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321. Ankyloglossia Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2015 - Future studies could provide additional data to confirm or change the measure of effectiveness; thus … Observer-rated measures did not show significant improvements. … Future studies could provide additional data to confirm or change the measure of effectiveness. … Lack of a consistent objective measure to define and classify this condition may limit the reproducibility … A measure of success: audit of frenulotomy for infant feeding: problems associated with tongue-tie.

322. worker-health-protocol-150526 (pdf file)
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     May 26, 2015 - chronic disease (including work-related injuries and illnesses); depression or anxiety; validated measures … surveillance outcomes: Hospitalizations, emergency department visits, or outpatient clinic visits; measures … historical controls Outcomes As defined above in PICOTs KQs 2, 3, 4: All other outcomes, such as measures … (e.g., maximal oxygen consumption) or exercise performance (e.g., number of sit-ups performed); measures … analysis was used, method of handling dropouts and missing data, validity and reliability of outcome measures

323. Ch-7-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2012 - The baseline measure of blood pressure is represented by C 0 . … In mediation analysis, the investigator intentionally measures and adjusts intermediate variables to … adherence, and a newer class of causal effect estimators, such as inverse- probability-of-treatment weights … Inverse probability-of-censoring weights for the correction of time-varying noncompliance in the effect … Sensitivity analyses for unmeasured confounding assuming a marginal structural model for repeated measures

324. Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - Measure Evaluation Criteria. … Quality Measures for Supportive Cancer Care: The Cancer Quality- ASSIST Project. … Measure evaluation criteria and subcriteria descriptions. … Palliative Care Quality Measures Project (PEACE). … Consortium Measures.

325. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 25, 2010 - Injury severity is determined through one or more measures, including structural imaging findings, … (DRS) – Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) o Intermediate Outcomes — Primarily functional measures … Recommendations for the Use of Common Outcome Measures in Traumatic Brain Injury Research. … Definition of Terms Abbreviated Injury Severity Scale (AIS)—Measure used to classify the severity … 3 indicating moderate injury, and 4–6 indicating severe injury. 5 Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)—Measure

326. ECRI_Penn EPC FINAL Environ Cleaning Protocol 08_21_14 CC[1] (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - been developed as another alternative that offers direct, rapid feedback and provides a quantitative measure … If so, could they serve as useful surrogate measures for HAI transmission? … the challenges associated with measuring patient-centered outcomes and the optimal use of surrogate measures … In addition to measures of infection rates, what patient-centered outcomes are most important when … pathogen type, infection site, type of cleaning or monitoring modality, focus and scope of outcome measure

327. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2010 - Executive Summary Under study selection you say the reference test is intended to measure the “true” … The studies measured pain on pain scales that included a category “severe” which some patients chose … We have added additional definitions and formulas explaining the measures to the document. … Negative likelihood ratio is a totally different concept and measure. … The confidence intervals around some of the outcome measures are reasonably narrow.

328. Slide 1 (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - Tariffs QALYs CEA, reimbursement Stated Preferences Discrete Choice Tailored Preference Weights …  Statistical model estimates preference weights consistent with observed choices. …  Preference weights quantify relative importance as the willingness to accept tradeoffs. 7 7 …  Idea of treating patient-preference measures as evidence is novel for most clinicians.

329. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     February 23, 2012 - Patient experiences, assessed using a validated measure. 2. … Patient experiences, assessed using a validated measure. b. … The last two will be assessed using validated measures. c. … To carry out these analyses, we will rank studies by impact level, based on an overall impact measure … Developing a quality measure for clinical inertia in diabetes care.

330. Pharma-Nonpharma-Ptsd-2022-Update-App-G1 (xls file)
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     January 01, 2022 - have been selected, on the basis of the results, from multiple eligible outcome measurements (e.g. scales

331. Systematic Review Update: Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     December 11, 2018 - Only validated measures for function and pain will be reported. … There is overlap between functional outcomes measures and quality of life measures. … Short-Form 36 (SF-36) and EuroQoL-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D) are two such outcome measures and they were … categorized as quality of life measures for previous report and will be categorized as such for the … We will apply similar methodology to outcomes measures for the other conditions.

