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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/congestive-heart-failure-medicines_research.pdf
March 01, 2010 - The absence of data on the clinical severity of HF and left ventricular function, potent
predictors … Patients who are prescribed a drug usually have greater disease severity and higher risk of
the adverse … This finding is difficult to fully explain in the absence of information
about the severity of HF at … Another problem in assessing HF severity and other important covariates is that these
variables change … information in the year prior to the diagnosis of HF to define comorbidities, and thus did not
assess the severity
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
February 10, 2010 - PICOTS
Population • Adults and children 5 years of age and older with asthma of any
type or severity … Humans, all races, ethnicities,
cultural groups
Adults aged >18 years with asthma
of any type and severity … ,
symptomatic or using asthma
medication
Children >5 years with asthma of
any type and severity … ), comparator details, and participant baseline characteristics
(e.g., sex, age, ethnicity, asthma severity … Outcomes will include: asthma symptom
severity, health-related quality of life, asthma control, quick-relief
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May 29, 2025 - Pain severity for neuropathic pain
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class 1 Drug Class 2 Drug … Pain severity for fibromyalgia
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class 1 Drug Class 2 Drug 1 … Pain severity for osteoarthritis
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class 1 Drug Class 2 Drug … Pain severity for low back pain
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class 1 Drug Class 2 Drug … Pain severity for chronic pelvic pain
Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class 1 Drug Class 2
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/predictors-trauma-care_research-protocol.pdf
May 31, 2017 - 13,14 or a need for a single intervention such as major nonorthopedic
surgery), and ratings of injury severity … (e.g., the Injury Severity Score [ISS]). … and surgical intervention.13,14
Major Surgery
Not including orthopedic surgery
Ratings of Injury Severity … Injury Severity Score (ISS) >15, as this is a commonly used threshold for
high risk patients, but … The Injury Severity Score revisited. J Trauma. 1988
Jan;28(1):69-77. PMID: 3123707.
27.
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January 01, 2017 - variability
in patient populations (e.g., type of trauma, demographic
characteristics, presence and severity … utility of the tGCS
compared with the mGCS for predicting in-hospital
mortality, morbidity, Injury Severity … 25%), and specificity (93% vs.
95% and 94% vs. 95%) for trauma center care need
(defined as Injury Severity … correct GCS scores was generally
lowest for assessment of patient scenarios with
moderate injury severity … Components of
traumatic brain injury severity indices.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_6-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
October 30, 2012 - Index
or PASI Score.4 The PASI score requires rating
the severity of target symptoms [erythema (E) … Target symptom
severity is rated on a 0–4 scale; area of psoriatic
involvement is rated on a 0–6 scale … A prospective study may be
required to collect clinical assessments of disease
severity using a standard … Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI),
which measure the severity of pain and other
symptoms and the impact … Outcome Definition and Measurement
of what is being assessed (frequency, severity,
impairment, all
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism-update_executive.pdf
August 01, 2014 - acquisition, with less robust and consistent
improvements seen in adaptive skills, core ASD symptom
severity … Children’s
symptom severity often decreased during treatment, but
these improvements often did not … Better quality studies reported
positive effects of intervention on symptom severity, but
multiple … ability to improve broad developmental skills (such as
cognition, adaptive behavior, and ASD symptom severity … In
general, children with lower symptom severity or less
severe diagnoses improved more than participants
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dementia-databases-methods_research.pdf
May 01, 2008 - residents, a MDS-COGS scale was
used as an additional determinant of ADRD status, as well as to score severity … days (hospitals, LTC facility, Medicare qualified SNF days), and, for nursing
home residents only, severity … Although we had no direct measure of severity of dementia for the
community-dwelling sample, it is reasonable … to assume that the average severity of dementia
cases was much higher in institutionalized settings … Community LTC Facilities
n % /mean (SE) n % /mean (SE)
Severity of Dementia (MDS-COGS)a
Mild (
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April 01, 2012 - I know this is not easy
to do since the reporting of severity varies by study. … Details about disease severity are included in the tables. … Details about disease severity are included in the tables. … Does the variation in
severity of disease explain much of the heterogeneity of
results? … Severity of visual field loss and
health related quality of life.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/allergy-seasonal_research-protocol.pdf
March 08, 2012 - working group proposed a new
classification scheme consisting of four categories based on rhinitis severity … • Confounders are controlled; for example, baseline asthma prevalence and severity are
documented … RCTs that
