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161. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/prevmethods.pdf
     December 01, 2010 - Studies that evaluate the efficacy of these multifactorial interventions often measure more than 1 type … These measures offer important and relevant considerations for setting goals of care, but they are not … Many outcomes are contin- uous or ordinal measures, designed to be sensitive across a continuum, that … of the potential differences in benefits and harms, patient preferences, and reported health status measures … ,” because of the diversity in domains and measures used to identify patients at risk for falls.

162. Screening for Preeclampsia US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2017 - concludes with moderate certainty that screening for preeclampsia in pregnant women with blood pressure measure … Measures of anxiety over time did not change but were collected from less than half of the study participants

163. Draft Research Plan: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/primary-care-interventions-child-maltreatment
     February 17, 2022 - ., clinical interventions + media campaigns vs. usual care) Outcomes KQ 1: Direct or proxy measures … Behavioral, emotional, mental, or physical well-being * : Quality of life or functional status measures … outcomes listed for KQ 1 KQ 1: Outcomes not otherwise specified, studies without direct or proxy measures … of abuse of neglect, and parent-reported measures of exposure to abuse or neglect KQ 2: None specified

164. 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 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Cardiovascular events, mortality, risk assessment performance measures ( … KQ2 studies were required to include a measure of calibration, discrimination, or reclassification ( … This analysis uses the change in C statistic to measure discrimination. … The most commonly used measure in this review was the Net Reclassification Index (NRI), which captures … Across all 3 nontraditional risk factors, less than half of studies reported a measure of calibration

165. Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: A Summary of Systematic Reviews Conducted for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2009 - identify high-risk persons (persons with a 10-year risk �20%), who benefit from aggressive risk- reduction measures … Most studies use a hazard ratio (or other risk ratio) to measure how well a new risk factor predicts … These studies provided measures of the incremental predictive value of CAC scoring for coronary events … consensus on examination techniques and population-based standards for interpreting quantitative IMT measures … Non-HDL cho- lesterol, apolipoproteins A-I and B100, standard lipid measures, lipid ratios, and CRP as

166. Screening for High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 10, 2020 - articlePDFlink%26utm_source=articlePDF%26utm_content=jama.2020.20122 Screening Tests Best practice is to measure … Various measures of association were reported across studies. … ratios ranged from 1.45 to 3.60, and hazard ratios (HRs) ranged from 2.8 to 3.2.1 Predictive accuracy measures … • The associations among childhood hypertension, adulthood hy- pertension, and surrogate measures of

167. Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 21, 2022 - reported in studies KQ 1: Basic activities of daily living Falls Efficacy Scale Function measures … Balance Scale) KQ 2: Minor adverse events that are reported using nonvalidated and nongeneralizable measures

168. Michael Cabana, M.D., M.A., M.P.H | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2019 - Cabana is the principal investigator for the Implementing Measures Network for Child Health, which is … developing and testing new quality measures for childhood chronic conditions.

169. PII: S0749-3797(01)00266-5 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - accurately on nonfasting venous or capillary blood samples, but LDL-C requires fasting samples for accurate measure

170. 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 - We used change in BMI from baseline as the preferred measure of weight change when it was available. … Adiposity was the most common additional measure, reported in 5 of 13 behavioral counseling trials. 16 … All of these measures have strengths and limitations. … Percentile scores are helpful when describing weight change in children of many ages, because they are a measure … We focused on the change in BMI from baseline as the preferred measure of weight change when it was available

171. Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     October 06, 2015 - Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adults: Clinical Summary Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adults: Clinical Summary Population Adults aged ≥18 y without known hypertension Recommendation Screen for high blood pressure; obtain measurements outside of the clinical setting for diagnostic confirmat…

172. Archived: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/preeclampsia-screening-april-2017
     April 25, 2017 - Measures of anxiety over time did not change but were collected from less than half of the study participants

173. Archived: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening
     February 15, 2006 - to 42 months of age who had expressive, receptive, or phonological impairments. 25 Only one outcome measure … Screening effectiveness of the Minnesota Child Development Inventory Expressive and Receptive Language Scales … Early language screening in City and Hackney: The concurrent validity of a measure designed for use with

174. Archived: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 15, 2006 - to 42 months of age who had expressive, receptive, or phonological impairments. 25 Only one outcome measure … Screening effectiveness of the Minnesota Child Development Inventory Expressive and Receptive Language Scales … Early language screening in City and Hackney: The concurrent validity of a measure designed for use with

175. Final Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan142/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
     October 30, 2014 - screening must include a comparison with polysomnography; studies on reliability of screening must include measures … the comparator Outcomes KQs 1, 5, 6: Mortality, quality of life (both disease-specific measures … , such as the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire, and general measures, such as the 36-Item Short-Form … KQ 2: Sensitivity, specificity, discrimination, calibration KQ 3: Sensitivity and specificity; measures … daytime somnolence or sleepiness (e.g., measured with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale or other validated measures

176. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan142/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
     October 30, 2014 - screening must include a comparison with polysomnography; studies on reliability of screening must include measures … the comparator Outcomes KQs 1, 5, 6: Mortality, quality of life (both disease-specific measures … , such as the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire, and general measures, such as the 36-Item Short-Form … KQ 2: Sensitivity, specificity, discrimination, calibration KQ 3: Sensitivity and specificity; measures … daytime somnolence or sleepiness (e.g., measured with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale or other validated measures

177. Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 09, 2018 - Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine of unknown cause with a Cobb angle (a measure … The clinician repeats the visual inspection of the spine.1,4 A scoli- ometer, which measures the angle … Scoliometer A noninvasive, handheld instrument used to measure the angle of trunk rotation. … transfers the contour lines to graph paper, adds the size of rib humps and depressions, and obtains a measure … - proved at 12 months in the intervention group compared with mar- ginal improvements or unchanging measures

178. Modeling Study: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 21, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Lifetime number of tests, colposcopies, disease detection, false-positive … These measures were calculated as the cumulative number of events or time spent in the different health … For ratios that used colposcopies as a measure of harm, all strategies that referred hrHPV-positive women … When number of colposcopies was used as the measure of harm, cytology testing alone every 3 years was … associated with very low (ie, efficient) ratios; however, when using total tests as the measure of harm

179. Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions
     October 22, 2015 - than fractures that do not lead to an emergency department visit or hospitalization Quality of life measures … not listed in the inclusion criteria Disability measures other than activities of daily life and/or … instrumental activities of daily life Falls Efficacy Scale Function measures (e.g., Performance-Oriented … Balance Scale) KQ 2: Minor adverse events that are reported using nonvalidated, nongeneralizable measures

180. Archived: Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions-2018
     October 22, 2015 - than fractures that do not lead to an emergency department visit or hospitalization Quality of life measures … not listed in the inclusion criteria Disability measures other than activities of daily life and/or … instrumental activities of daily life Falls Efficacy Scale Function measures (e.g., Performance-Oriented … Balance Scale) KQ 2: Minor adverse events that are reported using nonvalidated, nongeneralizable measures