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101. Chronic-Cough Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - questionnaires, visual analog scales, electronic recordings, and human counts. … of life instruments • Visual analog scales • Objective cough counting • Tussigenic challenge • Exhaled … different measurement scales were considered similar enough to combine using effect sizes. … r = 0.8–1.0 Insufficient SOE 1 study; 67 subjects Detected change with treatment Visual analog scales … Visual analog scales, although widely used both in research and practice, have little to no data to

102. Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     August 24, 2012 - Added definition from source: “Feinglass defined financial pressure as a measure of the ‘gap between … assessed processes, the direct rewards were not based on quality measures. … of impact on costs and quality, especially as it relates to measures of quality. … for appropriateness of bundles, both to help address the unintended consequence above and also as a measure … If quality measures were used, many of the measures were process or intermediate health outcomes measures

103. Restless-Legs Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 16, 2011 - first 2 years of treatment and sometimes many years into treatment. 24 Several developed scales … MCIDs have not been defined for these scales. 23 Table 2: Scales to assess severity of RLS and …  Completed by patient  12-item questionnaire to measure impact of RLS symptoms on daily activities … We will evaluate methods used to define RLS, assess its severity, and measure treatment benefits and …  Studies that report only polysomnographic or other objective sleep-related measures.

104. Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2017 - be significant symptom changes based on objective tests or subjective validated questionnaires or scales … This review will examine improvement thresholds of clinical importance in validated scales and checklists … ., urodynamic testing, pelvic muscle strength); urination measures that do not measure UI specifically … of UI, subjective measures of UI, generic quality of life, UI-specific quality of life, adverse events … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: June 6, 2017 16 Vaginal cones/weights

105. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - (AHRQ) convene a panel of experts charged with developing quality measures for malnutrition-related … At AHRQ’s request, we conducted a systematic review to inform the potential development of these measures … between malnutrition and clinical outcomes included a combined 80 studies, only 43 used a known tool to measure … Instead, many studies identified malnutrition using only biometric measures, such as serum albumin levels … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2021.

106. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - (AHRQ) convene a panel of experts charged with developing quality measures for malnutrition-related … At AHRQ’s request, we conducted a systematic review to inform the potential development of these measures … between malnutrition and clinical outcomes included a combined 80 studies, only 43 used a known tool to measure … Instead, many studies identified malnutrition using only biometric measures, such as serum albumin levels … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2021.

107. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - What measures or indicators have been used to examine the harms associated with the target of the patient … & Medicaid Services (CMS) patient safety measures, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators, or the National … Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient safety related measures. … of care measures Utilization of health care services (focusing on the main utilization measure … What measures or indicators have been used to examine the harms associated with the target of the patient

108. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Since they did not measure the outcomes in the Key Questions, they are also not included in the strength-of-evidence … In studies of health plans and long-term care, the outcomes studied most often were quality measures … In general, these studies found that public reporting has a positive impact on the quality measures, … Insufficient Inappropriate diagnosis and treatment: In one study, the hypothesis that a publicly reported measure … • Quality measures that are publicly reported improve over time.

109. Arthritis-Knee-Physical-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - 02, 2011 8 – Isokinetic dynamometer – Knee goniometry – Lower extremity activity profile – Measure … o Markers of inflammation: – Girth measurements for swelling/edema o Self-reported patient scales … Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) Pain subscale – Patient Global Assessment – Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales … – Outcome Measures in Rheumatology – OMERACT outcome measures including:  Pain  Physical function … of life measure  Physician global assessment o Patient Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) o

110. Glasgow Coma Scale for Field Triage of Trauma: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - the tGCS is associated with slightly better predictive utility than the mGCS, based on the AUROC, a measure … For patients who are intoxicated or intubated, studies that measure how frequently the tGCS reverts … the Glasgow Coma Scale (mGCS) to the prehospital total GCS (tGCS) as a prehospital risk adjustment measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2014. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2017.

111. Future Research Needs: Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Stakeholders focused on behavioral, evaluation of transitional programs, and quality of life measures … to measure quality of life across the research base. 4 Need tools/measurements to assess harms throughout … Examples might be the development of quality of life measures or measurement of the goodness of fit … to measure quality of life across the research base. 4 Need tools/measurements to assess harms throughout … to measure quality of life across the research base. 4 Need tools/measurements to assess harms throughout

112. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review_Trauma Informed Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     January 14, 2025 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2025. … its contents, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … workers serving children to have a better understanding of the elements of TIC and for studies to measure … quality, child development, child mental and behavioral health, attention, cognition, emotional and … complexity with TIC approaches reviewed involves insufficient instruments to operationalize and measure

113. pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment-protocol-130718 (pdf file)
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     July 19, 2013 - Abdul-Aziz and colleagues26 did not appraise the quality of individual studies or grade the quality … sufficient data are available, meta-analyses and results will be stratified by (1) method of PK/PD measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Reseach and Quality; 2012:69-97. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2012:98-111. … Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) measures.

114. 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.

115. Liver-Cancer Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     July 24, 2013 -  Quality of life as measured with scales such as the Short-Form Health Survey (SF- 36) or EuroQol … with scales such as the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) or EuroQol 5D (EQ-5™) or as defined by the … with scales such as the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) or EuroQol 5D (EQ-5™) or as defined in the … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias (Quality) of Individual Studies The quality of individual … • Quality of life, measured using scales like Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36â) or EuroQol 5D (EQ

116. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Response: Patient and Family Engagement (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2023 - Committee for Quality Assurance patient- safety–related measures. … of care measures Utilization of healthcare services (focusing on the main utilization measure reported … The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) includes patient fall measures. … allergies; diagnostic laboratory test orders and results; current diet; vital signs; glucose levels; weights … Length of stay: an appropriate quality measure?

117. Obesity Prevention and Control (pdf file)
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     February 08, 2017 - use of a validated instrument (see Appendix B for list of commonly used validated instruments) to measure … of language across the quality systems. … measures are out of scope). … For the obesity measures and behavioral outcomes, we will additionally abstract the measures or instruments … When available, we will abstract the effect size and units, measure of variability, and 95% confidence

118. Juvenile-Arthritis-Dmards Surveillance (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2013 - measures most commonly used. … The ACR Pediatric 30 is also a relative measure of disease activity and not a measure of current disease … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2009. 3. … Abatacept improves health-related quality of life, pain, sleep quality, and daily participation in … The ACR Pediatric 30 is also a relative measure of disease activity and not a measure of current disease

119. Juvenile-Arthritis-Dmards Surveillance (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2013 - measures most commonly used. … The ACR Pediatric 30 is also a relative measure of disease activity and not a measure of current disease … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2009. 3. … Abatacept improves health-related quality of life, pain, sleep quality, and daily participation in … The ACR Pediatric 30 is also a relative measure of disease activity and not a measure of current disease

120. Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - It is also reasonable to assign different importance or weight to each measure. … When there is only one measure to optimize the alternative choices can be ranked readily. … on all measures. … In another example, a theorem proves that normalized weights that are inversely proportional to the … fragility of study rankings and inconsistency of subgroup analyses produced by comparing 25 published scales