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2041. 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.

2042. 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.

2043. 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

2044. 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

2045. 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.

2046. 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.

2047. CER 218 Disposition of Comments: Long-Term Drug Therapy and Drug Holidays for Osteoporosis Fracture Prevention (pdf file)
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      April 23, 2019 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2019. … its contents, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … with risk of incident fractures may improve understanding of the potential and limitations of these measures

2048. EBC-Challenge-Webinar-Transcript (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2014 - Siegel  is a senior research scientist at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and is coordinating … and  integrating evidence  into  practice  is ver important because it provides standards and measures … few years  and  it just indicates  that health care consumers are really  desiring  high quality

2049. CER 218 Disposition of Comments: Long-Term Drug Therapy and Drug Holidays for Osteoporosis Fracture Prevention (pdf file)
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      April 23, 2019 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2019. … its contents, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … with risk of incident fractures may improve understanding of the potential and limitations of these measures

2050. 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.

2051. 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

2052. 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

2053. 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.

2054. 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

2055. 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.

2056. 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

2057. 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

2058. 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

2059. Colorectal-Surgery-Preparation Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2014 - fecal material in the operative field increases the need for a stoma, which can impact patients’ quality … intensive care unit/nursing care; and patient-centered outcomes, such as patient satisfaction and quality … Regarding the assessment of adverse events, studies utilized a diverse set of symptom scales to measure … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2011. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2014.

2060. Atrial-Fibrillation-Ablation Surveillance (pdf file)
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      May 16, 2013 - control, rates of congestive heart failure, left atrial and ventricular size changes, rates of stroke, quality … ventricular diameter, metabolic syndrome, and AF cycle length).5-12 The reported efficacy outcome measures … One fair quality RCT of 67 patients (96 percent PAF) reported an increased freedom from AF recurrence … Influence  of  body  mass  index  on  quality   of  life  in  atrial  fibrillation … Quality  of  life     There  is  a  low  level  of  evidence  to  suggest