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221. Research Protocol: Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases (pdf file)
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     October 10, 2019 - ), volume of metastases (mean, SD, other measures), size of metastases (mean, SD, other measures) … used scales that have been validated for patients with brain tumors. … Quality of life as measured by validated scales 3. Cognitive function measured by any scale 4. … mean differences, will be translated into absolute effects or mean differences on known scales to help … We will review the applicability of the assessment scales to the population of interest.

222. Multidisciplinary Postacute Rehabilitation for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults Disposition of Comments (pdf file)
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     October 07, 2012 - We selected one outcome measure on which to investigate how MCID was addressed in eligible studies. … In addition, of the three ICF levels - participation is by far the most difficult to define and measure … The scales selected to measure community integration contain items that measure activities. … psychometric capacity to identify MCID, couldn't one conclude that the metric selected (participation scales … improve more global measures.

223. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - • Health-related quality of life as measured by absenteeism, presenteeism, the SF-36 or other scales … • Maintenance of weight within same BMI category as the baseline measure. … limitations to individual study quality (using individual quality scores), consistency, directness, … The additional alternative measures of weight have variable reporting consistency, and not including … Revise this section to make it clear that the following measures are the primary measures of interest

224. Meditation Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - They measure sleep as the amount of time spent asleep versus awake or as overall sleep quality. … Studies measure sleep time through either polysomnography or actigraphy, and sleep quality through … Since there were numerous scales for the different measures of affect, we organized the scales to best … Many studies assessed only certain measures, and the scales may have been limited in their ability to … reporting on various measures.

225. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 18, 2012 - We will summarize binary or categorical outcomes (e.g., smoking status) by weighted effect measure for … using different scales, we will use standard mean differences. … mesh] OR overweight[tiab] OR obesity[mesh] OR obesity[tiab] OR obese[tiab] OR weight[tiab] OR Body weights … and measures[mesh] OR "body mass index"[tw] OR bmi[tw] 824293 #3 chlorpromazine[MeSH] OR chlorpromazine … life outcomes to also provide data for a CV risk measure of interest in order to ensure the relevance

226. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2007 - or monitor safety and harm, and/or to measure quality of care. … In choosing measurement scales for assessing patient-reported outcomes, it is preferable to use scales … Different scales emphasize distinctive dimensions of quality and therefore can produce disparate results … • Measuring or improving quality of care, including conducting programs to measure and/or improve the … that can be confirmed by an unbiased observer—such as death, test results, and scores from validated measures

227. Misuse of Prescription Stimulants in Adults (pdf file)
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     November 26, 2024 - • Comparator, if applicable • Outcome o Short-term  Overdoses, fatal and non-fatal  Health measures … (cardiovascular, injuries, adverse events)  Psychological outcomes o Long-term  Health measures … For Key Questions 2 and 3, on consequences of misuse, we will use the six-item Quality In Prognosis … PEP23-07-01-006, NSDUH Series H-58) Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse … Judging the quality of evidence in reviews of prognostic factor research: adapting the GRADE framework

228. Ch 1-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     August 13, 2012 - Furthermore, investigators should discuss measures used in prior research and whether these measures … life, health resource utilization, and utility measures. … Types of measures that could be used are mortality, morbidity and adverse effects, quality of life, … to measure will also need to be acceptable to stakeholders. … is an adequate measure of quality of life, then measurement development may need to be done prior

229. Medication-Therapy-Management Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2014 - of life as measured by generally accepted generic health-related quality-of-life measures (e.g., short-form … MTM did not improve most measures of health-related quality of life (low strength of evidence for no … Patient-centered outcomes focused on numerous measures of quality of life as well as adverse drug … In fact, many studies were able to measure changes in this outcome only in the intervention group. … Neither did they measure fidelity to intended MTM elements for post hoc evaluation.

230. Disposition of Comments for CER 202 Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2017 - such as quality of life. … healthcare utilization was not directly measured within the AIR or RISA trials, these trials did measure … FEV1 data was collected in AIR2 as a safety measure, to confirm that pulmonary physiology does not … of life measure AQLQ (97.9% PPS per protocol). … may not be clinically important, as it did not achieve the minimum important difference for this measure

231. Dietary Total Fat Intake and Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Intake and Child Growth and Development Outcomes: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 19, 2024 - c See Section IV for an example table of measures with periodicity. … standard, along with constructs and subscales of global measures (e.g., Bayley Scales of Infant and … T-score = 40 as clinically significant for behavioral measures). … Quality AfHRa. Methods Guide: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Quality AfHRa.

232. Measure Criteria for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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233. Disposition of Comments for CER 159 Insomnia (pdf file)
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     December 30, 2015 - Removed ‘a more comprehensive sleep measure’. … included, but no objective measures. … As it currently reads, global outcomes include PGI, ISI, PSQI but quality of life measures (e.g., SF … greatly appreciated by clinicians who often struggle to understand what changes in scores on research scales … measures.

234. depression-pregnancy-postpartum-protocol (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2013 - being debilitating for the mother, postpartum depression affects maternal-infant interactions and some measures … measuring depression, or validated scales used to measure anxiety symptoms • Functional capacity … o Quality of life using validated scales, for example, Medical Outcomes Survey 36- item Short Form … rated good in quality; the remainder will be rated fair in quality. … Appropriate measures will be chosen based on the type of data for meta-analysis.

235. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2013 - will: Propose and describe planned sensitivity analyses Describe important subpopulations in which measures … several cases where it is possible that the effectiveness of specific therapies can be subject to effect measure … confidence in applying the results uniformly to all subpopulations and may highlight the presence of effect measure … Assess expected impact of unmeasured confounders on key measures of association. … Describe important subpopulations in which measures of effect will be assessed for homogeneity.

236. Nephropathy-Contrast-Induced Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - limitation (in allocation concealment or blinding of participants and personnel) but were designed to measure … significant was measured at 4 hours, and it was insignificant at 48 hours, which was the timeframe for the measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2014. … Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Measures. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2015.

237. The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of teh Lumbar Spine (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2024 - of pain, function that are not validated • Measures/outcomes not listed • Radiographic parameters … of pain, function that are not validated • Measures/outcomes not listed Timing KQ 5 and 6 … We will focus on validated measures for pain, function and quality of life and will seek additional … For analysis of continuous measures across the same outcome measures (e.g., VAS for pain) we will report … mean differences and use standardized mean differences for outcomes measures with similar constructs

238. Disposition of Comments for Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - TEP #5 Discussion/ Conclusions 1) you say the ABC is the "best" outcome measure in terms of reliability … of some measures to really measuring meaningful outcomes in adolescents and adults. … As a rule, manuals on which to base fidelity measures are not available for these programs. … remains fair quality. … remains fair quality.

239. Back-Pain-Imaging Clinician (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - Clinician Summary STUDY DESIGN AND OUTCOME MEASURES This prospective observational study en- rolled … intensity in the past week, pain interference with activities, depression and anxiety, health- related quality … significantly different at any time point between the early imaging and no early imaging groups for measures … The two groups did not differ on these measures at other time points and did not differ on other patient-reported … Adjustments were made for the site in each analysis. »» Baseline measures were administered up to 3

240. Evidence-Summary-Cer-197-Fractional-Exhaled-Nitric-Oxide (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - requiring oral steroids (SOE: Moderate), but did not affect other outcomes such as hospitalization, quality … likely insufficient and its ability to predict exacerbations can be substantially enhanced by clinical measures … quite heterogeneous in terms of design, population, control tests, control strategies, and outcome measures … Studies evaluating disease activity and outcomes should use validated measures of activity and well defined … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. December 2017.