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141. Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - for identifying and judging the risk of bias when results deviate from protocols in the timing or measure … For a scale, the weights of different items are explicit rather than implicit. … Scales to assess the quality of randomized controlled trials: a systematic review. … Correlation of quality measures with estimates of treatment effect in meta- analyses of randomized controlled … Scales to assess the quality of randomized controlled trials: a systematic review.

142. The Empirical Evidence of Bias in Trials Measuring Treatment Differences | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 29, 2014 - Two people independently selected, extracted data from, and rated the quality of included studies. … Studies differed markedly on a number of dimensions including measures/scales used to measure biases,

143. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2017 - Thank you for the comment that many of these scales have multiple versions. … Measures of integration: There are no standard tools but a measure of integration between palliative … We have given a detailed description in definitions: “Quality indicator: A population-based measure … result in a quality measure. … outcome rather than as a quality outcome per se quality measures.

144. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2017 - Thank you for the comment that many of these scales have multiple versions. … Measures of integration: There are no standard tools but a measure of integration between palliative … We have given a detailed description in definitions: “Quality indicator: A population-based measure … result in a quality measure. … outcome rather than as a quality outcome per se quality measures.

145. Template for Draft Reports (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - What standardized outcome measures should be used for HCBS and NH recipients that fully measure benefits … What quality-of-life measures and disease-specific measures should be used to capture an individual … What quality-of-life measures and disease specific measures should be used to capture an individual's … What quality-of-life measures and disease specific measures should be used to 6 (14) capture an individual's … What quality-of-life measures and disease specific measures should be used to capture an individual's

146. 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

147. Use of Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in the Management of Heart Failure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 20, 2011 - These domains were adapted from the Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scales for case-control studies … judgment with regards to comparability of study populations, diagnostic standard, treatments, and outcome measures … Copenhagen, Denmark) and the DerSimonian and Laird random and fixed effects models 34 to generate summary measures … Outcome Measurements Was the outcome defined clearly (i.e., was the measure described in … Outcome Measurements Was the outcome defined clearly (i.e., was the measure described in

148. Systematizing the Use of Value of Information Analysis in Prioritizing Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2012 - VOI, information is used about multiplicative elements of VOI, which include comprehensive outcome measures … modeling. (2) In a minimal modeling approach to VOI, which is possible when data on comprehensive outcome measures … , such as quality-adjusted life-years or net benefit, are readily available from existing research, VOI … assess its potential utility in prioritizing topics nominated to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … (AHRQ) and Quality Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) for systematic review.

149. 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

150. Treatment of Insomnia Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 03, 2014 - Despite discrepancies between objective and subjective measures of sleep parameters, the subjective measures … Sleep quality, subjectively measured in a variety of ways, is also an important measure. … Follow-up measures beyond 3 months of treatment will be used to evaluate long-term efficacy and comparative … The Glasgow sleep impact index: a patient generated measure for capturing sleep-related quality of life … Development and validation of patient-reported outcome measures for sleep disturbance and sleep-related

151. Disruptive-Behavior-Disorder Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - these reported that the treatment arm experienced significantly reduced ECBI Intensity and Problem scales … to 9 weeks, and no studies reported functional outcomes beyond statistically significant shifts on scales … The same effects as measured by multiple scales within an individual study were not always consistent … Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2014. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2014.

152. A Systematic Review of Postpartum Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Postpartum Treatment of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, and Peripartum Magnesium Sulfate Regimens for Preeclampsia With Severe Features (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - ) o Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs), for example ▪ Global Quality of life*, e.g., SF-36 … treatment o Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs), for example ▪ Global Quality of life*, e.g … Specific to postpartum population*, e.g., Mother-Generated Index, Functional Status After Childbirth scales … , PROM = patient reported outcome measure, QoL = quality of life IV. … Patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures.

153. A Systematic Review of Postpartum Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Postpartum Treatment of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, and Peripartum Magnesium Sulfate Regimens for Preeclampsia With Severe Features (pdf file)
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     April 20, 2022 - ) o Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs), for example ▪ Global Quality of life*, e.g., SF-36 … treatment o Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs), for example ▪ Global Quality of life*, e.g … Specific to postpartum population*, e.g., Mother-Generated Index, Functional Status After Childbirth scales … , PROM = patient reported outcome measure, QoL = quality of life IV. … Patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures.

154. 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.

155. 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.

156. Treatments for Ankyloglossia and Ankyloglossia with Concomitant Lip-tie | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 04, 2015 - ), 3 cohort studies (all poor quality), 33 case series, 15 case reports, and 1 unpublished thesis. … 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, … Three poor-quality comparative studies noted some improvements in social concerns and gains in tongue … Comparative studies reported improvements in some measures of speech, but assessment of outcomes was

157. Long-Term-Care-Adults Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - and scales • Method of ascertainment and timing often varied for measures across settings • Details … • Outcome measures were not always similar across settings or studies • Use standardized measures. … Choose those most capable of showing meaningful change and measure at appropriate intervals Rates … address (continued) Methodological Issues Findings Research Needs Other outcomes • Studies did not measure … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

158. Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 22, 2012 - Measures Various measures can be used to evaluate the presence and severity of the tinnitus. 9 There … Psychological grading scales can aid in the discrimination between clinically significant and nonsignificant … Visual analog scales (VASs) are well known psychometric measures of subjective attitudes and characteristics … These domains were adapted from the Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scales for case-control studies … The Tinnitus Functional Index: development of a new clinical measure for chronic, intrusive tinnitus.

159. Bundled Payment: Effects on Health Care Spending and Quality (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - relatively consistent impacts of bundled payment on spending and quality measures (Key Question 1) … of effects on different quality measures within a single study and differences in the direction and … magnitude of effects for similar quality measures between studies. … but inconsistent for quality measures. … Use standardized measures of impact on costs and quality.

160. 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