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361. Integrating stakeholder preferences in comparative effectiveness research using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and Conjoint Analysis (CA) (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - The pattern of choices reveals the implicit decision weights patients attach to therapeutic benefits … Extreme Slide 12 Eigenvalue to obtain criteria (Ci) and level (Li) weights (1) Clinical … representing patients and experts) for the following three items: Effectiveness, Adverse Events and Quality … The left most patient bar (representing effectiveness, response) is the Rank 1 Outcome measure for patients … and the bar representing effectiveness, remission is the Rank 1 Outcome measure for psychiatrists.

362. S13 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - Supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Contract No. … No statement may be construed as the official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … As another example, many outcomes (eg, pain relief) are difficult to measure and quan- tify,9 and other … For example, although the pretreatment blood pressure of a patient is easy to measure, the choice of … A methodologic framework for health status measures: clarity or oversimplification?

363. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0320_06-17-2009.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - scans or bone marrow biopsies; earlier detection of patient relapse; improved treatment, survival, and quality … at risk for progression from MGUS to MM can be identified, does this measurably affect survival or quality … Can the ability to measure FLC, with their shorter half lives, improve treatment protocol selection … affects treatment protocol selection in a timelier manner, does this lead to a change in survival or quality

364. Research Protocol (Amended): Treatment of Acute Pain--An Evidence Map (pdf file)
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     June 10, 2018 - Many unidimensional and multidimensional pain assessment scales are available including specific scales … Are neck pain scales and questionnaires compatible with the international classification of functioning … Standard scales for measurement of functional outcome for cervical pain or dysfunction: a systematic … A systematic review of measures of shoulder pain and functioning using the International classification … The measurement properties of pediatric observational pain scales: A systematic review of reviews.

365. Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews: Identifying Quality Improvement Intervention Evaluations (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - . or dmaic.ti,ab. or dmadv.ti,ab. or define- measure-analyze-design-verify.mp. … Further research is needed to determine how similar interventions might affect other quality measures … MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Change over time in the proportion of children aged 24-30 months who received … with performance measure rates for depression among 40 medical groups in Minnesota. … However, there was a positive correlation between systems and quality on the 90-day measure of antidepressant

366. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - GRADE Approaches to Evaluating Evidence The EPCs’ strength of evidence approach is based in large measure … of life or measures of symptom improvement. … For example, studies in a review may use a variety of scales to measure the same outcome, and those … Moreover, some or all of such scales may not have been subjected to reliability or validity testing. … Thus, EPCs may not be able to determine a meaningful threshold across scales with different measurement

367. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer's-type Dementia (CATD) (pdf file)
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     November 02, 2018 - of life, and behavioral outcome measures to extract. … behavioral measures, SAE, brain imaging, and CSF measures were most commonly reported across studies … Check if studies used validated, reliable, outcomes measure and that the groups assessed using comparable … outcome measures. … Please flag the test for the team if you are unsure if a test is validated or think that the measure

368. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 10, 2010 - , methylcholine challenge and/or responsiveness, sputum eosinophil markers of inflammation, other measures … of carbon dioxide (CO2), other spirometry measures Adverse Events: • Increased asthma symptoms … methylcholine challenge and/or responsiveness, sputum eosinophil markers of inflammation, other measures … of CO2, other spirometry measures) KQ 3:  Increased asthma symptoms or acute asthma exacerbations … For KQ 1, we have chosen summary measures of asthma control as the primary outcome, which appears to

369. Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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     January 01, 2013 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2013). … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2013. p. 93-108. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2013. p. 93-108. … adherence, and a newer class of causal effect estimators, such as inverse probability of treatment weights … Inverse probability-of-censoring weights for the correction of time-varying noncompliance in the effect

370. Adverse Effects of First-Line Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
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     February 07, 2018 - for the CQ: • Response: commonly defined as a 50% or more improvement on either the HAM- D or MADRS scales … using the telephone, preparing meals, managing finances, taking medication, shopping, or physical measures … , and the results of each outcome, including measures of variability. … measures. … The arcsine difference as a measure of treatment effect in meta-analysis with zero cells.

371. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment-Future Research (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Wound healing (reduction in wound area and incidence of complete closure) is a secondary outcome measure … That would require validation of the weights. … Therefore, it is necessary to develop validated and standardized scales for evaluating wound pain as … Wound healing (reduction in wound area and incidence of complete closure) is a secondary outcome measure … Validated measures of patient-reported outcomes, such as pain and quality of life, and standards for

372. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 272_Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2024 - energy-based interventions for genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) were assessed for study quality … Methods We used methods consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based … from statistical rather than clinical significance or effect magnitude, in part because validated measures … Few validated scales or thresholds for clinical importance exist which makes it difficult to translate … by a standard definition and uniform diagnostic criteria for GSM, a common set of validated outcome measures

373. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2010 - Objectives We aim to compare the effectiveness, safety and patient-reported measures of individual … For children, we will also measure growth. … of life measures to include other patient-reported outcomes that could reflect quality of life including … and the method of ascertainment, and the results of each outcome, including measures of variability … This analysis will also generate the point estimates and measure of heterogeneity for each direct comparison

374. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (pdf file)
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     October 24, 2019 - 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. … Were outcome measures equal, valid, and reliable? l.

375. Making Healthcare Safer IV: High Reliability Organization (HRO) as a Patient Safety Practice (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - observed: developing leadership; supporting a culture of safety; building and using data systems to measure … event Secondary outcomes: • Intermediate outcomes related to embedding HRO principles, e.g., measures … review questions, and will include author, year, study design, frequency and severity of the harms, measures … We will rely primarily on the reviews of good quality. … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); 2023.

376. Topic Brief: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - ), quality of life. … ), quality of life. … Homogeneity of variance of measures associated with objective assessment of esthetic outcome after treatment … There are several groups that regularly measure patterns of care and publish on adherence with ASTRO … ASTRO will collaborate and support patterns of care studies to measure and compare rates of concordance

377. Disposition of Comments for Use of Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in the Management of Heart Failure (pdf file)
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     November 20, 2013 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2013. … tackle adequately the complexity of diagnosis of heart failure and in particular the superiority of measure … Rev 7 Intro The definitions for the outcome measures are appropriate. … If a translation from accuracy measures to patient important outcomes is desired, then there is almost … If I know the age and sex of a person, do I really need to measure BNP on top of that?

378. Anxiety in Children (pdf file)
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     September 12, 2016 - Therefore, we will include studies that reported such patient centered outcomes measured with scales … attention placebo) o Placebo o No treatment • Outcomes: o Intermediate outcomes: § Standardized measures … graduate) § Family dysfunction/stressor: • Parenting Stress Index (PSI) • Brief Family Assessment Measure … KQ 2: • Safety outcomes: Pediatric Adverse Event Rating Scale and other scales, incidence of any … appropriate (i.e., more than 2 trials address the same PICOTS and provide point estimates and dispersion measures

379. Wheeled Mobility (Wheelchair) Service Delivery (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - for wheeled mobility and the weakest link in the process – the lack of wide utilization of tools to measure … The identification of common measures and outcomes could significantly enhance the quality of wheelchair … and not of high quality. … There are ultralightweight manual wheelchairs made to measure for an individual that are used in the … Recognized Environmental Measures a.

380. EHC Technical Brief 32: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (pdf file)
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     May 14, 2019 - Authors do not need to change their methods but might provide a sentence or two on the limitations of measures … better placed with the other figures on population characteristics and before the figure on rating scales … #4 Findings p. 27 line 19: Does this apply to any diagnostic instrument or only to specific rating scales … This data element is captured in outcomes, as we abstracted data on depression measures. … The continuous rating scale measures would be worth categorizing in a separate field rather than mixing