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201. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program … Community Forum Knowledge Brief Number 2: Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation Public deliberation—a … • Evaluative case studies report on either single cases or multiple cases; they compare selected measures … Outcomes measured in the literature include process measures as well as measures of the effect of deliberation

202. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 09, 2010 - However, standardized “absolute” measures may provide greater insight. … Regardless of the measure, it is important to be able to measure clinically meaningful responses to … KQ5 • Any measure that can establish psychometric properties. … Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (KQ 4)  Laboratory measure of inflammation … • Cross-sectional studies are acceptable to evaluate clinical outcome measure tools (KQ5).

203. palliative-care-protocol (pdf file)
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     April 14, 2016 - 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. … National Quality Measures Clearinghouse.

204. Disposition of Comments for Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
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     November 24, 2014 - Disposition of Comments for Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment … All provided strict measure for the review, though external/clinical validity may have been compromised … The definitions for outcome measures seem appropriate. … reason, we cannot answer the reviewer’s question about “how good and reproducible” the instruments and scales … factors in influencing outcomes, and that MIC may be a predictor of patient outcomes rather than a measure

205. Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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206. Methods Research Report - Progression-Free Survival: What Does It Mean for Psychological Well-Being or Quality of Life? (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - , etc.), or composite measures of disease activity. … Three of the studies also included disease-specific scales (the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy … QOL measurement description Author, Year QOL Measure Significant Change Threshold QOL Measure … Motzer Level: 2, State: Excluded Refid: 326, Patient preference-based utility weights from the functional … Scales, F. Zhan, K. A. Boehm, L. Asmar and A.

207. Documentation Burden (pdf file)
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     January 14, 2024 - References ES-1 Executive Summary Main Points • This technical brief identifies 11 outcome measure … Limited validity evidence also hinders support for widespread implementation of a specific measure. … The KI’s emphasized that efforts to measure and reduce documentation burden should evaluate whether … Relevant to the current Technical Brief, the NAM report identified determination of how to best measure … Relations to other variables evidence was considered adequate when studies correlated the time measure

208. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     June 11, 2021 - We expect to incorporate this research into our measure development and maintenance processes for the

209. Disposition of Comments for CER 154 Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     October 19, 2015 - Some only measure We agree. … , which is that some studies measure ‘Behavioral outcomes” while other studies measure “functional … Because there were a number of outcomes and various measures, we were unable to synthesize each. … How can I create a study that measures comparable outcomes to studies already published? … (use of an appropriate outcomes measure) iii.

210. Respectful Maternity Care: Dissemination and Implementation of Perinatal Safety Culture to Improve Equitable Maternal Healthcare Delivery and Outcomes (pdf file)
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     September 16, 2022 - Since there is no single tool to identify or measure RMC, recognizing the themes,35 domains,36 and key … Which components of RMC have been examined using validated measures? … Are there validated tools to measure RMC? KQ2. … Comparators KQ 1: Other tool(s), reference/gold standard or no tool to measure respectful care … Publication Date Range: For key questions that define, measure, and evaluate effectiveness of RMC, we

211. CER 205 Disposition of Comments for Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2018 - Key Questions 1 and 3; disability in Question 3) and Question 3 also looks at specific combinations/scales … in some studies these were evaluated on trauma registry data, so they provided information about measure … in some studies these were evaluated on trauma registry data, so they provided information about measure … pediatric and elder population studies analyzed separately This is particularly an issue for the pooled measure … We have expanded the discussion of combined measures.

212. Assessment Tools for Palliative Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 14, 2016 - 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.

213. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Measuring Outcomes of Care for Persons With Disabilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 03, 2011 - 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.

214. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - example, to follow the principle of patient-centeredness, the Program encourages EPCs to use absolute measures … Studies that measure health outcomes (events or conditions that the patient can feel and report on, … self-reported measures of quality of life or function41 and long-term outcomes that require longitudinal … data collection to measure. … • Short-term head-to-head trials that use surrogate (efficacy) measures.

215. Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 24, 2014 - 2014 Systematic Review Apr. 16, 2015 Disposition of Comments Report 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

216. Disposition of Comments for CER 159 Insomnia (pdf file)
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     December 30, 2015 - or measure of insomnia treatment effects on function. … Removed ‘a more comprehensive sleep measure’. … included, but no objective measures. … greatly appreciated by clinicians who often struggle to understand what changes in scores on research scales … measures.

217. Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 03, 2013 - reducing PTSD symptoms, but analysis was based largely on indirect evidence and limited to one outcome measure

218. Topic 0438 Risk stratification and CAD NSD FINAL_SJ-2 (pdf file)
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     November 15, 2013 - used (exercise, vasodilators [dipyridamole and adenosine] and dobutamine) and the method used to measure

219. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2007 - to determine clinical effectiveness or cost effectiveness of health care products and services, to measure … or monitor safety and harm, and/or to measure quality of care. … In choosing measurement scales for assessing patient-reported outcomes, it is preferable to use scales … • Measuring or improving quality of care, including conducting programs to measure and/or improve the … that can be confirmed by an unbiased observer—such as death, test results, and scores from validated measures

220. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Restless Legs Syndrome | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 16, 2011 - In research settings, the same assessments are made using specific rating scales such as the International … MCIDs have not been defined for these scales. 23 Table 2: Scales to assess severity of RLS and its … 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.