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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/automated-adverse-drug-event-detection-and-intervention/annual-summary/2008
January 01, 2008 - Automated Adverse Drug Event Detection and Intervention project was to reliably measure and reduce the incidence … ADEs, the automated surveillance system also permitted the establishment of baseline statistics on the incidence … Specific Aims
Establish a baseline rate of the incidence of ADEs in hospitalized patients of the … of an automated surveillance system for detection and mitigation of ADEs. ( Achieved )
Reduce the incidence
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary2/dental-caries-in-children-from-birth-through-age-5-years-screening-2014
June 15, 2013 - Preventive Services Task Force found oral fluoride
supplementation effective at reducing caries incidence … Outcomes included decreased incidence of dental caries and associated complications and harms, including … versus no fluoridation (percentage reduction in incidence ranged from 48% to 72% for primary teeth and … In the single randomized trial ( n = 140, fluoridation <0.1 ppm F), percent reductions in incidence … All 3 trials found use of fluoride varnish associated with decreased caries incidence after 2 years,
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49589/psn-pdf
August 01, 2009 - one or the other) is at risk for HZ.(2) Age is also an important predictor of HZ, with
most disease incidence … The incidence of HZ in children younger than 10, however, is only 0.74 per 1000 person-years.(4)
Immunocompromised … receiving immunosuppressive drugs are also at increased risk for
HZ.(1) Thus, HIV patients have a higher incidence … Corticosteroids may help reduce acute pain, but they will also not reduce the
incidence of postherpetic … The incidence of herpes zoster in a United
States administrative database.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/diabetes-mellitus-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - Although there is good evidence that insulin treatment can reduce the incidence of macrosomia in GDM, … Universal screening is likely to have only a small impact on the overall incidence of macrosomia and … Influence of diagnostic criteria on the incidence of gestational diabetes and perinatal morbidity. … Shoulder dystocia: its incidence and associated risk factors. … Welborn TA, Wearne K Coronary heart disease incidence and cardiovascular mortality in Busselton with
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan34/sexually-transmitted-infections-behavioral-counseling-september-2014
May 15, 2013 - behavioral counseling interventions to reduce sexually transmitted infections (STIs) may result in reduced incidence … sexual behaviors and increase protective sexual behaviors reduce sexually transmitted infection (STI) incidence … Are there other positive outcomes besides STI incidence and changes in risky or protective sexual behaviors … intervention (i.e., comparative effectiveness)
Outcomes
KQ 1: Health outcomes
STI incidence … misuse among current drug users)
KQ 4: Adverse events
Paradoxical increase in STI incidence
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or22.jsp
July 01, 2014 - Comparison of agreement and disagreement on personal identifying fields
Analysis
Age-adjusted incidence … Graphic - Row 2, left: Pre- and post-linkage S T D incidence rates by race, ages 10 and older. … Age adjusted incidence rate per 100,000 is provided for three S T Ds. … Graphic - Row 3, left: Pre- and post-linkage H I V incidence rates by race, ages 10 and older. … chlamydia, gonorrhea, P&S)
The correction of AI/AN race resulted in significantly higher average annual incidence
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
April 11, 2016 - The USPSTF found adequate evidence that aspirin use reduces the incidence of CRC in adults after 5 to … In addition, aspirin use in adults older than 70 years results in smaller reductions in the incidence … The time to benefit for CRC (that is, reduced CRC incidence and death) and time to harm are important … Other published reports have demonstrated reductions in total cancer mortality and incidence, but the … The USPSTF also relied on reviews of all-cause mortality and total cancer incidence and mortality and
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary25/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
April 13, 2015 - Effect of valsartan on the incidence of diabetes and cardiovascular events. … B: 20-year results
Incidence: 6.9 vs. 11.3 cases/100 person-years
Cumulative incidence: 79.7% … B: 23-year results
Incidence: 7.3 vs. 12.3 cases/10 person-years
Cumulative incidence: 73% (312 … B
Incidence: 9.8% (5/51) vs. 21.6% (11/51); RR, 0.45 (95% CI, 0.17 to 1.22)
Incidence rate per … B
Incidence: 30.1% (41/136) vs. 39.9% (55/138); RR, 0.76 (95% CI, 0.55 to 1.05)
Incidence, adjusted
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-surveillance_executive.pdf
December 01, 2011 - Incidence of metastatic disease
d. Quality of life
e. Costs
5. … Prostate cancer incidence rates rose between 1975 and 1992
(from approximately 100 to more than 240 … Race/ethnicity
According to the 17 studies (covering 1973–2005) reporting
incidence rates stratified … The incidence rate appears to have peaked in the
early 1990s for all racial/ethnic groups. … For all groups, incidence rates declined between the early-
