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261. Screening for Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2022 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Test accuracy, eating disorder symptom severity, quality of life, depression … For KQ4, random-effects restricted maximum likeli- hood models were conducted on continuous measures … For measures of depression, pooled results demonstrated larger reductions in mean scores compared with … Standardized mean difference (95% CI) –.5–1–1.5 Favors self-help Favors placebo Intervention type Measure … A brief screening measure for binge eating in primary care.

262. Individualizing Cancer Screening in Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 01, 2021 - Measures of functional status and health-related quality of life (HRQL) need to be included in trials … Preference-based HRQL measures use a conventional scale, with death (the lack of health status) = 0.00 … Quality-adjusted life years estimated using preference-based measures are a prominent way for estimating … are good measures in older adults will be explored in an upcoming companion report. … Outcomes Assessment in Cancer: Measures, Methods, and Applications.

263. Archived: Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 18, 2014 - including HIV transmission; other relevant clinical outcomes; rates of infection and other similar measures … of infection KQ 2: Detection of infection KQ 3: Diagnostic accuracy (i.e., measures of … the test's sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and other related measures

264. Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote a Healthy Diet in Adults: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - (eg, weight, proportion of body fat) with no direct measure of dietary behavior. … of fat intake, including grams of saturated or total fat consumed or study-specific outcome scales.10 … Second, identifying the appropriate measure of dietary change is difficult. … Our main outcome measure, self-reported change in dietary behavior, relies on individual self-report, … usually from validated food frequency questionnaires that have limited ability to measure small changes

265. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - The mean or median baseline AHI (or similar measure) for most trials was in the severe OSA range (AHI … Results shown as a mean difference in scores for each sleep-related QOL measure are provided in eFigure … Summary of Pooled Findings from Positive Airway Pressure Treatment Studies Outcome measure No. of trials … control group.132 General Health–Related and Sleep-Related QOL | Six RCTs reported on at least 1 QOL measure … its construct validity (ie, authors have expressed uncertainty regarding whether it is an accurate measure

266. Archived: Hypertension: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Blood pressure and echocardiographic measures in children: the Bogalusa Heart Study.

267. Interventions to Prevent Illicit and Nonmedical Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     December 17, 2018 - Nineteen trials reported a continuous measure, most com- monly the number of times illicit drugs were … Dichotomous measures were selected over continuous measures, 1-month time frames were selected over lon … trials.26,28,56 Most general prevention trials found no group differences on mental health symptom scales … 0.08 (–0.16 to 0.00) Favors intervention Favors control Vertical dashed line indicates the overall measure … trials) in general prevention trials Group differences were rarely found for a variety of mental health scales

268. Archived: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 26, 2014 - One trial, the Risk Factor Intervention Study, showed a reduction in a composite measure of CVD events … The results for self-reported quality-of-life measures were mixed. … Commonly reported intermediate outcomes included objective measures of lipid levels, blood pressure, … Participants in the intervention group also had decreases in blood pressure and lipid measures after … with reductions in measures of weight and sustained improvements in healthy lifestyle behaviors.

269. Draft Research Plan: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 12, 2021 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print in progress Draft Research Plan Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening August 12, 2021 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They …

270. Screening for Cervical Cancer in Primary Care: A Decision Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     August 21, 2018 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Lifetime number of tests, colposcopies, disease detection, false-positive … These measures were calcu- lated as the cumulative number of events or time spent in the dif- ferent … For ratios that used col- poscopies as a measure of harm, all strategies that referred hrHPV- positive … When num- ber of colposcopies was used as the measure of harm, cytology test- ing alone every 3 years … was associated with very low (ie, efficient) ratios; however, when using total tests as the measure

271. Screening for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     September 05, 2023 - varied by outcome measure), response (pooled relative risk [RR], 1.89 [95% CI, 1.17 to 3.05]; n = 606 … instruments, clinical response, or remission; all-cause mortality; quality of life measured using validated scales … or instruments; and functioning measured by validated scales, missed days of school, or sleep-related … Brief measures to screen for social phobia in primary care pediatrics. … Brief measures to screen for social anxiety in adolescents.

272. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2020 - depression measures. … in which continuous outcomes were mea- sured using a variety of different instruments with differing scales … c Global function measure compares improving or maintaining global function vs a decline in global function … Functional assessment scales in detecting dementia. … The IQCODE versus a single-item informant measure to discriminate between cognitively intact individuals

273. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Healthy Diet: Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care, January 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 15, 2003 - (e.g., weight, proportion of body fat) with no direct measure of dietary behavior. … of fat intake, including grams of saturated or total fat consumed or study-specific outcome scales. … Second, identifying the appropriate measure of dietary change is difficult. … Our main outcome measure, self-reported change in dietary behavior, relies on individual self-report, … usually from validated food frequency questionnaires that have limited ability to measure small changes

274. Draft Research Plan: Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 13, 2020 - vision-related quality of life; functional capacity, including ability to drive and driving outcomes; other measures … specificity, positive and negative predictive values, areas under the receiver operating curve, and other measures

275. Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease With Nontraditional Risk Factors: US Preventive Services Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - alone; and whether adding nontraditional risk factors to existing CVD risk assessment models improves measures … CAC score is obtained by electron-beam or multidetector CT, which measure the calcium content in the … Coronary artery calcium score is obtained by electron-beam or multidetector computed tomography, which measure … assessment with traditional risk assessment plus the ABI, hsCRP level, or CAC scores are needed to measure … Calibration measures the agreement between ob- served and predicted outcomes, discrimination measures

276. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence - Table 6 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 01, 2009 - Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence - Table 6 Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Table 6. Application of the 4 Domains: Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adolescents Domain Information …

277. Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2003 - Outcome measure: new skin cancers. … Outcome measure: ratio of numbers of solar keratoses at end of study and beginning of study. … Outcome measures: 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels and 1,25- dihydroxyvitamin D3. 86 of 87 completed one … Outcome measures: cumulative sun exposure, sunburn episodes. … Outcome measures: use of protective clothing, sunscreen, shade, hats with brim. 86 clinicians, including

278. Archived: Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 06, 2003 - Outcome measure: new skin cancers. Analysis: intention-to-treat. … Outcome measure: ratio of numbers of solar keratoses at end of study and beginning of study. … Outcome measures: 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. … Outcome measures: cumulative sun exposure, sunburn episodes. … Outcome measures: use of protective clothing, sunscreen, shade, hats with brim.

279. Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 04, 2020 - vision-related quality of life; functional capacity, including ability to drive and driving outcomes; other measures … specificity, positive and negative predictive values, areas under the receiver operating curve, and other measures

280. Procedure Manual Section 3. Topic Work Plan Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 04, 2025 - Primary preventive measures are those provided to persons in a clinical setting to prevent the onset … the prevention of colorectal cancer, counseling for a healthful diet), whereas secondary preventive measures … symptoms, functional levels, and conditions that patients can feel or experience and are defined by measures … They are pathologic, physiological, psychological, social, or behavioral measures and other study endpoints … These are not direct measures of health but are indicators of positive or negative effects on the larger