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341. Stakeholder-Engagement-Benefits White-Paper (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - How Can We Measure the Impact of Stakeholder Engagement? … The limited number of studies identified in our literature search focused primarily on measures of the … This example illustrates the challenge of designing appropriate measures for engagement. … This suggests that attempts to measure stakeholder impact need to include both process and outcome measures … Oliver et al., 200415 United Kingdom Box 3 of the Exec Sum proposes intermediate and final measures

342. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - Quality of life. … Eleven randomized trials reported quality-of-life data using a variety of different measures. … Development of evidence-based process measures for PCI and CABG would facilitate efforts to improve quality … of care and might provide better performance measures than procedure volume. … ) and process measures to predict institutions or physicians with low-quality CABG and PCI outcomes.

343. Antipsychotics-Children-Surveillance-150120 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - aggression is possibly out of date, that the strength of evidence (SOE) for SGAs and improvement on mania scales … • Health-related quality of life. … Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality. … • Health-related quality of life. … The primary efficacy measure was change in PANSS total score from baseline to day 42.

344. Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children (pdf file)
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     August 15, 2023 - Exclude: • Studies not reporting predictive validity that report other psychometric properties of scales … (PREMs) Patient reported outcome measure (PROMs) • Top Problems assessment (TPA) Quality of … Life (QoL) General and Health Related (HRQoL) (validated scales only)* • Quality of Life Enjoyment … include studies that evaluate the diagnostic accuracy (predictive validity) of different assessment scales … If reported, we will extract relevant measures at all reported thresholds.

345. Disposition of Comments CER 219 Antipsychotics for the Prevention and Treatment of Delirium (pdf file)
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     September 03, 2019 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2019. … We have revised the scales on the forest plots to better fit the data. … In an earlier version of this report particularly when we were unable to calculate a summary measure … While we agree that the length of stay data are skewed and do not yield a summary measure, inferences … agitation may be more prominent at night when research assistants are less likely to be performing rating scales

346. Strategies for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care (pdf file)
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     August 04, 2022 - effective these strategies are; increase understanding of implementation and sustainment; identify measures … What reliable, valid, clinically meaningful, and/or patient-centered measures and metrics are available … Are the measures or metrics specific to characteristics; level of complexity; or the structure, process … What are the gaps in measurement and what are the implications for our current ability to measure and … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Rockville, MD: 2014.

347. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review: Implementing Recommended Mental Health and Substance Use Screening and Counseling Interventions in Primary Care Settings for in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     April 09, 2025 - We did not exclude quality improvement (QI) studies per se. … importantly, this is the need for a stable baseline before the intervention is implemented to be able to measure … Quality measures should be codesigned with individuals with lived experience of mental health conditions … This research should also include quality measures and patient experience data stratified by race, ethnicity … Our report did not assess the effectiveness of screening measures.

348. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 26, 2011 - Our Technical Expert Panel was consulted about the list of measures. … The Technical Expert Panel will be consulted about the list of measures. C. … Similarly, studies with multiple measures of outcomes both before and after a strategy is implemented …  Is the intervention assessed using valid and reliable measures, implemented consistently across all … o Preventive intervention (see Appendix 2 for list of those to be included) Outcome measures o

349. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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     October 26, 2012 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Do the differences in performance measures vary with sample characteristics? 2. … Panel members discussed the different weights given to the selection criteria when prioritizing research … is the effectiveness of hand-washing (with or without alcohol-based gel or other prophylaxis) as a measure … Among asymptomatic carriers what environmental hygiene measures can reduce transmission rates?

350. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - Outcome measures include mortality reduction, quality of life (objectively measured), functional improvement … Does the technology improve quality of life and function, and if so, to what extent and at what cost

351. CER 216 Disposition of Comments Report: Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations (pdf file)
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     April 24, 2019 - major issue w ith this report is the reporting of mean values for some outcomes w ithout reported any measure … Moreover, most of the telestroke studies measure differences in tPA and survival and show that the … measuring the effect of tPA, thus the main problem is that the telestroke studies use a poor outcome measure … Finally, w e agree that mortality may not be the best measure for telestroke and have indicated this … We now have an opportunity to begin to measure outcomes and costs in a consistent w ay.

