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61. serious-mental-illness-outcomes-140303 (pdf file)
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    March 03, 2014 - Although stakeholders have proposed a variety of quality measures (QMs), no single validated measure … or identifies any existing measure that appears appropriate for use as a QM. … The technical brief will interview key informants—including quality measure developers, quality measure … and Psychosocial Instruments provide bibliographic access and descriptions of tests, manuals, rating scales … Definition of Terms Quality measure (QM): Broadly defined, quality measures are tools that help measure

62. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis When Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Investigators can combine mean differences if multiple trials report results using the same or similar scales … Standardized mean difference (SMD) is typically used when the outcome is measured using different scales … Choice of effect measure For dichotomous outcomes, RD is a preferred measure whenever appropriate … continuous outcomes, mean difference should be used if results are reported using the same or similar scales … and standardized mean difference should be used when results are reported in different scales.

63. Thyroid Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 10, 2010 - Blood tests for your thyroid include TSH - measures thyroid-stimulating hormone. … It is the most accurate measure of thyroid activity. … T3 and T4 - measure different thyroid hormones. … TSI - measures thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin. … Antithyroid antibody test - measures antibodies (markers in the blood).

64. Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 01, 2023 - Background and Objectives 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 … How have policymakers and other decision makers used primary care spending measures? … Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup

65. Unreported Links Between Trial Registrations and Published Articles Were Identified Using Document Similarity Measures in a Cross-Sectional Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 01, 2024 - Links Between Trial Registrations and Published Articles Were Identified Using Document Similarity Measures … Links Between Trial Registrations and Published Articles Were Identified Using Document Similarity Measures … Abstract | March 2018 Objectives: Trial registries can be used to measure … links between trial registrations and published articles were identified using document similarity measures … Links Between Trial Registrations and Published Articles Were Identified Using Document Similarity Measures

66. Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity: A Systematic Evidence Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2019 - Outcome measures included dietary behavior (148 studies), physical activity (152 studies), childhood … Sixty-two percent of the 71 US data systems contained at least one of the main measures for weight or … Outcomes/Measures: Of the 294 included studies, we identified 112 studies with childhood weight measures … , 32 studies with adult weight measures, 152 studies with physical activity measures, and 148 studies … with dietary measures.

67. The Magnitude of Small-Study Effects in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: an Empirical Study of Nearly 30 000 Meta-analyses | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 01, 2024 - Measures are available to quantify small-study effects' magnitude, but the current literature lacks clear … This article aims to provide rules of thumb for interpreting the measures. … We use six measures to evaluate small-study effects in 29 932 meta-analyses from the Cochrane Database … We present the empirical distributions of the six measures and propose a rough guide to interpret the … measures' magnitude.

68. Meditation Programs for Stress and Well-Being | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - 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.

69. Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: Systematic Review, Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2018 - • Included measures have: – Low sensitivities, so normal values on the physiologic measure (a negative … – High specificities, meaning abnormal values on the physiologic measure (positive test) are unlikely … known or suspected trauma who are treated out-of-hospital by EMS personnel, what is the evidence that scales … Tables A, B, and C consolidate the key estimates of the predictive utility of each identified measure … There was also limited detail about how the physiologic measure data were collected.

70. Lower Limb Prosthesis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2019 - Even under ideal conditions that reveal and accurately measure important patient-related and LLP specific … KQ 1 What assessment techniques used to measure functional ability of adults with major lower limb … (KQ 1 & 2) Assessment techniques (that are used prior to prescription) (KQ 1) Tests, scales, … tools (used prior to prescription to predict functional outcomes with prosthesis) (KQ 2) Tests, scales … reproducibility, and related characteristics Exclude studies of validation of translations of non-English scales

71. Assessing the Impact of Indexing Performance Measure Codes on the Perceived Value of EPC Reports to Health Systems | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 01, 2020 - The first identified quality measures covered by the report with descriptive information. … The second contained page numbers in the report’s executive summary where those quality measures are … We incorporated them in revised quality measure tables. … when the hyperlinked quality measure indexing tables were available. … AHRQ Series on Improving Translation of Evidence: Linking Evidence Reports and Performance Measures to

72. Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics – Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2020 - the selection based on their professional knowledge and also considering the frequency of an outcome measure … To arrive at a quantitative measure, we will use the Jadad scale, which was developed for drug trials … Since most of the scales used as outcome measures in the pooled analyses are scored so that more severely … Effectiveness: effectiveness trials (pragmatic trials) measure the degree of beneficial effect under … -3 (Conners 3) Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS) Conners' Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales

73. Disabilities-Quality-Improvement-Outcomes Executive (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2012 - The research goals should drive the focus, content, and structure of the optimal measure. … Outcome measure list Study Domain Outcome Measure List Critical Evaluations of Available Outcome Measures … Outcome measure list (continued) Study Domain Outcome Measure List Vahle et al., 200024 Depression … Outcome measure list (continued) Study Domain Outcome Measure List Cohen and Marino, 200028 Functional … We found no measures that assessed changes in process measures of quality over time.

74. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2010 - The reported measures or study design could prescribe the choice of effect measures. … Investigators can combine mean differences if multiple trials report results using the same or similar scales … Standardized mean difference (SMD) is typically used when the outcome is measured using different scales … continuous outcomes, mean difference should be used if results are reported using the same or similar scales … and standardized mean difference should be used when results are reported in different scales. 7.

75. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2010 - The reported measures or study design could prescribe the choice of effect measures. … Investigators can combine mean differences if multiple trials report results using the same or similar scales … Standardized mean difference (SMD) is typically used when the outcome is measured using different scales … continuous outcomes, mean difference should be used if results are reported using the same or similar scales … and standardized mean difference should be used when results are reported in different scales. 7.

76. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Measuring Outcomes of Care for Persons With Disabilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - In addition to the basic repertoire of condition-specific and generic outcomes measures, additional measures … The outcome measures may also be enhanced by using selected process measures that address the extent … efforts. 6 Research Timing: We will assess the duration of followup generally applied with each measure … instruments Measurement time frame and the potential for fluctuating levels Disability cut-points (if the measure … Care Coordination Measures Atlas. Version 3.

77. 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

78. Developing Quality Indicators for Cancer End-of-Life Care: Proceedings From a National Symposium | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2020 - Improving quality across domains of care requires good measures of quality and outcomes. … At a minimum, dyspnea assessment should include a measure of intensity plus at least one measure of bother … Where multiple reasonable measures are available, choosing the best measure is less important than measuring … A systematic review of measures of end-of-life care and its outcomes. … Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care?

79. Continuous-Outcomes-Quantitative-Synthesis Methods (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2011 - Effect Measures for Continuous Outcomes The two effect measures most often used for continuous outcomes … SMD is typically used when the outcome is measured using different scales. … calculating a weighted mean difference directly in the presence of missing SD data include sample size weights … The outcome was the measured change in parent-rated child behavior, and scales used to measure the … to measure the same outcome.

80. Physical Therapy Interventions for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Limited direct comparative effectiveness evidence demonstrated similar benefits in disability measures … Gait, mobility restrictions, muscle strength, and range-of-motion measures were associated with disability … measures in individual studies. … Minimum clinically important differences in scales were determined for 26 tools but have not been used … interventions were not consistently evaluated according to the clinical importance of improvement in scales