332. Future Research Needs for Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation in the Pediatric Population (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - Trials would use standardized measure of neurocognitive and neurodevelopmental outcomes. 8. … However, multiple family members are asked to engage in a research process to measure very personal … to be followed for at least 5 years for enough events to occur to enable a comparison and to measure … need to be followed for at least 5 years for enough events to occur to enable a comparison and to measure … Also, may not be enough cases who had survivorship planning to measure the impact.

333. Disposition of Comments for Use of Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in the Management of Heart Failure (pdf file)
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     November 20, 2013 - tackle adequately the complexity of diagnosis of heart failure and in particular the superiority of measure … Rev 7 Intro The definitions for the outcome measures are appropriate. … statement: we see over and over again that clinicians do have problem in interpreting diagnostic accuracy measures … If a translation from accuracy measures to patient important outcomes is desired, then there is almost … If I know the age and sex of a person, do I really need to measure BNP on top of that?

334. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Prevention in Adults of Infection With Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2024 - Haessler S, Martin EM, Scales ME, et al. … *):ti,ab,kw OR ("prevention" NEAR measure*):ti,ab,kw OR (safety NEAR precaution*):ti,ab,kw OR (safety … NEAR measure*):ti,ab,kw 15,142 3 inpatient*:ti,ab,kw OR hospital*:ti,ab,kw OR ("healthcare" NEXT … Examining instruments used to measure knowledge of catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention … Haessler S, Martin EM, Scales ME, et al.

335. A Randomized Trial of Epidural Glucocorticoid Injections for Spinal Stenosis: A Brief Summary of Findings for Clinicians (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2016 - STUDY DESIGN AND OUTCOME MEASURES The study design was a double-blind, multisite, randomized controlled … improvement (≥50%) in disability and leg pain at 6 weeks; and scores at 3 and 6 weeks on six other measures

336. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2022 Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - That seems like a curious measure to use in PTSD studies since it’s designed to measure disability from … categorized as a functioning measure. … We have updated the report to categorize SF-36 as a QOL measure. … We have included measures of function as reported in the studies, and the ODI was classified as a measure … Definitions and diagnostic criteria are appropriate for the outcome measures.

337. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 08, 2011 - Health outcomes: morbidity, mortality, function, and quality of life as measured by validated scales … therapy Health outcomes: morbidity, mortality function, and quality of life as measured by validated scales … Sample variability measures Precision of estimate p values  Regression modeling techniques … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: September 8, 2011 o Were outcome measures … o Well-described study population o Well-described intervention o Use of validated outcome measures

338. Disposition of Comments for CER 182 Glasgow Coma Scale (pdf file)
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     January 12, 2017 - AUROC by definition is based on sensitivity and specificity calculated at different values of the measure … TEP Reviewer #2 Methods Are the definitions or diagnostic criteria for the outcome measures appropriate … threshold for the measure is (e.g. a kappa with LCL >0.4 indicates moderate agreement between assessors … Peer Reviewer #4 Methods Are the definitions or diagnostic criteria for the outcome measures appropriate … tGCS is associated with slightly better predictive utility than the mGCS, based on the AUROC, a measure

339. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Engaging Family Caregivers With Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2024 - What patient safety measures or indicators have been used to examine these harms? 3. … & Medicaid Services (CMS) patient safety measures, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators, or the National … Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient safety related measures. … What Patient Safety Measures or Indicators Have Been Used To Examine These Harms? … Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Measures measures or indicators do not specifically address

340. Educating Session Participants (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - procedures usually inform, educate participants  Materials should be comprehensible, engaging o Can measure …  Measure perceived independence, adequacy of information