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301. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Prevention in Adults of Infection With Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2024 - the National Committee for Quality Assurance patient safety–related measures. … Haessler S, Martin EM, Scales ME, et al. … *):ti,ab,kw OR ("prevention" NEAR measure*):ti,ab,kw OR (safety NEAR precaution*):ti,ab,kw OR (safety … NEAR measure*):ti,ab,kw 15,142 3 inpatient*:ti,ab,kw OR hospital*:ti,ab,kw OR ("healthcare" NEXT … Haessler S, Martin EM, Scales ME, et al.

302. Executive Summary_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2024 Update of the Evidence Base for the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - These symptoms reduce quality of life and function. … The Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) and the PTSD CheckList (PCL) were measures most frequently … The CAPS and the PCL were measures most frequently used to assess continuous PTSD outcomes, used in … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2014. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2024.

303. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2022 - Primary PTSD outcome measure b. … Analysis type of primary PTSD outcome measure (ITT, completer) d. … Results for other PTSD outcome measure(s) for studies that used a clinician-administered measure abstracted … as primary PTSD outcome measure l. … have been selected, on the basis of the results, from multiple eligible outcome measurements (e.g. scales

304. Management of Insomnia Disorder in Adults: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2017 - Background Insomnia involves dissatisfaction with sleep quantity or quality and is associated with … Outcome measures include: �� Sleep outcome measures: These assess specific sleep parameters (sleep-onset … latency, time awake after sleep onset, total sleep time, and sleep efficiency) or sleep quality. … �� Global outcome measures: These assess improvements in both sleep and accompanying daytime dysfunction … or distress (e.g., fatigue or sleepiness, depressed mood, reduced quality of life).

305. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Engaging Family Caregivers With Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2024 - What patient safety measures or indicators have been used to examine these harms? 3. … Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient safety related measures. … What Patient Safety Measures or Indicators Have Been Used To Examine These Harms? … Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Measures measures or indicators do not specifically address … We also did not find any National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) measures focused specifically

306. Disposition of Comments for CER 195 Management of Uterine Fibroids (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2017 - As above, change is a type of outcome measure. … (pg. 11) – AHRQ’s Current Symptom Severity Scale Does Not Measure the Variability and Severity of … In fact, the intent of the Symptom Severity Scale is not to measure the “variability and severity of … It measures the “distress due to the frequency and severity of uterine leimyomata symptoms”. … Instead, item response choices are presented as five-level Likert scales ranging from ‘not at all’

307. Future Research Needs for Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation in the Pediatric Population (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - Trials would use standardized measure of neurocognitive and neurodevelopmental outcomes. 8. … • What are long-term consequences of HSCT, such as overall survival; functional measures; quality … • What are long-term consequences of HSCT (overall survival, functional measures, quality of life, and … Also, may not be enough cases who had survivorship planning to measure the impact. … Long term consequences of HSCT, measured by overall survival, functional measures, quality of life,

308. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2011 - Appendix A, at the end of this report, describes each of the PTSD measures in detail. … gr=cli&prod=dts&id=overview#scales. 30. National Center for PTSD. Davidson Trauma Scale (DTS). … gr=cli&prod=dts&id=overview#scales http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/assessments/dts.asp http … PTSD outcome measures Outcome Measure Description Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS)2, 28 … • It can be scored as a continuous measure of PTSD symptom severity.

309. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD Repository (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - Primary PTSD outcome measure b. … Analysis type of primary PTSD outcome measure (ITT, completer) d. … Results for other PTSD outcome measure(s) for studies that used a clinician-administered measure abstracted … as primary PTSD outcome measure l. … have been selected, on the basis of the results, from multiple eligible outcome measurements (e.g. scales

310. Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - measures to assess sleep quality outcomes, limiting the ability to compare effectiveness directly … Studies compared different measures of recovery, thus limiting our ability to draw conclusions about … vs. no surgery Significant improvements in tonsillectomy vs. no tonsillectomy groups on measures … total tonsillectomy had consistently more favorable outcomes but unit of measure varied across studies … Additionally, standardized measures of sleep outcomes are lacking.

311. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 22, 2012 - KQ 2: All of the above-listed interventions compared both within class and across classes Outcome measures … and responsiveness index  Feasibility: response rate, time required  Validity: test validity measures … sputum (relevant only to patients with wet or productive cough) or bronchoprovocation challenge (measures … in comparison with care models currently in use, and clinical relevance and timing of the outcome measures … ] OR “visual analogue”[tiab]OR severity[tiab] OR sound[tiab] OR sounds[tiab] OR register*[tiab] OR measure

312. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 17, 2011 - as it is not a given that all change will lead to improvement; furthermore, some studies may only measure … result in improvement, no improvement, or worsening of outcomes, or the study design may not include measures … or Inform$ or Indicator$ or Metric$ or Rank$ or Compar$ or Score$ or Rating$ or Rate$ or data or measure … National Committee for Quality Assurance. The state of health care quality 2009. … with resource utilization implications, such as readmissions, which are currently accepted as a measure

313. 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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314. Tinnitus Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - used (the Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scales for case- control studies and cohort studies,7 … validity of many of the outcomes used in the included studies; moreover, specific adaptations of measures … used to measure depression. … to measure patient-reported outcomes … . 16 • Measure global quality of life to capture how persons value the risk-benefit tradeoff between

315. 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

316. Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Clinical Utility in Asthma Management (pdf file)
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     September 06, 2016 - therapeutic can be difficult given the inherent variability in the disease, the non-specific nature of many measures … In addition to have some possible advantages over other tests to select treatment and measure response … (ACT)) KQ 1.e: Asthma Predictive Index and its components Outcomes KQ 1.a: Diagnostic accuracy measures … of life - Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ); Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire … patient or other stakeholders perspective or highly relevant for decision making (diagnostic accuracy measures

317. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Despite the adoption of infection-control measures, the incidence of MRSA infection at most U.S. … Given the continued dissemination of MRSA at most U.S. hospitals, it is clear that these measures, as … impact of a screening program without detailed information about the deployment of decolonization measures … The guidelines further advise that these measures “should be implemented in all types of health care … To attempt to measure the favorable impact of screening for MRSA carriage while ignoring its potential

318. 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, … (DRS) – Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) o Intermediate Outcomes — Primarily functional 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

319. Whole-Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2011. … of quality of life. … What outcomes are appropriate measures of the efficacy and effectiveness of vibration therapy? … Bone Mineral Content Measure Fracture Measure of Fracture Quality of Life Quality of Life … Content Bone Mineral Content Measure Fracture Measure of Fracture Quality of Life Quality

320. Fiber Intake and Laxation Outcomes (pdf file)
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     August 15, 2023 - Timing • Minimum duration of intervention: 2 weeks • In cross-over studies, any change in outcome measure … regarding fiber intake that exists and known issues regarding the lack of reliability of subjective measures … Particularly since several outcome measures (e.g., fecal frequency) may be commonly measured over a … requiring a 1- week washout for all cross-over studies), the inclusion criteria require that outcome measures … the threshold above which further increasing fiber intake will not significantly improve laxation measures