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1. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Research Gaps for Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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   e.g., global quality of life, weight- related quality of life, psychosocial functioning outcomes; improvement … in depressive symptoms) KQ2: Cardiometabolic outcomes, improvement in weight/BMI KQ3: Improvement … in depressive symptoms) KQ2: Cardiometabolic outcomes, improvement in weight/BMI KQ3: Improvement … in depressive symptoms) KQ2: Cardiometabolic outcomes, improvement in weight/BMI KQ3: Improvement … in depressive symptoms) KQ2: Cardiometabolic outcomes, maintenance in weight/BMI KQ3: Improvement

2. Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach - Figure 1 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   November 01, 2013 - " which is connected to three other boxes: "Sustained Health Behavior Change," "Intermediate Health Improvement … this diagram connects "Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Clinical Care" to "Intermediate Health Improvement … Behavior Change" is linked by a dotted line to the next immediate box to its right, "Intermediate Health Improvement … What is the relationship between duration of health behavior change and health improvement (i.e., minimum … Is risk factor reduction or measured health improvement associated with reduced morbidity and/or mortality

3. Final Evidence Review: Rh(D) Incompatibility: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review86/rh-d-incompatibility-screening
   February 15, 2004 - Key Question 2: Have new screening tests been developed and tested to show improvement in the health … RCTs with direct evidence addressing new screening tests that have been developed and tested to show improvement … incompatibility. 2 , 3 Key Question 3: Have new treatment protocols been developed and tested to show improvement … found no RCTs with direct evidence addressing new treatment protocols developed and tested to show improvement

4. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening
   March 14, 2019 - To the right of antiviral medications, one arrow leads to intermediate outcomes of virologic improvement … , histologic improvement, clearance of HBeAg, and clearance of HBsAg clearance (Key Question 4), and … among nonpregnant adolescents and adults with chronic HBV infection, including virologic or histologic improvement … sensitivity (number of diagnoses of HBV infection per number of total HBV diagnoses) KQ 4: Virologic improvement … Histologic improvement HBeAg clearance (loss of HBeAg or acquisition of anti-HBe) HBsAg clearance

5. Screening for Rh (D) Incompatibility: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
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   November 01, 2004 - Have new screening tests been developed and tested to show improvement in the health outcomes of Rh ( … RCTs with direct evidence addressing new screening tests that have been developed and tested to show improvement … Have new treatment protocols been developed and tested to show improvement in health outcomes of Rh ( … found no RCTs with direct evidence addressing new treatment protocols developed and tested to show improvement

6. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults - Figure 1 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   December 01, 2010 - The health outcomes include a reduction in falls and an improvement in functional limitations. … Other positive outcomes include a reduction in fear of falling and improvement in balance, gait, and

7. Archived: Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan23/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
   March 15, 2013 - effective is antiviral treatment in improving intermediate outcomes (e.g., virologic or histologic improvement … KQ 4 Disease prevention   KQ 5 Intermediate outcomes : virologic improvement … , histologic improvement, HBeAg clearance  <3 months followup data; drug resistance; development

8. Recommendation: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   February 25, 2020 - None of the trials found any improvement in global cognition or physical function in persons with mild … A pooled analysis of 4 of these trials (n = 668) showed no improvement in caregiver depression measures … As noted, for interventions for which studies reported an improvement in measures, the average effect … Most of the evidence suggesting improvement is applicable to persons with moderate dementia; thus, its … Physician recognition of cognitive impairment: evaluating the need for improvement.

9. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults - Figure 2 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   December 01, 2010 - The health outcomes include a reduction in fall-related fractures and serious injuries, improvement in … Other positive outcomes include a reduction in fear of falling and improvement in balance, gait, and

10. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Announces the Addition of Two New Members | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 2025 - , data analysis, program design and implementation, protocol development and dissemination, quality improvement

11. 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 - Taiwan, Singapore 185 46 83 Negative 11 Biochemical and virologic response, histologic improvement … Italy 42 46 86 Negative 17 Composite outcomes, HBsAg loss/seroconversion, histologic improvement … † Definition of histologic improvement varied but most commonly was a reduction of ≥2 points in Histology … The pathway shows intermediate outcomes of interest after screening and treatment to be virologic improvement … , histologic improvement, and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) clearance.

12. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    February 25, 2020 - These trials showed no improvement in global cognitive function.16,17 Twenty-nine trials (n = 6489) … analysis of 4 of these trials (n = 668) showed no improvement in caregiver depression measures.16,17 … As noted, for interventions for which studies reported an improvement in measures, the average effect … Most of the evidence suggesting improvement is applicable to per- sons with moderate dementia; thus, … Physician recognition of cognitive impairment: evaluating the need for improvement.

13. Evidence Summary: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary--html/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
    July 10, 2018 - Exploratory subgroup analyses showed a very small, statistically significant improvement in men and no … 59 , 71 ; however, estimates of even small improvement likely represent an upper bound because of study … For example, the 2016 MESA analysis found a statistically significant improvement in discrimination of … Coronary risk stratification, discrimination, and reclassification improvement based on quantification … Extensions of net reclassification improvement calculations to measure usefulness of new biomarkers.

14. Final Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 26, 2024 - lipid levels, blood pressure), behavioral outcomes (e.g., smoking cessation, physical activity levels, improvement … reclassification index, discrimination (e.g., area under the curve, c-statistic, integrated discrimination improvement

15. Evidence Summary: Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-anxiety-children-adolescents
    October 11, 2022 - CBT was associated with gains on several pooled measures of symptom improvement (magnitude of change … Regarding functioning, both CBT and pharmacotherapy were associated with statistically significant improvement … . 70 Two 42 , 43 of the 3 CBT studies 42 , 43 , 54 reported consistent statistically significant improvement … Statistically significant improvement on CGAS but not on CAIS Pharmacotherapy: Statistically significant … differences favoring pharmacotherapy on pooled measures of symptom improvement and response Statistically

16. 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 - The magnitude of improvement for patching plus glasses or glasses alone was greater for those with worse … Improvement of visual acuity by refraction in a low-vision population.  … in lines at 5 wk: 1.1 (SD, 1.6) vs 0.5 (SD, 1.7) Mean improvement in lines, best measured acuity … after 5-12 wks for visual acuity of amblyopic eye; more children experienced improvement of ≥2 lines … Patching + glasses vs glasses alone vs no treatment: on average, improvement of about 1 line on Snellen

17. Sei Lee, M.D., M.A.S. | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/sei-lee-md-mas
    January 01, 2024 - University of California, San Francisco, as well as completing a 2-year fellowship in healthcare quality improvement

18. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation-september-2015
    September 07, 2015 - that iron supplementation improves maternal hematologic indexes, the clinical significance of this improvement … a result of intervention (oral supplementation or treatment) in pregnant women and adolescents and improvement … from the second trimester to the postpartum period. 2 Overall, the evidence was most consistent on improvement … Evidence on the association between improvement in maternal iron status and improvement in maternal and … improve maternal hematologic indexes (most often, hemoglobin and serum ferritin levels), subsequent improvement

19. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2010
    January 15, 2010 - obesity and offer them or refer them to comprehensive, intensive behavioral intervention to promote improvement … pharmacologic agents (sibutramine or orlistat) with behavioral interventions resulted in modest short-term improvement … There were no long-term data on the maintenance of improvement after discontinuation of medications. … showed no significant differences between groups. 15 There are no long-term data on the maintenance of improvement … programs that include dietary, physical activity, and behavioral counseling components can result in improvement

20. AHRQ’s Support of the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2025 - Specifically, the USPSTF program within AHRQ’s Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) is