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161. 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).

162. Hepatitis-C-Treatment-Adherence Executive (pdf file)
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     September 22, 2011 - For each study, we reviewed the population studied, the intervention and comparator, the outcomes measured … patient- important health outcomes,27,28 while the remaining studies measured intermediate disease … (RibaPak) with regular ribavirin reported the intervention effects on adherence, which the study measured … The proportion of prescribed doses taken was measured objectively based on pill counts at each visit … pegIFN-α vs. both) or fail to clarify which antiviral agents they measured.

163. Summary Variables in Observational Research: Propensity Scores and Disease Risk Scores | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 15, 2012 - Both provide a means of accounting for a large number of measured covariates through a single computed … that variables that might confound the association between the treatment and the outcome have been measured … 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.

164. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 12, 2019 - Metastatic-progression free survival Metastases (lymph nodes/distant) Health status Quality of life (measured … with validated instruments) Prostate-cancer related quality of life (measured with validated instruments … differences (SMD) with the corresponding 95 percent CIs for continuous outcomes if combining similar outcomes measured

165. Osteoporosis-Vibration-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - density and treat osteoporosis, including modalities, standards, relevant patient populations, outcomes measured … When should patient outcomes be measured (length of followup)? … Frequency of vibration sessions Total time of vibration therapy intervention Compliance with intervention measured

166. Chronic-Urinary-Retention Research (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - All trials measured outcomes at 6 to 7.5 months. … Harms Each study measured adverse effects differently, reporting either incidence of specific adverse … Baseline mean IPSS score was 21.4 across the two studies that measured IPSS, suggesting a severe level … Harms Adverse effects were measured differently in each RCT. … Harms were inconsistently measured and reported Adequately collect and report data on harms. 2d

167. S66 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - A risk score was included in the analyses to account for measured confounders. … Considering methotrexate as the reference and after adjustment for measured confounders, episodes of … To account for measured confounders and to reduce the number of covariates in the regression models, … Con- sidering methotrexate as the reference and after adjustment for measured confounders, episodes of … Compared with methotrexate and after adjustment for measured confounders, new users of sulfasalazine

168. Medication Therapy Management | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 24, 2013 - Other MTM services relate to intermediate health outcomes measured typically by laboratory or other biometric … Reduced (actual) adverse drug events (frequency and/or severity) Health-related quality of life as measured … ., short-form questionnaires, EuroQOL) or disease-specific measures Activities of daily living as measured … For studies that report outcomes at different points in time, we will only consider outcomes measured … episodes For studies that report outcomes at different points in time, we will only consider outcomes measured

169. Changing Patterns of Medication Use in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Medicaid Population | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 30, 2009 - utilization of DMARDs, glucocorticoids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and narcotics was measured … Study Medications Medication utilization was measured using information from the TennCare pharmacy

170. Work Plan for Methods Research on (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2010 - Interrater reliability was measured using Fleiss’ kappa (κ) and accuracy of the testers’ classification … Accuracy of the testers was measured against the reference standard. … F A study in which the outcome(s) of interest is measured both before and after the intervention or … delivery model) but does have control over the timing of the measurement and the variables being measured … G-3 Controlled before-after study A study in which the outcome(s) of interest is measured both before

171. 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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     September 02, 2016 - Return$to$school,$work,$or$training$(or$other$measures$of$productivity)$$ •$ Community$Integration$as$measured … exists$to$establish$a$minimum$clinically$important$difference$(MCID)$in$ community$reintegration$as$measured … exists$to$establish$a$minimum$clinically$important$difference$(MCID)$in$community$reintegration$as$ measured … Analysis((May(2016)( Expert(Opinion( Surveillance( Assessment( We$found$no$eligible$studies$that$measured … $This$study$measured$ outcomes$through$24$months,$ but,$due$to$limited$data,$the$ risk$of$bias$was

172. Newer Medications for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) Associated with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 24, 2015 - Comparators Placebo or other FDA approved medication ( Table 1 ) Outcomes Primary Outcomes LUTS-as measured … I-PSS QoL question) or BPH/LUTS impact (BII) scores Disease Progression/Treatment Failure (i.e.,measured … For outcomes measured with instruments that lack established thresholds, we will calculate standard effect … We will assess strength of evidence for key final health outcomes measured with validated scales.

173. Comparative Effectiveness of Pharmacologic Therapies for the Management of Crohn’s Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2010 - We also aim to review the effects on patient quality of life as measured by patient-reported outcomes … Outcomes For KQ1 and KQ2, induction and maintenance of remission will be measured in terms of response … Patient-reported outcomes by remission and medication status will be measured by standard quality of … For KQ4, the outcome of interest is patient-reported outcomes measured with the same quality of life

174. PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS FOR A STUDY OF (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2009 - data (age and gender) as well as clinical conditions that might affect short-term mortality were measured … and total number of medications used (excluding APMs and drugs used to define covariates) were also measured … In confirmatory analyses, Propensity score adjustments was used to balance measured risk factors … two-stage linear regression for the instrumental variable estimation and additional adjustment for measured

175. Total Worker Health® (TWH) (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - Few studies measured the same outcomes in similar populations of workers. … Approximately half of the studies measured a final health outcome (e.g., quality of life, functional … Very few studies measured outcomes important to OSH. … Only seven studies measured outcomes at or beyond 1 year. Key Question 6. … The outcomes assessed were highly varied and usually not measured in similar populations of workers

176. Management of Uterine Fibroids - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - High intensity focused ultrasound reduces fibroid size, but impact on quality of life was not measured … Likewise, bleeding characteristics, such as days of bleeding and severity of bleeding as measured by … Only eight studies of UAE measured quality of life, which consistently improved postprocedure with … Since myomectomy removes fibroids, the effect on fibroid size is not measured, and strength of evidence … Paucity of “similar” articles (populations, settings, patient characteristics, and outcomes measured

177. Topic Brief: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - randomized control trials (RCTs)9-11 and two observational studies12, 13 comparing PBI to WBI that measured … Represents a significant disease burden; large proportion of the population As measured in 2017, female … As measured in 2017, female breast cancer was the cancer type with the highest incidence of new cases … As measured in 2016, costs in the year after diagnosis for all stages of breast cancer ranged from

178. Ced-Appendix-3 (xls file)
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     June 24, 2022 - sufficient detail in the data source(s) Grace 5.1 Design Choose a primary clinical outcome(s) that is measured … data collection; Drummond(2022) Source Tag Recommendation Drummond design_outcomes The outcomes measured … grace 5.1 Design_outcomes Choose a primary clinical outcome(s) that is measured objectively rather than … to be valid in a similar population grace 5.1 Design_outcomes Assure that the primary outcome(s) is measured … Drummond Design_outcomes The outcomes measured in a CED should be final, relevant outcomes attributable

179. Rti-Item-Bank Research (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - Working Group members favored retaining two questions that measured confounding in individual studies … [PI: For cohort studies, attrition is measured in relation to the time between baseline (allocation … Confounding by chance (that is confounding that is unknown, unmeasured, or poorly measured, but expected … Controlled before-after study A study in which the outcome(s) of interest is measured both before and … [PI: Attrition is measured in relation to the time between baseline (allocation in some instances)

180. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Diabetes Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: An Update of the 2007 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 05, 2010 - For both initial medical treatment and the addition of a second line agent, outcomes will be measured … characteristics of enrolled subjects, details about the treatments, details about the outcomes and how they were measured … For both initial medical treatment and the addition of a second line agent, outcomes will be measured