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321. Disposition of Comments Report for Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients Wtih Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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     August 11, 2014 - Peer reviewer #2 Methods Both the diagnostic criteria for the outcomes measures and the statistical … For this reason I would suggest avoiding these measures. … The discussion on high-sensitivity troponin should be based on objective measures. … What is written does not differentiate between conventional and high sensitivity measures. … troponin in normal individuals or can measure it only at levels below the LoQ or measuring range of

322. worker-health-protocol-150526 (pdf file)
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     May 26, 2015 - surveillance outcomes: Hospitalizations, emergency department visits, or outpatient clinic visits; measures … (e.g., maximal oxygen consumption) or exercise performance (e.g., number of sit-ups performed); measures … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ Publication No. 10(14)-EHC063-EF. … HHSA290201200008I from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S.

323. Cerebral-Palsy-Feeding Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently assessed quality using quality assessment tools appropriate … allocate patients to treatments; has a low dropout rate; and uses appropriate means to prevent bias; measure … The low strength of evidence for the effects of gastrostomy on increasing growth measures, including … of life, measures of family stress, and pain/comfort. … Results for other growth measures are mixed, and substantial numbers of children remained underweight

324. FRN 35 - Preventive Pharmacological Treatments for Migraine in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - scales. … measured with a variety of scales) and suggests that preventive treatment typically improved quality … Therefore, additional efficacy trials with outcomes measured using validated quality of life measures … scales. … measured with a variety of scales) and suggests that preventive treatment typically improved quality

325. Hibbard-notes-151007 copy - Teresa (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - twenty-­‐fivepercent of the variation is accounted  for by thosesame variables. 4 Here’s the measure … We ended  up using a Rasch analysis to create the measure. … is more precise and  consistent than  most social-­‐science-­‐based measures. … Wehad  the opportunity to seehow does the patient activation scorerelate to all  of the quality metrics … to havecostly utilization and to havetheir clinical  indicators within  rangefor most of these measures

326. Autism-Update Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - The studies included five RCTs of good quality, six of fair quality, and one of poor quality. … lower quality studies did not. … and 10 fair-quality studies. … on at least one outcome measure, but a lack of consistency in the interventions studied and outcome … Although researchers are attempting to manualize approaches as well as operationalize and measure treatment

327. CERs Report cover (pdf file)
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     September 23, 2010 - 2 How important is it to have a tool box of validated outcomes measures? … Consistent use of validated outcome measures. … research would benefit from design and measurement improvements, and that the optimal outcomes to measure … of life and outcome assessment tools -crosswalk studies for each measure -consensus conference for … Toolbox of approved, validated measures 3.

328. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - example, to follow the principle of patient-centeredness, the Program encourages EPCs to use absolute measures … Studies that measure health outcomes (events or conditions that the patient can feel and report on, … self-reported measures of quality of life or function41 and long-term outcomes that require longitudinal … data collection to measure. … • Short-term head-to-head trials that use surrogate (efficacy) measures.

329. Disposition of Comments for CER 201 Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2018 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2018. … In fact, the "validated" measures of symptoms and quality of life have not been validated in this population … We did not measure inter-rater reliability because the second reviewer evaluated the accuracy of the … common indoor inhalant allergens was measured in most studies we evaluated, sensitization is a proxy measure … In fact, the "validated" measures of symptoms and quality of life have not been validated in this population

330. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2010 - Executive Summary Under study selection you say the reference test is intended to measure the “true” … The studies measured pain on pain scales that included a category “severe” which some patients chose … Negative likelihood ratio is a totally different concept and measure. … measure of the central tendency. … The confidence intervals around some of the outcome measures are reasonably narrow.

331. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Examining the Impact of Implementing High-Reliability Organization Principles on Patient Safety Outcomes (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2025 - event Secondary outcomes: • Intermediate outcomes related to embedding HRO principles, e.g., measures … the review questions, and included author, year, study design, frequency and severity of the harms, measures … characteristics Author, Year Study Design Setting HRO Framework HRO Activities* Primary Outcome Measures … Secondary Outcome Measures Sculli, 202215 Pre-post Compare d to all VHA facilities (All … Developing well defined structural measures to guide implementation would be a potential strategy to

332. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 09, 2011 - Making Health Care Safer’s set of categories i.e., patient, clinical, and surrogate outcomes, process measures … , other things related to safety and no safety measures. … Measure high-priority contexts in the 4 domains a) External factors, such as regulatory requirements … Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2010 2. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. VI.

333. Dementia-Nursing-Home-Characteristics Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - Among four other morbidity measures the evidence was insufficient. 7 Evidence on dementia SCUs … Low New/worsening morbidity and various discrete measures Morbidity across multiple measures differed … Many studies in this review used the CMAI (the Cohen Mansfield Agitation Inventory, a measure of behavioral … symptoms),20-23 and other established measures are available for other outcomes of interest. … • Use established outcome measures to enable the pooling of data or qualitative interpretations.

334. Dispostion of Comments Report for Child and Adolescent Exposure to Trauma (pdf file)
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     February 11, 2013 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2013. … Basically, there are few quality studies and most interventions reviewed had at most one relatively … The coders generally graded the quality of evidence in these studies as low. … In particular, weak measures (e.g. parent self-report), few measures of attachment, and short followup … quite small and the results of the few studies suggest limited effectiveness and few have sought to measure

335. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2011 - Cognitive 22 Insufficient 1 fair trial: no significant differences in ECT + rTMS functioning a single item measure … No differences between groups on a single-item measure of cognitive functioning were found in a study … With respect to patient-reported health-related outcomes, we focused on quality of life (various measures … Followup periods were generally shorter than desirable, but most were sufficient to measure an initial … Including key relevant measures and subgroups in subsequent research is desirable.

336. 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

337. Disposition of Comments for CER 177 Agitation Aggression Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 21, 2016 - of life and measures of distress. … The overlap of agitation/aggression and behaviors measured by scales such as NPI and RMBPC, Behave-AD … TEP #1 Methods Delineation of the scales used in these studies is perhaps an accurate reflection of … and why there is only one measure included. … We did not pool frequency measures with severity measures.

338. Multidisciplinary Postacute Rehabilitation for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in AdultsBrain Injury in Adults Surveillance Report 08082016 CCKK CC final clean (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - $This$group$ also$cited$the$utility$of$this$measure$in$evaluating$progress$in$rehabilitation. … $Instead,$we$chose$to$ include$studies$with$scales$that$incorporated$community$integration$or$quality … $Prespecified$ secondary$outcomes$scales$included$the$Extended$Glasgow$Outcome$Scale$(GOS"E),$the$ … $We$identified$other$ scales$during$the$screening$process. … $Descriptions$of$all$secondary$outcome$measures$appear$in$ Table$3.

339. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Instead, a set of diagnostic criteria (symptoms, signs, imaging results, and laboratory measures) is … For categorical test results: Cohen’s kappa statistic is a measure of categorical agreement that accounts … This statistic is a measure of categorical agreement that takes into account the probability that some … Portable monitors can also measure AHI. … PSG quantifies the Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI), which is a measure of episodes of reduced or no airflow

340. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Instead, a set of diagnostic criteria (symptoms, signs, imaging results, and laboratory measures) is … For categorical test results: Cohen’s kappa statistic is a measure of categorical agreement that accounts … This statistic is a measure of categorical agreement that takes into account the probability that some … Portable monitors can also measure AHI. … PSG quantifies the Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI), which is a measure of episodes of reduced or no airflow