352. Disposition of Comments for CER 182 Glasgow Coma Scale (pdf file)
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     January 12, 2017 - AUROC by definition is based on sensitivity and specificity calculated at different values of the measure … My only concern is determining “who” assigned the quality assessment information and rated quality—was … My only concern is determining “who” assigned the quality assessment information and rated quality—was … threshold for the measure is (e.g. a kappa with LCL >0.4 indicates moderate agreement between assessors … tGCS is associated with slightly better predictive utility than the mGCS, based on the AUROC, a measure

353. Schedule of Visits and Use of Telemedicine for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - These included using videoconferences to replace in-person visits, implementing at-home monitoring of measures … of life measures* o Psychosocial measures o Mental health measures or diagnosis (e.g., anxiety, depression … Maternal psychosocial, preferences, and related outcomes: quality of life measures, psychosocial measures … , mental health measures or diagnosis (e.g., anxiety, depression), patient satisfaction with antenatal … study for risk of bias and methodological quality.

354. Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - important for clinicians to recognize PPH as it occurs and to not delay instituting guideline-based measures … Version 1.0. http://www.acog.org/About- ACOG/ACOG-Departments/Patient-Safety-and-Quality-Improvement/ … approaches Evidence related to the effectiveness of systems-level interventions is mixed. �� No good-quality … strength of a body of evidence when comparing medical interventions—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … the definitions and criteria for PPH and first-line management strategies for PPH is lacking. �� Measures

355. Prognostic Tests (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Measures to assess the prognostic ability of the stratified Cox proportional hazards model. … Overall C as a measure of discrimination in survival analysis: model specific population value and confidence … Explanation of Question 5: The correct answer is a. 95-percent confidence intervals provide a measure … Measures to assess the prognostic ability of the stratified Cox proportional hazards model. … Overall C as a measure of discrimination in survival analysis: model specific population value and confidence

356. Prognostic Tests (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Measures to assess the prognostic ability of the stratified Cox proportional hazards model. … Overall C as a measure of discrimination in survival analysis: model specific population value and confidence … Explanation of Question 5: The correct answer is a. 95-percent confidence intervals provide a measure … Measures to assess the prognostic ability of the stratified Cox proportional hazards model. … Overall C as a measure of discrimination in survival analysis: model specific population value and confidence

357. Comparative Effectiveness of Second Generation Antidepressants in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Depression—An Update to a 2007 Report. (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - 'Drug Interactions' is not really an outcome measure. … All studies used physician-rated scales to assess the main outcome measures. … Quality of life, however, was rarely assessed as a primary outcome measure. … Statistical heterogeneity also depends on the outcome measure of choice. … Relative outcome measures (e.g. ORs) are usually more stable than changes on scores.

358. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2017 - If three or more studies reported the same outcome measure for the same intervention during the same … used for outcome measures and because it was not always possible to determine the scales from the … pooled outcomes as standardized mean differences; we did not pool studies that used different tools to measure … and follow-up, and even reporting of the scales used for some outcome measures, all of which limited … interventions need to be conducted for longer durations and mechanisms need to be developed to better measure

359. Cer-265-Radiation-Bone-Disease-Addendum-App (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - Overall Population Other Social Determinants of Health, % Other Study Participant Characteristics Outcome Measures … - Secondary Outcomes Harms and Adverse Events (AEs), Including Withdrawals Due AEs Funding Source Quality … EBRT USA, Canada; multi-site Inclusion Age ≥18 years Zubrod score (performance measure) 0 to 2 1 to 3 … Quality of life: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General (FACT-G) Brief Pain Inventory (BPI … imaging MSCC metastatic spinal cord compression NR not reported NRS numerical rating scale QOL quality

360. Patient-Centered-Medical-Home Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Because the continuous measures used for most outcomes reported varied greatly across studies, we computed … The SMD is useful when studies assess the same outcome with different measures or scales. … Studies varied widely in the range of outcomes reported and the specific measures used. … Finally, no standard nomenclature or measures exist 15 for many of the concepts that form part of … and nomenclature for PCMH components and measures of PCMH components.