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241. Ch 1-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     August 13, 2012 - Furthermore, investigators should discuss measures used in prior research and whether these measures … The reliability, validity, and accuracy of study instruments to validly measure the concepts they purport … to measure will also need to be acceptable to stakeholders. … Fundamentally, research is a systematic investigation that uses scientific methods to measure, collect … Hence, researchers and stakeholders will need to have knowledge of the instruments that are used to measure

242. Mass-Casualty-Events-Scarce-Resources Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Triage systems and explicit triage acuity scales have been used in emergency departments for many years … Several studies did not measure health outcomes or even the most relevant process outcomes. … Instead, most of the studies focused on measures of throughput. … further broaden our coverage of the topic, we included in a separate section studies that had some measure … There was some degree of subjectivity in assigning scores to each item in our quality assessment scales

243. Hibbard-notes-151007 copy - Teresa (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - patient activation we spent a lot of time on definitions to be very clear what it was we were trying to measure … twenty-­‐fivepercent of the variation is accounted  for by thosesame variables. 4 Here’s the measure … We ended  up using a Rasch analysis to create the measure. … is more precise and  consistent than  most social-­‐science-­‐based measures. … to havecostly utilization and to havetheir clinical  indicators within  rangefor most of these measures

244. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 22, 2012 - Measures Various measures can be used to evaluate the presence and severity of the tinnitus.9 There … Psychological grading scales can aid in the discrimination between clinically significant and nonsignificant … Visual analog scales (VASs) are well known psychometric measures of subjective attitudes and characteristics … following changes to our KQs:  KQ 1 has been amended to be inclusive of tinnitus evaluation scales … These domains were adapted from the Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scales for case-control studies

245. Obesity-Child Executive (pdf file)
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     March 31, 2010 - outcomes related to weight or body composition (e.g., body mass index [BMI], weight, BMI-z score [measure … Within this hierarchy, each study contributed only one weight-related measure to the grade. … study) KQ4 = 5 (4 studies) KQ5 = 9 (9 studies) EXCLUDED* 5,600 No original data: 1,531 Does not measure … 259 Does not apply to Key Questions: 1,737 Other: 7 EXCLUDED† 470 No original data: 90 Does not measure … obesity based on BMI cutpoints, as the primary outcomes, but BMI has its limitations as an indirect measure

246. Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2012 - of the key issues with the VAP bundle adherence literature (and likely most literature on process measure … defs -- also good, although I have some mild concern regarding analysis of some process measure adherence … Outcome and process measures (definitions) also very well defined. … The focus is on change in adherence not the prevention measure. … Focus is on change in provider behavior, not the prevention measure specifically.

247. Ch 4-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - The exposure measurement could include alternative measures that capture single-use events; however … The known properties of the intervention of interest also should guide the development of exposure measures … In addition, while a measure of adherence can be used as a measure of amount of exposure or the dose … For dichotomous measures, investigators should attempt to maximize the sensitivity and specificity … If there are no validation studies to define the exposure of interest, utilize measures and definitions

248. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - The Joint Commission has expressed concern about U.S. cesarean birth rates as a performance measure … in its Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures, noting that, “There … to enable use and adjustment of the data and results Studies must include at least one outcome measure … Specifications manual for Joint Commission national uality core measures. Version 2010B2. … Prenatal care measure PC0-02. Cesarean section.

249. heart-failure-readmission-protocol-130611 (pdf file)
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     June 10, 2013 - Heart Failure Readmission: Relevance to Clinical Decisionmaking and Policy Although a crude measure … • Outcomes o Health and Social Outcomes  Mortality  Quality of life, using a validated measure …  Functional status, using a validated measure  Caregiver burden  Self-care burden o Health … Update on publicly reported outcomes measures based on the 2010 release. … ACCF/AHA/AMA-PCPI 2011 performance measures for adults with heart failure: a report of the American

250. Depression-Postpartum-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - This allows an approach that compares total tests or false-positive results as a measure of “cost” or … “harm” with a measure of benefit, such as “cases of depression detected.” … organization) were risk factors for depression. 12 Finally, although studies used a variety of different scales … All six provided some measure of appropriate diagnosis and treatment of depression. … In practice, this means not only agreement on which variables to collect, but how to measure and report

251. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - • Health-related quality of life as measured by absenteeism, presenteeism, the SF-36 or other scales … • Maintenance of weight within same BMI category as the baseline measure. … • Alternative measures of weight other than weight in pounds or kilograms or BMI (e.g., waist-to-hip … The additional alternative measures of weight have variable reporting consistency, and not including … Revise this section to make it clear that the following measures are the primary measures of interest

252. The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of teh Lumbar Spine (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2024 - of pain, function that are not validated • Measures/outcomes not listed • Radiographic parameters … of pain, function that are not validated • Measures/outcomes not listed Timing KQ 5 and 6 … We will focus on validated measures for pain, function and quality of life and will seek additional … For analysis of continuous measures across the same outcome measures (e.g., VAS for pain) we will report … mean differences and use standardized mean differences for outcomes measures with similar constructs

253. Disposition of Comments Report for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2013 - clear that good-quality studies should have blinded measurement of outcomes (it said "appropriately measure … environment it would not be possible, because there are so many factors involved, that it is impossible to measure … Risk assessments scales only can improve the intention to use adequate preventive measures. … (Section on direct comparisons between scales). … the AHRQ report on pressure ulcer treatment and both of the studies were specifically designed to measure

254. Medication-Therapy-Management Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2014 - Intermediate outcomes, including biometric and laboratory measures, drug therapy problems identified … In fact, many studies were able to measure changes in this outcome only in the intervention group. … Neither did they measure fidelity to intended MTM elements for post hoc evaluation. … studies, only small numbers of patients had any one specific condition, and most studies did not measure … Similarly, a medication-related instrument may better measure patients’ concerns that are directly

255. Rapid Evidence Product: Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings Version 2 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2021 - Therefore, clinicians and policymakers advise preventive measures. … The studies were generally limited in their ability to measure and control for the amount and intensity … Which preventive measures might protect health care workers from SARS? … Scales DC, Green K, Chan AK, et al. … Scales DC, Green K, Chan AK, et al.

256. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 12, 2012 - • Hospitalization s (number and length of stay) • Days of antibiotics needed • Validated measure … Are the inclusion/exclusion criteria measured using valid and reliable measures, implemented consistently … Are interventions/exposures assessed using valid and reliable measures, implemented consistently across … Are primary outcomes assessed using valid and reliable measures, implemented consistently across all … Are confounding variables assessed using valid and reliable measures, implemented consistently across

257. Disposition of Comments Report for Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults (pdf file)
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     July 26, 2012 - The definitions and diagnostic outcome measures are explicitly stated. … Definitions for outcome measures appear appropriate. … A priori, we judged stone growth to be a secondary efficacy outcome measure, and one that deserves … This means that improvement in this measure may commonly occur with or without thiazide treatment, … could argue that symptomatic stone events comprise a more reproducible, easily countable outcome measure

258. AHRQ Slide Template-Widescreen
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     May 22, 2025 - KQ1 Performance of Other Tests 14 Neuropsychological Tests AUCs 0.59-0.93 (failed to excellent) EEG Measures … functioning (e.g., Continuous Performance Test) used study-specific combinations of individual cognitive measures … further research is needed to establish that the 8-question subscale can function as a stand-alone measure … used to measure the severity of SI. … We also added examples of scales that are commonly used to measure SI and intent and changed the age

259. depression-pregnancy-postpartum-protocol (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2013 - being debilitating for the mother, postpartum depression affects maternal-infant interactions and some measures … measuring depression, or validated scales used to measure anxiety symptoms • Functional capacity … free and reduced lunch, and food stamps) o Community resource utilization (community engagement measures … Appropriate measures will be chosen based on the type of data for meta-analysis. … in comparison with care models currently in use, and clinical relevance and timing of the outcome measures

260. Title (pdf file)
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     March 31, 2010 - status), school factors (e.g., nutrition service, curriculum including physical activity, annual BMI measure … Various measures have been used in the field to assess adiposity and childhood obesity. … in the classification of obesity in adults and children, it remains controversial regarding what measures … Additionally, BMI is an indirect measure of adiposity, and thus has several limitations. 12 Other … measures, such as percentage of body fat measured via direct measures such as dual-emission X-ray