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81. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Expanded Guidance on Selected Quantitative Synthesis Topics (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2013 - This section discusses different ways of presenting and interpreting various effect measures. … or effect size meta-analyses can be used if the same outcome was assessed on different measurement scales … Results, however, are expressed in units of standard deviations, rather than in units of any measurement scales … For example, Hansen et al.33 combined functional outcomes measured on different scales in placebo-controlled … investigators could consider calculating an approximation of mean difference on the included measurement scales

82. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Management of Infertility (pdf file)
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    September 02, 2016 - September 2, 2016 3 • Number of study arms • Intervention description • Study design • Outcomes measures … ] Methods: primary outcome measure M/D/P [Primary outcome measure] Results: All planned timepoints reported … M/D/P [Secondary outcome measure] Results: secondary outcome-1 reported M/D/P [Secondary outcome measure … ] Results: secondary outcome-2 reported M/D/P [Secondary outcome measure] Results: secondary outcome … outcome measure] Results: secondary outcome-5 reported M/D/P [Secondary outcome measure] Results: secondary

83. Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol … Project Title: Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending I. … Background and Objectives for the Technical Brief The capacity to measure primary care spending is essential … consensus, which we will use to inform our search strategy and guide us in assessing whether a standard measure … researchers, payers, health systems, and policymakers can employ to develop and implement a standardized measure

84. Rapid Evidence Product Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults A Rapid Review (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2019 - intervention included two-hour sessions once a week of physical activity (e.g., walking, stretching, and weights … When studies reported overall results of scales (such as the SF-36) that also had subscales (such as … We extracted reported measures of social isolation and included measures of social capital, social networks … isolation data Intervention • Program consisted of physical activity (walking, stretching and weights … Measures of social isolation and loneliness Study Construct: Measure Measure Explanation/Questions

85. Cer-235-Pharma-Nonpharm-Ptsd-Update-Appendix-G-1 (xls file)
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    November 12, 2020 - Other Considerations: Were outcome measures equal, valid, and reliable? … <50% randomized participants measured/assessed Unclear: • Not reported NOTE: This is rated for the measure … For the PTSD-Repository, unless otherwise specified, it is the primary PTSD measure at the post-treatment … For the PTSD-Repository, unless otherwise specified, it is the primary PTSD measure at the post-treatment … details/not reported Yes • Study used a validated PTSD assessment method No • Used different outcome measures

86. Cer-235-Pharma-Nonpharm-Ptsd-Update-Appendix-G-1 (xls file)
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    November 12, 2020 - Other Considerations: Were outcome measures equal, valid, and reliable? … <50% randomized participants measured/assessed Unclear: • Not reported NOTE: This is rated for the measure … For the PTSD-Repository, unless otherwise specified, it is the primary PTSD measure at the post-treatment … For the PTSD-Repository, unless otherwise specified, it is the primary PTSD measure at the post-treatment … details/not reported Yes • Study used a validated PTSD assessment method No • Used different outcome measures

87. Executive Summary: ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2024 - Diagnosis • Multiple approaches showed promising diagnostic performance (e.g., using parental rating scales … • Rating scales for parent, teacher, or self-assessment as a diagnostic tool for ADHD have high internal … rarely assessed test-retest reliability, no findings have been replicated prospectively using the same measure … Rating scales for parent, teacher, or self-assessment as a diagnostic tool for ADHD have high internal … rarely assessed test-retest reliability, no findings have been replicated prospectively using the same measure

88. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 26, 2011 - children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA); and to describe selected tools commonly used to measure … No comparator was required for reports of adverse events or of the clinical outcome measure tools.

89. Defining the Benefits of Stakeholder Engagement in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 18, 2014 - (3) How can we measure the impact of stakeholder engagement in systematic reviews? … Although it is recognized by many as an important next step, to date there have been few efforts to measure

90. Disposition of Comments for CER 204 Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2017 - The outcome measures are appropriate. … These measures are categorized based on the NCCOR Measures Registry. … We took these categories from the NCCOR Measure Registry. … You are correct, several studies used more than one method to measure outcomes. … Already stated that they all had only one pre- measure.

91. Research Methods | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 12, 2014 - the Systematic Review Data Repository White Paper September 20, 2012 Outcome Measure

92. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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    February 16, 2011 - and our requirement that validated outcome measures be used as an inclusion/exclusion criterion. … Therefore, we will not restrict this review to validated outcome measures. … Validated Outcome Measures: a. … Other Outcome Measures: a. … Core outcome measures for chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations.

93. Research Protocol: Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research (pdf file)
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    October 06, 2022 - KQ 2: What approaches have been used to measure or understand the organizational context and process … That assessment will focus on whether the measure is defined clearly (i.e., in a manner that can be … readily replicated), whether the measure can be classified as being nominal, ordinal or continuous; … Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update. … Choose Measures.

94. A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 13, 2010 - A quality indicator or quality measure is an agreed-upon process or outcome measure that is used to … That is, the first step identifies who to measure, steps 2-4 identify what to measure, and step 5 … This will require determining appropriate weights for individual components, as well as considering potential … Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care. … Outcomes assessment in cancer: Measures, methods, and applications.

95. Amended Protocol: Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients with Advanced Cancer (pdf file)
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    May 19, 2020 - This tool must include patient-or caregiver-reported measures of anxiety. … rate • Oxygen or carbon dioxide/ bicarbonate levels • Heart rate • Blood pressure • Objective measure … Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care? … Observational scales are used for patients unable to self-report and are validated against self-report … For the purposes of this report focusing on breathlessness, we wanted to focus on an objective measure

96. Meditation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    October 17, 2012 - Experimental measures of attention 1. … will only combine studies using mean differences if multiple trial reports use the same or similar scales … If a direct measure of negative affect is available, we will use that measure instead of any indirect … as indirect measures since they reflect a component of the outcome but there are more direct measures … will be used when the same outcome ( such as anxiety or depression) is measured using different scales

97. Progression-Free Survival: What Does It Mean for Psychological Well-Being or Quality of Life? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 12, 2013 - anxiety, depression, or psychological well-being, and (2) for agents where PFS is the primary outcome measure … for KQ1 sought to identify studies that showed a causal relationship between PFS and improvement on measures … summarized in data tables on study characteristics, treatment efficacy and safety, patient-reported outcome measure … as an outcome in the absence of association with OS; and (3) the extent to which improvement in QOL measures

98. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    October 13, 2021 - The components of the measures have been combined into a composite measure, the Global Malnutrition … for the eventual composite measure. … that are first scored separately as proportion measures. … can vary depending on the tool used to measure it. … The target audience for this report is quality measure developers.

99. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    October 13, 2021 - The components of the measures have been combined into a composite measure, the Global Malnutrition … for the eventual composite measure. … that are first scored separately as proportion measures. … can vary depending on the tool used to measure it. … The target audience for this report is quality measure developers.

100. Meditation Programs for Stress and Well-Being | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 17, 2012 - will only combine studies using mean differences if multiple trial reports use the same or similar scales … SMD is the mean difference divided by a measure of within group standard deviation. … If a direct measure of negative affect is available, we will use that measure instead of any indirect … as indirect measures since they reflect a component of the outcome but there are more direct measures … SMD is the mean difference divided by a measure of within group standard deviation.