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81. Amended Protocol: Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients with Advanced Cancer (pdf file)
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    May 19, 2020 - This tool must include patient-or caregiver-reported measures of anxiety. … A review of quality of care evaluation for the palliation of dyspnea. … Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care? … Observational scales are used for patients unable to self-report and are validated against self-report … For the purposes of this report focusing on breathlessness, we wanted to focus on an objective measure

82. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 255: Transitions of Care From Pediatric to Adult Services for Children With Special Healthcare Needs (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2022 - exists for effective transition of care from pediatric to adult services for CSHCN, nor is a single measure … Methods The methods for this systematic review follow the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Similarly, no single measure or set of measures is used in this body of research. … Even within a single domain, such as transition readiness or quality of life, multiple measures are … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2022.

83. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0398_06-17-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - including 1) reduced mortality, 2) reduced morbidity, 3) reduced adverse events, and 4) improved quality-of-life … erythrocytes or reticulocyte hemoglobin content in relation to other measures of iron metabolic status … erythrocytes or reticulocyte hemoglobin content in relation to other measures of iron metabolic status … What is the most effective interval in which to measure markers of iron metabolic status to achieve … Fatigue, poorer quality of life, and cognitive impairment have also been associated with anemia in these

84. Measuring-Blood-Pressure Executive (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - outcomes > Cardiac measures (LVH, LVM, LVMI) Intermediate outcomes > Blood pressure controls … > BP treatment adherence > Health care process measures Intermediate outcomes > Adherence to … Thus the strategies to measure and control elevated BP may need to differ based on an individual’s … for all evaluated measures of adherence); the remaining 4 studies found no difference. … Both found no differences using any quality-of-life measure.

85. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - indicators or quality measures. … A quality indicator or quality measure is an agreed-upon process or outcome measure that is used to … Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care. … Quality measures for supportive cancer care: The cancer quality-ASSIST (Assessing Symptoms Side Effects … National Quality Forum. Measure Evaluation Criteria. 2008: Washington, DC. 22.

86. Phenylketonuria Executive (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2012 - Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently assessed quality, with differences resolved though discussion … -31 were rated as poor quality. … , one poor- quality prospective cohort,62 and four poor-quality case series.56,57,59,61 No study included … Currently, findings on the association of Phe levels and any specific measure of executive function … Registries have been established and will provide important data, as will ongoing studies that measure

87. A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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88. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    February 23, 2012 -  Outcomes measures for each question: The outcome measures of interest include: health outcome … To measure potential changes in the inequity of care between patient groups, priority condition studies … Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review  Disparity Measure. … Included studies should capture health outcome measures and/or process measures. … improvement intervention and measure a change in outcomes relative to a referent group.

89. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 269: Respectful Maternity Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - methods for systematic reviews1 based on methods developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … This review was limited to the intrapartum and postpartum periods, and some of the measures were not … Before widespread implementation of tools to measure RMC, further testing of current measures and a … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2024.

90. Long-Term-Care-Adults Executive (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2012 - and scales • Method of ascertainment and timing often varied for measures across settings • Details … • Outcome measures were not always similar across settings or studies • Use standardized measures. … Choose those most capable of showing meaningful change and measure at appropriate intervals Rates … address (continued) Methodological Issues Findings Research Needs Other outcomes • Studies did not measure … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

91. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - What measures or indicators have been used in surgical report cards used to examine the safety of surgical … for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) patient safety measures, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators, … or the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient safety related measures. … representatives who are not patients or family members Intervention Any intervention intended to measure … For Review Question 2, we will focus on identifying relevant measures that are ...

92. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
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    May 04, 2017 - Thank you for the comment that many of these scales have multiple versions. … Measures of integration: There are no standard tools but a measure of integration between palliative … We have given a detailed description in definitions: “Quality indicator: A population-based measure … result in a quality measure. … outcome rather than as a quality outcome per se quality measures.

93. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
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    May 04, 2017 - Thank you for the comment that many of these scales have multiple versions. … Measures of integration: There are no standard tools but a measure of integration between palliative … We have given a detailed description in definitions: “Quality indicator: A population-based measure … result in a quality measure. … outcome rather than as a quality outcome per se quality measures.

94. Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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    January 01, 2013 - Model Selection   Number of Followup Measures and Time Intervals   Single measure Repeated measure … , fixed intervals Repeated measure, variable intervals Outcome measure No clustering Clustering (e.g … Examples of correlated data include repeated measures on study subjects over time, patients selected … Repeated measures per study subject can be collapsed to a single summary measure per subject. … Random-effects models are another suitable analytical approach to handle repeated measures data.

95. Template for Draft Reports (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2013 - What standardized outcome measures should be used for HCBS and NH recipients that fully measure benefits … What quality-of-life measures and disease-specific measures should be used to capture an individual … What quality-of-life measures and disease specific measures should be used to capture an individual's … What quality-of-life measures and disease specific measures should be used to 6 (14) capture an individual's … What quality-of-life measures and disease specific measures should be used to capture an individual's

96. Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2012 - for identifying and judging the risk of bias when results deviate from protocols in the timing or measure … For a scale, the weights of different items are explicit rather than implicit. … Scales to assess the quality of randomized controlled trials: a systematic review. … Correlation of quality measures with estimates of treatment effect in meta- analyses of randomized controlled … Scales to assess the quality of randomized controlled trials: a systematic review.

97. A Systematic Review of Postpartum Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Postpartum Treatment of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, and Peripartum Magnesium Sulfate Regimens for Preeclampsia With Severe Features (pdf file)
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    April 20, 2022 - ) o Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs), for example ▪ Global Quality of life*, e.g., SF-36 … treatment o Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs), for example ▪ Global Quality of life*, e.g … Specific to postpartum population*, e.g., Mother-Generated Index, Functional Status After Childbirth scales … , PROM = patient reported outcome measure, QoL = quality of life IV. … Patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures.

98. EHC Protocol: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Deprescribing to Reduce Medication Harms in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - What patient safety measures or indicators have been used to examine the harm associated with polypharmacy … for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) patient safety measures, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators, … or the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient safety related measures. … (e.g., reduction of polypharmacy or PIMs; total medication count) Clinical outcome measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2023.

99. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2011 - ., AHI), blood pressure (an intermediate outcome for cardiovascular disease), and hemoglobin A1c (a measure … Scale (ESS); the quality-of-life measure Functional Outcomes Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ); and compliance … Any differences in quality of life measures or neurocognitive tests were equivocal between treatment … It did not find statistically significant differences in ESS and quality of life measures between patients … The reported findings on sleep study and quality of life measures were heterogeneous across studies.

100. Quality-Gap-Palliative-Hospice Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/quality-gap-palliative-hospice_executive.pdf
     October 01, 2012 - Outcome Measures for Each Key Question For both Key Questions, we included all relevant patient or … measures, such as timeliness of response to pain and other symptoms • Family/caregiver psychosocial … a multicenter study found significant improvements, but a single-center study found no impact on measures … education in nursing homes found the intervention had a statistically significant improvement on measures … of attrition, and issues with outcome measures not designed for advanced or serious illness or not