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1. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: Clinician Summary (pdf file)
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   April 01, 2021 - Screen: Measure blood pressure with an office blood pressure measurement. 2. … Ways to measure blood pressure outside of the clinical setting include: • Ambulatory blood pressure … • Home blood pressure monitoring: patients measure their own blood pressure at home with an automated

2. Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   January 23, 2024 - CDI, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory; CSBS, Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales … CDI, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory; CSBS, Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales … 25 (study 2); (<50 words or no word combinations)   Clinical judgment on infant MSEL language scales … CDI, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory; CSBS, Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales … of Children’s Abilities; MSEL, Mullen Scales of Early Learning; NPV, negative predictive value; NR,

3. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Screening and Supplementation for Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy (pdf file)
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   Examples include perinatal mortality, morbidity (NICU admission, respiratory distress) If studies measure … Examples include perinatal mortality, morbidity (NICU admission, respiratory distress) If studies measure … Examples include perinatal mortality, morbidity (NICU admission, respiratory distress) If studies measure … is typically derived from RCTs of the targeted screening or preventive intervention that adequately measure

4. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   February 12, 2015 - Do weight management interventions affect cardiometabolic measures (i.e., blood pressure, lipid levels … methods such as BMI, BMI percentile, BMI z-score, percent overweight, waist circumference, or a similar measure … KQs 1, 2 (screening): Intervention programs for diet or physical activity without a weight-related measure … Intervention KQs 1, 2 (screening): Screening involving BMI or other primary care–feasible anthropomorphic measure … measures (only when weight-related measures are also reported): insulin resistance/blood glucose/diabetes

5. Screening and Interventions for Childhood Overweight: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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   July 01, 2005 - social deprivation, and perhaps, infant feeding patterns, early or more rapid puberty, extreme birth weights … Methods Terminology Since BMI is the primary clinical measure and a measure of relative weight … with or without weight-related measures? … Although BMI is the best clinically available measure of overweight, uncertainty in its application … Use of the body mass index (BMI) as a measure of overweight in children and adolescents.

6. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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   April 27, 2021 - Screen: Measure blood pressure with an office blood pressure measurement. 2. … Ways to measure blood pressure outside of the clinical setting include • Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring … • Home blood pressure monitoring: patients measure their own blood pressure at home with an automated … Several comments requested clarification about spe- cific techniques to accurately measure blood pressure … Some comments expressed concern about the burden and barriers patients may experience trying to measure

7. Recommendation: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   April 27, 2021 - Screen: Measure blood pressure with an office blood pressure measurement. … Ways to measure blood pressure outside of the clinical setting include: Ambulatory blood pressure … Home blood pressure monitoring: patients measure their own blood pressure at home with an automated … Several comments requested clarification about specific techniques to accurately measure blood pressure … Some comments expressed concern about the burden and barriers patients may experience trying to measure

8. Evidence Directions for Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment (pdf file)
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   validated risk assessment and primary care–feasible or referrable interventions to direct or intermediate measures … Potential areas for research include more reliable and valid measures from youth self-report and the … Intervention effectiveness and poor outcome measures along with racial and ethnic biases in reporting … understanding of the benefits of the intervention.”1 What types of outcomes best (and most accurately) measure … Should outcome measures include those outside of the child welfare system or composite measures?

9. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   June 20, 2017 - Clinically Important Weight Loss Research studies use a standardized measure ( z score) of BMI known … This measure helps compare results among children of different ages and over time as children grow. … improvements in lipid or fasting plasma glucose levels but some improvements in insulin or glucose measures … One trial reported quality-of-life measures and found no differences between intervention and placebo … The use of measures of obesity in childhood for predicting obesity and the development of obesity-related

10. Clinical Summary: Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease With Nontraditional Risk Factors (pdf file)
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    CAC score is obtained by electron-beam or multidetector CT, w hich measure the calcium content in the

