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421. Microsoft Word - cognitive-decline-protocol-160322.docx (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cognitive-decline_research-protocol.pdf
     March 22, 2016 - or mental health conditions (i.e., cardiovascular disease, obesity, depression), physical activity programs … More comprehensive intervention programs address multiple risk factors simultaneously with multidomain … For outcomes measured with instruments that lack established thresholds to measure improvement, we … appropriateness of pooling data.16 We will assess statistical heterogeneity with Cochran’s Q test and measure … We will assess strength of evidence for key final health outcomes measured with validated scales.

422. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-introduction_methods.pdf
     July 01, 2012 - evaluated in randomized controlled trials with representative patient populations and comprehensive measures … for understanding and 1-5 evaluating the strength of support for the use of a preventive measure … internally valid; that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure, in as unbiased a fashion … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Care Program.

423. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-literacy_research-protocol.pdf
     January 22, 2010 - The assessment included items intended to directly measure health literacy. …  Measures of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality. … Awareness of pharmaceutical cost-assistance programs among inner-city seniors. … Testing the feasibility of an interactive learning styles measure for U.S. … Agreement between scales in the measurement of breast cancer risk perceptions.

424. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
     February 22, 2012 - (AHRQ) Effective Health Care Program Web site for 4 weeks. … ○ Were outcome measures clearly valid, reliable, and equally applied to treatment groups? … Procedures used for meta-analysis will conform to methods outlined by the AHRQ EPC program in the Methods … and the Effective Health-Care Program. … Within the EPC program, the Key Informant role is to provide input into identifying the Key Questions

425. Comparative Effectiveness of Second Generation Antidepressants in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Depression—An Update to a 2007 Report. (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antidepressants-update_disposition-comments.pdf
     December 01, 2011 - Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or E-mail. … '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.

426. TND-555-09-03-2013 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - To sign up for notification when this and other Effective Health Care (EHC) Program topics are posted … e.g., heart disease, stroke), comorbidities (e.g., depression, anxiety), adherence to treatment, and quality … of life (e.g., health-related Quality of Life, life satisfaction, well-being, or psychosocial adaptation … Considerations  The topic meets all EHC Program selection criteria. … self-confidence in his or her ability to handle the disease and has a positive impact on the child’s quality

427. Mental-Illness-Adults-Prisons Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - Programs designed to prevent or minimize incarceration, such as mobile crisis intervention teams or … For dichotomous outcomes, we used the odds ratio as the measure of effect size; values greater than … Precision is a measure of the degree of certainty around a single outcome’s effect size. … The criminal justice outcomes of jail diversion programs for persons with mental illness: a review of … Treating prison inmates with co- occurring disorders: an integrative review of existing programs.

428. Disposition of Comments for CER 164 Home-Based Primary Care Interventions (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/home-based-care_disposition-comments.pdf
     February 16, 2016 - As the authors note, there are few outcome measures studied that are patient centric. … However, length of followup was not a quality criterion and so did not affect the quality rating. … Would be a little more clear about what a core outcome set should be (e.g., mortality [as severity measure … outcomes in a guyatt framework , caregiver outcomes] to help ensure the field collects a similar set of measures … measure common outcomes.

429. M (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2009 - Research and Quality (AHRQ), the EHC Program Scientific Resource Center, and the AHRQ Evidence-based … Often, short periods of followup involve surrogate outcome measures; both factors (length of followup … (See recommendation below.) 7 Limitations in Quality Rating Scales As much as possible, CER investigators … Partially relevant Yes Choose one or morea Irrelevant At least some measures of adequate quality … Scales CER Quality Assessment Recommendations Determining How To Use Existing Systematic Reviews

430. M (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/systematicreviewsreplacedenovo.pdf
     September 01, 2009 - Research and Quality (AHRQ), the EHC Program Scientific Resource Center, and the AHRQ Evidence-based … Often, short periods of followup involve surrogate outcome measures; both factors (length of followup … (See recommendation below.) 7 Limitations in Quality Rating Scales As much as possible, CER investigators … Partially relevant Yes Choose one or morea Irrelevant At least some measures of adequate quality … Scales CER Quality Assessment Recommendations Determining How To Use Existing Systematic Reviews

