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301. Disposition of Comments for Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - The outcome measures chosen were largely those previously specified by included studies. … This problem stems from the plots depicting two different BP outcome measures. … This is important because clinicians often think in terms of BP control rather than continuous measures … The ability to measure nocturnal SMBP will require research on how to use this to characterize BP pattern … review by Staessen in 2008 concluded that further studies must establish what values of the self measure

302. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 20, 2011 - : “counseling and immunizations” to “counseling or immunizations”  Include additional outcome measures … Measures of diagnostic accuracy, such as sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and areas under … Appropriate measures will be chosen based on the type of data for meta-analysis. … Where possible, we will group similar outcome measures across the studies to make preliminary estimates … Otherwise, indirect comparisons will be considered if the outcome measures for nonintervention are

303. Insomnia_protocol-140403 (pdf file)
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     April 03, 2014 - Despite discrepancies between objective and subjective measures of sleep parameters, the subjective … measures are considered more valuable because they are patient-centered outcomes. … Sleep quality, subjectively measured in a variety of ways, is also an important measure. … Follow-up measures beyond 3 months of treatment will be used to evaluate long-term efficacy and comparative … Development and validation of patient- reported outcome measures for sleep disturbance and sleep-related

304. Insomnia_protocol-140403 (pdf file)
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     April 03, 2014 - Despite discrepancies between objective and subjective measures of sleep parameters, the subjective … measures are considered more valuable because they are patient-centered outcomes. … Sleep quality, subjectively measured in a variety of ways, is also an important measure. … Follow-up measures beyond 3 months of treatment will be used to evaluate long-term efficacy and comparative … A systematic review reported outcome measures for sleep of insomnia and complementary disturbance and

305. Executive Summary: Pain Management Interventions for Hip Fracture (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2011 - Observational analytic studies were assessed using the cohort and case­control Newcastle Ottawa Scales … Acute pain was measured using different scales (numeric rating score [1–5] and 10cm VAS). … Acute pain was measured using the 10cm VAS; the baseline measure was 6.5cm. … Acute pain was measured using different scales (i.e., numeric rating scales and 10cm VAS). … Standardization of outcomes and outcome measures will allow easier and meaningful comparisons across

306. App-F1-Surv-Report-3-Nonopioid-Pharmacol-Chronic-Pain (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - for neuropathic pain Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class 1 Drug Class 2 Drug 1 Drug 2 Measure … Name Measure Scale Assessment Time (Wk) Time Category Grp 1 Baseline N Grp 1 Baseline Mean Pain Score … Name Measure Scale Assessment Time (Wk) Time Category Grp 1 Baseline N Grp 1 Baseline Mean Function … Name Measure Scale Assessment Time (Wk) Time Category Grp 1 Baseline N Grp 1 Baseline Mean Depression … Name Measure Scale Assessment Time (Wk) Time Category Grp 1 Baseline N Grp 1 Baseline Mean Function

307. Future Research Needs for Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain Therapies for Women (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - While typically used as a measure for pain, visual analog scales varied, making comparisons across studies … Outcome measures a. … Outcome measures · Stakeholders agreed that standardized outcome measures are needed, specifically … · CPP outcome measures and scales should be established and validated. … Develop standardized outcome measures and scales for quality of life and functional capacity.

308. Disposition of Comments for CER 177 Agitation Aggression Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 21, 2016 - commonly used instruments that indicate, it would also be helpful to identify thresholds on rating scales … The overlap of agitation/aggression and behaviors measured by scales such as NPI and RMBPC, Behave-AD … TEP #1 Methods Delineation of the scales used in these studies is perhaps an accurate reflection of … and why there is only one measure included. … We did not pool frequency measures with severity measures.

309. Whole-Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - Studies on whole-body vibration as an exercise modality with no clinical bone measures reported. 5 … Multiple outcomes would need evaluation, including measures of bone and muscle, fractures, balance, … What outcomes are appropriate measures of the efficacy and effectiveness of vibration therapy? … Bone Mineral Content Measure Fracture Measure of Fracture Quality of Life Quality of Life … Content Bone Mineral Content Measure Fracture Measure of Fracture Quality of Life Quality

310. Microsoft Word - Comp Eff 10.doc (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - we used either the inverse of the risk difference (when risk difference is presented as the pooling measure … ), or the inverse of an estimated difference based on an average control event rate and a relative measure … of effect (when odds ratio is used as the measure for pooling). … Studies utilized a variety of quality-of-life scales: two administered the Psychological General Well … However, despite these differences in study quality, sample size, therapeutic agents, outcome measure

