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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/copd-management_research.pdf
December 01, 2009 - Measurements and main results: Primary outcome measures were all-cause mortality, chronic
obstructive … exacerbations and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalizations; however we are unable to measure … We were unable to measure symptoms or
functioning which may be improved because of the bronchodilatory … In addition, we do
not measure medication adherence, and therefore do not know if the observed association … However, we do not have measures of lung function that would allow us to account
for differences in
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-253-maternal-child-outcomes-wic-executive-summary.pdf
April 01, 2022 - associated with higher cognitive development
scores in early childhood (SOE: Low), no differences in measures … of child
communication and adaptive behavior in early childhood (SOE: Low), and no
differences in measures … • No difference in child communication and adaptive
behavior (1 maternal study)
• No difference in measures … meta-analysis because of the heterogeneity of study designs,
populations, comparisons, and outcome measures
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/Appendix-E-Evidence-Tables-E1-E4_0.xlsx
May 29, 2025 - Year Study Design Crossover Design Setting Pain Population Pain Condition Prior Cannabis Exposure Age Measure … Female % Race, White % Race, Black % Race, Hispanic/Latino % Race, Asian % Race, Other % Pain Duration Measure … B 95% CI Lower Bound 95% CI Upper Bound Measure Used for Change in Severity of Pain Scale Variance Type … Between Group Δ Variance Between Group Δ 95% CI Lower Limit Between Group Δ 95% CI Upper Limit P-value Measure … statistically significant differences in patient global impression of change, pain-related anxiety, measures
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/high-risk-drugs-protocol.pdf
July 27, 2023 - What patient safety measures or indicators have been used to examine the harm
associated anticoagulant … For Review
Question 2, we will focus on identifying relevant measures that are included in the
Centers … for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) patient safety measures, AHRQ’s
Patient Safety Indicators, … or the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
patient safety-related measures. … Contextual information:
• Rationale for PSPs
• Patient safety measures or indicators
• Toolkits and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breastfeeding-health-outcomes-protocol-amendment.pdf
February 03, 2025 - Early initiation of breastfeeding: Fed human milk within one hour of birth37
• Ever breastfed: A measure … human milk: Human milk that has been expressed by hand or with a pump
• Intensity of breastfeeding: A measure … human milk and commercial milk formula but not
complementary foods or beverages
• Mode of feeding: A measure … Allergic rhinitis
o Food allergies
• Asthma
• Celiac disease
• Cognitive development (e.g., measures … of IQ
and other cognitive development measures)
• Childhood cancer
• Cardiovascular disease outcomes
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/primary-healthcare-spending/tech-brief
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/treatment-resistant-depression_executive.pdf
September 01, 2011 - Cognitive 22 Insufficient 1 fair trial: no significant differences in ECT
+ rTMS functioning a single item measure … No differences
between groups on a single-item measure of cognitive
functioning were found in a study … Measured outcomes on the whole reflected the most
important clinical outcomes for depression measures … Followup periods were generally shorter than desirable,
but most were sufficient to measure an initial … Including key relevant measures and subgroups in
subsequent research is desirable.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/obesity-child_research-protocol.pdf
March 31, 2010 - status), school
factors (e.g., nutrition service, curriculum including physical activity, annual BMI measure … Various measures have been used in the field to assess adiposity and childhood obesity. … in the classification of obesity in adults and children, it
remains controversial regarding what measures … Additionally, BMI is an indirect measure of
adiposity, and thus has several limitations.
