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101. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/caCcWa2a6jQGRyb7H8CkbU
     July 01, 2009 - RATIONALE Importance Impairment of visual acuity—best corrected vision worse than 20/50—is a serious … Visual impair- ment is variably defined as best corrected vision worse than 20/40, or worse than 20/50 … Impaired vi- sual acuity was defined as best corrected vision worse than 20/40 but better than 20/200 … The best evidence suggests that most adults older than 85 years also benefit.

102. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
     October 12, 2015 - Little research has been done on the best approach to measuring blood pressure in the office setting. … The USPSTF found convincing evidence that ABPM is the best method for diagnosing hypertension. … of Medical Instrumentation. 44 Research Needs and Gaps Most of the evidence supports ABPM as the best … More research is needed on the accuracy of HBPM versus ABPM and the best HBPM protocols for follow-up … Because of its large evidence base, ABPM is considered the best confirmatory test for hypertension.

103. Shared Decision Making About Screening and Chemoprevention | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/shared-decision-making-about-screening-and-chemoprevention
     January 01, 2017 - recognized that patient preferences were too variable to reach a generic determination of what was best … substantial potential for harm or a significant amount of uncertainty about which screening modality was best … the decisional conflict associated with feeling uninformed. 27 , 28 From a utility perspective, the "best … We expect the cost-effectiveness of shared decisionmaking to be best for decisions that are highly sensitive … consider ways to improve the feasibility of this approach in current medical practice, and identify best

104. U.S. Preventive Services | About Prevention TaskForce
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     Recommendation Statements provide information based on the best available evidence and

105. Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2025 - report “Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: Resource for Action” highlights strategies based on the best

106. Medicines to Help Prevent Breast Cancer: Let's Talk About It (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/breast-cancer-risk-reduction-discussion-guide_3.pdf
     September 01, 2019 - healthcare provider can help you learn about the different options and discuss which medicine might be best

107. Medicines to Help Prevent Breast Cancer: Let's Talk About It (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/breast-cancer-risk-reduction-discussion-guide.pdf
     September 01, 2019 - healthcare provider can help you learn about the different options and discuss which medicine might be best

108. Final Recommendation Statement: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions
     March 19, 2024 - Technical Package for Policy, Norm, and Programmatic Activities” offers a group of strategies based on best … also offers “Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Prevention Resource for Action: A Compilation of the Best … Available Evidence,” a report on the best evidence to prevent adverse childhood experiences ( https: … call for additional research on better risk assessment tools to identify at-risk populations who might best

109. Shared Decision-Making About Screening and Chemoprevention: A Suggested Approach (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/sharedba.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - substantial potential for harm or a significant amount of uncertainty about which screening modality was best … procedure was simple with little risk, and, if (in the clinician’s judgment) it was not in the patient’s best … reduces the decisional conflict associated with feeling uninformed.27,28 From a utility perspective, the “best … We expect the cost-effectiveness of shared decision-making to be best for decisions that are highly sensitive … consider ways to improve the feasibility of this approach in current medical practice, and identify best

110. Use of Decision Models in the Development of Evidence-Based Clinical Preventive Services Recommendations (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/decision-modeling-for-uspstf_0.pdf
     July 01, 2016 - evidence-based recommendations about preventive care based on comprehensive systematic reviews of the best … Decision analyses conducted for the USPSTF are expected to follow best practices for modeling. … for preventive services typically requires deliberation using comprehensive systematic reviews of the best … Decision modeling is primarily war- ranted when there are outstanding clinical questions about how to best … METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS The USPSTF expects its models to conform to rec- ommended best practices

111. Archived: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/bladder-cancer-screening-2004
     June 07, 2004 - The potential benefit of screening would be small, at best, for the following reasons: there is fair

112. 11th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/2021-uspstf-annual-report-to-congress.pdf
     January 01, 2021 - • Assess how best to increase uptake of lifestyle interventions, especially among populations at highest … • Evaluate how best to increase the uptake of lung cancer screening discussions in clinical practice … The Task Force’s recommendations are based on a review of the best available research on the potential … • Evaluate how best to increase the uptake of lung cancer screening discussions in clinical practice … Update USPSTF methods to integrate the best evidence and consistently address evidence gaps for Black

113. 12th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/2022-annual-report-to-congress.pdf
     January 01, 2022 - Examine how best to increase uptake of lifestyle interventions, especially among populations at highest … The Task Force’s recommendations are based on a review of the best available research on the potential … • Evaluate best practices for clinicians and patients to navigate known environmental and structural … • Examine how best to increase uptake of lifestyle interventions, especially among populations at … To fill these gaps, the USPSTF needs well-designed studies that do the following: • Evaluate best

114. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     June 15, 2016 - Starting and Stopping Ages The USPSTF concluded that the evidence best supports a starting age of 50 … Among older adults who have been previously screened for colorectal cancer, there is at best a moderate … which to begin screening. 2 The USPSTF considered these findings and concluded that the evidence best … Accordingly, the best screening test is the one that gets done, and the USPSTF concludes that maximizing … all” approach to colorectal cancer screening and seeks to provide clinicians and patients with the best

115. Second Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/annlrpt2012%20(2).pdf
     November 01, 2012 - racial and ethnic minority groups, they opened discussions about how USPSTF recommendations could best … papillomavirus (HPv) testing for cervical cancer screening. these recommendations were based on the best … The USPSTF notes that there are also critical questions about how Task Force recommendations can best … How can we best help women to get screened for cervical cancer? … Research is needed on the effectiveness of targeted, brief interventions for weight loss and the best

116. Procedure Manual Appendix I. Congressional Mandate Establishing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-i
     April 01, 2019 - Such recommendations shall consider clinical preventive best practice recommendations from the Agency

117. Sbmxphuqwo-Dc85Fj5Whf (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_SBmXPhUQWo-dc85FJ5wHf
     February 01, 2015 - With the subsequent identification of ABPM as the best predictor of cardio- vascular events, we calculated … Finally, we investigated the best interval for re- screening of BP after a normal screening result. … What is the best way to screen for high blood pressure in adults in the primary care setting? a. … What confirmation protocol characteristics define the best prediction of cardiovascular events? … Which methods and associated protocols best predict cardiovascular events? b.

118. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/breast-cancer-screening-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
     June 05, 2023 - We need to know how best to address the health disparities faced by Black, Hispanic, Latina, Asian,

119. PII: S0749-3797(01)00261-6 (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/Harris2001.pdf
     January 01, 2001 - Principal among these are efforts to deter- mine the best factors to consider in using evidence- based … Systematic reviews: synthesis of best evidence for health care decisions. … Systematic reviews: synthesis of best evidence for health care decisions. … Systematic reviews: synthesis of best evidence for health care decisions. … Assessing “best evidence”: issues in grading the quality of studies for systematic reviews.

120. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
     July 20, 2017 - These include understanding how to best communicate the risk-to-benefit tradeoff to women to help them