311. AHRQ Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC) Program Research Gaps Summary: Pain Management (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - Outcomes • Future studies should include pain response, pain severity, measures of overall function … one or a few small trials, several nonpharmacological treatments for migraine may improve various measures … Study Design • Study designs need a consistent use of recognized standard measures of pain and function … • Most systematic reviews report pain outcomes using scales that measure only pain intensity, while … outcomes reporting, including pain and its impact on function and recovery as measured by multidomain scales

312. Disposition of Comments CER 219 Antipsychotics for the Prevention and Treatment of Delirium (pdf file)
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     September 03, 2019 - We have revised the scales on the forest plots to better fit the data. … In an earlier version of this report particularly when we were unable to calculate a summary measure … Medicus, Jennifer [APA]) Methods We are also concerned that the other end points the review uses to measure … While we agree that the length of stay data are skewed and do not yield a summary measure, inferences … agitation may be more prominent at night when research assistants are less likely to be performing rating scales

313. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 260: Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes (pdf file)
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     May 22, 2023 - Details regarding which combination of cancer sites, nutrition interventions and outcome measures that … discouraged from further exploring the impact of nutrition intervention and developing research to measure … and at risk for malnutrition) are highly varied, focusing on weight loss and other heterogeneous measures … We agree with the reviewers that the choice of diagnostic criteria and outcome measures must be feasible … As we note, there are a diverse set of measures collected using a variety of tools.

314. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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     March 01, 2010 - , bone measures, lung function, pulmonary exacerbations, antibiotic use, exercise tolerance, sex hormones … , bone measures, lung function, pulmonary exacerbations, antibiotic use, exercise tolerance, sex hormones … , bone measures, lung function, pulmonary exacerbations, antibiotic use, exercise tolerance, sex hormones … mass measured by different methods [DEXA, skin folds, BIA] in same units) or amino acid catabolism measures … body mass or other anthropometric parameters in different ways but not to pool different amino acid measures

315. Osteoporosis-Vibration-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - What outcomes are appropriate measures of the efficacy and effectiveness of vibration therapy? … participants in comparison group O — Outcomes Bone mass density as outcome of interest (yes or no) Measures … density Site of bone mass density measurement Bone mineral content as outcome of interest (yes or no) Measures … used to assess bone mineral content Fracture as outcome of interest (yes or no) Measures used to assess … fracture Quality of life as outcome of interest (yes or no) Measures used to assess quality of life

316. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 21, 2011 - Unless a patient’s condition is rapidly reversible, these conservative measures often fail to improve … Outcomes measures for each question: o Intermediate outcomes: – Physiological measures such … – Psychological distress (e.g., anxiety) assessed by using a validated measure. … outcomes: – Functional status measured by using a validated questionnaire or performance-based measure … expected to be binary or categorical; we will, therefore, summarize these outcomes by a weighted effect measure

317. 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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     May 29, 2025 - $This$group$ also$cited$the$utility$of$this$measure$in$evaluating$progress$in$rehabilitation. … $Instead,$we$chose$to$ include$studies$with$scales$that$incorporated$community$integration$or$quality … $Prespecified$ secondary$outcomes$scales$included$the$Extended$Glasgow$Outcome$Scale$(GOS"E),$the$ … $We$identified$other$ scales$during$the$screening$process. … $Descriptions$of$all$secondary$outcome$measures$appear$in$ Table$3.

318. Dia 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - The pattern of choices reveals the implicit decision weights patients attach to therapeutic benefits … response it is possible to estimate the part-worth utility of the levels and to estimate attribute weights … Extreme Decision matrix 11 Eigenvalue to obtain criteria (Ci) and level (Li) weights (1) … Remission Relaps patients experts effectiveness Quality of life Adverse events Rank 1 Outcome measure … for psychiatrists Rank 1 Outcome measure for patients Danner, Hummel et al.

319. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 262_Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder in Outpatient Settings: Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - quantitative analyses using random-effects models to estimate pooled effects.7 For continuous outcomes (e.g., scales … We did find low strength of evidence for no difference in quality of life measures for baclofen based … topiramate studies, we found low strength of evidence for no effect on injuries or quality of life measures

320. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Review: Use of Structured Handoff Protocols for Intrahospital Within-Unit Transitions (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - available information and included author, year, study design, frequency and severity of the harms, measures … reported any of the outcomes of fidelity to SBAR, clarity of communication, clinical outcomes, or measures … Other measures of harmful and nonharmful errors also decreased. … Other measures of harm declined, but the rate of falls, medication errors, procedure-related errors, … Some studies did not use the same outcome measures as the original I-PASS study, and other clinical