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101. A Systematic Review of Postpartum Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Postpartum Treatment of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, and Peripartum Magnesium Sulfate Regimens for Preeclampsia With Severe Features (pdf file)
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     April 20, 2022 - access to care ▪ Quality of communication ▪ Support to manage HTN ▪ Patient Reported Experience Measure … Specific to postpartum population*, e.g., Mother-Generated Index, Functional Status After Childbirth scales … , PROM = patient reported outcome measure, QoL = quality of life IV. … Patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures. … Design, Timing, and Setting details for systematic review search PREM Patient Reported Experience Measure

102. Juvenile-Arthritis-Dmards Surveillance (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2013 - No one instrument or outcomes measure appeared superior in measuring disease activity or functional … measures most commonly used. … Furthermore, given that the ACR Pediatric 30 is a relative measure of disease activity, the impact … The ACR Pediatric 30 is also a relative measure of disease activity and not a measure of current disease … The ACR Pediatric 30 is also a relative measure of disease activity and not a measure of current disease

103. Juvenile-Arthritis-Dmards Surveillance (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2013 - No one instrument or outcomes measure appeared superior in measuring disease activity or functional … measures most commonly used. … Furthermore, given that the ACR Pediatric 30 is a relative measure of disease activity, the impact … The ACR Pediatric 30 is also a relative measure of disease activity and not a measure of current disease … The ACR Pediatric 30 is also a relative measure of disease activity and not a measure of current disease

104. Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Nosocomial Pneumonia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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105. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Maternal and Child Health: An Update (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Developmental Scale � Kauffman Assessment Battery for Children � Neonatal Behavioral Assessment � Wechsler Scales … Validated evaluation procedures � E.g., Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, � Behavioral rating scales … , e.g., Connors, Vanderbilt, and Barkley scales o Risk for Autism spectrum disorders � Validated … Pooled analysis of 12 RCTs showed significantly higher birth weights among infants (mixed term and preterm … In addition, the multiplicity of measures all but ensured that some outcome measure would produce a

106. Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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     January 01, 2013 - Model Selection   Number of Followup Measures and Time Intervals   Single measure Repeated measure … , fixed intervals Repeated measure, variable intervals Outcome measure No clustering Clustering (e.g … Examples of correlated data include repeated measures on study subjects over time, patients selected … Repeated measures per study subject can be collapsed to a single summary measure per subject. … Random-effects models are another suitable analytical approach to handle repeated measures data.

107. Evidence Summary-Comparative-Effectiveness-Review-213-Lower-Limb-Prostheses (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2018 - What assessment techniques used to measure functional ability of adults with major lower limb amputation … Impact Profile-Physical Dimension) • Tandem Test • TAPES (Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales … Movement, and Mobility No Valid Reliable 11 TAPES (Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales … Specifically: Global Health subscale No Valid No 11 TAPES (Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales … That an instrument demonstrates convergent validity with a given related measure does not imply that

108. Measuring-Blood-Pressure Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Thus the strategies to measure and control elevated BP may need to differ based on an individual’s … Three studies reported some significantly better measures of adherence with SMBP (although not always … for all evaluated measures of adherence); the remaining 4 studies found no difference. … Both found no differences using any quality-of-life measure. … Using different measures in each study, none found a significant difference in medication adherence.

109. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - What measures or indicators have been used in surgical report cards used to examine the safety of surgical … for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) patient safety measures, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators, … or the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient safety related measures. … representatives who are not patients or family members Intervention Any intervention intended to measure … For Review Question 2, we will focus on identifying relevant measures that are ...

110. Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2017 - be significant symptom changes based on objective tests or subjective validated questionnaires or scales … This review will examine improvement thresholds of clinical importance in validated scales and checklists … Bladder and pelvic tests that do not measure UI specifically or are used for diagnostic purposes (e.g … ., urodynamic testing, pelvic muscle strength); urination measures that do not measure UI specifically … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: June 6, 2017 16 Vaginal cones/weights

111. Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - for identifying and judging the risk of bias when results deviate from protocols in the timing or measure … Risk of Bias and Outcome Measures The use of valid and reliable outcome measures reduces the likelihood … Notice that such declarative statements implicitly assign weights to the different items. … For a scale, the weights of different items are explicit rather than implicit. … Scales to assess the quality of randomized controlled trials: a systematic review.

112. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) convene a panel of experts charged with developing quality measures … At AHRQ’s request, we conducted a systematic review to inform the potential development of these measures … between malnutrition and clinical outcomes included a combined 80 studies, only 43 used a known tool to measure … Instead, many studies identified malnutrition using only biometric measures, such as serum albumin levels … Consensus regarding objective measures to define a gold standard for diagnosing malnutrition are critical

113. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) convene a panel of experts charged with developing quality measures … At AHRQ’s request, we conducted a systematic review to inform the potential development of these measures … between malnutrition and clinical outcomes included a combined 80 studies, only 43 used a known tool to measure … Instead, many studies identified malnutrition using only biometric measures, such as serum albumin levels … Consensus regarding objective measures to define a gold standard for diagnosing malnutrition are critical

114. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2017 - may have questionable elements (e.g., the WALT as an ethical/legal document is open to question), scales … completed by or with patients or caregivers…” The SCID, and delirium and respiratory distress observation scales … Thank you for the comment that many of these scales have multiple versions. … We have now noted this in the limitations of the review: “Finally, some scales noted in the review … Measures of integration: There are no standard tools but a measure of integration between palliative

115. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2017 - may have questionable elements (e.g., the WALT as an ethical/legal document is open to question), scales … completed by or with patients or caregivers…” The SCID, and delirium and respiratory distress observation scales … Thank you for the comment that many of these scales have multiple versions. … We have now noted this in the limitations of the review: “Finally, some scales noted in the review … Measures of integration: There are no standard tools but a measure of integration between palliative

116. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Several measures are available to assess severity. … Therefore, other measures are also used.6 Table A. … rehabilitation.15 However, patient-centered outcomes can be subjective and are often measured with scales … including (1) specificity of study populations, interventions and comparators, and outcomes used to measure … MCIDs in these scales; and adjusting for multiple comparisons.

117. Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - It is also reasonable to assign different importance or weight to each measure. … When there is only one measure to optimize the alternative choices can be ranked readily. … on all measures. … In another example, a theorem proves that normalized weights that are inversely proportional to the … fragility of study rankings and inconsistency of subgroup analyses produced by comparing 25 published scales

118. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - What measures or indicators have been used to examine the harms associated with the target of the patient … & Medicaid Services (CMS) patient safety measures, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators, or the National … Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient safety related measures. … Utilization of health care services (focusing on the main utilization measure reported in the … study) Implementation • Barriers and facilitators • Resources (cost, staff, time) • Measures

119. Obesity Prevention and Control (pdf file)
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     February 08, 2017 - use of a validated instrument (see Appendix B for list of commonly used validated instruments) to measure … We will use a list of validated measures as illustrated in Appendix B. … For the obesity measures and behavioral outcomes, we will additionally abstract the measures or instruments … When available, we will abstract the effect size and units, measure of variability, and 95% confidence … List of Commonly Used Validated Dietary and Physical Activity Measures.

120. ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF INCLUDED STUDIES (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2011 - Risk of Bias and Applicability Many commonly used quality assessment tools measure external validity … Risk of Bias and Outcome Measures The use of valid and reliable outcome measures reduces the likelihood … Notice that such declarative statements implicitly assign weights to the different items. … For a scale, the weights of different items are explicit rather than implicit. … Scales to assess the quality of randomized controlled trials: a systematic review.