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261. Archived: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/osteoporosis-screening-june-2018
     June 26, 2018 - Central DXA measures BMD at the hip and lumbar spine. … by the USPSTF used central DXA to determine eligibility for study enrollment. 4 , 6 Peripheral DXA measures … predicting fracture risk as DXA, while avoiding the risk of radiation exposure; however, it does not measure … Central DXA uses radiation to measure BMD at central bone sites (hip and lumbar spine), which is the … http://www.ncqa.org/report-cards/health-plans/state-of-health-care-quality/2016-table-of-contents/osteoporosis

262. Integrating Evidence-Based Clinical and Community Strategies to Improve Health (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/tfmethods.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - for Quality ssurance (NCQA) in developing its Health Plan Em- loyer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures

263. 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 - ecosystem that span the entire prevention-to-treatment continuum.”6 According to the 2019 National Healthcare … Quality and Disparities Report, while there have been some improvements in the quality of healthcare … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report.

264. Final Research Plan: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/drug-use-illicit-screening
     October 20, 2016 - facility) Outcomes KQs 1a, 4a: Drug use ( required ) (self-report and/or biologic measures

265. 827Cwgymvawpvovg Syjpf (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/827CwGYMVawpVoVg_syJpF
     October 01, 2015 - Serum ferritin, which is often used to measure iron status, may have limited use during pregnancy because … identification and correction of iron deficiency anemia plays an important role and whether current measures

266. Archived: Evidence Summary: Folic Acid for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/folic-acid-for-the-prevention-of-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-january-2017
     January 10, 2017 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Neural tube defects, harms of treatment (twinning, respiratory outcomes) … Estimates of folate sufficiency of intake vary widely by measure. … exposure data collected during pregnancy   Source Outcome Exposed Not Exposed Measure … majority of comparisons and outcomes 25-30 , 32-36 Consistent Precise Undetected   Variable measures … , wheezing, or allergies by timing 25-27 , 33 , 35 Consistent Precise Undetected   Variable measures

267. Archived: Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/osteoporosis-screening-2002
     September 17, 2002 - reporting radiographically verified, nontraumatic fracture outcomes, because fractures are a stronger measure … caffeine; not walking for exercise; lack of ambulation; inability to rise from a chair; poor scores on two measures … Bone Density Tests Several technologies are available to measure bone density, 55-58 although correlations … risk is determined not only by bone density, but also by bone characteristics that are difficult to measure … Meta-analysis of how well measures of bone mineral density predict occurrence of osteoporotic fractures

268. Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Perspectives | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/behavioral-counseling-research-and-evidence-based-practice-recommendations-us-preventive-services-task-force-perspectives
     March 01, 2014 - To complicate matters further, different assessment methods can be used to compute the same outcome measure … reported outcomes. 14 The evidence review also reported an association between the type of outcome measure … Few behavioral counseling studies are designed to measure effects on health outcomes, such as death; … and measures of health status and other health outcomes. … Pragmatic methods, measures, and models to facilitate research translation. 

269. Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/2kM7LY6ccceVo8bmdUXhYm
     September 01, 2002 - reporting radiographically verified, nontraumatic fracture outcomes, because fractures are a stronger measure … caffeine; not walking for exercise; lack of ambulation; inability to rise from a chair; poor scores on 2 measures … Bone Density Tests Several technologies are available to measure bone density,55-58 although correlations … risk is determined not only by bone density, but also by bone characteristics that are difficult to measure … Meta-analysis of how well measures of bone mineral density predict occurrence of osteoporotic fractures

270. Recommendation: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-illicit-screening
     June 09, 2020 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Final Recommendation Statement Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening June 09, 2020 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not be …

271. Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/nnkwqkX-Nk6v3gsphVATUD
     September 01, 2002 - Because of limitations in the precision of testing, a minimum of 2 years may be needed to reliably measure … Several other radiologic methods that measure bone density at peripheral sites2 (including sites in the … difficulty in using test results to provide accurate information to the patients because techniques used to measure … Homer, MD, MPH (Executive Director, National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality, Boston, MA

272. Archived: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
     January 14, 2014 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Final Recommendation Statement Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening January 14, 2014 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. governmen…

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     May 23, 2019 - Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults: Recommendations and Rationale U.S. Preventive Services Task Force* This statement summarizes the current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for type 2 diabetes in adults and updates the 1996 recommendations on this topic. The comp…

274. JAMA (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2019 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Mother-to-child transmission; harms of screening and treatment; screening

275. Recommendation: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening
     April 18, 2023 - shave sites as having poor cosmetic outcomes. 25 A fair-quality US-based study (n = 187) used various scales … Scores in both the screened and unscreened groups were within the normal range on all measures, indicating

276. Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/guxuobDFwkzk5YJWU5ZQkw
     August 01, 2023 - Other studies in similar geo- graphic settings or populations that used different measures of ex- posure

277. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003
     November 03, 2003 - Clinicians may use the waist circumference as a measure of central adiposity. … The BMI is easy to measure, highly reliable, and highly correlated with percentage of body fat and body … Body mass index as a measure of body fatness: age- and sex-specific prediction formulas. … Body mass index as a measure of body fatness in the elderly. … (Executive Director, National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, Boston, MA); Mark S.

278. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2009
     July 15, 2009 - Treatments can improve or delay the worsening of proximal and distal measures of vision. … sensory deficits, such as vision, are beneficial when there is evidence on improvements in objective measures … but a lack of evidence of improvements of subjective measures.

279. 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 - in maternal and child health, interconception care, and diabetes, and is an advocate for improving health … care quality and reducing disparities in care.

280. Final Recommendation Statement: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
     November 15, 2022 - consider as minimally clinically important for the ESS (−2 to −3). 15 , 16 Twenty-eight RCTs reported measures … of general health–related quality of life and 17 RCTs reported measures of sleep-related quality of … Quality measure for screening for adult obstructive sleep apnea by primary care physicians.