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1521. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus (pdf file)
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      August 23, 2013 - of life measures as compared with active controls. … However, both of these scales are considered to be reliable and valid and are widely used. … Subjective measures of loudness were retained as eligible outcome measures because they were felt to … for any studies that used the terms ‘discomfort’, ‘annoyance’ or ‘distress’ to describe an outcome measure … The primary reasons they were excluded is that the studies did not present a measure of variance around

1522. Colon-Cancer-Gene-Profiling Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      March 13, 2012 - New assays that measure RNA to detect tumor cells are also beyond the scope of this report. … The FDA addresses the safety and effectiveness of diagnostic tests and the quality of the design and … Analytic validity relates to the reliability and validity of the test itself, that is, does it measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2008. … Analytic validity: How accurately and reliably the test measures the genotype of interest.14 Clinical

1523. Autism Surveillance (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2012 - risperidone and aripiprazole each have at least two RCTs demonstrating improvement in a parent-reported measure … A parent reported hyperactivity and noncompliance measure also showed significant improvement. … All studies of sensory integration and music therapy were of poor quality, and two fair- quality studies … Do Not Know parent-reported measure of challenging behavior. … A parent reported hyperactivity and noncompliance measure also showed significant improvement.

1524. S158 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2007 - Measures: Association between nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and mortality. … these factors, such as attitudes toward health,3 prevention,4 and frailty,5,6 are subtle and hard to measure … Presented at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality meeting on Comparative Effectiveness and … Safety: Emerging Methods Symposium, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, June 19–20, 2006, Rock … It is based on data from a validation study that includes the “error-prone” measure of the variable used

1525. Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management Interventions fo Hip Fracture (ppt file)
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      May 01, 2011 - References: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Numerical scales show a linear correlation with VAS results. … Two methods are commonly used in clinical studies to measure the intensity of pain. … In using numerical scales, the patient is instructed to indicate a number, for example between 0 and … Numerical scales and the VAS show a linear correlation.

1526. Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management Interventions fo Hip Fracture (ppt file)
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      May 01, 2011 - References: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Numerical scales show a linear correlation with VAS results. … Two methods are commonly used in clinical studies to measure the intensity of pain. … In using numerical scales, the patient is instructed to indicate a number, for example between 0 and … Numerical scales and the VAS show a linear correlation.

1527. Evidence-Summary-CER-209-Noninvasive-Nonpharmacological-Treatment-For-Chronic-Pain (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2018 - Quality Assessment of Individual Studies Study quality was independently assessed by two investigators … functional outcomes roughly corresponds to reported minimum clinically important differences for the measure … percent considered good quality. … trial; mean difference -1.38 to -1.59 on the affective and -0.28 to -0.71 on the sensory dimension [scales … Outcomes measures Lack of consistency in types outcomes measures used for function and pain across trials

1528. Disposition of Comments Report for Biologic and Nonbiologic Systemic Agents and Phottherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis (pdf file)
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      November 27, 2012 - The definitions for the outcome measures are appropriate. … Key questions- lots of acronyms for measures. … For example a brief description of each scale chosen, and some reasoning why these scales were chosen … literature, and if there are meaningful clinical differences (MCIDs) for what level of improvement in scales … Within the glossary we define the outcomes, provide the standard scale sued to measure the outcome

1529. Treatments for Adults with Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      September 23, 2016 - of life (using validated scales and including mental and physical health) § Ability to maintain … Re-hospitalization was not included because it is considered a flawed outcome measure for two reasons … the intervention, e.g.: • New or worsening symptoms (e.g., anxiety or depression) using validated scales … of life (using validated scales and including mental and physical health) • Ability to maintain … a priori, but poor-quality studies will be considered to be less reliable than higher quality studies

1530. Disposition of Comments Report for Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment (pdf file)
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      September 25, 2013 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2013. … Peer Reviewer #6 General Comments Quality of the Report: Good Number of Hours Spent to Review the … Definitions, outcome measures and statistical methods are appropriate. … The outcome measures used for this topic are quite complicated with several of them relying on epidemiological … identifies 40 studies that examined the association of genotype results with platelet reactivity measures

1531. Ptsd-Adult-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2013 - We used random-effects models to estimate pooled effects.19 For continuous outcomes (e.g., scales for … When multiple scales were combined in one meta-analysis, we used the standardized mean difference … Adverse events were often not collected using standardized measures, and methods for systematically … of PTSD diagnosis (frequently not reported) in addition to measures of PTSD symptoms (more commonly … Future studies could include longer followup of subjects, validated measures of adverse events and

1532. Disposition of Comments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment (pdf file)
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      April 25, 2013 - They are both tests that measure the same thing. … These are not of publication quality. … KQ1: Most outcome measures for echocardiography are good. … KQ2: Outcome measure in table 16(Page 64) are appropriate Thank you for your comment. … Additional biomarkers or combinations of echo measures should be evaluated.

