Study Outcome and Measurement
The measurement of outcome in the treatment of epilepsy
... A number of methodological limitations apply to the study. First, the sample size is modest. Second, the overall response rate of 57% is somewhat low, though the response rate for people with active epilepsy (70%) ...
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Quality of life measurement and outcome in aphasia
... Dovepress Quality of life in aphasic people QL in people with aphasia. The internal consistency was found to be high. The data of convergent and discriminant validity are not univocal: the correlation coefficients are ...
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Chapter 6. Outcome Definition and Measurement
... an outcome such as respiratory failure which requires information about use of mechanical ...the study of myocardial infarction, which must be assessed and treated in a hospital setting and are nearly ...
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Improving research outcome measurement in aphasia: Development of a core outcome set
... 3.3.4.2 The nominal question. The nominal question was piloted in two stages, with multiple iterations of the question resulting from pilot feedback. The first iteration of the nominal question was developed through: (1) ...
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A clinical study on ultrasonographic measurement of cervical length at 18 24 weeks of gestation and pregnancy outcome
... length measurement can be a good tool for screening method for spontaneous preterm delivery and a cut off value for cervical length ...Our study demonstrates the usefulness and accuracy of Ultrasonography ...
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Characterizing abdominal pain in IBS: guidance for study inclusion criteria, outcome measurement and clinical practice
... Our findings regarding pain predictability have poten- tial clinical and academic implications. Clinically, provid- ers should routinely ask patients to assess their ability to predict painful attacks. Patients who cannot ...
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Enhancing the patient involvement in outcomes: a study protocol of personalised outcome measurement in the treatment of substance misuse
... 3). What are the views of substance misuse patients about personalised outcome assessment? 4). Development of guidelines on using PGOM ’ s in this population Discussion: This research will potentially demonstrate ...
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A Guide to Developing an Outcome Logic Model and Measurement Plan
... Program OUTCOME FRAMEWORK Describe the specific need that is being addressed by this program: Many youth in the after school program get poor ...grades. Study skills are weak and many youth don’t do their ...
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How to select outcome measurement instruments for outcomes included in a “Core Outcome Set” – a practical guideline
... studies in general are highly dependent upon the com- position of the panel, we aimed to include a sample of experts who represent diverse disciplines, institutes and organizations and reflect the population that is ...
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Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET) initiative: protocol for an international Delphi study to achieve consensus on how to select outcome measurement instruments for outcomes included in a ‘core outcome set’
... an outcome measurement instrument to be included in a ...selecting outcome measurement instru- ments for a COS are similar to the methods for selecting outcome measurement ...
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Standardising the reporting of outcomes in gastric cancer surgery trials: protocol for the development of a core outcome set and accompanying outcome measurement instrument set (the GASTROS study)
... consensus study to develop a standardised set of outcomes and measurement tools – a ‘ core outcome set ’ (COS) – to be used by all future trials examining therapeutic surgical interventions for ...
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Patient characteristics and outcome measurement in a low secure forensic hospital
... 15 The first (baseline) assessment for some patients did not occur until several months after admission. Therefore, this may not be classed as a true baseline measure. Our study is not, however, unique in this ...
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Patient-Reported oral health outcome measurement for children and adolescents
... This study has several limitations. First, our study sample may not be representative of the U.S. general population in that it is comprised of children who are already under dental care and agreed to ...
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Using Student Outcome Survey Data for institutional performance measurement
... This study investigates a possible methodology to create and apply a number of indicators to measure the institutional performance of training providers, using the 2011 Student Outcomes ...the measurement ...
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Outcome measurement in clinical trials for ulcerative colitis: towards standardisation
... Such a resource exists as a consequence of a recent clinical trial on ulcerative colitis. (EUDRACT no: 2004-004077- 29). There are 670 videoendoscopies available for review (paired videos on each of 335 patients). These ...
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Checklist to operationalize measurement characteristics of patient-reported outcome measures
... Incorporation of PRO measures’ developmental method- ology in healthcare has evolved rapidly with the emergence of comparative effectiveness research and patient-centered outcome research. Feinstein aptly ...
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Bullying Measurement Study
... low frequency and when adults are not present, therefore the parents may have no knowledge of these behaviors. In short, there is a need for better tools to assess bullying. If there are going to be expensive, ...
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Measurement-based Treatment of Residual Symptoms Using Clinically Useful Depression Outcome Scale: Korean Validation Study
... should be included in the patient group first and additional evaluations must be conducted to make accurate diag- noses. 23) No special training is required for administering CUDOS, which is also used in primary care ...
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Green space and child weight status : does outcome measurement matter? Evidence from an Australian longitudinal study
... Children were initially 4-5 years old at the first data collection period (𝑛 = 4983). As body composition is inconsistent before age 5 [8], we used data from waves 2–5 only. Two measures of weight status were the ...
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Health-related quality of life after TBI: a systematic review of study design, instruments, measurement properties, and outcome
... HRQL measurement in patients with a TBI aimed to provide a comprehensive insight into the methodological quality of the papers, study design, and HRQL of patients with a ...instruments, study ...
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