“…METHODS: Between June 2016 and December 2017, a Dutch web-based decision aid was developed according to the Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) using the RAND-UCLA/multi-stepped Delphi model. Development process consisted of 5 stages in which the Dutch clinical practice was reviewed (stage 1), patients’ needs and their history of decision making was structurally assessed (stages 2A and B) and a modified Delphi consensus process was performed with an expert panel consisting of representatives from different medical fields (stage 3). …”
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“…Compared to matched controls, metal hypersensitivity patients undergoing primary TKAs with hypoallergenic implants experienced less improvement in Knee Society Scores, Veterans RAND 12 physical component scores, and range of motion. …”
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“…Study 1 (N = 441) showed that, beyond other childhood adversity variables (poverty and adverse childhood experiences or ACEs) and demographic characteristics, perceptions of unpredictability were associated with greater functional disability and worse health-related quality of life (assessed via the CDC’s HRQOL Healthy Days measure and the RAND SF-36). Study 2 (N = 564) replicated those findings in a more racially diverse sample and showed that associations with childhood unpredictability held while also controlling for the Big 5 personality traits. …”
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“…Four out of ten studies involved a consensus process (e.g., Delphi or RAND process) to determine the suitability of QIs for local use. …”
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“…Agreement among experts was assessed following the Delphi method as developed by the RAND Corporation. The interviewed experts consider DDIs a critical clinical problem to be evaluated in HCV patients. …”
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“…Responses on five questionnaires assessed health outcomes pre- and post-intervention: Self-Efficacy Scale, PHQ-9, Medical Care, Patient Activation Measure and the RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0 Questionnaire. RESULTS: Compared with the control group (no coach, no devices), participants with a coach reported decreased depression, higher activation levels and energy levels, and better handling of role limitations due to physical health, social functioning, and communication with their physician. …”
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“…Instruments such as Big Five Inventory and RAND‐36 and items earlier used by Bexelius and Olsson were included. …”
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“…Additional demographic and cognitive performance information was paired from the corresponding RAND 2016 data and the 2016 Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) data. …”
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“…To measure QoL, we used a validated Spanish version of the MOS/RAND 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Results: We included 206 outpatients in the study. …”
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“…RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Eurasia is the likely location of the early divergences of Salicaceae after the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction, followed by recurrent spread to the remainder of the Old World and the New World beginning in the Eocene; the extant Populus species began to diversity during the early Oligocene (approximately 27.24 Ma), climate changes during the Oligocene may have facilitated the diversification of modern poplar species; three separate lineages of Populus from Eurasia colonized North America in the Cenozoic via the Bering Land Bridges (BLB); We hypothesize that the present day disjunction in Populus can be explained by two scenarios: (i) Populus likely originated in Eurasia and subsequently colonized other regions, including North America; and (ii) the fact that the ancestor of the genus Populus that was once widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere and eventually wiped out due to the higher extinction rates in North America, similar to the African Rand flora. We hypothesize that disparities in extinction across the evolutionary history of Populus in different regions shape the modern biogeography of Populus. …”
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“…Reassigning jurisdictions to ten regions using the proposed SC algorithm resulted in an adjusted Rand index (ARI) of 0.43 when compared with the existing FEMA regional structure, indicating little similarity between the current FEMA regions and the clustering results. …”
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“…After a systematic review of the literature and expert opinion, a modified version of the RAND/University of California, Los Angeles appropriateness method was applied. …”
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“…Results: Finally, the quality of the obtained bins is tested using silhouette index, rand Index, recall, precision, and accuracy. Performance of MetaConClust is compared with recent methods and tools using benchmarked low complexity simulated and real metagenomic datasets and is found better for unsupervised and comparable for hybrid methods. …”
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“…SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Patients referred to a public audiological department in Norway were invited to participate in this pre-post interventional study. The RAND-SF-36, a generic HRQoL questionnaire, was administered to the participants before and three months after HA fitting. …”
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“…Complet+ also creates more biologically representative clusters, as shown by a substantial increase in Adjusted Mutual Information (AMI) and Adjusted Rand Index (ARI) metrics when comparing predicted clusters to biological classifications. …”
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“…Method. (1) Bipartite network analysis and modularity maximization to automatically identify patient-symptom biclusters with significance. (2) Rand Index to measure the replicability of symptom co-occurrences in the replication data. (3) ExplodeLayout to visualize and interpret the subtypes. (4) R libraries to generalize the methods, upload them to CRAN, and then tested on the N3C and All of Us platforms. …”
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“…Baseline characteristics and data from right heart catheterization, 6‐min walk test, and Cambridge Pulmonary Hypertension Outcome Review (CAMPHOR) were obtained from patient charts and national registers. The RAND 36‐Item Health Survey was sent by post, and Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) was evaluated by telephone. …”
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“…HRQL outcomes included VA-Rand 12 (VR-12) physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) scores. …”
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“…A panel of 11 experts was convened over 4 meetings to develop a consult care pathway using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method. Items identified via scoping review were ranked and were divided into major and minor criteria. …”
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