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2221. Mass-Casualty-Events-Scarce-Resources Executive (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - Triage systems and explicit triage acuity scales have been used in emergency departments for many years … Several studies did not measure health outcomes or even the most relevant process outcomes. … Instead, most of the studies focused on measures of throughput. … further broaden our coverage of the topic, we included in a separate section studies that had some measure … There was some degree of subjectivity in assigning scores to each item in our quality assessment scales

2222. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2010 - In this setting, once all routine measures are utilized (e.g., clamps, plasma transfusions, tourniquets … as an end-stage measure. … Does the hospitalization weights apply to non-hospitalized encounters? … The weights were used to adjust for the increasing number of hospitals included in the Premier sample … The data are representative without statistical manipulation beyond use of the statistical weights

2223. Disposition of Comments for CER 147 Menopausal Symptoms: Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies (pdf file)
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      March 05, 2015 - When describing the many scales used to measure outcomes, authors should consistently note direction … Direction of all scales for all outcomes have been defined. … Scales for outcome measures appear to be focused on overall QOL measures and components of QOL measures … The table has been edited so that all reflect some measure of improvement. … VAS scales have been removed.

2224. Disposition of Comments for CER 202 Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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      December 14, 2017 - healthcare utilization was not directly measured within the AIR or RISA trials, these trials did measure … FEV1 data was collected in AIR2 as a safety measure, to confirm that pulmonary physiology does not … 2010 AIR2 trial, there existed a 96% PPS of an improvement in the asthma-specific quality of life measure … may not be clinically important, as it did not achieve the minimum important difference for this measure … Reviewer 10 Ann Roy on behalf of Boston Scientific Results Detailed Synthesis – Symptoms (secondary measure

2225. Bundled Payment: Effects on Health Care Spending and Quality (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - magnitude of effects for similar quality measures between studies. … but inconsistent for quality measures. … Use standardized measures of impact on costs and quality. … The measures used varied across studies. … Incorporate quantitative and qualitative measures of program design and contextual factors.

2226. Newer Medications for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) Associated with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      April 24, 2015 - We will assess statistical heterogeneity with Cochran's Q test and measure magnitude with I 2 statistic … We will assess strength of evidence for key final health outcomes measured with validated scales. … response different than those described by population studies. 24 Table 3 : Symptom and Quality of Life Scales … Benign prostatic hyperplasia specific health status measures in clinical research: how much change in … Benign prostatic hyperplasia specific health status measures in clinical research: how much change in

2227. Comparative Effectiveness of Second Generation Antidepressants in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Depression—An Update to a 2007 Report. (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2011 - 'Drug Interactions' is not really an outcome measure. … All studies used physician-rated scales to assess the main outcome measures. … Quality of life, however, was rarely assessed as a primary outcome measure. … Statistical heterogeneity also depends on the outcome measure of choice. … Relative outcome measures (e.g. ORs) are usually more stable than changes on scores.

2228. Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation (NPPV) for Acute Respiratory Failure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      April 21, 2011 - Unless a patient’s condition is rapidly reversible, these conservative measures often fail to improve … Outcomes measures for each question: Intermediate outcomes: Physiological measures such as respiratory … Psychological distress (e.g., anxiety) assessed by using a validated measure. … Final outcomes: Functional status measured by using a validated questionnaire or performance-based measure … expected to be binary or categorical; we will, therefore, summarize these outcomes by a weighted effect measure

2229. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      April 21, 2011 - Unless a patient’s condition is rapidly reversible, these conservative measures often fail to improve … Outcomes measures for each question: o Intermediate outcomes: – Physiological measures such … – Psychological distress (e.g., anxiety) assessed by using a validated measure. … outcomes: – Functional status measured by using a validated questionnaire or performance-based measure … expected to be binary or categorical; we will, therefore, summarize these outcomes by a weighted effect measure

2230. Disposition of Comments for Screening of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - Lance Peterson describes a useful outcomes measure: the percent (%) of MRSA isolation days captured, … of the page, the report states that health care-associated MRSA acquisition is an indirect outcome measure … Acquisition is, in fact, the best measure of transmission of MRSA. … differentiate between acquisition of MRSA (colonization) versus infection as the primary outcome measure … Failure to specifically measure acquisition is a potential weakness of the study.