do not separate results by symptom severity may be considered for inclusion if the body of … Definitions of symptom severity will be adapted from
the Allergic Rhinitis in Asthma (ARIA) guidelines … o Confounders are controlled; for example, baseline asthma prevalence and severity
are documented,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/crohns-disease-future_research.pdf
July 01, 2016 - treatment classes
• Risk stratification for
treatment choice
(including duration of
disease, severity … Because the risk-benefit ratio of medication use may depend on
severity of disease, both effectiveness … and safety should be assessed by disease severity. … Correlations between clinical activity, endoscopic
severity, and biological parameters in colonic or … remission
beyond 2 years
• Risk stratification for
treatment choice
(including duration of
disease, severity
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0768-141211.pdf
October 23, 2014 - recommendation of tonsillectomy in children with recurrent throat infection
stems from the varied measures for severity
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September 12, 2016 - In addition, one
guideline suggested mild severity be treated with general health promotion10, another … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published online: September 12, 2016 2
the role of symptom severity … to interfere with participation or adherence to treatment
and/or response to treatments, including severity … Severity of symptoms are generally believed to associated with worse
outcomes and guidelines suggest … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published online: September 12, 2016 7
§ Separation anxiety)
o Severity
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-adult-treatment_executive.pdf
April 01, 2013 - Using CAPS, PTSD severity has been categorized as asymptomatic/few symptoms (0–19), mild
PTSD/subthreshold … Baseline PTSD
severity was generally in the severe (CAPS of 60–79) or extreme (CAPS ≥80) range across … Using CAPS, PTSD severity has been
categorized as asymptomatic/few symptoms (0–19), mild PTSD/subthreshold … Baseline PTSD severity was generally in the severe (CAPS of 60–79) or extreme (CAPS ≥80) range across … Using CAPS, PTSD severity has been categorized as asymptomatic/few symptoms (0–19), mild PTSD/subthreshold
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/adhd_research-protocol.pdf
August 10, 2010 - Published Online: August 10, 2010
clinical diversity (e.g., study population gender, disease severity … any potential differences in participants amongst the trials (e.g., age
gender, diagnoses, disease severity … sensitivity analyses (if meta-analyses can be undertaken) and these can include
the following: 1) disease severity
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May 01, 2013 - 2005.3
Pressure ulcer healing rates—which
depend on comorbidities, clinical
interventions, and ulcer severity—vary … Ulcer severity is assessed
using a variety of different staging or
grading systems, but the National … treatment strategies differ according to features of
the pressure ulcers, such as anatomic site or severity … treatment strategies
differ according to features of the pressure ulcers, such as
anatomic site or severity … Most use a four-stage
categorization, with higher numbers indicating higher
severity.10 In 2007 NPUAP
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hemorrhage-postpartum_research-protocol.pdf
June 11, 2014 - risk factors,
parity
• Primary (< 24 hours postpartum) or
secondary (≥ 24 hours postpartum)
• Severity … risk factors,
parity
• Primary (< 24 hours postpartum) or
secondary (≥ 24 hours postpartum)
• Severity … risk factors,
parity
• Primary (< 24 hours postpartum) or
secondary (≥ 24 hours postpartum)
• Severity … risk factors,
parity
• Primary (< 24 hours postpartum) or
secondary (≥ 24 hours postpartum)
• Severity … risk factors,
parity
• Primary (< 24 hours postpartum) or
secondary (≥ 24 hours postpartum)
• Severity
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/tonsillectomy_research-protocol.pdf
February 10, 2016 - vary in the level of
documentation in the child’s medical record, which makes comparing severity … (including
pharmacologic--antibiotic or non-antibiotic--treatments) on the number and severity … nasal or
systemic steroids)
Throat infections
-Number of throat infections/year
-Severity … quality of life outcomes (KQ2)
Throat infections
-Number of throat infections/year
-Severity … BMI, variability in definition or
characterization of indication for tonsillectomy, and severity
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/menopause_research-protocol.pdf
March 25, 2012 - During menopause, approximately 85 percent of women report experiencing symptoms of
varying type and severity … dryness are also common.7-9 A natural history of
symptoms can be described, including the presence, severity … The importance of examining subgroups based on symptom severity was noted and
now specified. … to appear in non-English periodicals
Key Question 4—Subgroups
Subgroups (vasomotor symptom severity … Symptoms during the perimenopause: prevalence, severity,
trajectory, and significance in women's lives
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/depression-childhood-protocol.pdf
August 06, 2018 - Other key subpopulation characteristics that might affect
differential efficacy include depression severity … In sum, most guidelines recommend treatment
type depending on level of severity (mild, moderate, severe … Care Excellence (NICE)
guideline suggests that patients with at least moderate levels of depression severity … benefits and harms depending on treatment
type.39 In addition, differences in outcomes may vary by severity … , gender, race/ethnicity), parent/caregiver
characteristics, disorder characteristics (e.g., type, severity