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121. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program … Community Forum Knowledge Brief Number 2: Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation Public deliberation—a … process elements (e.g., whether participants had equal opportunities to contribute) to assess the quality … • Evaluative case studies report on either single cases or multiple cases; they compare selected measures … Outcomes measured in the literature include process measures as well as measures of the effect of deliberation

122. Interventions for Dyspnea in Patients With Advanced Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 22, 2019 - This tool must include patient-or caregiver-reported measures of anxiety. … A review of quality of care evaluation for the palliation of dyspnea. … Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care? … with acceptable face or content validity, reliability, and/or construct validity. 14 Observational scales … For the purposes of this report focusing on breathlessness, we wanted to focus on an objective measure

123. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 23, 2012 -  Outcomes measures for each question: The outcome measures of interest include: health outcome … To measure potential changes in the inequity of care between patient groups, priority condition studies … Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review  Disparity Measure. … Included studies should capture health outcome measures and/or process measures. … improvement intervention and measure a change in outcomes relative to a referent group.

124. Comparative Effectiveness of Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 15, 2010 - Subjective (e.g., Epworth sleepiness scales); only validated measures Objective (e.g., Multiple Sleep … Latency Test, Maintenance of Wakefulness Test); only validated measures General symptom scales ( … e.g., diagnostic screening questionnaires); only validated measures Psychological function scales; … only validated measures Cognitive or Executive function scales; only validated measures Physical … function scales; only validated measures Accidents ascribed to somnolence (e.g., motor vehicle, home

125. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 255: Transitions of Care From Pediatric to Adult Services for Children With Special Healthcare Needs (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2022 - exists for effective transition of care from pediatric to adult services for CSHCN, nor is a single measure … Methods The methods for this systematic review follow the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Similarly, no single measure or set of measures is used in this body of research. … Even within a single domain, such as transition readiness or quality of life, multiple measures are … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2022.

126. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - including 1) reduced mortality, 2) reduced morbidity, 3) reduced adverse events, and 4) improved quality-of-life … erythrocytes or reticulocyte hemoglobin content in relation to other measures of iron metabolic status … erythrocytes or reticulocyte hemoglobin content in relation to other measures of iron metabolic status … What is the most effective interval in which to measure markers of iron metabolic status to achieve … Fatigue, poorer quality of life, and cognitive impairment have also been associated with anemia in these

127. 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 in surgical report cards used to examine the safety of surgical … for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) patient safety measures, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators, … or the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient safety related measures. … representatives who are not patients or family members Intervention Any intervention intended to measure … For Review Question 2, we will focus on identifying relevant measures that are ...

128. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2010 - Subjective (e.g., Epworth sleepiness scales); only validated measures ii. … Psychological function scales; only validated measures e. … Cognitive or Executive function scales; only validated measures f. … Physical function scales; only validated measures g. … Sleep quality; only formal scales or questionnaires i. Work days lost (and equivalent) 8.

129. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 18 Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health (pdf file)
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     March 05, 2015 - Another measure of comprehensive information that would be more specific to the consumers’ needs. … I was confused by the distinction between “high value providers” and “quality comparators” If quality … We use the summery measure to summarize and not to say they that are equally important. b. … In box 1 (on page 4) we define what we mean when we say a cost measure: A financial measure of cost … information and quality measures are being conflated with those reporting on costs.

130. Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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     January 01, 2013 - Model Selection   Number of Followup Measures and Time Intervals   Single measure Repeated measure … , fixed intervals Repeated measure, variable intervals Outcome measure No clustering Clustering (e.g … Examples of correlated data include repeated measures on study subjects over time, patients selected … Repeated measures per study subject can be collapsed to a single summary measure per subject. … Random-effects models are another suitable analytical approach to handle repeated measures data.

131. 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.

132. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Expanded Guidance on Selected Quantitative Synthesis Topics (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2013. … or effect size meta-analyses can be used if the same outcome was assessed on different measurement scales … Results, however, are expressed in units of standard deviations, rather than in units of any measurement scales … For example, Hansen et al.33 combined functional outcomes measured on different scales in placebo-controlled … investigators could consider calculating an approximation of mean difference on the included measurement scales

133. Phenylketonuria Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently assessed quality, with differences resolved though discussion … -31 were rated as poor quality. … , one poor- quality prospective cohort,62 and four poor-quality case series.56,57,59,61 No study included … Currently, findings on the association of Phe levels and any specific measure of executive function … Registries have been established and will provide important data, as will ongoing studies that measure

134. Lower Limb Prostheses: Measurement Instruments, Comparison of Component Effects by Subgroups, and Long-Term Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 06, 2018 - Key Messages Thirty of 50 evaluated instruments (ambulatory/functional outcomes and other measures) … reliability, and related psychometric properties for assessment techniques, predictor tools, and outcome measures … psychometric properties of 50 instruments (classified as assessment techniques, prediction tools, and outcome measures … analyses to allow assessment of heterogeneity of treatment effect, 7 used both predictor and outcome measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2018.

135. EHC Protocol: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Deprescribing to Reduce Medication Harms in Older Adults (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - What patient safety measures or indicators have been used to examine the harm associated with polypharmacy … for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) patient safety measures, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators, … or the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient safety related measures. … (e.g., reduction of polypharmacy or PIMs; total medication count) Clinical outcome measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2023.

136. 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

137. Comparative Effectiveness of Physical Therapy for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 02, 2011 - Hand-held dynamometer Isokinetic dynamometer Knee goniometry Lower extremity activity profile Measure … capacity Markers of inflammation: Girth measurements for swelling/edema 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 Patient Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) Knee

138. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2011 - ., AHI), blood pressure (an intermediate outcome for cardiovascular disease), and hemoglobin A1c (a measure … Scale (ESS); the quality-of-life measure Functional Outcomes Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ); and compliance … Any differences in quality of life measures or neurocognitive tests were equivocal between treatment … It did not find statistically significant differences in ESS and quality of life measures between patients … The reported findings on sleep study and quality of life measures were heterogeneous across studies.

139. Quality-Gap-Palliative-Hospice Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - Outcome Measures for Each Key Question For both Key Questions, we included all relevant patient or … measures, such as timeliness of response to pain and other symptoms • Family/caregiver psychosocial … a multicenter study found significant improvements, but a single-center study found no impact on measures … education in nursing homes found the intervention had a statistically significant improvement on measures … of attrition, and issues with outcome measures not designed for advanced or serious illness or not

140. Assessing the Quality of Individual Studies (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Assessing the Quality of Individual Studies Assessing the Quality of Individual Studies Agency for … Result from problems in data analysis and interpretation, such as choice of the wrong statistical measure … Did investigators concurrently measure intervention and exposure status for intervention and comparison … Did investigators concurrently measure outcomes for intervention and comparison groups? … rating Reporting Quality Ratings Key Messages (I): Definition of Quality Assessment Quality assessment