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121. Disposition of Comments Report for Assessment and Management of Chronic Cough (pdf file)
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     January 07, 2013 - other dimensions of cough Peer Reviewer #3 General The comments about Visual Analogue Scales are … Such studies suggest to me that VAS measures still perform better than many other subjective scales … For each of these measures we sought to measure the validity, reliability, and Source: http: … Lastly, Visual Analogue Scales are reported very unfavourably. … besides cough counting (i.e. other QOL scores, VAS scales) may be more effective tools to evaluate

122. Pneumonia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 25, 2024 - Other preventive measures include washing your hands frequently and not smoking. … Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Systematic Review Archived November 30, 2012 Closing the Quality … Patient Safety Practices Research Protocol Archived August 3, 2011 Closing the Quality … Observed Association Between Antidepressant Use and Pneumonia Risk Was Confounded by Comorbidity Measures … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

123. Disparities-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - the State of the Science Executive Summary 2 and rehabilitative measures to maintain, restore, … To measure potential changes in disparity between patient groups, studies had to include a target and … Paper Selection Process We included studies that captured health outcome measures and/or process measures … Inclusion of a target group and an internal or external referent group to measure changes in disparities … In addition, they were required to provide data that could be used to measure a disparity before and

124. Rapid Evidence Product Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults A Rapid Review (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - intervention included two-hour sessions once a week of physical activity (e.g., walking, stretching, and weights … When studies reported overall results of scales (such as the SF-36) that also had subscales (such as … We extracted reported measures of social isolation and included measures of social capital, social networks … isolation data Intervention • Program consisted of physical activity (walking, stretching and weights … Measures of social isolation and loneliness Study Construct: Measure Measure Explanation/Questions

125. Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - These included studies using self-reported symptom scales (the artificial neural network test, the … Schedule of Fatigue and Anergia for CFS scale, subscales of the SF-36, and other scales) and various … (Low strength of evidence) Improvement on work and social adjustment scales in 2 trials. … Studies used a variety of methods to measure outcomes, limiting comparisons across studies. … Reliability and validity of Short Form 36 Version 2 to measure health perceptions in a sub- group of

126. Children's Health | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 07, 2025 - medlineplus.gov/childrenshealth.html Products Technical Brief April 7, 2025 Pediatric Quality … Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and … Followup Research Protocol August 2, 2024 Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: … An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup Research … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

127. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - indicators or quality measures. … A quality indicator or quality measure is an agreed-upon process or outcome measure that is used to … Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care. … Quality measures for supportive cancer care: The cancer quality-ASSIST (Assessing Symptoms Side Effects … National Quality Forum. Measure Evaluation Criteria. 2008: Washington, DC. 22.

128. Treatments for Ankyloglossia and Ankyloglossia with Concomitant Lip-tie | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Mothers consistently reported improved breastfeeding effectiveness after frenotomy, but outcome measures … Future studies could provide additional data to confirm or change the measure of effectiveness; thus, … Comparative studies reported improvements in some measures of speech, but assessment of outcomes was … Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

129. The Magnitude of Small-Study Effects in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: an Empirical Study of Nearly 30 000 Meta-analyses | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2024 - This article aims to provide rules of thumb for interpreting the measures. … We present the empirical distributions of the six measures and propose a rough guide to interpret the … measures' magnitude. … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

130. Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity: A Systematic Evidence Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2019 - Outcomes/Measures: Of the 294 included studies, we identified 112 studies with childhood weight measures … , 32 studies with adult weight measures, 152 studies with physical activity measures, and 148 studies … with dietary measures. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2017. … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

131. Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - Quality measures for symptoms and advance care planning in cancer: a systematic review. … National Quality Forum. Measure Evaluation Criteria. … Quality Measures for Supportive Cancer Care: The Cancer Quality- ASSIST Project. … Palliative Care Quality Measures Project (PEACE). … Consortium Measures.

132. Thyroid Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 10, 2010 - It is the most accurate measure of thyroid activity. … T3 and T4 - measure different thyroid hormones. … TSI - measures thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin. … Antithyroid antibody test - measures antibodies (markers in the blood). … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

133. Disposition of Comments for Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
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     November 24, 2014 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2014. … All provided strict measure for the review, though external/clinical validity may have been compromised … reason, we cannot answer the reviewer’s question about “how good and reproducible” the instruments and scales … factors in influencing outcomes, and that MIC may be a predictor of patient outcomes rather than a measure … Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2008.

134. Patient Safety Practices Focused on Sepsis Prediction and Recognition | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 01, 2024 - We included reviews and primary studies of sepsis prediction and recognition PSPs reporting measures … Across the systematic reviews and primary studies of neonates, the PSPs improved clinical process measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2024. … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

135. S58 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - measures. … Nachega et al27 found a significant relationship between a claims-based measure of antiretroviral adherence … Construction of a refill persistence measure must also take into account the complexity of many treatment … Thus, researchers should be wary of simply selecting a single measure and mechanically applying the required … to control for co-occurring conditions.34,35 However, such indices may under-adjust, as they force weights

136. Additional Patient Outcomes and Alternative Pathways in Evaluations of Testing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - Many studies now include quality-of-life measures to document additional effects of the medical interventions … of quality of life. … If one feels that testing may lead to clinically relevant anxiety, one of the existing anxiety scales … These scales are probably not sensitive enough to detect more subtle changes, which could help to explain … Rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations: grading quality of evidence and strength

137. Fecal-Incontinence Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2014 - measures, a lack of measures for some patient-important outcomes (such as urgency), limited long-term … of Life (multiple scales, such as the Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life [FIQL],25 Gastrointestinal … Outcomes measurement issues inherent in the psychometric properties of the questionnaires used to measure … whether or not the measure provides a composite or subscale scores.28,30,31,33 • FI episode counts … Yes Measures were valid and reliable (i.e., objective measure, validated scale/tool); consistent across

138. Disposition of Comments for CER 204 Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - or objectivity of diet or physical activity measures, whereas it is well known that high quality measures … types of measures were described) but I think the quality issues of these measures, which are not … However, we did not delve into the details of quality issues among these measures because this was … We did not have a process for ranking the quality of the data collection measure, outside of the bias … We did describe which studies used validated measures as a proxy for quality.

139. 13-MDM347013 30..38 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Many studies now include quality-of-life measures to document additional effects of the medical interventions … of quality of life. … one feels that testing may lead to clinically relevant anxiety, 7 one of the existing anxiety scales … These scales are probably not sensitive enough to detect more subtle changes, which could help to explain … Rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations: grading quality of evidence and strength

140. 13-MDM347013 30..38 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Many studies now include quality-of-life measures to document additional effects of the medical interventions … of quality of life. … one feels that testing may lead to clinically relevant anxiety, 7 one of the existing anxiety scales … These scales are probably not sensitive enough to detect more subtle changes, which could help to explain … Rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations: grading quality of evidence and strength