431. VU EPC DBD Protocol_AHRQ comments_revised_clean (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disruptive-behavior-disorder_research-protocol.pdf
     January 30, 2014 - We will not include studies designed exclusively to assess, measure, screen, or diagnose disease or … , and study quality. … validity of measures when the information is available. … We will include broad measures of quality of life and social functioning. … This may include for example, using an inappropriate measure to measure a primary outcome or key construct

432. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cognitive-decline-disposition-170707pdf.pdf
     March 24, 2017 - and CATD, then many of the studies reviewed are irrelevant, because they don’t look some general measure … I found it helpful that you reported scoring ranges for scales (e.g., Tabl 4!. … Post-intervention outcomes appear to be measure after the 3 month intervention (our review required … Post-intervention outcomes appear to be measure after the 3 month intervention (our review required … All clinicians and researchers need to continue to develop programs to maximize plasticity and minimize

433. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cognitive-decline-disposition-170707pdf.pdf
     March 24, 2017 - and CATD, then many of the studies reviewed are irrelevant, because they don’t look some general measure … I found it helpful that you reported scoring ranges for scales (e.g., Tabl 4!. … Post-intervention outcomes appear to be measure after the 3 month intervention (our review required … Post-intervention outcomes appear to be measure after the 3 month intervention (our review required … All clinicians and researchers need to continue to develop programs to maximize plasticity and minimize

434. Improving Health Care and Palliative Care for Advanced and Serious Illness Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/quality-gap-palliative-hospice_disposition-comments.pdf
     October 01, 2012 - Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or email. … It is limited to review of measures. … I would report some measure of effect size rather than statistically significant results. … RN, MD) whose members participate in palliative care, hospice, EOL practices and administration of programs … Certainly there were palliative care programs in existence before 2000 and the formal starting year

435. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 11 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-genetic_methods.pdf
     July 01, 2012 - Is an internal quality control program defined and externally monitored? 12. … What quality assurance measures are in place? 33. What are the results of pilot trials? 34. … Quality Assurance Program), and international proficiency testing programs.13 An AHRQ “horizon scan … What quality control measures were used? Were repeated measurements made on specimens? … Care Program.

436. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nppv-respiratory-failure_research-protocol.pdf
     April 21, 2011 - Outcomes measures for each question: o Intermediate outcomes: – Physiological measures such … – Psychological distress (e.g., anxiety) assessed by using a validated measure. … outcomes: – Functional status measured by using a validated questionnaire or performance-based measure … and the effective health-care program. … Within the EPC program, the Key Informant role is to provide input into identifying the Key Questions

437. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/patient-monitoring-systems-protocol.pdf
     July 01, 2023 - That report identified the number of rescue events (RRS or code team response) as a major process measure … used in studies of this type of PSP but they questioned the relationship of this process measure to … Contextual Questions, and will include author, year, study design, frequency and severity of the harms, measures … Outcome measures; 5. Outcomes; 6. Findings 7. Risk of bias or study quality. … Posted final reports are located on the Effective Health Care Program search page. . 2.

438. Alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy-140326 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
     January 27, 2012 - As a result, research has used other outcomes to measure the effectiveness of treatment, which can be … If we combine multiple scales (e.g., different scales to measure quality of life) in one meta-analysis … We will grade the strength of evidence for alcohol-consumption measures, accidents, injuries, quality … and the Effective Health-Care Program. … Within the EPC program, the Key Informant role is to provide input into identifying the Key Questions

439. Microsoft Word - Comp Eff 10.doc (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ace-inhibitor-arb-2007_research-2007-1.pdf
     January 01, 2007 - Program Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Rockville … Quality of life Low No differences were found in measures of general quality of life; this is based … Studies utilized a variety of quality-of-life scales: two administered the Psychological General Well … However, despite these differences in study quality, sample size, therapeutic agents, outcome measure … Low No differences were found in measures of general quality of life; this is based on four studies,

440. Dementia-Agitation-Aggression Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dementia-agitation-aggression_research-protocol.pdf
     November 13, 2014 - Most studies that report results from general measures report overall summary scores. … stimulation-oriented treatments such as recreational activities; therapies involving music, art, and pets; and other programs … We will assess strength of evidence for key final health outcomes measured with validated scales. … Assessing neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with dementia: a systematic review of measures. … Review Manager (RevMan) [Computer program]. Version 5.2.