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401. Disposition of Comments_CER 231 Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
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     July 31, 2020 - them using the actual outcome measure used. … Or did some studies measure harms and found/reported none? … The variable use of study endpoints to measure performance is never really discussed as part of the … The analysis of programs in Best Practice Caregiving included collecting data from program developers … and organizations that delivered programs as a regular services; content analysis of program manuals

402. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 266_Cervical Degenerative Disease Treatment: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - surgery (SOE: Moderate), whereas evidence was less strong with 2-level disease (SOE: Low) across various measures … Rockville, MD: Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Content … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2023. … Posted final reports are located on the Effective Health Care Program search page.

403. Fibromyalgia Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - eliminated the criterion of tender points examination and added (1) physician-rated severity on two scales … Treatment components may include drugs, exercise programs, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), patient … difference in mean change from baseline between treated and control groups by subgroup strata as a general measure … Multiple measures 11 for pain were used. … A comparative study of patients with and without abnormality in (MMPI) psychological scales.

404. FRN 29: Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - Director, EPC Program Center for Outcomes and Evidence Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The CER highlighted the importance of using appropriate study comparators and outcome measures that … , nor did it address whether addition of procalcitonin to an antibiotic stewardship program improves … Level 2 • Diagnostic accuracy: Measures of the performance of the test to provide diagnoses. … If pooling data across institutions is required, consensus on standards of care, outcome measures,

405. Misuse of Prescription Stimulants in Adults (pdf file)
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     November 26, 2024 - and Data Management The review team will create data abstraction forms in DistillerSR, an online program … (cardiovascular, injuries, adverse events)  Psychological outcomes o Long-term  Health measures … For Key Questions 2 and 3, on consequences of misuse, we will use the six-item Quality In Prognosis … PEP23-07-01-006, NSDUH Series H-58) Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse … Judging the quality of evidence in reviews of prognostic factor research: adapting the GRADE framework

406. CER 229 Evidence Summary: Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - We applied similar thresholds to other outcomes measures.20 Grading the Strength of Evidence The … • No difference between opioids vs. placebo in mean improvement on SF-36 measures of mental health … • Opioids were associated with a greater improvement than nonopioids in SF-36 measures of physical … Rates of adverse events of long-acting opioids in a state medicaid program. … Posted final reports are located on the Effective Health Care Program search page. AHRQ Pub.

407. Strategies To Prevent Weight Gain in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - If this group is selected, then investigators should consider including additional outcome measures … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality iv … addition to measuring the interventions’ effect on weight or body mass index, future studies should measure … The authors state that studies designed to measure weight over time are more likely to collect high-quality … to lack of association with health outcomes and the existence of other metrics that are easier to measure

408. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 272_Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2024 - Practice Center Program methods guidance , as described in the full report. … 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 … Posted final reports are located on the Effective Health Care Program search page.

409. Allergy-Seasonal Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - Anchor-based MCIDs are considered more robust and have been published for quality-of-life measures, … Bousquet and colleagues49 examined the responsiveness, defined as the ability of an instrument to measure … Development and testing of a new measure of health status for clinical trials in rhinoconjunctivitis … What are minimal important changes for asthma measures in a clinical trial? … and the effective health-care program.

410. Disposition of Comments Report for Chronic Venous Ulcers: A Comparative Effectiveness Review of Treatment Modalities (pdf file)
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     January 27, 2014 - TEP #1 Methods Yes (definitions or diagnostic criteria for outcome measures are appropriate) Thank … Was this based on clinical or statistical measures of heterogeneity? … We recognize that the use of inconsistent and unvalidated ulcer-specific quality of life measures is … to help us establish the training programs and improve this issue. … Moments - clean care saves lives” program.

411. Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services in People With Substance Use Disorder: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2025 - Director Technology Assessment Program Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence … - For people with SUD who are in remission/recovery, definitive treatment must include preventive measures … received comprehensive dental treatment showed statistically significantly favorable results in all measures … Tobacco Screening and Cessation Efforts by Dental Providers: A Quality Measure Evaluation. … risk of bias (domain 5) -- Low Domain 6: Bias in measurement of outcomes 6.1 Could the outcome measure

412. Technical Brief Protocol: Impact of Community Health Worker Certification on Workforce and Service Delivery for Asthma and Other Selected Chronic Diseases (pdf file)
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     March 26, 2019 - certification models across the country as well as barriers and facilitators of CHW certification program … How would you measure the impact of a CHW? 9. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Evaluation” [mh] OR Certification [mh] OR “program development” [mh] OR training [tiab] OR certif*[ … tiab] OR education [tiab] OR “Professional Development”[tiab] OR “program development” [tiab]) 4 English

413. Cad-Women-Diagnosis Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - in comparison with technologies currently in use, and clinical relevance and timing of the outcome measures … Currently, there is debate on whether NITs that measure heart function abnormalities (ECG abnormalities … Exercise ECG, stress ECHO, and nuclear imaging all measure functional parameters to assess for ischemia … and the Effective Health-Care Program. … ACCF/AHA methodology for the development of quality measures for cardiovascular technology: a report

414. EBC-webinar-slides (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - of  the  research  portfolio  of  the  Agency  for  Healthcare  Research  and  Quality …  Nursing  Workgroup   • What  they  do   o Preview  EHC  Program  initiatives   … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov       7   • Insightful  Perspective   • Helpful  Suggestions   • Quality … Slide  36   Nurse  Practitioners    Inter-­‐professional  collaboration,      Cost  quality …  into  practice    Fosters  continuing  education    Provides  factual  standards/measures

415. PowerPoint Presentation
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     June 01, 2014 - Forum Community Forum 7 Part of the research portfolio of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Products Community Forum Community Forum Community Forum 9 AHRQ EHC Program Nursing Workgroup … : Paul Vineyard 26 Working with AHRQ and AcademyHealth Insightful Perspective Helpful Suggestions Quality … Presenter and Controller: Janette Capaci 35 Nurse Practitioners Inter-professional collaboration, Cost quality … Jones 46 Integrating evidence into practice Fosters continuing education Provides factual standards/measures

416. Procalcitonin Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - No significant differences were observed for measures of antibiotic use, morbidity, or mortality with … Consistent use of the conventional measure would improve accumulation of evidence on the outcomes of … Weakness 2: Measurement of Morbidity There were various measures of morbidity across these studies. … Although admission rates, LOS, and ICU LOS were easy to compare, other measures were not. … and the effective health-care program.

417. FRN 40 - Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - Director, EPC Program Center for Outcomes and Evidence Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The context in which screening is implemented (e.g., prior multidrug resistance organism control programs … To attempt to measure the favorable impact of screening for MRSA-carriage while ignoring its potential … of key concern are whom to screen, how to screen, and which outcomes to measure (e.g., the downstream … • Meaningful pay for performance programs are needed that will reduce health care-associated infection

418. Executive Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 256_Effectiveness of Telehealth for Women's Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2022 - tools 5 RCTs (2,322) Telehealth is at least as effective as usual care alternatives for improving measures … Rockville, MD: Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … HHS Announces $35 Million for Telehealth in the Title X Family Planning Program. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2022. … Posted final reports are located on the Effective Health Care Program search page.

419. Disposition of Comments for CER 159 Insomnia (pdf file)
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     December 30, 2015 - Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or E-mail. … Removed ‘a more comprehensive sleep measure’. … As it currently reads, global outcomes include PGI, ISI, PSQI but quality of life measures (e.g., SF … greatly appreciated by clinicians who often struggle to understand what changes in scores on research scales … measures.

420. Disposition of Comments Report for Biologic and Nonbiologic Systemic Agents and Phottherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis (pdf file)
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     November 27, 2012 - Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or email. … The definitions for the outcome measures are appropriate. … Key questions- lots of acronyms for measures. … For example a brief description of each scale chosen, and some reasoning why these scales were chosen … Within the glossary we define the outcomes, provide the standard scale sued to measure the outcome