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61. Transparency of Reporting Requirements | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 01, 2019 - Results of studies reported in the peer reviewed literature may only report some of the outcomes measured

62. Microsoft Word - cognitive-decline-protocol-160322.docx (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cognitive-decline_research-protocol.pdf
    March 22, 2016 - Biomarkers are measured using lab tests and imaging (e.g., total brain and hippocampal volumes; white … Normal age-related cognitive decline, which is measured with cognitive testing can start in young adulthood … It should be noted, however, that the outcomes listed as intermediate may be measured at several times … For outcomes measured with instruments that lack established thresholds to measure improvement, we … We will assess strength of evidence for key final health outcomes measured with validated scales.

63. Executive Summary: Pain Management Interventions for Hip Fracture (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer30_hip-fracture-pain-executive-summary_20110517.pdf
    May 01, 2011 - Acute pain was measured using different scales (numeric rating score [1–5] and 10cm VAS). … Acute pain was measured using the 10cm VAS; the baseline measure was 6.5cm. … Acute pain was measured using different scales (i.e., numeric rating scales and 10cm VAS). … Pain was measured using the VAS; the mean baseline measure was 8.4 to 8.8. KQ 1: Acute pain. … Pain was measured using the 10cm VAS; the mean baseline measure was 7.9cm. KQ 1: Acute pain.

64. Systematic Review of Calcineurin Inhibitors for Kidney Transplant | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Cyclosporine is measured with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), fluorescence polarization … less risk of toxicity. 10,11 However, C2 level monitoring is not practical because it needs to be measured … injury (e.g. rejection or dysfunction, as defined by study) Glomerular filtration rate (GFR), as measured … methods to permit an evaluation of study design and conduct; they may also only contain a subset of measured … Was the outcome measure of interest objective and was it objectively measured?

65. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-natriuretic-peptide_research-protocol.pdf
    December 20, 2011 - Key Question 4 (KQ4): In HF populations, does BNP measured at admission, discharge or change between … Key Question 5 (KQ5): Is BNP or NT-pro BNP measured in the community setting an independent predictor … Were potential confounders (i.e., age, gender) measured and adequately addressed in the analysis? … Were potential confounders measured and adequately addressed in the analysis? 13. … Were potential confounders measured and adequately addressed in the analysis? 9.

66. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 258_Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2023 - However, even when similar methods are used, measured diagnostic error rates vary up to 100-fold across … The Canadian study measured preventable harms by requiring a high-bar standard on record review—at least … Resources applied should be commensurate with the measured public health burden, which is likely substantial

67. DST_Draft_Protocol_Nov_4_2013_clean (2) (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-decision-support-tools_research-protocol.pdf
    November 12, 2013 - Finally, another set of outcomes can be measured at the system level, including changes in the variability … the perspective of the health care consumer: § Decisional conflict § Perceived or objectively measured … of the decision-making process from the perspective of the provider: § Perceived and objectively measured … quality of communication § Perceived and objectively measured consumer participation in decision-making … quality of communication § Perceived and objectively measured consumer participation in decisionmaking

68. Heart-Failure-Transition-Care Executive (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2014 - For continuous outcomes (e.g., scales of quality of life or functional status) measured with the same … For outcomes measured over 3 to 6 months, we found strong evidence of efficacy for improving at least … We found that improvement in HF-specific quality of life (as measured by the Minnesota Living With … Furthermore, few trials measured quality of life at the same timepoint with the same scale. … No trial measured caregiver burden.

69. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2011 - Analysis of difference versus average analyses plots suggest that substantial differences in the measured … Each study measured compliance differently, including thresholds of 1, 2, or 3 hours of use per night … or as a continuous variable, and undefined “objective compliance” measured by the device. … The evidence suggests that the measured AHI from portable monitors is variable compared with PSG-derived … • Conclusion: The strength of evidence is moderate that more severe OSA as measured by higher AHI

70. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - • Health-related quality of life as measured by absenteeism, presenteeism, the SF-36 or other scales … Clinically meaningful weight maintenance as measured by BMI will be defined as within ±3% of the baseline … □ For KQ1-5 inclusion, the participants measured at the first timepoint must be the same participants … □ For KQ6 inclusion, the participants measured at the first timepoint are not required to be the … same participants as those measured at least 1 year later.