1990s and 1999.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/insight-preventing-wrong-site-surgery
February 06, 2019 - January 16, 2019
Surgical fires: decreasing incidence relies on continued prevention … August 26, 2009
Incidence, patterns, and prevention of wrong-site surgery.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/eUBUXRUJHua5Q44j_THFn2
The selective estrogen receptor modulators tamoxifen and raloxifene have been shown to reduce the incidence … Benefits and
Harms
There is a moderate net benefit from use of tamoxifen and
raloxifene to reduce the incidence
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/o7FfN6a6DA5LqDsfMgBxkk
June 01, 2003 - The incidence of melanoma among whites is 20
times higher than it is among blacks; the incidence
of melanoma … The increase in annual incidence
rates is likely due to several factors, including
increased sun exposure … While melanoma incidence is
higher in regions near the equator where ultraviolet
exposure is most intense … Sunscreen Use
Daily sunscreen use on the hands and face
reduced the total incidence of squamous cell … This study did not
provide sufficient evidence that skin self-examination
would reduce the incidence
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/skin-cancer-counseling-2003
October 06, 2003 - Is skin self-examination effective in reducing the incidence of melanoma? … A population-based incidence study in Rochester, Minnesota. … A population-based incidence study in Rochester, Minnesota. … Good
No difference in the incidence of first cancers. … There was no difference in sunburn experience between the two groups, but the incidences of sunburn (
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_2-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Etiologic studies are based on incidence
of the outcome of interest rather than
prevalence, because … prevalence is a function
of disease incidence and duration of disease. … Because prevalence is a function of the
incidence and the mean duration of the
disease, incidence is … , odds ratio, hazard ratio) and difference
measures (risk difference, incidence rate
difference). … , the
cohort design quickly becomes inefficient when the
incidence of the outcome is low.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-533_05-24-2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Objective 2 - Prevalence and incidence of CD (Celiac 2)
a. … What is the prevalence and incidence of symptomatic and “clinically silent” CD in:
i. … How does prevalence and incidence in the general population vary in different geographic and
racial/
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-management-detailed-use-case
June 29, 2016 - Identifying Harm
July 19, 2023
Adverse Events in Rehabilitation Hospitals: National Incidence … February 15, 2017
Adverse Events in Long-Term-Care Hospitals: National Incidence Among
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review46/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-2004
February 15, 2004 - evidence that screening and immunizing persons at high risk reduces the transmission or the population incidence … Chang et al., 5 in a retrospective population study using a national cancer registry, showed that the incidence … Incidence declined from 0.52 among children born between 1974 and 1984 to 0.13 among children born between … The recommendations of the USPSTF aim to reduce the incidence of new disease and the transmission of … Universal hepatitis B vaccination in Taiwan and the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in children
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/ems-911-workforce-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2015 - What are the characteristics, incidence, prevalence, and severity of
occupationally-acquired exposures … How do the incidence, prevalence, and severity of exposures vary by
demographic characteristics (e.g … How do the incidence, prevalence, and severity of exposures vary by
workforce characteristics (e.g., … (Outcomes
of interest include but are not limited to, incidence, prevalence, duration,
severity, missed … (Outcomes of interest include but are not limited to, incidence, prevalence,
duration, severity, missed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pressure-ulcer-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
January 10, 2012 - Pressure ulcers affect an estimated 3 million adults in the United
States, with notable variation in incidence … rates by medical care setting.
1
Estimates of the
incidence of pressure ulcers range from 0.4 to … of pressure ulcers, and that trial found no effect of the Braden
Scale on ulcer incidence. … of pressure ulcers, further examining effects of setting* and patient
characteristics
†
on incidence … Adults in
Various
Settings
Risk
Assessment
Incidence of
Pressure Ulcers
Severity of
Pressure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49620/psn-pdf
February 01, 2011 - Epidemiology
The incidence, timing, and risk factors for postoperative neck hematoma are to some extent … The incidence of postoperative wound hematoma after ACD ranges from 1%-
11%.(4) Literature on the timing … A recent study of 390
patients who underwent ACD reported an incidence of 1.2% of postoperative hematoma … Several large retrospective studies have reported the incidence of symptomatic
hematomas after thyroid … Incidence and circumstances of cervical hematoma
complicating thyroidectomy and its relationship to