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AHRQ Research Studies
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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1026 to 1035 of 1035 Research Studies DisplayedMariscalco MW, Flanigan DC, Mitchell J
The influence of hamstring autograft size on patient-reported outcomes and risk of revision after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) Cohort Study.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of graft size on patient-reported outcomes and revision risk after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. It found that smaller hamstring autograft size is a predictor of poorer Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (sport/recreation subscale function) 2 years after primary ACL reconstruction.
AHRQ-funded; HS016075.
Citation: Mariscalco MW, Flanigan DC, Mitchell J .
The influence of hamstring autograft size on patient-reported outcomes and risk of revision after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) Cohort Study.
Arthroscopy 2013 Dec;29(12):1948-53. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2013.08.025.
Keywords: Outcomes, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Comparative Effectiveness, Surgery
Neugebauer R, Fireman B, Roy JA
Impact of specific glucose-control strategies on microvascular and macrovascular outcomes in 58,000 adults with type 2 diabetes.
This study used comparative effectiveness research methods to compare the effect of four distinct glucose-control strategies on subsequent myocardial infarction and nephropathy in type 2 diabetes. It found that in a large group of adults with type 2 diabetes, more aggressive glucose-control strategies have mixed short-term effects on microvascular complications and do not reduce the myocardial infarction rate over 4 years of follow-up.
AHRQ-funded; 29020050033I.
Citation: Neugebauer R, Fireman B, Roy JA .
Impact of specific glucose-control strategies on microvascular and macrovascular outcomes in 58,000 adults with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes Care 2013 Nov;36(11):3510-6. doi: 10.2337/dc12-2675..
Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness, Diabetes, Outcomes, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Treatments
Liss DT, Fishman PA, Rutter CM
Outcomes among chronically ill adults in a medical home prototype.
The researchers compared quality, utilization, and cost outcomes for patients with selected chronic illnesses at a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) prototype site with outcomes for patients with the same chronic illnesses at 19 nonintervention control sites. They concluded that a clinic-level population-based PCMH redesign can decrease downstream utilization and reduce total healthcare costs in a subpopulation of patients with common chronic illnesses.
AHRQ-funded; HS019129.
Citation: Liss DT, Fishman PA, Rutter CM .
Outcomes among chronically ill adults in a medical home prototype.
Am J Manag Care 2013 Oct;19(10):e348-58.
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Keywords: Chronic Conditions, Healthcare Costs, Quality of Care, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Nurgalieva ZZ, Franzini L, Morgan RO
Utilization of lymph node dissection, race/ethnicity, and breast cancer outcomes.
This study reports on the impact of nodal surgery utilization on survival among white, African American, Hispanic, and Asian women in a large population of women with breast cancer. It found that the disparities in survival among African American and Hispanic women with breast cancer are not explained by nodal surgery utilization among women with micrometastasis and macrometastasis in sentinel lymph nodes.
AHRQ-funded; HS018956.
Citation: Nurgalieva ZZ, Franzini L, Morgan RO .
Utilization of lymph node dissection, race/ethnicity, and breast cancer outcomes.
Am J Manag Care 2013 Oct;19(10):805-10..
Keywords: Cancer: Breast Cancer, Comparative Effectiveness, Disparities, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Suskind AM, Clemens JQ, Dunn RL
Effectiveness of mesh compared with nonmesh sling surgery in Medicare beneficiaries.
This study assessed the effectiveness of mesh compared to nonmesh slings in the surgical treatment of female incontinence. It found that overall rates of complications were similar for patients undergoing either mesh or nonmesh sling procedures. However, patients undergoing the nonmesh procedure were more likely to require a subsequent intervention for bladder outlet obstruction.
AHRQ-funded; HS018726.
Citation: Suskind AM, Clemens JQ, Dunn RL .
Effectiveness of mesh compared with nonmesh sling surgery in Medicare beneficiaries.
Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Sep;122(3):546-52. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31829e8543..
Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness, Elderly, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Surgery, Women, Outcomes, Medicare, Evidence-Based Practice
Schneeweiss S, Seeger JD, Jackson JW
AHRQ Author: Smith SR
Methods for comparative effectiveness research/patient-centered outcomes research: from efficacy to effectiveness.
This article provides an overview of papers in this supplement resulting from a June 2012 AHRQ-sponsored symposium on research methods for CER and patient-centered outcomes research.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Schneeweiss S, Seeger JD, Jackson JW .
Methods for comparative effectiveness research/patient-centered outcomes research: from efficacy to effectiveness.
J Clin Epidemiol 2013 Aug;66(8 Suppl):S1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.05.012.
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Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness, Evidence-Based Practice, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Research Methodologies
Clancy CM, Margolis PA, Miller M
AHRQ Author: Clancy CM
Collaborative networks for both improvement and research.
The authors discuss collaborative improvement networks, which can serve as large-scale, health system laboratories to engage clinicians, researchers, patients, and parents in testing approaches to translate research into practice. Creation of total population registries in collaborative network sites provides large, representative study samples with high-quality data which can be used to generate evidence and to inform clinical decision-making. Collaborative networks for improvement and research offer the opportunity not only to make improvements but also to study improvements to determine which interventions and combination of strategies work best in which settings.
AHRQ-authored; AHRQ-funded; HS021114.
Citation: Clancy CM, Margolis PA, Miller M .
Collaborative networks for both improvement and research.
Pediatrics 2013 Jun;131 Suppl 4:S210-4. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3786H.
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Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Children/Adolescents, Implementation
Wilcox L, Patel R, Back A
Patient-clinician communication: the roadmap for HCI.
The authors discussed their view of a workshop, envisioning opening up a dialogue among researchers and clinicians who wish to discuss directions for future research and focusing on exploring how technologies available today, as well as projected for the future, can support the communication needs of clinicians and patients.
AHRQ-funded; HS021393.
Citation: Wilcox L, Patel R, Back A .
Patient-clinician communication: the roadmap for HCI.
Ext Abstr Hum Factors Computing Syst 2013 Apr 27;2013:3291-94. doi: 10.1145/2468356.2479669.
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Keywords: Communication, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Clinician-Patient Communication
Fleurence R, Selby JV, Odom-Walker K
AHRQ Author: Slutsky JR
How the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is engaging patients and others in shaping its research agenda.
This article describes PCORI's approach to generating topics for research and how it is being used in selection of research that PCORI will fund. It further describes challenges facing this approach, including a lack of common language and training on the part of patients and resistance on the part of researchers to questions that are not researcher generated.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Fleurence R, Selby JV, Odom-Walker K .
How the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is engaging patients and others in shaping its research agenda.
Health Aff 2013 Feb;32(2):393-400. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1176.
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Keywords: Health Services Research (HSR), Patient and Family Engagement, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Research Methodologies
Siminoff LA
Incorporating patient and family preferences into evidence-based medicine.
The authors contend that the goal of patient-centered evidence based medicine (EBM) can be achieved through the incorporation of patient-derived data. Their article discusses the data needed to expand the EBM paradigm, including the role of patients’ families and their contributions to diagnosis seeking and treatment-related decisionmaking.
AHRQ-funded; 290200810015C
Citation: Siminoff LA .
Incorporating patient and family preferences into evidence-based medicine.
BMC Med Inform Decis Making. 2013;13 Suppl 3:S6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-s3-s6..
Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Shared Decision Making, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research