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381. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2011 - Cognitive 22 Insufficient 1 fair trial: no significant differences in ECT + rTMS functioning a single item measure … No differences between groups on a single-item measure of cognitive functioning were found in a study … Measured outcomes on the whole reflected the most important clinical outcomes for depression measures … Followup periods were generally shorter than desirable, but most were sufficient to measure an initial … Including key relevant measures and subgroups in subsequent research is desirable.

382. EHC Technical Brief 32: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (pdf file)
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     May 14, 2019 - Authors do not need to change their methods but might provide a sentence or two on the limitations of measures … better placed with the other figures on population characteristics and before the figure on rating scales … #4 Findings p. 27 line 19: Does this apply to any diagnostic instrument or only to specific rating scales … This data element is captured in outcomes, as we abstracted data on depression measures. … The continuous rating scale measures would be worth categorizing in a separate field rather than mixing

383. Kidney-Disease-Medicine Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - First, the accuracy of available screening and monitoring measures for persistent CKD and progressive … • The sensitivity and specificity of one-time measures of microalbuminuria, macroalbuminuria, and … - May test different screening measures (e.g., microalbuminuria, macroalbuminuria, eGFR, combination … - Variations in screening measures and frequency. … Parameters of these models may include: - Variations in monitoring measures and frequency (quantitative

384. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 9 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - an obvious choice for a reference standard (e.g., when both tests are alternative methodologies to measure … test results, one can summarize the extent of agreement between two tests using Cohen’s statistic (a measure … At the same time, portable monitors can be used to measure AHI instead of facility-based polysomnography

385. Cerebral-Palsy-Feeding Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - allocate patients to treatments; has a low dropout rate; and uses appropriate means to prevent bias; measure … The low strength of evidence for the effects of gastrostomy on increasing growth measures, including … Results for other growth measures are mixed, and substantial numbers of children remained underweight … Effect of oral sensorimotor treatment on measures of growth and efficiency of eating in the moderately … Effect of oral sensorimotor treatment on measures of growth, eating efficiency and aspiration in the

386. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 09, 2011 - Making Health Care Safer’s set of categories i.e., patient, clinical, and surrogate outcomes, process measures … , other things related to safety and no safety measures. … Measure high-priority contexts in the 4 domains a) External factors, such as regulatory requirements

387. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2017 - If three or more studies reported the same outcome measure for the same intervention during the same … used for outcome measures and because it was not always possible to determine the scales from the … pooled outcomes as standardized mean differences; we did not pool studies that used different tools to measure … and follow-up, and even reporting of the scales used for some outcome measures, all of which limited … interventions need to be conducted for longer durations and mechanisms need to be developed to better measure

388. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - example, to follow the principle of patient-centeredness, the Program encourages EPCs to use absolute measures … Studies that measure health outcomes (events or conditions that the patient can feel and report on, … self-reported measures of quality of life or function41 and long-term outcomes that require longitudinal … data collection to measure. … • Short-term head-to-head trials that use surrogate (efficacy) measures.

389. Disposition of Comments: Technical Brief No. 38_Automated Entry Patient Generated Health Data for Chronic Conditions: The Evidence on Health Outcomes (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2021 - Were measures consistent over time? … Defining interoperability and basis for rating scales is important. … In the text it was acknowledged that the majority were scales and accelerometers. … We understand that pedometers simply measure steps. … Response Public Reviewer #4 (Rob Havasy, Personal Connected Health Alliance) General · Weight scales

390. Stakeholder-Engagement-Benefits White-Paper (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - How Can We Measure the Impact of Stakeholder Engagement? … The limited number of studies identified in our literature search focused primarily on measures of the … This example illustrates the challenge of designing appropriate measures for engagement. … This suggests that attempts to measure stakeholder impact need to include both process and outcome measures … Oliver et al., 200415 United Kingdom Box 3 of the Exec Sum proposes intermediate and final measures

391. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: Developing and Prioritizing a Future Research Agenda (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2012 - Development of standardized measures for short- and long-term maternal and infant outcomes. 2. … large-scale studies in this area hinges on the development of standard terminology and indicators to measure … nonmedical outcomes and process measures that influence TOL decisionmaking and access. … Using the Delphi technique to determine which outcomes to measure in clinical trials: recommendations … Development of standardized measures for short and long-term maternal and infant outcomes 2.

392. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2006 - Overall, QoL measures tended to favor treatment with epoetin or darbepoetin. … Numeric changes on QoL instrument scales must be empirically evaluated to determine whether the degree … To interpret changes in anemia-specific quality of life measures, a clear, empirically based definition

393. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 224 Omega-3 Fatty Acids (pdf file)
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     October 12, 2016 - meta-analysis, as they would need to be paired with their corresponding maternal intakes and infant birth weights … Outcome measures and statistical methods appropriate. … in the section on cognitive outcomes, although one domain of the Neonatal Behavior Assessment did measure … In the column labeled "Results," we provided the name of the test (outcome measure) as reported in … /Conclusion In several places, the authors use terms such as "non-significant decrease in..." some measure

394. Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - important for clinicians to recognize PPH as it occurs and to not delay instituting guideline-based measures … the definitions and criteria for PPH and first-line management strategies for PPH is lacking. �� Measures

395. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Despite the adoption of infection-control measures, the incidence of MRSA infection at most U.S. … Given the continued dissemination of MRSA at most U.S. hospitals, it is clear that these measures, as … impact of a screening program without detailed information about the deployment of decolonization measures … The guidelines further advise that these measures “should be implemented in all types of health care … To attempt to measure the favorable impact of screening for MRSA carriage while ignoring its potential

396. genetic-testing-developmental-disabilities-protocol-140930 (pdf file)
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     September 30, 2014 - abilities), Inventory for Client and Agency Planning, Scales of Independent Behavior, and Vineland … Adaptive Behavior Scales.16 Outcomes: Patient-centered health outcomes, changes in clinical or family … Analytic specificity: is defined as the ability of a measurement procedure to measure solely the analyte … the properties or characteristic it is intended to measure (e.g., a gene mutation)? … refers to the reaction that an assay may have with analytes other than the ones it is designed to measure

397. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2011 - risperidone and aripiprazole each have at least two RCTs demonstrating improvement in a parent-reported measure … of challenging behavior.109-120, 122, 123 A parent- reported hyperactivity and noncompliance measure … We identified more than 100 distinct outcome measures used in this literature base, not accounting for … this literature made preliminary strides in addressing these issues, but studies that specifically measure … The autism diagnostic observation schedule-generic: a standard measure of social and communication deficits

398. CERs Report cover (pdf file)
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     September 23, 2010 - 2 How important is it to have a tool box of validated outcomes measures? … Consistent use of validated outcome measures. … research would benefit from design and measurement improvements, and that the optimal outcomes to measure … Consistent use of validated quality of life and outcome assessment tools -crosswalk studies for each measure … Toolbox of approved, validated measures 3.

399. Community-Based Participatory Research: Lessons for Stakeholder Engagement in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - You can see the number is the number of questions within scales. … We have measures as well of these outcomes. … also recognize the need for a conceptual model for engaging stakeholders so that we could begin to measure … Only then can we measure and evaluate the influence of stakeholders on particular CER projects and using … A lot of times I’ve noticed with studies that they don’t take the time to really measure and see how

400. Disposition of Comments Report for Otitis Media With Effusion (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2013 - The outcome measures appear to be appropriate. … shows the results reported by Browning et al. from the three studies that employed the same language measure … Comment Response Peer Reviewer #6 Results Table 29 (p. 53), by contrast, does present findings for a measure … of cognition and a measure of child behavior from one of the Paradise et al. studies (2001). … explicit evidence that the sample had OME at the time of treatment (i.e., diagnosis using a validated measure