… assessing changes in their quality of life becomes increasingly important. Generic instruments
are the most popular method to assess quality … sensitivity to changes in quality of life. This …

… assessing risk of bias in observational studies in a recent systematic review [8] and other
assessments [9] and was employed in this review to assess study quality … superior quality). The …

… was to compare indirect and direct measures for assessing PA in the pediatric population. …
comparison between PA levels based on self-report or proxy-report measures versus direct …

… were used to assess quality. Jadad’s scale (18) was used to assess the quality of randomized
controlled trials and the Downs and Black (19) tool was used to assess the quality of non-…

… The forced-choice method was also reported to be the easiest for the observers, as it only
requires directly comparing two simultaneously shown images and a quick decision. The …

… for assessing more rare events (treating severely ill children). … direct observation provide
the ‘best’ data, they are most resource-intensive. Depending on the purpose of the assessment, …

The use of “clinical” versus “administrative” data sets for health care quality assessment
continues to be debated. This study directly compares the University HealthSystem Consortium …

… more valid than comparisons made between studies … comparisons is not directly considered
in this chapter, but it is of utmost importance when drawing conclusions about comparisons …

… (USPSTF)] to assess methodological quality, a commonly … comparisons were made between
quality ratings assigned using the two different methods. Both tools were used to assess the …

… their quality are needed. Just as CAPs are combinations of traditional and new forms of
assessment, criteria used to evaluate CAP quality … A framework of 10 quality criteria for CAPs is …