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241. Disposition of Comments CER 219 Antipsychotics for the Prevention and Treatment of Delirium (pdf file)
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     September 03, 2019 - We have revised the scales on the forest plots to better fit the data. … In an earlier version of this report particularly when we were unable to calculate a summary measure … Medicus, Jennifer [APA]) Methods We are also concerned that the other end points the review uses to measure … While we agree that the length of stay data are skewed and do not yield a summary measure, inferences … agitation may be more prominent at night when research assistants are less likely to be performing rating scales

242. Disposition of Comments Report for The Patient-Centered Medical Home (pdf file)
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     July 03, 2012 - For example, did the seven studies that examined patient experience measure it in the same way? … Studies did not use the same instrument to measure the concept. … One area that wasn't mentioned is the need to measure the PCMH at the community level. … , including measures of system integration. … Another potential measure would be receipt of preventive services.

243. An analytical framework for quantifying components of variability in prescriber decisions (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - estimator can also be interpreted as a weighted average of subgroup- specific treatment effects where the weights … Conversely, overuse up-weights treatment effects in low-risk patients and thus may cause an IV estimator … estimator can be interpreted as a weighted average of subgroup- specific treatment effects in which the weights … Instrument relevance in multivariate linear models: a simple measure. … Dichotomous Outcomes and Relative Measures of Effect.

244. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2010 - Executive Summary Under study selection you say the reference test is intended to measure the “true” … The studies measured pain on pain scales that included a category “severe” which some patients chose … We have added additional definitions and formulas explaining the measures to the document. … Negative likelihood ratio is a totally different concept and measure. … The confidence intervals around some of the outcome measures are reasonably narrow.

245. Integrating Stakeholder Preferences in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Potential Uses of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Techniques (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - One of the other points to make is that the formality hierarchy process is a quantitative measure, … you will ask the stakeholder to rate topic one versus topic three and providing some quantitative measure … That instrument gives us quantitative instruments of preference weights and from those preference weights … In each case, risk tolerance measures as a maximum acceptable risk was greater for the absolute risk … large number of people and a wide number of alternatives then most people would say conjoint analysis measures

246. Autism-Adolescents Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Numerous screening and diagnostic tools are available to help document and measure symptoms of autism … in order to more accurately describe, measure, and analyze the heterogeneity in presentation associated … allocate patients to treatments; has a low dropout rate; and uses appropriate means to prevent bias; measure … More research is needed to determine a measure of effect associated with any of the interventions described … The Aberrant Behavior Checklist is the best outcome measure for behavioral symptoms in ASD in terms

247. 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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     May 29, 2025 - $This$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.

248. Cer-250-Cannabis-Table-E5-2022-Update 0 (xls file)
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     January 01, 2022 - 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

249. Ch-7-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2012 - The baseline measure of blood pressure is represented by C 0 . … In mediation analysis, the investigator intentionally measures and adjusts intermediate variables to … adherence, and a newer class of causal effect estimators, such as inverse- probability-of-treatment weights … Inverse probability-of-censoring weights for the correction of time-varying noncompliance in the effect … Sensitivity analyses for unmeasured confounding assuming a marginal structural model for repeated measures

250. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2011 - Intermediate outcomes of interest in the management of patients with OSA include sleep study measures … ., AHI), blood pressure (an intermediate outcome for cardiovascular disease), and hemoglobin A1c (a measure … AHI, arousal index, and minimum oxygen saturation; the standard measure of sleepiness, the Epworth Sleepiness … Scale (ESS); the quality-of-life measure Functional Outcomes Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ); and compliance … , and/or sleepiness measures.

251. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 18, 2012 - We will summarize binary or categorical outcomes (e.g., smoking status) by weighted effect measure for … using different scales, we will use standard mean differences. … mesh] OR overweight[tiab] OR obesity[mesh] OR obesity[tiab] OR obese[tiab] OR weight[tiab] OR Body weights … and measures[mesh] OR "body mass index"[tw] OR bmi[tw] 824293 #3 chlorpromazine[MeSH] OR chlorpromazine … presenting physical function/ health-related quality of life outcomes to also provide data for a CV risk measure

252. Disposition of Comments for Treatment of Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - KQ1 is focused on severe visual impairment, which is not an appropriate measure on ethical or practical … of visual impairment, rather than as a disconnected, indirect measure that requires research to link … Due to the chronic and slow progression of glaucoma, it is difficult to measure outcomes associated … Preference-based instruments measure the value that the patient puts on his/her quality of life. … points were lost on the VFQ composite score, and more than one point on the Dependency and Driving Scales

253. Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth (pdf file)
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     February 05, 2025 - disorders, such as MDD, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorders.8 There are diverse outcome measures … that are consistently based on subjective self-reported measures for suicidal ideation with variable … also provided critical suggestions on evaluating outcomes by the timing of occurrence and specific scales … used to measure the severity of suicidal ideation. … We also added examples of scales that are commonly used to measure suicidal ideation and intent and

254. Disposition of Comments Report for Decision Aids for Cancer Screening and Treatment (pdf file)
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     December 23, 2014 - Peer Reviewer #3 Methods The definitions for the outcome measures are appropriate No action required … outcomes, such as quality of life, anxiety, depression, or decisional regret, are more relevant measures … Peer Reviewer #6 Methods For continuous outcomes, did the included papers measure the outcomes at both … Clarify the measure used in the analysis. Baseline measurements were reported in all studies. … What are the scales of the instruments?

255. Pharma-Nonpharma-Ptsd-2022-Update-App-G1 (xls file)
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     January 01, 2022 - have been selected, on the basis of the results, from multiple eligible outcome measurements (e.g. scales

256. Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in Management of Asthma: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - rescue medication; in number of days rescue medications were required; or in pulmonary physiology measures … may not be clinically important, as it did not achieve the minimum important difference for this measure … However, the minimally important difference (MID) was not met for these measures, and the clinical … for respiratory symptoms, health care utilization (rescue medication usage), pulmonary physiology measures

257. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 40: Interventions To Decrease Hospital Length of Stay (pdf file)
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     September 20, 2021 - So an 'expected' or 'adjusted' overall LOS is a better measure of how we are efficiently caring for … In addition, ICU LOS is often seen as an important measure (from a quality of care and safety standpoint … LOS is a hospital-centric measure and may not have as large of a role in a total cost of care/population

258. CER 216 Disposition of Comments Report: Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations (pdf file)
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     April 24, 2019 - major issue w ith this report is the reporting of mean values for some outcomes w ithout reported any measure … Moreover, most of the telestroke studies measure differences in tPA and survival and show that the … measuring the effect of tPA, thus the main problem is that the telestroke studies use a poor outcome measure … Finally, w e agree that mortality may not be the best measure for telestroke and have indicated this … We now have an opportunity to begin to measure outcomes and costs in a consistent w ay.

259. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - The PSA test is used to measure blood levels of PSA, a protein produced by the prostate gland.4 Elevated … standardize reporting of key clinically relevant outcomes and should structure the assessment of outcome measures … Was the outcome measure of interest objective and was it objectively measured? … Was the outcome measure of interest objective and was it objectively measured? … Definition of Terms I2: This is a measure of heterogeneity, ranging from 0 to 100 percent, in which

260. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - Improvement or slower deterioration from baseline biomarker measures could indicate a slowing of age … KQ 3: What is the strength of association between outcome measures examined in KQs 1 or 2 including … neuropsychological tests for extraction and analysis by their purpose and/or what they attempt to measure … Many studies originally designed for other purposes have added cognitive measures post- hoc. … Although no one measure is adequate for all applications, movement towards the use of batteries with