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5181. Research Protocol: Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-reconstruction-mastectomy-protocol.pdf
      April 09, 2020 - As of 2016, more than 40 percent of women in the U.S. who underwent mastectomy had reconstruction.3 … radiation therapy, immediate reconstruction may be associated with more postoperative complications than … Typically, this threshold is reached when more than half the abstracts have been screened. … The psychological impact of immediate rather than delayed breast reconstruction. … Invited Peer Reviewers may not have any financial conflict of interest greater than $5,000.

5182. Title (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-illness-adults-prisons_research-protocol.pdf
      September 13, 2012 - percent, depending on the study and data source.1-3 These estimates are three to five times higher than … More mentally ill persons are in jails and prisons than hospitals: a survey of the States. … Invited Peer Reviewers may not have any financial conflict of interest greater than $10,000. … overlap Remove duplicates from 35* *Note that weeding for desired study types will be done by hand rather … than with search limits.

5183. PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/clinical-care/clinicalcare_slides.pptx
      September 03, 2014 - Some are more effective than others. … a short amount of time, but try timing yourself one time and you may realize it is actually longer than … The National Kidney Foundation aims for no more than 10 percent of patients with catheters. 24 Clinical … The National Kidney Foundation aims for no more than 10 percent of patients with catheters within a given … Are your infection rates stagnant or increasing rather than falling?

5184. Search FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2019 - Although this format means that CAHPS surveys may have more pages than survey instruments that use a … If a sponsor needs to field a CAHPS survey in a language other than English or Spanish, are there any … This approach tends to result in higher response rates than any single method alone. … such adjustment, score differences between entities could be due to differences in external factors rather … than true differences in performance on the CAHPS measures.

5185. Final Progress Report: Safe delivery of primary care to vulnerable populations: Using simulation to assess team performance in responding to behavioral and social determinants of health (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/zabar-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Providers were more likely to elicit and follow up on SDoH related to housing than social isolation. … More than 80 percent of Bellevue’s patients come from the city’s medically underserved populations, … cases when providers elicited appropriately, they more frequently elicited housing-related issues rather … than social issues. … Attending physicians’ core clinical skills do not appear to be any better than those of their residents

5186. Webinar Transcript - The National Quality Strategy and the Public Sector: Federal Agency Alignment to the Six Priorities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2016 - Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) charged us with, which is why the framework is broader than … of all deaths in the U.S., and cardiovascular disease, stroke, and cancer together account for more than … We think that early elective deliveries can be less common than they are now, and we joined with many … maternal-fetal medicine, who would then have a conversation about the medical implications for that procedure rather … than convenience implications.

5187. Final Progress Report: Incorporating Temporary Health States into Decision Support (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/col-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Women who experience hot flashes are much more likely to seek medical care than those who do not (50% … Rather than use a decision aid to tell patients what treatment decision is “best” for them based on … These studies revealed that the length of vasomotor symptoms is longer than previously thought. … for trying to make an informed decision, all participants found the “full” version to be more useful than … While most preferred the bar graph as a better format for displaying the risk report than the pictograph

5188. Final Progress Report: Quality Factors in Nursing Home Choice (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/congdon-magilvy-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - agreement exists that the quality of nursing homes should be raised and that high-quality care is more than … Furthermore, quality is defined in a very narrow manner, often in negative rather than positive terms … Because family members were more likely than residents to make the choice or selection of a nursing … When the list included more than three facilities, they often experienced confusion and frustration … found in the quality indicators and staffing indicators; however, some indicators were more stable than

5189. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/public-reporting-quality-improvement_research-protocol.pdf
      August 17, 2011 - Rather the focus will be on whether public reporting results in either the intermediate outcomes or … • The data are available but have to be purchased for more than a nominal subscription fee (e.g. … • The public reporting is only about individual providers other than physicians and nurses (e.g. … Potential Reviewers must disclose any financial conflicts of interest greater than $10,000 and any … Invited Peer Reviewers may not have any financial conflict of interest greater than $10,000.

5190. #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/developmental-delays-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
      June 01, 2014 - Rather, the reports will help to inform and guide the planning and prioritization of research resources … Since that implementation, review of more than 18,000 leads about potential topics has resulted in … No more than two experts with a possible COI are considered out of a total of the five to eight experts … may make little eye contact with other people, exhibit lower social attention and responsiveness than … social cognition and functioning in small patient populations, with most studies enrolling fewer than

5191. Protocol Amendment - Safety of Vaccines 030413 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vaccines-safety-protocol-130325.pdf
      September 18, 2012 - polysaccharide vaccine (MPSV) Adults at risk of meningococcal disease (MCV4 or MPS5 if younger than … 55 years; MPS5 if older than 55 years) MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) All adults Pneumococcal … medications because they are administered to a large population of mostly young healthy people to prevent rather … than treat disease. … Invited Peer Reviewers may not have any financial conflict of interest greater than $10,000.

