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21. Archived: Depression: Screening 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-screening-2002
    May 07, 2002 - trials reported various outcomes, including recognition of depression, rates of treatment, and clinical improvement … case management and/or mental health care, telephone followup, and institutional commitment to quality improvement … which included both newly detected cases of depression and patients already under treatment, showed improvement … No improvement was noted among patients who had recently been treated (that is, those who would have

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    October 01, 2015 - a result of intervention (oral supplementation or treatment) in pregnant women and adolescents and improvement … assessed the association between change in iron status as a result of treatment or supplementation and improvement … a result of intervention (oral supplementation or treatment) in pregnant women and adolescents and improvement … Overall, the evidence was most consistent on improvement in hemoglobin and ferritin levels. … Evidence on the association between improvement in maternal iron status and im- provement in maternal

23. Screening for Depression - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2002 - trials reported various outcomes, including recognition of depression, rates of treatment, and clinical improvement … management and/or mental health care, telephone follow-up, and institutional commitment to quality improvement … which included both newly detected cases of depression and patients already under treatment, showed improvement … No improvement was noted among patients who had recently been treated (that is, those who would have

24. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Service Task Force (pdf file)
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    July 25, 2016 - Intermediate outcomes were virologic (HBV DNA [DNA]) suppression, histologic improvement, biochemical … improvement (normalization of alanine aminotransferase [ALT] or aspartate aminotransferase levels, hepatitis … Histologic improvement HBeAg clearance Acquisition of anti-HBe HBsAg clearance Acquisition of anti-HBs … , biochemical improvement, clearance of HBeAg (as indicated by loss of HBeAg or acquisition of the antibody … Nine fair-quality studies evaluated the association between im- provement vs no improvement in intermediate

25. AHRQ’s Support of the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/ahrqs-support-of-the-uspstf-072018.pdf
    January 01, 1998 - Specifically, the USPSTF program within AHRQ’s Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) is

26. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Announces Addition of Two New Members (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/two-new-tf-members-announcement-bulletin.pdf
    January 16, 2025 - data analysis, program design and implementation, protocol development and dissemination, quality improvement

27. Microsoft Word - 5As_selfmanagement.doc (pdf file)
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    Glasgow et al, Whitlock et al 5 A’s Behavior Change Model Adapted for Self-Management Support Improvement … Improvement Goal: All chronic illness patients will have a Self-Management (SM) Action Plan informed

28. Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
    January 23, 2024 - it was delivered via telehealth. 55 Results were consistent in showing a statistically significant improvement … However, most trials may not have followed up children for a long enough duration to detect an improvement … Last, studies that followup children for a sufficiently long duration to detect improvement in academic … (receptive and expressive 1-word picture vocabulary tests focused on vocabulary) but not others (no improvement … enrolling children with a severe phonological disorder but normal receptive language function found improvement

29. Recommendation: Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care-Based Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 26, 2020 - materials, interactive computer-based tools designed for patient use, and clinician training and quality improvement … There was a small, statistically significant improvement in cannabis use specifically. … and the number of times used in the last 3 months) failed to demonstrate statistically significant improvement … 0.67 to 1.04]; 12 trials; n = 9031; I 2 = 38.2%); however, there was a statistically significant improvement … interventions that included clinician training, education, personal coaching, and continuous quality improvement

30. Recommendation: Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 20, 2024 - 2015, 18 the USPSTF sought evidence on the association between change in maternal iron status and improvement … taking iron therapy was not reported, limiting assessment of the association between iron therapy and improvement … Evidence on the association between maternal supplementation and change in maternal iron status on improvement … research, particularly on the critical gap of the association between changes in maternal iron status and improvement … in iron status because of treatment of screen-detected iron deficiency or iron deficiency anemia and improvement

31. Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: USPSTF Recommendations Statement (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2010 - macologic agents (sibutramine or orlistat) with behavioral interven- tions resulted in modest short-term improvement … There were no long-term data on the mainte- nance of improvement after discontin- uation of medications … showed no significant differ- ences between groups.15 There are no long-term data on the maintenance of improvement … programs that include di- etary, physical activity, and behav- ioral counseling components can result in improvement

32. Procedure Manual Section 7. Formulation of Task Force Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 21, 2025 - AHRQ's Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement is committed to improving the health of people nationwide … To achieve this goal, AHRQ's Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement works with public and private

33. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder: Current Research and Evidence Gaps (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/prevention-of-opioid-user-disorder-ehc-tech-brief.pdf
    May 14, 2021 - Given the focus on quality improvement, the outcomes reported in this body of evidence largely focus … on process improvement and compliance with the recommended protocol strategies. … Postoperative opiate use in urological patients: a quality improvement study aimed at improving opiate … Empowering post-surgical patients to improve opioid disposal: a before and after quality improvement … A performance improvement prescribing guideline reduces opioid prescriptions for emergency department

34. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Announces New Chair and Vice Chair (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - “His expertise in clinical quality improvement and decision analysis, as well as his dedication to helping

35. Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 2014 - and are widely used by policymakers, managed care organizations, public and private payers, quality improvement … , the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners), and quality improvement … care providers, patients, payers, employers, and research organizations for the development of quality improvement

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    July 01, 2014 - The evidence showed an associ- ation between improvement in intermediate outcomes af- ter antiviral therapy … and improvement in clinical out- comes, but outcomes were heterogeneous and the studies had methodological … associated with an increased likelihood of favorable intermediate outcomes (virologic and histologic improvement … , 4.0 to 9.9 years) assessed various intermediate (virologic or biochem- ical remission, histologic improvement … chronic HBV infection is effec- tive at improving intermediate outcomes (virologic or his- tologic improvement

37. Evidence Summary: Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation
    August 20, 2024 - The observational study evaluated the association between improvement in iron indices and health outcomes … (n = 21,397). 24 , 26 , 28 , 32 , 34 , 36 , 41 , 43 , 45 , 46 Change in Maternal Iron Status and Improvement … Evidence on the association between change in maternal iron status and improvement in outcomes (KQ3) … of iron deficiency or iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy and at delivery, without evidence of improvement … (3), Australia, Iran (2), Norway KQ3: Association between change in maternal iron status and improvement

38. Screening for and Management of Obesity in Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2012 - Behavioral interventions also demon- strated some improvement in intermediate health out- comes, such … pharmacologic agents (or- listat or metformin) with behavioral interventions resulted in weight loss and improvement … In addition, data on maintenance of improvement after dis- continuation of medications were insufficient … In addition, the USPSTF found no evidence on maintenance of improvement after discontinuation of medications

39. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2004
    May 13, 2004 - mos of treatment; successful treatment defined by amblyopic eye's visual acuity 20/30 or better or improvement … 95% CI, 2.95-3.37); atropine group mean change in visual acuity was 2.84 lines (95% CI, 2.61-3.07); improvement … Most children in treatment show improvement, although the literature is poor. … children with moderate amblyopia treated with patching and 74% treated with atropine achieved visual improvement

40. Draft Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cardiovascular-disease-enhanced-risk-assessment-non-traditional-risk-factors
    April 25, 2024 - reclassification index, discrimination (e.g., area under the curve, c-statistic, integrated discrimination improvement