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161. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_disposition-comments.pdf
     September 01, 2011 - In consultation with the TEP, the JADAS was not selected as a priority measure. … This study focused on the most commonly used measures. … Outcome measures appropriate as are statistical methods. … The nature of the CHAQ as a disability measure has been clarified. … When testing inter-rater reliability, the same measure should be used.

162. 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

163. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 22, 2012 - Measures Various measures can be used to evaluate the presence and severity of the tinnitus.9 There … Psychological grading scales can aid in the discrimination between clinically significant and nonsignificant … Visual analog scales (VASs) are well known psychometric measures of subjective attitudes and characteristics … following changes to our KQs:  KQ 1 has been amended to be inclusive of tinnitus evaluation scales … These domains were adapted from the Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scales for case-control studies

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

165. 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

166. 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

167. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - What are the benefits and associated costs of using hematologic measures such as percentage of hypochromic … erythrocytes or reticulocyte hemoglobin content in relation to other measures of iron metabolic status … What are the benefits and associated costs of using hematologic measures such as percentage of hypochromic … erythrocytes or reticulocyte hemoglobin content in relation to other measures of iron metabolic status … What is the most effective interval in which to measure markers of iron metabolic status to achieve

168. ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF INCLUDED STUDIES (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2011 - Risk of Bias and Applicability Many commonly used quality assessment tools measure external validity … Risk of Bias and Outcome Measures The use of valid and reliable outcome measures reduces the likelihood … Notice that such declarative statements implicitly assign weights to the different items. … For a scale, the weights of different items are explicit rather than implicit. … Scales to assess the quality of randomized controlled trials: a systematic review.

169. Arthritis-Knee-Physical-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - 02, 2011 8 – Isokinetic dynamometer – Knee goniometry – Lower extremity activity profile – Measure … o Markers of inflammation: – Girth measurements for swelling/edema o Self-reported patient scales … clinical outcomes) – Functional Status Index – Timed Get Up and Go Test – Fifty-foot Timed Walk Measure … Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) Pain subscale – Patient Global Assessment – Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales … – Outcome Measures in Rheumatology – OMERACT outcome measures including:  Pain  Physical function

170. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disabilities-quality-improvement-outcomes_research-protocol.pdf
     August 03, 2011 - The outcome measures may also be enhanced by using selected process measures that address the extent … Measures related to performance of care coordination are also of interest. … 2011 Research Timing: We will assess the duration of followup generally applied with each measure … Measurement time frame and the potential for fluctuating levels Disability cut-points (if the measure … Care Coordination Measures Atlas. Version 3.

171. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review_Trauma Informed Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     January 14, 2025 - workers serving children to have a better understanding of the elements of TIC and for studies to measure … We appreciate that identifying measures may be complex given the variability in traumatic experiences … A clear definition of short-term vs long term outcome measures is needed. … complexity with TIC approaches reviewed involves insufficient instruments to operationalize and measure … complexity with TIC approaches reviewed involves insufficient instruments to operationalize and measure

172. Cannabis-App-F5-Table-Surveillance-Report-2 0 0 (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - 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

173. Appendix-E-Table-E5 0 (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - 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

174. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review 255: Transitions of Care From Pediatric to Adult Services for Children With Special Healthcare Needs (pdf file)
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     May 31, 2022 - , utilization measures. … from NIH PhenX or PROMIS into a consolidated measure set. … Many of the measures may be classified as process measures (e.g., screenings for depression) as well … literature along with important contextual information to understand what the measure is, the measure … target, whether it was validated and which studies evaluated the measure.

175. Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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176. Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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177. S58 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - measures. … Nachega et al27 found a significant relationship between a claims-based measure of antiretroviral adherence … Construction of a refill persistence measure must also take into account the complexity of many treatment … Thus, researchers should be wary of simply selecting a single measure and mechanically applying the required … to control for co-occurring conditions.34,35 However, such indices may under-adjust, as they force weights

178. REQUEST FOR TASK ORDER (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - Measures. … Therefore, the denominator for this benchmark measure included only those patients who had chemotherapy … Our measure of chemotherapy toxicity may be a more specific measure of over-zealous chemotherapy use … Measures of the quality of end-of-life care can be divided into those that measure over-use of aggressive … The benchmark measure for chemotherapy toxicity is also measured for this time period.

179. Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2017 - be significant symptom changes based on objective tests or subjective validated questionnaires or scales … This review will examine improvement thresholds of clinical importance in validated scales and checklists … Bladder and pelvic tests that do not measure UI specifically or are used for diagnostic purposes (e.g … ., urodynamic testing, pelvic muscle strength); urination measures that do not measure UI specifically … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: June 6, 2017 16 Vaginal cones/weights

180. PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - specificity, predictive values, likelihood ratios, or receiver operating characteristic curves and derived measures … often remote from health outcome, in the short term, researchers rely on more proximate efficacy measures … one could consider jumping immediately to randomized clinical trials with patient-centered outcome measures … Memorandum for the evaluation of diagnostic measures. … Likelihood ratios as a measure of the diagnostic usefulness of excretory urogram information.