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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/meditation/research-protocol
October 17, 2012 - Eating behavior will be measured by food diaries. … Are the inclusion/exclusion criteria measured using valid and reliable measures and implemented consistently … use the standardized mean difference (SMD) when the same outcome (such as anxiety or depression) is measured … Standardized mean difference (SMD) will be used when the same outcome ( such as anxiety or depression) is measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/arthritis-knee-physical-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
April 01, 2010 - showed that adults with symptomatic knee
osteoarthritis used more assistive walking devices, had slower measured … Quality of care for adults with knee OA could be improved by evaluating how clinical effects are
measured … Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS)
o Time to return to work/activities
o Quality of life measured … Short Form 36 (SF-36)
– Mapping the Osteoarthritis Knee and Hip Quality of Life (OAKHQOL)
o Pain measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-treatment-future_research.pdf
April 01, 2013 - Pegylated interferon alfa-2a
Ribavirin
Adult
Senior
SVR
Change in health related quality as measured … activity, as determined by the proportion of subjects
who achieve undetectable HCV RNA
Safety, as measured … are intolerant or ineligible to pegylated interferon
alfa-2a and Ribavirin
On treatment safety, as measured … by
extended rapid virologic response
Safety as measured by the frequency of deaths, serious
adverse … as HCV
RNA < 25 IU/ml in treatment-naive subjects
Proportion of subjects who achieve efficacy as measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/dietary-supplements/research-protocol
December 21, 2010 - supplement quality and purity (as above); and 3) for KQ 3, clarification of how harms outcomes will be measured … In response to the third specific comment, harms will not be measured but rather extracted as measured … Hemorrhagic stroke
Thrombotic stroke
Transient ischemia attack (TIA)
Carotid artery disease (not measured … markers
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Other diagnostic tests
Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), as measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/mental-illness-heart/research-protocol
January 17, 2012 - FDA at www.fda.gov/safety/medwatch/howtoreport/ucm053087.htm
Timing:
KQs 1–4: Outcomes must be measured … medication changes, and nutrition counseling) to improve one condition (e.g., diabetes mellitus as measured … We will use data abstracted on population studied, intervention strategies and comparators, outcomes measured … Key Questions
KQs 1–4:
Outcomes must be measured at ≥ 90 days
KQs 1–4:
Outcomes must … be measured at ≥ 2 months
We have shortened the required followup period in order to avoid being
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dietary-supplements_research-protocol.pdf
December 15, 2010 - supplement quality and purity (as above); and 3) for
KQ 3, clarification of how harms outcomes will be measured … In response to the third specific comment, harms will not be measured but
rather extracted as measured … Hemorrhagic stroke
o Thrombotic stroke
o Transient ischemia attack (TIA)
o Carotid artery disease (not measured … C-reactive protein (CRP)
• Other diagnostic tests
o Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), as measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disparities-quality-improvement_executive.pdf
August 01, 2012 - services, or suppliers for
the purpose of increasing the likelihood of optimal clinical
quality of care, measured … Broadly, we sought studies that
described a QI intervention and measured potential
changes in the inequity … Promotion of self-
management
Patient reminder system
• No disparity in CRC screening rates was measured … Patient education
• Promotion of self-
management
• Patient reminder system
• No disparity in CRC was measured … • Although the effect of the intervention on disparity was not
measured directly, the intervention
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-cough_executive.pdf
March 01, 2014 - be separate dimensions of cough, most of the
standardized questionnaires included in this report
measured … Therefore,
for the purpose of this report, we considered instruments
that measured both severity and … Most of the standardized questionnaires
included in this report measured aspects of both of these
latter … Therefore, for the purpose of this report,
we considered instruments that measured both severity
and … studies focusing on chronic cough; (2) relatively short
durations of followup (3) a diversity of outcomes
measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_surveillance.pdf
March 14, 2013 - One RCT of canakinumab
measured the patient’s global
assessment of patient’s overall well-
being and … 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 … 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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_surveillance.pdf
March 14, 2013 - One RCT of canakinumab
measured the patient’s global
assessment of patient’s overall well-
being and … 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 … 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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-care-delivery-research-protocol.pdf
October 06, 2022 - are social creations produced organically in real time, then one might question
how they can even be measured … For example, under organizational context,
size and volume can be measured using the number of beds … theories
relevant to
implementation
Real world organizational
characteristics identified and
measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_executive.pdf
June 01, 2013 - The outcomes
measured in the study—symptom relief, survival, and
treatment-related toxicities—were … The outcomes measured in the
study—symptom relief, survival, and treatment-related
toxicities—were … The outcomes
measured in the study—symptom relief, survival, and
treatment-related toxicities—were … The outcomes measured in the study—survival and
treatment-related toxicities—were all direct. … The outcomes
measured in the study—survival and symptom relief—
were direct.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medication-therapy-management_executive.pdf
November 01, 2014 - short-form questionnaires, EuroQOL) or disease-specific measures
� Activities of daily living as measured … episodes
• For studies that report outcomes at different points in time, we considered only outcomes measured … When possible (enough
studies similar in intervention, populations, and outcomes
measured), we conducted … Strength of
Evidence Supporting Judgment
Findings and Direction of
Effect
Medication
adherence
measured … Medication
adherence
measured as
percentage of
prescribed doses
taken
Cohort: 2 (120 to
4,500)
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_executive.pdf
April 01, 2012 - of participants in prespecified visual
acuity categories) reported in the included studies and
as measured … identified studies that reported the participants’ mean
total or relevant item/subscale scores as measured … eyes (n = 22) from eyes
with known glaucomatous optic neuropathy (n = 25).64
The AUC for IOP, as measured … Comparison of retinal nerve
fiber layer thickness measured by Cirrus HD and Stratus optical
coherence … Retinal nerve fiber layer
thickness measured by optical coherence tomography and its
correlation with
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cancer-end-of-life-quality-meaures/research
May 17, 2010 - measures of pain control, these measures were not included in his earlier work because they would not be measured … Benchmarks measured in the prospective cohort a
Prospective Cohort
Full Cohort
P(Death) … Benchmarks measured for the retrospective cohorts a
Retrospective cohort
Full Cohort
PA … These benchmarks were measured for any time up to 14 months or date of death if death occurred within … The benchmark measure for chemotherapy toxicity is also measured for this time period.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tethered-spinal-cord-key-questions.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Accuracy of diagnostic strategy as measured by concordance
with pediatric neurosurgeon.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/use-telehealth-during-COVID-19-executive-summary.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Outcomes were defined widely and were measured using a variety of
approaches.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine_research-protocol.pdf
December 06, 2010 - Criteria
Inclusion Exclusion
Study outcomes • KQ1 and KQ4: joint damage, maintenance of
remission (as measured … by ACR, DAS,
radiographic measures, total joint count, etc)
• KQ2: physical functioning (as measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/arthritis-psoriatric_research-protocol.pdf
December 06, 2010 - cultural groups
Children
Study outcomes • KQ1 and KQ4: joint damage, maintenance of
remission (as measured … PASI, PsARC, DAS,
radiographic measures, total joint count, etc)
• KQ2: physical functioning (as measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-1_research.pdf
February 01, 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 files