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281. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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     March 01, 2010 - , bone measures, lung function, pulmonary exacerbations, antibiotic use, exercise tolerance, sex hormones … , bone measures, lung function, pulmonary exacerbations, antibiotic use, exercise tolerance, sex hormones … , bone measures, lung function, pulmonary exacerbations, antibiotic use, exercise tolerance, sex hormones … mass measured by different methods [DEXA, skin folds, BIA] in same units) or amino acid catabolism measures … body mass or other anthropometric parameters in different ways but not to pool different amino acid measures

282. Executive Summary: Pain Management Interventions for Hip Fracture (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2011 - Health­related quality of life f. Quality of sleep in the hospital g. … Acute pain was measured using different scales (numeric rating score [1–5] and 10cm VAS). … Acute pain was measured using different scales (i.e., numeric rating scales and 10cm VAS). … One RCT (n = 60) provided data on health­related quality of life (HRQOL) and quality of sleep. … Standardization of outcomes and outcome measures will allow easier and meaningful comparisons across

283. Total Worker Health® (TWH) (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - intervention and combined social and physical environment intervention) and the control group on any measure … A few studies (all high risk of bias) reported on the following: validated measures of quality of life … Researchers should measure the incidence or morbidity associated with chronic diseases when feasible … of variance (e.g., confidence intervals) for outcome measures. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2016.

284. Obesity-Child Executive (pdf file)
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     March 31, 2010 - outcomes related to weight or body composition (e.g., body mass index [BMI], weight, BMI-z score [measure … Within this hierarchy, each study contributed only one weight-related measure to the grade. … study) KQ4 = 5 (4 studies) KQ5 = 9 (9 studies) EXCLUDED* 5,600 No original data: 1,531 Does not measure … 259 Does not apply to Key Questions: 1,737 Other: 7 EXCLUDED† 470 No original data: 90 Does not measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2013.

285. Gastric-Cancers-Supplementary-App-D (xls file)
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     January 01, 2023 - finalized before unblinding, potential exploratory analyses) study mentioned- Detailed analysis of the quality-of-life … Possible that different definitions (for adverse events) or scales (for quality of life) and different … analysis approaches (for overall survival and quality of life) could have been conducted. … Possible that different definitions (for adverse events) or scales (for quality of life) and different … analysis approaches (for overall survival and quality of life) could have been conducted.

286. Carbohydrate-Intake-Prepub-Final-Research-Table-Rct (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - If possible, this is rated for the measure of interest at the main timepoint of interest (e.g., GWG at … Quality Rating Non-randomized Cohort Author, year Did the study attempt to enroll all (or a random … characteristics by restriction or matching (<10% or authors report not statistically significant) For yes: are measures … Quality Rating Non-randomized Abbreviations Abbreviations BMI body mass index EPDS Edinburgh

287. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 21, 2011 - Outcomes measures for each question: o Intermediate outcomes: – Physiological measures such … – Psychological distress (e.g., anxiety) assessed by using a validated measure. … outcomes: – Functional status measured by using a validated questionnaire or performance-based measure … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies To assess the methodological quality … After considering each individual quality element, we will assign the article a global quality rating

288. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Principle 2: Consider Appropriate Test Characteristic Measures and Their Precision (1 of 4) The next … use of the test affects what should be considered the most important accuracy measures. … If a meta-analysis was performed, this will be the confidence interval around the summary measure(s) … This may be reported as confidence intervals around the summary measure(s) of test performance. … It shows need to evaluate the surrogate measure in the context of the clinical outcome.

289. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Principle 2: Consider Appropriate Test Characteristic Measures and Their Precision (1 of 4) The next … use of the test affects what should be considered the most important accuracy measures. … If a meta-analysis was performed, this will be the confidence interval around the summary measure(s) … This may be reported as confidence intervals around the summary measure(s) of test performance. … It shows need to evaluate the surrogate measure in the context of the clinical outcome.

290. Effects of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on Chronic Disease (pdf file)
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     April 18, 2017 - control measure, chemical analysis of diet with intervention/exposure adherence measure, composition … control measure, chemical analysis of diet with intervention/exposure adherence measure, composition … control measure, chemical analysis of diet with intervention/exposure adherence measure, composition … control measure, chemical analysis of diet with intervention/exposure adherence measure, composition … , and use of compatible outcome measures.

291. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Review: Use of Structured Handoff Protocols for Intrahospital Within-Unit Transitions (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - reported any of the outcomes of fidelity to SBAR, clarity of communication, clinical outcomes, or measures … Other measures of harmful and nonharmful errors also decreased. … Other measures of harm declined, but the rate of falls, medication errors, procedure-related errors, … Some studies did not use the same outcome measures as the original I-PASS study, and other clinical … Does not measure clinical safety outcome 5. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

292. McCormack-notes-151008 copy - Teresa (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - 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

293. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 20, 2011 - Measures of diagnostic accuracy, such as sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and areas under … Quality of life 3. Adverse effects of intervention(s) (KQ 3) 4. … Appropriate measures will be chosen based on the type of data for meta-analysis. … Otherwise, indirect comparisons will be considered if the outcome measures for nonintervention are … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2011.

294. Disposition of Comment Report for Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2013 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2013. … TEP 3 General Quality of the report: Good. … As a result, WMC indirectly measures what GES measures but also measures another factor which can contribute … In a sense, then, wireless motility capsule indirectly measures what gastric scintigraphy measures. … We now list the quality items in the Executive Summary, under the Quality Assessment section.

295. Systematic Review Update: Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     December 11, 2018 - of depression and anxiety) • Quality of life • Opioid use • Sleep quality, sleep disturbance • … Only validated measures for function and pain will be reported. … There is overlap between functional outcomes measures and quality of life measures. … categorized as quality of life measures for previous report and will be categorized as such for the … We will apply similar methodology to outcomes measures for the other conditions.

296. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 08, 2011 - of life as measured by validated scales Adverse events: Pain, local bleeding, local infection, … of life as measured by validated scales Adverse events: Pain, local bleeding, local infection, … Sample variability measures Precision of estimate p values  Regression modeling techniques … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: September 8, 2011 o Were outcome measures … o Well-described study population o Well-described intervention o Use of validated outcome measures

297. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 260: Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes (pdf file)
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     May 22, 2023 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2023. … Details regarding which combination of cancer sites, nutrition interventions and outcome measures that … discouraged from further exploring the impact of nutrition intervention and developing research to measure … We agree with the reviewers that the choice of diagnostic criteria and outcome measures must be feasible … As we note, there are a diverse set of measures collected using a variety of tools.

298. Methods Research Report: Improving Health Systems' Access to High-Quality Evidence: AHRQ EPC 2018 Pilot Projects Summary (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2019 - Investigators needed to perform a review to identify relevant quality measures as this information is … Interactive Data Visualization Products • Quality measure indexing. … The quality measure indexes were evaluated by senior leadership positions at Duke University Health … Including indexes decreased the amount of time required to find quality measure-related material and … health system partners in a structured survey responded quality measure index tables were “very easy

299. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 262_Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder in Outpatient Settings: Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - quantitative analyses using random-effects models to estimate pooled effects.7 For continuous outcomes (e.g., scales … We did find low strength of evidence for no difference in quality of life measures for baclofen based … of life measures. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2014. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2023.

300. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2011 - Cognition, including measures of executive function Primary outcomes in infant of PKU mother 1. … and adjustment of the data and results Other criteria Studies must include at least one outcome measure … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies Assessing Study Quality. … Cognition, including measures of executive function Primary outcomes in infant of PKU mother 1. … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies Assessing Study Quality.