2231. Multidisciplinary Postacute Rehabilitation for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in AdultsBrain Injury in Adults Surveillance Report 08082016 CCKK CC final clean (pdf file)
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      September 02, 2016 - $This$group$ also$cited$the$utility$of$this$measure$in$evaluating$progress$in$rehabilitation. … $Instead,$we$chose$to$ include$studies$with$scales$that$incorporated$community$integration$or$quality … $Prespecified$ secondary$outcomes$scales$included$the$Extended$Glasgow$Outcome$Scale$(GOS"E),$the$ … $We$identified$other$ scales$during$the$screening$process. … $Descriptions$of$all$secondary$outcome$measures$appear$in$ Table$3.

2232. Disposition of Comments for CER 168 Infantile Hemangioma (pdf file)
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      January 15, 2016 - The criteria for outcome measures and strength of evidence are clearly stated. … In the opinion of clinical experts, and given the description of scales in each study, this was a reasonable … Two studies in the meta- analysis used VAS scales, one on a 10-point scale and one on a 100-point scale … Methods for dealing with these multiple scales are described in Appendix D. … This measure can be used comparatively by considering the difference in expected clearance.

2233. Calcineurin_Inhibitors_Protocol_FINAL_10-07-2014 (pdf file)
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      October 08, 2014 - Compared with the immunoassays, HPLC and LC-MS/MS offer more precise measures of the parent compound … In the absence of such studies, we will include as indirect evidence studies that report measures of … We will compute effect sizes and measures of variance using standard methods and will perform random-effects … Was the outcome measure of interest objective and was it objectively measured? 18. … Was a standard instrument used to measure the outcome? 19.

2234. Multidisciplinary Postacute Rehabilitation for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults Disposition of Comments (pdf file)
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      October 07, 2012 - We selected one outcome measure on which to investigate how MCID was addressed in eligible studies. … In addition, of the three ICF levels - participation is by far the most difficult to define and measure … The scales selected to measure community integration contain items that measure activities. … psychometric capacity to identify MCID, couldn't one conclude that the metric selected (participation scales … improve more global measures.

2235. Depression-Postpartum-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2013 - This allows an approach that compares total tests or false-positive results as a measure of “cost” or … “harm” with a measure of benefit, such as “cases of depression detected.” … organization) were risk factors for depression. 12 Finally, although studies used a variety of different scales … All six provided some measure of appropriate diagnosis and treatment of depression. … In practice, this means not only agreement on which variables to collect, but how to measure and report

2236. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      September 06, 2016 - For observational studies (that evaluated associations between baseline intake or measures of n-3 FA … analysis refers [e.g., all assigned to an interventions, all receiving the intervention], the effect measure … potential increase in total study population sample size (>20%), a change in the magnitude of outcome measures … where groups are compared based on n-3 FA intake or intake biomarker values (clinical outcomes) : measure … adequate description regarding n-3 FA intake measurement ** No data on instrument or method used to measure

2237. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report #208 Part 5 (pdf file)
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      July 26, 2012 - Comment Response Peer Reviewer 4 General Comments In addition, most reports on providers do not measure … What are the implications of the measures used in interpreting the results? … With better risk adjustment measures now available, should mortality measures be revisited? … Do you have suggestions for key measures to include in the public reports? … Measures not used for public reporting are outside the scope of this review and the authors are not

2238. Methods Research Report: Challenges in Conducting EPC Reviews of Behavior Change Interventions (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2015 - reflection of a point raised by KIs that there is frequently little consensus among experts as to which scales … In childhood research, for example, there are many validated instruments used to measure the same construct … However the guidance does not specify minimum expectations for a valid and validated measure for inclusion … and does not require expertise in measure development and validity. 11 Risk of Bias Assessments … If blinding, regardless of feasibility or appropriateness, is an important measure of rigor, then by

2239. Microsoft Word - cognitive-decline-protocol-160322.docx (pdf file)
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      March 22, 2016 - In some instances the other measures of decline could apply to either dementia or age-related cognitive … KQ 3: What is the strength of association between outcome measures examined in KQs 1 or 2 including … For outcomes measured with instruments that lack established thresholds to measure improvement, we … appropriateness of pooling data.16 We will assess statistical heterogeneity with Cochran’s Q test and measure … We will assess strength of evidence for key final health outcomes measured with validated scales.

2240. Treatment of Dementia Among Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Medicare Beneficiaries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      May 22, 2008 - The MCBS files also include survey weights that can be used to produce nationally representative estimates … Measures of cognition using the MDS-COGS correlate about 0.7 with the Mini-Mental State Examination. … Medication measures included the cholinesterase inhibitors, donepezil, galantamine, and rivastigmine … The MCBS survey weights are used to project national estimates for each measure. … Although we had no direct measure of severity of dementia for the community-dwelling sample, it is reasonable