5192. Patient Safety Concerns and the LGBTQ Population | PSNet
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      February 01, 2023 - also found that LGBTQ+ people experience trauma, including violence and victimization, at higher rates than … people consider to be offensive because it suggests that you prescribe to a set of ideals or beliefs, rather … than this is just who you are. 8 In these cases, healthcare is still very fallible. … specialized care for the LGBTQ+ community because the things that we do are generally no different than … Pronouns are words that are used to refer to a person other than their name; pronouns are viewed as

5193. Functional Assessment Screening Patient Reported Information: FAST-PRI - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs018932-hess-final-report-2015.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - Despite the multiple health benefits of moderate physical activity, fewer than half of Americans are … Fewer than 30% of patients report receiving advice regarding physical activity. … physicians with higher self-efficacy are more likely to counsel patients regarding behavior change than … is an appealing strategy, it is contrary to the Chronic Care Model, which advocates a team approach rather … than removal of any team member.

5194. In Conversation with... Connor Wesley, RN, BSN on Patient Safety Concerns and the LGBTQ Population | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-connor-wesley-rn-bsn-patient-safety-concerns-and-lgbtq-population
      February 01, 2023 - people consider to be offensive because it suggests that you prescribe to a set of ideals or beliefs, rather … than this is just who you are. 8 In these cases, healthcare is still very fallible. … specialized care for the LGBTQ+ community because the things that we do are generally no different than … The bottom line is understanding that supporting the LGBTQ+ community in healthcare is no different than … Pronouns are words that are used to refer to a person other than their name; pronouns are viewed as

5195. Preventing-Cauti-Icu-Setting-Facilitators-Guide (doc file)
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      September 01, 2015 - Guide Please note that for the purposes of this training, you are not expected to be a teacher, but, rather … There is no surer way to lose the attention of a learner than to show that you don’t understand what … diuretics or fluid management in acute respiratory failure requiring large flow rates of oxygen of greater than … However, the temperature increase should warrant a critical evaluation of the patient rather than an

5196. Evaluation of the Benefits and Harms of Lung Cancer Screening With Low-Dose Computed Tomography: Modeling Study for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      March 09, 2021 - aged 80 years with 20 pack-years or more of smoking exposure was estimated to result in more benefits than … 100 000 individuals alive at aged 45 years (in- cluding both screened and unscreened individuals), rather … than per the screened population so that the outcomes are comparable across scenarios. … The patterns were similar but show less variability among strategies than for deaths averted. … for men and larger for non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native persons than

5197. Evidence Summary: Anxiety Disorders in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/anxiety-adults-screening
      June 20, 2023 - the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) GAD-2 and GAD-7 screening instruments were evaluated by more than … with the method of DerSimonian and Laird. 13 Point estimates were deemphasized when pooling fewer than … In general, the GAD-7 performed as well as or better than the GAD-2. Harms of Screening KQ3. … More than doubling the clinical benefit of each hour of therapist time: a randomised controlled trial … fully control for important confounders, and study on suicide used only prescription as an exposure (rather

5198. T6Tquunynv3Twm65Bfash2 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2015 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions in- volve more considerations than evidence alone. … Using 2 types of NRT has been found to be more effective than using a single type. … However, it has been suggested that NRT may be safer than smoking during pregnancy (4, 11). … cessation (1, 9), most of the research on inter- ventions for smoking cessation focuses on cessation (rather … than health outcomes) as a primary outcome.

5199. Final Progress Report: Evaluating treatment options and patterns of care in early pregnancy failure (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/dalton-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Results: Under the statewide health plan, less than 1% underwent treatment with misoprostol or office-based … Statewide, patients were more likely to be treated with a surgical uterine evacuation than patients … Further, women under 20 years old were less likely to be treated surgically than 20-39 year olds (p< … Rather, this study suggests that women in Michigan are typically managed either expectantly or with … We also documented the need for more than one treatment type.

5200. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review40/gonorrhea-screening-2005
      May 15, 2005 - Also, studies should be coordinated to define representative populations that can be studied over time rather … than continuing to report from isolated cross-sectional convenience samples. … Research that examines population-level factors and association to STD transmission rather than focusing … The prevalence of gonorrhea will be lower than the prevalence of chlamydia in most settings. … Greater than 50% reported history of STD.