scales … Tables A, B, and C consolidate the key estimates of the predictive utility of each identified measure … There was also limited detail about how the physiologic measure data were collected.

91. Quantitative Synthesis: Learning Objectives and Recommendations (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2019 - • Chapter 2: Be able to recognize common measures of association for meta-analysis (e.g., risk difference … to analyze. ► Risk difference is the preferred measure if conversion to NNT or NNH is sought … ► Risk difference is not the preferred measure when the event is rare. … ► Risk ratio is not the preferred measure if switching between occurrence and non-occurrence of the … The Peto odds ratio viewed as a new effect measure.

92. A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2019 - 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 … This will require determining appropriate weights for individual components, as well as considering potential … Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care. … Outcomes assessment in cancer: Measures, methods, and applications.

93. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (pdf file)
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    October 24, 2019 - Primary PTSD outcome measure b. … Analysis type of primary PTSD outcome measure (ITT, completer) d. … Results for other PTSD outcome measure(s) for studies that used a clinician- administered measure abstracted … as primary PTSD outcome measure l. … Were outcome measures equal, valid, and reliable? l.

94. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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    May 19, 2010 - the selection based on their professional knowledge and also considering the frequency of an outcome measure … To arrive at a quantitative measure, we will use the Jadad scale, which was developed for drug trials2 … Since most of the scales used as outcome measures in the pooled analyses are scored so that more severely … Effectiveness: effectiveness trials (pragmatic trials) measure the degree of beneficial effect under … -3 (Conners 3) Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS) Conners' Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales

95. A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2019 - 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 … This will require determining appropriate weights for individual components, as well as considering potential … Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care. … Outcomes assessment in cancer: Measures, methods, and applications.

96. EHC Protocol: Updating the Measurement Criteria for AHRQ's National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (pdf file)
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    September 06, 2023 - How should the current NHQDR measure selection prioritization criteria be updated? … How should the new NHDQR measure selection prioritization criteria be applied? III. … the importance of selecting measures, suggesting measures only for individual clinical areas or patient … regarding the procedural effort to obtain measures, evidence of content validity for the measure selection … Quality Indicator" [Title/Abstract] OR "Healthcare Quality Indicators" [Title/Abstract] OR "quality measure

97. AHRQ Researchers Show How Learning Health Systems Can Help Organizations Improve Practice | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - organizations can use the learning health system framework to translate evidence into practice and measure

98. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2019 - (if not reported, assume clinician-rated PTSD measure) All other outcome measures (list) Assessment … at each time point Method for handing missing data for primary PTSD outcome measure Results for … primary PTSD outcome measure Analysis type of primary PTSD outcome measure (ITT vs. completer) Statistical … analysis method for primary outcome* Results for other PTSD outcome measure Within group effect … size on primary PTSD outcome measure, by condition at posttreatment and each available follow up time

99. 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.

100. Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2023 - high-quality (e.g., measured using validated scales). … We found 90 studies that take various approaches to describe, measure, and analyze organizational characteristics … Cancer-related studies that include organizational measures have used a wide range of study designs and … We identified specific organizational measures examined in the cancer care literature, noting little … standardization of measures across studies and a need for multilevel inquiry.