71. Comparative Effectiveness of Approaches to Weight Maintenance in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Health-related quality of life as measured by absenteeism, presenteeism, the SF-36 or other scales. … Clinically meaningful weight maintenance as measured by BMI will be defined as within ±3% of the baseline … For KQ1–5 inclusion, the participants measured at the first timepoint must be the same participants measure … as those measured at least 1 year later. … Clinically meaningful weight maintenance as measured by BMI will be defined as within ±3% of the baseline

72. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2008 - Outcome measures include mortality reduction, quality of life (objectively measured), functional improvement

73. Heart-Failure-Natriuretic-Peptide Executive (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2013 - Effective Health Care Program 2 optimal predictors of prognosis compared with BNP or NT-proBNP measured … KQs 3–4: BNP or NT-proBNP measured at admission or discharge or change between admission and discharge … Key Question 3: In HF populations, is BNP or NT- proBNP measured at admission, discharge, or change … All seven studies measured NT-proBNP. … Four studies measured BNP,167,172,173,175 and five studies measured NT-proBNP.168-171,174 The risk of

74. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 263: Management of Postpartum Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (pdf file)
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    May 31, 2023 - Atcor Medical (cont’d) Marozio et al examined the possible correlation between PWA parameters measured … aortic diastolic pressure, central aortic mean pressure, central aortic pulse pressure, and AIx-75 measured … (Khalil) Maternal history and characteristics were recorded and PWV, AIx-75 and cSBP were measured. … who remain normotensive, women who develop pre-eclampsia have higher cSBP and arterial stiffness (as measured … review and meta- analysis to investigate the association between preeclampsia and arterial stiffness as measured

75. Technical Brief: Multidisciplinary Pain Programs for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/pain-chronic/research-protocol
    December 01, 2019 - will lay out the variation in outcomes assessed, and we will assess variation in how each outcome was measured … studied, the detailed components of the treatment program, and the health outcomes and harms that were measured … How were they measured? When were they measured? … When should patient outcomes be measured (length of follow-up)?

76. Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pain-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
    July 28, 2010 - will lay out the variation in outcomes assessed, and we will assess variation in how each outcome was measured … studied, the detailed components of the treatment program, and the health outcomes and harms that were measured … How were they measured? 2. When were they measured? 3. … When should patient outcomes be measured (length of follow-up)? 17.

77. Microsoft Word - ehcrr#2toCSI.doc (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/atypical-antipsychotics-seniors-death_research.pdf
    August 01, 2007 - Potential Confounders A set of potential confounders was measured based on health care utilization data … Using two-stage linear regression for the IV estimation and additional adjustment for measured patient … To place this magnitude of risk in perspective, all measured health conditions except heart failure and … and to make sure the chronology of use is aligned in both groups and that patient characteristics are measured … Second, an instrument must not be correlated with patient risk factors conditional on measured and adjusted

78. S38 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - If outcomes are measured separately in each patient, then randomization at the finest possible level … prescrib- ing of antibiotics among inpatients in an academic medical center.6 The outcome of interest, measured … same total number of patients in a given study, the variance of the sample mean of a characteristic measured … randomization will tend to yield balance between groups in both observed and unob- served covariates measured … By contrast, Table 4 shows that some characteristics measured at the level of the patient were not balanced

79. Amended Protocol: Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients with Advanced Cancer (pdf file)
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    May 19, 2020 - or observational symptom-related only if patients are unable to self-report • Breathlessness as measured … • Anxiety as measured by a validated tool. … • Functional status (measured by validated patient- or caregiver-reported tool) • Health-related … quality of life (general or disease-specific, measured by a validated patient- or caregiver-reported

80. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0519_02-27-2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Hospital readmission (both heart failure admissions and all-cause admissions), quality of life as measured