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1941. Surveillance Report: CER 30: Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management for Hip Fracture (pdf file)
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      July 08, 2015 - Health-related quality of life f.! Quality of sleep in the hospital g.! … Health-related quality of life •! Quality of sleep in the hospital •! … Acute pain was measured using different scales (i.e., numeric rating scales and 10cm VAS). … Health-related quality of life f. Quality of sleep in the hospital g. … Acute pain was measured using different scales (i.e., numeric rating scales and 10cm VAS).

1942. Future Research Needs for Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain Therapies for Women (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2015 - While typically used as a measure for pain, visual analog scales varied, making comparisons across studies … Develop standardized scales to assess quality of life for patients with noncyclic chronic pelvic pain … · CPP outcome measures and scales should be established and validated. … Develop standardized scales to assess quality of life for patients with noncyclic chronic pelvic pain … Develop standardized outcome measures and scales for quality of life and functional capacity.

1943. Medical Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder—An Update (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2017 - Oppositional behavior Low SOE for no effect Significant improvement with MPH on parent- rated measure … Research in understanding outcomes of importance to patients and caregivers, such as quality of life … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2011. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2014. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2014.

1944. Newer Medications for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) Associated with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      April 24, 2015 - We will assess statistical heterogeneity with Cochran's Q test and measure magnitude with I 2 statistic … We will assess strength of evidence for key final health outcomes measured with validated scales. … of Life Scales used to measure or evaluate LUTS associated with BPH Instrument Range (points … Benign prostatic hyperplasia specific health status measures in clinical research: how much change in … Benign prostatic hyperplasia specific health status measures in clinical research: how much change in

1945. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      November 16, 2010 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Testability— the ability to perform the test, including measures among those administering the test … Measures of treatment effect We will calculate summary risk ratios or odds ratios as appropriate for … standardized mean differences will be calculated if continuous outcomes are measured by using different scales … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

1946. Screening for Hepatitis C | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      October 20, 2011 - 6: “counseling and immunizations” to “counseling or immunizations” Include additional outcome measures … Appropriate measures will be chosen based on the type of data for meta-analysis. … Where possible, we will group similar outcome measures across the studies to make preliminary estimates … Otherwise, indirect comparisons will be considered if the outcome measures for nonintervention are similar … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2011.

1947. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements for Studies Evaluating the Effectiveness of Treatment Options for Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2018 - What were the differences, if any, in pre-specified outcome measures, statistical plan and size of the … completed studies which were in both: What were the differences, if any, in pre-specified outcome measures … , 9, 14 For two studies,9, 14 the ClinicalTrials.gov record and the publication reported different measures … All five of the studies listed quality of life as an outcome measure. … Topiramate and physiologic measures of nerve function in polyneuropathy.

1948. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      December 15, 2010 - Indirect evidence includes pharmacokinetic and/or mechanistic studies whereby surrogate measures of … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: April 28, 2011 Page 14 of 26 populations and may not measure … For observational studies, we will extract crude rates or relative measures of the association (relative … medications/supplements, and health status, including comorbidities and LDL-C and blood pressure if these measures … For studies with zero events in one arm, estimation of effect measures will require the addition of

1949. Disposition of Comments Report for Serum Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma-Cell Dyscrasias (pdf file)
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      August 23, 2012 - Definition criteria for outcome measures are appropriated as are statistical methods. … “Hospital stays” may be an unrealistic outcome to measure for a laboratory test (would performing a … We have removed it from the list of outcome measures; and indeed, we found no literature that addressed … worth mentioning that SFLC may be part of the original work up and there is no utility for using to measure … The test may be used only in the absence of other measures of M protein clonality in blood, urine or

1950. Microsoft Word - 3-DKE274__ACEI-ARB-DRI__Comments_Disposition_Table-21_Jan_2011 cyk _2_.docx (pdf file)
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      October 07, 2011 - available absolute measure to provide context. … the relative measures (odds ratios). … General (quality) Quality of the report is good. Thank you. … General (quality) Quality of the report is good. Thank you. … General (quality) Quality of the report is superior. Thank you.

