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141. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR WORK ASSIGNMENT (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/copd-anticholinergic-medicines_research.pdf
     December 01, 2009 - Outcomes During follow-up, we measured three outcomes: (1) all-cause mortality; (2) COPD exacerbations … Exposure Medication exposure was measured as a time-varying covariate during follow-up. … Exposure was measured as the presence of a prescription for a respiratory medication in the 180 day … For healthcare utilization, we measured COPD-related and non-COPD healthcare. … We measured use of respiratory and other medications that preceded the medication switch.

142. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     January 01, 2007 - 15 mm Hg measured by cardiac catheterization.

143. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     July 27, 2011 - Severe CP (measured by GMFCS or other standardized measure of function) may be an important subgroup

144. Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Treatments for Unstable Angina/Non–ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 04, 2013 - (Most outcomes were measured around 1 year and rated low SOE, and ratings were downgraded since the findings

145. Research Protocol: Characteristics of Existing Asthma Self-Management Education Packages (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - • What asthma outcomes are measured? Are packages associated with good outcomes? … medication adherence o Asthma-related quality of life 5 • What patient-centered outcomes are measured … use o Acceptability o Patient/family/instructor satisfaction • What implementation outcomes are measured

146. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2011 - Changes in symptoms between the treatment arms were not measured with significant precision to detect … Changes in health status between the treatment arms were not measured with significant precision to … reported whether a flare occurred, three reported active joint count, and four reported quality of life as measured

147. Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cancer-pancreas/research-protocol
     August 09, 2013 - Some outcomes such as test performance can be measured immediately after performing the tests, but the … most important outcomes (such as long-term survival and quality of life) are measured after completion … permit an evaluation of study design and conduct and because they may also contain only a subset of measured … For harms (KQ 3), there is a statement in the Methods section that harms/complications would be measured … Was the outcome measure of interest objective and was it objectively measured?

148. Cancer-Pancreas Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2013 - Some outcomes such as test performance can be measured immediately after performing the tests, but the … most important outcomes (such as long- term survival and quality of life) are measured after completion … For harms (KQ 3), there is a statement in the Methods section that harms/complications would be measured … For questions on single-test accuracy, consistency will be measured meta- analytically using the tau … Was the outcome measure of interest objective and was it objectively measured? 18.

149. Sleep-Apnea Surveillance (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - 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. … 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.

150. DEcIDE 33: Summary Variables in Observational Resesarch: Propensity Scores and Disease Risk Scores (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2012 - Both provide a means of accounting for a large number of measured covariates through a single computed … If some patient characteristics that lead to the choice of one therapy over another are not measured … However, if the prescribing decision is made using patient characteristics that are measured and recorded … A greater concern is prognostic variables that are not measured. … A comparison of the ability of different propensity score models to balance measured variables between

151. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     August 20, 2014 - improved diseasespecific and global QoL after tonsillectomy for recurrent or chronic sore throat as measured

152. Back (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - • Existing analyses  focus  on decision making • Measured: parameters of decision making o Information

153. Health Facilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 15, 2011 - Meta-Analysis of Proportions and Rates Research Report November 4, 2013 Self-Measured

154. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Effectiveness of Treatments Options for the Prevention of Complications and Treatment of Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2016 - What would be the impact on the strength of evidence (including impact of knowledge of outcomes measured … What would be the impact on the strength of evidence (including impact of knowledge of outcomes measured

155. Neurothrombectomy Devices for Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/ischemic-stroke-treatment/research-protocol
     February 19, 2010 - ratio (OR) 1.7, 95 percent confidence interval (CI) 1.2 to 2.6] than the group receiving placebo as measured … Outcomes measured. h. Adverse events, harms and safety issues reported. … Effectiveness outcomes will include: recanalization as measured by post-TIMI flow grade (0/1=no recanalization

156. Technical Brief: Whole Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/osteoporosis-vibration-therapy/research-protocol
     December 09, 2010 - density and treat osteoporosis, including modalities, standards, relevant patient populations, outcomes measured … When should patient outcomes be measured (length of followup)? … of vibration sessions Total time of vibration therapy intervention Compliance with intervention measured

157. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 19, 2010 - ratio (OR) 1.7, 95 percent confidence interval (CI) 1.2 to 2.6] than the group receiving placebo as measured … Outcomes measured 2h. … Effectiveness outcomes will include: recanalization as measured by post-TIMI flow grade (0/1=no recanalization

158. S143 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - subjects to treatment and control groups at random leads to groups that are similar with respect to both measured … on the characteristics that are part of the prescribing decision creates a balance with respect to measured … and where only a portion of the relevant variables for propensity score estimation were available or measured

159. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disparities-quality-improvement_research-protocol.pdf
     February 23, 2012 - services, or suppliers for the purpose of increasing the likelihood of optimal clinical quality of care measured … the intervention to the individual patients or the health care system will be captured if they are measured … in health care between certain groups of patients are numerous and well described but not clearly measured … , or suppliers for the purpose of increasing the likelihood of optimal clinical quality of care, measured

160. Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management Interventions fo Hip Fracture (ppt file)
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     May 01, 2011 - here, pain measurements were evaluated as differences between intervention and comparator VAS means as measured … The difference in change from baseline is sometimes measured but is not included in the data analyzed … hippain.cfm Of the 71 controlled trials of pain management interventions reviewed, only 37 directly measured … Others measured secondary outcomes (e.g., mental status). … Others measured other secondary outcomes, such as mental status (e.g., delirium).