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2241. 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

2242. 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

2243. 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

2244. A Systematic Review of the Processes Used To Link Clinical Trial Registrations to Their Published Results | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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2245. Template for Draft Reports (pdf file)
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      October 06, 2006 - Template for Draft Reports Appendix A: Search Strategies Appendix A: Search Strategies DIALOG MEDLINE®/EMBASE Search. Run on August 3, 2006 TOTAL = 3080 MEDLINE® = 1576 EMBASE = 1504 unique records EMBASE terminology is in bold s1 dt=randomized controlled trial OR randomized controlled tria…

2246. 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

2247. 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.

2248. 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

2249. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (CIN): Current State of the Evidence on Contrast Media and Prevention of CIN | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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2250. Eye Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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2251. Newborn Screening | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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2252. Vitamin D Deficiency | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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2253. Bullying | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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2254. Triglycerides | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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2255. Alternative Payment Models | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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2256. Insomnia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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2257. Pneumonia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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2258. A1C | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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2259. Period Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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