1951. Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of C. difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      May 24, 2010 - Overall Do performance measures vary with sample characteristics? … environmental cleaning, handcleansing, patient isolation, prebiotics or probiotics used as preventive measure … Prevention: placebo or active controls for probiotics used as preventive measure. … incidence rates CDAD complication rates CDAD mortality rates Prevention Intermediate Process Measures … Measures to control and prevent Clostridium difficile infection.

1952. Future Research Needs for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2012 - Cost-effectiveness analysis allows the comparison of different interventions on similar benefit, cost, and utility scales … Cost-effectiveness analysis allows the comparison of different interventions on similar benefit, cost and utility scales … The proper outcome measure is quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) gained. … • Use objective measures of compliance. … or neurocognitive measures.

1953. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      October 25, 2010 - Injury severity is determined through one or more measures, including structural imaging findings, … limited availability of studies and studies with inadequate data; and 5) our list of relevant outcome measures … Recommendations for the Use of Common Outcome Measures in Traumatic Brain Injury Research. … Definition of Terms Abbreviated Injury Severity Scale (AIS)—Measure used to classify the severity … 3 indicating moderate injury, and 4–6 indicating severe injury. 5 Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)—Measure

1954. Disposition of Comments Report for Methods for Insulin Delivery and Glucose Monitoring (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - We only included quality of life measures that included a reference to a study where they attempted … (I did not see that for the JRF study- which cited improved QOL for glycemic control and socal scales … of life Page 14, Table 3: It is confusing to evaluate each measure of quality of life separately. … In a broader view, all of the tools measure some aspect of quality of life. … While agreeing that the separate measures do all measure some aspect of quality of life, they each

1955. Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      March 23, 2018 - It may also improve quality of life and FEV1, (a measure of the ability to exhale) and reduce the use … Sublingual immunotherapy improves asthma symptoms, quality of life and FEV1, and reduces the use of long-term … SCIT may improve quality of life, reduce the use of quick-relief medications (short-acting bronchodilators … SLIT may decrease quick-relief medication use, and may improve quality of life (low SOE). … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2018.

1956. McCormack-notes-151008 copy - Teresa (pdf file)
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      November 12, 2015 - So in my talk today, I’ll talk a little bit about health literacy and what it is, how we measure health … higher morbidity, mortality, higher healthcare costs, significant societal impact. 6 With 100 measures … In  the tool shed you will find information about validity, reliability, and whether the tool measures … I’m a big advocate for it. 21 We can also measure health literacy at the organizational  level … , patient safety, quality improvement and workforce issues. 22 The publiccommunity has a role in

1957. Glaucoma-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      November 16, 2010 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/� Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: November 16, 2010 Measures … Standardized mean differences will be calculated if continuous outcomes are measured by using different scales … Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ 2004;328:1490. 14. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

1958. Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Stage II Colon Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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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

1959. Anxiety in Children (pdf file)
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      September 12, 2016 - Therefore, we will include studies that reported such patient centered outcomes measured with scales … attention placebo) o Placebo o No treatment • Outcomes: o Intermediate outcomes: § Standardized measures … graduate) § Family dysfunction/stressor: • Parenting Stress Index (PSI) • Brief Family Assessment Measure … KQ 2: • Safety outcomes: Pediatric Adverse Event Rating Scale and other scales, incidence of any … appropriate (i.e., more than 2 trials address the same PICOTS and provide point estimates and dispersion measures

1960. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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      October 31, 2013 - Along with the economic impact, the impact upon quality of life is tremendous. … www.auanet.org/content/guidelines-and-quality-care/clinical-guidelines/m... . … In addition, the AUA's Quality Department is committed to the development of quality measures from its … American Medical Association's Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement on its prostate cancer measures … as well as partnered with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to develop measures