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321. Archived: Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Age 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/dental-caries-in-children-from-birth-through-age-5-years-screening-2014
     May 05, 2014 - caries (in the child, a sibling, or mother), lack of access to dental care, and inadequate preventive measures … Information from a clinical evaluation has also been proposed, as well as qualitative or quantitative measure … associated with dental caries in young children include lack of access to dental care; inadequate preventive measures … The evidence is limited in that measures of early childhood fluoride exposure were based on parental … Systemic fluoride also provides some measure of topical effects, as it is found in the saliva and bathes

322. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/QTJe7MfZ7cru9yYpxqx77m
     April 01, 2008 - weighed the benefits (prevention of �1 exacerbation and improvement in respiratory-related health status measures … that both pharmacologic therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation improve respiratory-related health status measures … randomized, con- trolled trials of treatment found small improvements in exacerbations, health status measures

323. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2009
     July 15, 2009 - Treatments can improve or delay the worsening of proximal and distal measures of vision. … sensory deficits, such as vision, are beneficial when there is evidence on improvements in objective measures … but a lack of evidence of improvements of subjective measures.

324. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/diabetes-mellitus-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Several studies report that a combination of immune markers and measures of insulin responsiveness can … asymptomatic persons, enrolling individuals identified by autoantibodies levels and other physiologic measures

325. Archived: Drug Use, Illicit: Primary Care Interventions for Children and Adolescents | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents-march-2014
     March 11, 2014 - Research to develop and validate tools to measure current and past substance use is needed. … The studies used an unusual and difficult-to-interpret measure of drug use.

326. Archived: Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan54/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     April 17, 2014 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Final Research Plan Colorectal Cancer: Screening April 17, 2014 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not be con…

327. Final Research Plan: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/drug-use-illicit-screening
     October 20, 2016 - facility) Outcomes KQs 1a, 4a: Drug use ( required ) (self-report and/or biologic measures

328. Archived: Screening: Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/-screening-evidence-summary/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
     May 15, 2013 - Sensitivity and specificity are measures of test accuracy. … Bivariate analysis of sensitivity and specificity produces informative summary measures in diagnostic … Comparison of accuracy measures of two screening tests for gestational diabetes mellitus.

329. Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2023 - pregnancy26 Small numbers in each comparison, effects possibly due to chance, studies used different measures … observational studies; n > 14 438 No effect for a large majority of comparisons and outcomes31-41 Variable measures … fair-quality case-control16); n = 761 125 Studies set in 4 countries (Israel, Sweden, Denmark, Norway); varied measures … increase in the risk of childhood asthma, wheezing, or allergies by timing31,33,34,40,41 Variable measures

330. Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/skin-cancer-screening
     April 18, 2023 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Morbidity; mortality; skin cancer stage, precursor lesions, or lesion thickness … Measures of relative cancer survival (for example, the proportion of individuals who survive for a given … However, population mortality measures can be less subject to lead time bias and presence of overdiagnosis … of having received a clinical skin examination in people with and without skin cancer. 27 Outcome measures … The current review, which focused on measures of population mortality, is consistent with the substantial

331. Archived: Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions-2013
     June 15, 2013 - In all areas related to child maltreatment, more data are needed on how best to measure outcomes related … with the draft recommendation; several other comments noted the limitations of using CPS reports as a measure … The USPSTF recognizes the limitations of the evidence on child maltreatment measures and outcomes and

332. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-medication-use-reduce-risk
     March 21, 2024 - including tumor receptor status) and DCIS; breast cancer mortality; all-cause mortality; and global measures

333. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/hhrqMCEgbsBMJ_Ppbcp4yJ
     January 14, 2025 - Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment BMD Central DXA measures BMD at central bone sites (hip

334. Evaluating Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/behavintr.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - Ideally, behavior-change outcome measures of interest in a particular behavioral review are defined as … Assessment (KQ 3) specifies how best to identify patients in need of behavioral intervention and to measure … usual” intake of specific food items, both to identify individual candidates for intervention and to measure … Refining a tool to measure cues to action in encouraging health- promoting behavior—the CHAQ. … Lifestyle-specific outcome measures.

335. Archived: Depression: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - collection techniques for controls, short follow-up, and the use of questionnaire scores as outcome measures … Screening for adolescent depression: a comparison of depression scales. … Recognizing depression: a comparison of family physicians ratings, self-report, and interview measures

336. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/DxeDM5ywg2J7SwKmETXfbX
     May 01, 2021 - consider as minimally clinically important for the ESS (−2 to −3).15,16 Twenty-eight RCTs reported measures … of general health– related quality of life and 17 RCTs reported measures of sleep- related quality of … Quality measure for screening for adult obstructive sleep apnea by primary care physicians.

337. Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ZExXGy-2DwcZM-98Zfnd5v
     March 20, 2018 - Results were qualitatively summarized but not pooled because of heterogeneity of measures. … country, in- clusion criteria, age, sex, race/ethnicity), intervention details, length of follow-up, measure … The individual items and scales measuring sun pro- tection behaviors were variable across trials and … Measures were heterogeneous enough to preclude pooling of results. … However, a more expansive measure of skin awareness did appear to be a sig- nificant independent predictor

338. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults - Figure 2 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/reconsidering-approach-prevention-recommendations-older-adults-figure-2
     December 01, 2010 - positive outcomes include a reduction in fear of falling and improvement in balance, gait, and mobility measures

339. Procedure Manual Appendix XIV. Decision Framework to Assess and Guide the Need for Searches of Existing Decision Models | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-xiv-decision-framework-assess-and-guide-need-searches-existing-decision-models
     July 01, 2017 - objective (for the purposes of the recommendation statement), the scenarios to be modeled, required outcome measures

340. Final Recommendation Statement: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd
     November 24, 2020 - A variety of self-reported quality-of-life measures were reported in 11 trials. … reported intermediate health outcomes. 11 , 16 Commonly reported intermediate outcomes included objective measures … There was substantial variability in the measures reported, and most outcomes were reported in fewer