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101. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-2007
     July 15, 2007 - statin drugs in children with monogenic dyslipidemia (defined below in clinical considerations) indicate improved … types of dyslipidemia, there is no evidence that diet or exercise interventions in childhood lead to improved … with adult CHD health outcomes or with adult dyslipidemia as an intermediate outcome and if treatment improved

102. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2005
     July 12, 2005 - Do interventions lead to improved adult health outcomes, reduced childhood morbidity, and/or improved … Limitations of the Literature In the absence of direct evidence of screening’s impact on improved weight … Arrow 5: Do weight control interventions lead to improved health outcomes, including decreased morbidity … , and/or improved functioning (school attendance, self-esteem and other psychosocial indicators)? … Arrow 7: Are improvements in intermediate outcomes associated with improved health outcomes?

103. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary39/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2010
     January 15, 2010 - Behavioral or Physiologic Measures, Decreased Childhood Morbidity, Improved Childhood Functioning, or … Limitations The quality and volume of research on treating child and adolescent obesity has improved … Although outcome measurement has improved, a lingering quality issue is that the blinding procedures … Do these programs lead to other positive outcomes (e.g., improved behavioral or physiologic measures, … Do these programs lead to other positive outcomes (e.g., improved behavioral or physiologic measures,

104. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years: An Update of the Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials, 1999–2003 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - Does improving vision result in improved health outcomes? 7. … In both the patching and the atropine group, visual acuity in the amblyopic eye significantly improved … Years Intervention Outcomes Results Study Quality Visual acuity testing protocol Visual acuity score Improved … care and conflicting information. 1-time orthopic screening at age 37 months, in the UK, indicated improved

105. Eleventh Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/eleventh-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
     January 01, 2021 - In turn, this will hopefully lead to improved access to and use of these preventive services, reduced

106. Evidence Summary: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/food-insecurity-screening
     March 11, 2025 - from baseline while on meals vs 0.8-point change while off meals) (eTable 16 in the Supplement), and improved … diet quality (eg, the 100-point total Healthy Eating Index score improved by 14.1 points while on meals … of the poor-quality studies that focused on the provision of food or food vouchers generally found improved … the food security components; improvements in health outcomes could be due to medical management or improved … A pilot food bank intervention featuring diabetes-appropriate food improved glycemic control among clients

107. Effectiveness of Primary Care–Relevant Treatments for Obesity in Adults: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2011 - referable weight-loss inter- ventions (behaviorally based, with or without pharmaco- logic adjuncts) improved … health outcomes, improved phys- iologic outcomes, resulted in short-term (12 to 18 months) or long-term … Improved cholesterol levels may require large amounts of weight loss (111). … Weight loss, weight maintenance, and improved cardiovascular risk factors after 2 years treat- ment with … Decreased morbidity from selected conditions Improved physical fitness Reduced disability Improved

108. Screening for Depression in Adults: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2002 - at 12-month follow-up, except for the subgroup of patients with severe depression, for whom feedback improved … in London.22 At 6 weeks, compared with General Health Questionnaire scores in controls, scores were improved … The intervention improved outcomes in patients who had not recently been treated for depression but not … Most interventions, including screening and feedback, improved recognition and treatment; about half … of the studies showed improved outcomes.

109. Screening for Gonorrhea: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/xA88A347Uk9kr-mAXtjKWZ
     January 01, 2010 - including nucleic acid amplification tests and nucleic acid hybridization tests, have demonstrated improved … Improved information will allow clinicians to screen for gonorrhea in ways that improve the balance … harms of screening, research is needed to provide direct evidence that screening is associated with improved

110. Recommendation: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
     June 18, 2024 - and only at the higher dose level (mean difference, −4.0 [95% CI, −7.7 to −0.5]). 1 , 10 Semaglutide improved … levels (mean difference in percent change, −7.1 [95% CI, −11.9 to −1.8]), and phentermine/topiramate improved … It also recommends comprehensive treatment of high BMI with improved nutrition, physical activity, behavioral … (eg, global quality of life, weight-related quality of life, psychosocial functioning outcomes, and improved

111. Evidence Summary: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/vision-in-children-ages-6-months-to-5-years-screening
     September 05, 2017 - Among children with amblyopia risk factors (eg, strabismus or anisometropia), patching improved visual … Patching plus glasses improved visual acuity by about 1 line after 1 year (0.11 logMAR [95% CI, 0.05- … Glasses alone improved visual acuity by less than 1 line after 1 year (0.08 logMAR [95% CI, 0.02-0.15 … In the study with the run-in phase, 44 patching improved visual acuity by a mean of 0.7 of a line on … Moderate for improved visual acuity For patching vs no patching: children aged ≥3 y with amblyopic

112. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary29/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
     May 27, 2014 - Conclusion: Antiviral treatment for chronic HBV infection is associated with improved intermediate outcomes … important health outcomes versus not screening and the chain of indirect evidence linking screening to improved … Although other reviews found an association between use of antiviral therapy and improved clinical outcomes … Although observational studies generally found an association between an improved intermediate outcome … Improved standardization of the intermediate and clinical outcomes evaluated would greatly strengthen

113. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 02, 2020 - approximately 3.8-fold (2010 to 2017) over the last decade because of increasing injection drug use and improved … increased approximately 3.8-fold over the last decade because of increasing injection drug use and improved … • There is adequate evidence of a consistent association between SVR after antiviral therapy and improved … that scores based on the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (ie, school and social func- tioning) improved

114. Archived: Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary30/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
     July 07, 2015 - Twelve treatment studies improved various outcomes in language, articulation, and stuttering; little … Improvements in Outcomes No study met the 2006 inclusion criteria to determine whether screening improved … with age-appropriate language skills in the house play area of their classroom over a 3-week period improved … the child in activities directed at discrimination of sounds. 63 Children in the control condition improved … A small group intervention for toddlers significantly improved the percentage of intelligible utterances

115. Screening for Bladder Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/hWPZYvUZJXUQghbFtSDC42
     August 01, 2011 - der cancer leads to improved disease-specific or overall morbidity or mortality. … There is inadequate evidence that treatment of screen-detected bladder cancer leads to improved morbidity … and Treatment The USPSTF found no direct evidence that bladder cancer screening is associated with improved

116. Screening for Skin Cancer: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/LgBN7_z7hqynt6BRzUUYA-
     February 01, 2009 - available evidence and identifying 2 major gaps: the lack of quality evidence that links screening to improved … screening is an important link in the chain of evidence connecting screening in asymptomatic persons with improved … A major limitation is the lack of direct evi­ dence linking skin cancer screening to improved health

117. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - diabetes. 4-7 Of these, the most important modifiable risk factors are hypertension and smoking. 8 Improved … Three studies published before 1987 reported improved outcomes after endarterectomy. … Operative versus nonoperative management of asymptomatic high-grade internal carotid artery stenosis: improved

118. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Management | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-management-2012
     June 15, 2012 - intensive, multicomponent behavioral interventions for obese adults can lead to weight loss, as well as improved … Weight-loss outcomes improved when interventions involved more sessions (12 to 26 sessions in the first … intensive, multicomponent behavioral interventions for obese adults can lead to weight loss, as well as improved

119. Archived: Oral Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/oral-cancer-screening-2004
     February 04, 2004 - Rationale: The USPSTF found no new good-quality evidence that screening for oral cancer leads to improved

120. Archived: Final Research Plan: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan88/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions-september-2015
     February 18, 2014 - adult tobacco users, including pregnant women and individuals with mental health conditions, lead to improved