1533. Pharmacologic Management of Acute Pain by EMS in the Prehospital Setting Protocol Amendment (pdf file)
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      January 28, 2019 - adequately treated if it is not appropriately assessed, a careful evaluation of validated tools to measure … Current guidelines7 for the management of prehospital trauma pain recommend specific pain scales, broken … absence of a gold standard assessment tool.8 Of particular interest is the evidence for use of these scales … , and the results of each outcome, including measures of variability. … The arcsine difference as a measure of treatment effect in meta-analysis with zero cells.

1534. autism-update-protocol-130920 (pdf file)
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      September 20, 2013 - Prespecifying each individual measure to extract is not feasible, given the large number of assessment … tools/measures used in the ASD literature; however, we anticipate that we will focus on well-established … , validated outcome measures or techniques that incorporate measures of agreement (e.g., measures to … intervention approach, and dosage; assessment characteristics including instruments used and fidelity measures … We required at least one good-quality study for moderate SOE and two good-quality studies for high SOE

1535. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      September 13, 2011 - others may include the frequency and timing of administrating each dose as components in defining measures … Comparators: • Standard care and/or other HCV treatment adherence interventions Outcomes measures … • Definitions and measure of adherence: we will document the adherence definitions used in each study … regimen adherence (e.g., followup visits, laboratory tests); cut-off value for defining adherence; measure … We will document the results reported by the authors, including effect measures, point estimates, 95%

1536. Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
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      July 28, 2010 - eliminating pain to managing pain to an extent that the patient’s independence is restored and overall quality … study inclusion and exclusion criteria), duration of patient followup, outcomes assessed (specific measures … Outcomes Assessed (Measures and Timing) and Patient Characteristic Interacted with Treatment D. … Outcomes Assessed (Measures and Timing) and Patient Characteristics Interacted with Therapy Study … Outcome 1 (measure & timing) Outcome 2 (measure & timing) Outcome 3 (measure & timing) Patient

1537. Smoking-Pregnancy-Infants Executive (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2014 - Biochemical validation of smoking status includes measures of cotinine from saliva, urine, or serum … Although these measures do not verify continuous abstinence, they are accepted standards for evaluating … One study is of good quality, three of fair quality, and nine of poor quality. … than the null for the intervention increasing smoking cessation, include feedback about biologic measures … A sustained measure of smoking abstinence, as opposed to a point prevalence measure, would be ideal

1538. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      January 31, 2013 - compared exercise training to usual care.22 It found statistically significant improvements in walking measures … imperative to compare the efficacy of exercise training and endovascular revascularization on walking measures … Inclusion of symptomatic patients with atypical leg symptoms in KQs 1 and 2 • Expansion of outcome measures … criteria for quality and critical appraisal, and (3) arrive at a summary judgment of the study’s quality … data is in the form of effect sizes due to multiple treatment arms and/or the use of different measures

1539. Disposition of Comments for CER 167 Renal Masses (pdf file)
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      February 24, 2016 - For accuracy measures, only cases with surgical pathology were used. … The definitions or diagnostic criteria for the outcome measures are appropriate. … The issue with this is that these measures are highly prevalent dependent. … Health-related quality of life: There is a suggestion of potentially better quality of life in patients … TEP #4 Quality of the report Good Thank you TEP #5 Quality of the report Superior Thank you.

1540. Serum Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2012 - It detects low concentrations of FLCs and can measure the ratio of kappa chains to lambda chains. … Outcomes Measures of diagnostic accuracy (e.g., sensitivity, specificity, or predictive value) in … Dependent on the percentage of respondents, quality of participation and responses and the quality … Three studies (all quality C) were conducted in patients with AL amyloidosis15,26, 28 and 8 (3 quality … Dependent on the percentage of respondents, quality of participation and responses and the quality