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Other … measures, such as percentage of body fat
measured via direct measures such as dual-emission X-ray
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mrsa-screening-2010_research-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Despite the adoption of a number of
measures to prevent spread, the incidence of MRSA infection at … The
impact of screening is likely to be exceptionally sensitive to the measures deployed once MRSA … As has been noted, adherence to basic prevention measures, such as hand
hygiene and the use of personal … □ Sample variability measures
□ Precision of estimate
□ p values
Regression modeling … O Were outcome measures clearly valid, reliable, and equally applied to treatment groups?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-brain-injury-surveillance-160902.pdf
January 30, 2014 - BDI"II=Beck$Depression$Inventory"2S$CT=Computed$TomographyS$GCS=Glasgow$Coma$ScaleS$MDD=Major$Depressive … HAM"D=Hamilton$Depression$Rating$ScaleS$TBI=Traumatic$Brain$Injury$$
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Abstracts(from(Relevant( … $MEASURES:$Participants$completed$the$Structured$Clinical$
Interview$for$DSM"IV$and$self"report$measures … BDI"II=Beck$Depression$Inventory"2S$CT=Computed$TomographyS$GCS=Glasgow$Coma$ScaleS$MDD=Major$Depressive … HAM"D=Hamilton$Depression$Rating$ScaleS$TBI=Traumatic$Brain$Injury$$
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References:(
1.$ Guillamondegui
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-transition-care_research-protocol.pdf
June 10, 2013 - Heart Failure Readmission: Relevance to Clinical Decisionmaking and Policy
Although a crude measure … • Outcomes
o Health and Social Outcomes
Mortality
Quality of life, using a validated measure … Functional status, using a validated measure
Caregiver burden
Self-care burden
o Health … Update on publicly reported outcomes measures based on the 2010 release. … ACCF/AHA/AMA-PCPI 2011 performance measures for adults with
heart failure: a report of the American
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/acute-pain-protocol-amended.pdf
June 10, 2018 - Many unidimensional and multidimensional pain assessment scales are available
including specific scales … Are neck pain scales and questionnaires compatible
with the international classification of functioning … Standard scales for measurement of functional
outcome for cervical pain or dysfunction: a systematic … A systematic review of measures of shoulder pain and
functioning using the International classification … The measurement properties of pediatric
observational pain scales: A systematic review of reviews.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0316_03-12-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number(s): 0128
Document Completion Date: 6-12-09
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Self-measured blood pressure monitoring will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The
scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparato…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nephropathy-contrast-induced_executive.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Effectiveness Review
Number 156
Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: Comparative
Effectiveness of Preventive Measures … We also sought to determine whether the risk of CIN,
and therefore the need for preventive measures, … limitation (in allocation concealment or
blinding of participants and personnel) but were designed
to measure … significant was measured
at 4 hours, and it was insignificant at 48 hours, which
was the timeframe for the measure … Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: Comparative
Effectiveness of Preventive Measures.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cannabis-2022-update-surv-rep-1-app-F-5.xlsx
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cannabis-2022-surv-rep-3-table-F5.xlsx
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism-update_executive.pdf
August 01, 2014 - Most outcome measures
of adaptive functioning were based on parent report, and
the effect of parental … improved quality
demonstrated positive effects of social skills interventions
on at least one outcome measure … , but a lack of consistency
in the interventions studied and outcome measures used
makes it difficult … Although
researchers are attempting to manualize approaches as well
as operationalize and measure treatment … In addition, although more studies are reporting primary
and secondary outcome measures determined a
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/worker-health_executive.pdf
April 01, 2016 - intervention and combined social and physical environment
intervention) and the control group on any measure … Future studies should also consider direct measures of
worker health if possible. … For example, investigators
should try to use validated measures of health status,
functional status … Researchers should
measure the incidence or morbidity associated
with chronic diseases when feasible … of variance (e.g., confidence intervals) for
outcome measures.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/lessons-transcript.pdf
May 29, 2025 - You can see the
number is the number of questions within scales. … We have measures as well of these
outcomes. … also recognize the need for a conceptual model for engaging
stakeholders so that we could begin to measure … Only then can
we measure and evaluate the influence of stakeholders on particular CER projects and using … A lot of times I’ve noticed with studies that they don’t take the
time to really measure and see how
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/child-growth-development-outcomes-protocol-amended.pdf
November 18, 2024 - c See Section IV for an example table of measures with periodicity. … We will
prioritize validated measures conducted by trained evaluators, ideally with a reference to a … standard, along with constructs and subscales of global measures (e.g., Bayley Scales of Infant
and … We will classify the magnitude of effects for measures
(e.g., ≤ SS = 85 as clinically significant, ≤ … T-score = 40 as clinically significant for behavioral
measures).