11. Evidence Summary: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 19, 2024 - Direct or Proxy Measures of Child Maltreatment Reports to Child Protective Services. … demonstrate benefit for the active intervention group(s), regardless of the specificity of the outcome measure … Child Development as Measured by the Bayley Scales of Child Development. … RCTs 14 , 18 , 21 , 23 , 38 , 39 , 43 , 45-48 reported on child development as measured by the Bayley Scales … one intervention may not be readily generalizable to other (pediatric practice) settings Bayley Scales

12. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 15, 2010 - 1995. 1 Detection Previously, the USPSTF found adequate evidence that BMI was an acceptable measure … Screening Tests In 2005, the USPSTF found adequate evidence that BMI was an acceptable measure for … children and adolescents, because it is feasible and reliable and because it tracks with adult obesity measures … having a BMI at ≥95th percentile for age and gender. 12 , 13 BMI-for-age percentile is not a direct measure … Limited evidence suggests that reductions in insulin-resistance measures are possible with moderate-

13. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 15, 2006 - , 80 , 85 and by scores on standardized instruments, such as the Reynell Expressive and Receptive Scales … 85 and the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories. 80 , 93  The most widely used outcome measure … Fair Rescorla, 2001 61 422 Language Development Survey Bayley Scales … ; improvement on 1 measure for parent vs. clinician group Not reported Poor … Early language screening in City and Hackney: The concurrent validity of a measure designed for use with

14. Screening and Interventions for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2005 - The USPSTF found fair evidence that body mass index (BMI) is a reasonable measure for identifying children … Clinical Considerations • It is important to measure and monitor growth over time in all children … weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) percentile for age and sex is the preferred measure … Single BMI measures track reasonably well from childhood and adolescence (aged 6-18 years) into young … Use of the body mass index (BMI) as a measure of overweight in children and adolescents.

15. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 11, 2005 - The USPSTF found fair evidence that body mass index (BMI) is a reasonable measure for identifying children … Clinical Considerations It is important to measure … weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) percentile for age and sex is the preferred measure … Single BMI measures track reasonably well from childhood and adolescence (aged 6-18 years) into young … Use of the body mass index (BMI) as a measure of overweight in children and adolescents.

16. Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    March 19, 2024 - - strate benefit for the active intervention group(s), regardless of the specificity of the outcome measure … -21,31,39-43,49 The evidence included substan- tial heterogeneity in the timing and type of outcome measure … Child Development as Measured by the Bayley Scales of Child Development | Four RCTs14,18,21,23,38,39,43,45 … -48 reported on child de- velopment as measured by the Bayley Scales of Child Develop- ment (eTables … factors; one intervention may not be readily generalizable to other (pediatric practice) settings Bayley Scales

17. Archived: Screening and Interventions for Childhood Obesity: Where Is the Evidence? A Commentary by the Childhood Obesity Working Group of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 11, 2005 - Physicians also seem to take high BMI more seriously than weight and height measures; 2 when documentation … It is important to note that the USPSTF did not recommend that primary care clinicians not weigh and measure … Although BMI is a convenient and widely agreed-upon measure of obesity, it is not clear what BMI at any … screening (and intervention) for overweight in childhood improves age-appropriate behavioral or physiologic measures … interventions lead to improved intermediate outcomes, including behavioral, physiologic or weight-related measures

18. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    December 07, 2005 - 78, 80, 85 and by scores on standardized instruments, such as the Reynell Expressive and Receptive Scales … , 85 and the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories.80, 93 The most widely used outcome measure … Early language screening in City and Hackney: The concurrent validity of a measure designed for use … Home Parent 91% 87% Good- Fair Klee, 200060 64 Language Development Survey Infant Mullen Scales … control; improvement on 1 measure for parent vs. clinician group Not reported Poor Girolametto,

19. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    November 03, 2003 - techniques, such as bioelectrical impedance, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and total body water can measure … 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.

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    December 01, 2003 - techniques, such as bioelectrical impedance, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and total body water can measure … 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 4 … 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.