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381. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults - Figure 2 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 01, 2010 - positive outcomes include a reduction in fear of falling and improvement in balance, gait, and mobility measures

382. Procedure Manual Appendix XIV. Decision Framework to Assess and Guide the Need for Searches of Existing Decision Models | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 01, 2017 - objective (for the purposes of the recommendation statement), the scenarios to be modeled, required outcome measures

383. Screening for Dementia - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2003 - There are 2 scales of function commonly used in research on dementia: a 70-point Alzheimer’s Disease … However, the evidence of the effects of cholinesterase inhibitors on functional measures, such as instrumental … that examined only the 4 highest quality RCTs found a small (approximately 3%) difference in cognitive scales

384. Evidence Summary: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 11, 2025 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Child and maternal health outcomes, prevalence, and duration of any and … 1 101 of the 90 included trials (N = 49,597) reported the effects of an intervention on at least 1 measure … = 0.0%). 24 , 33 , 56 , 59 , 71 , 77 , 99 , 108 In the subset of trials that reported continuous measures … “problems” between those in the intervention vs usual care groups in 22 studies that reported these measures

385. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2008 - Data are limited, however, and studies vary in outcome measures, characteristics of the screened and … The researchers found that the former group had worse psychological measures, although the negative effects

386. Archived: Evidence Summary: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 17, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Number of falls (number of unexpected events in which a person comes to … 79 A 2016 systematic review of tools for assessing risk of falls concluded that no single test or measure … included in the review (56 measures including history questions, self-report measures, and performance-based … measures) was an accurate diagnostic tool. 80 Given the complex set of factors contributing to falls … in older individuals, combining measures may help to accurately predict future falls; however, such

387. Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention in Adults Without Known CVD Risk Factors: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     July 11, 2017 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Cardiometabolic health and intermediate outcomes, behavioral outcomes, and … The standard- ized effect size when pooling 46 trials that reported any continu- ous measure of physical … Only 4 trials reported measures of sedentary behavior inde- pendent of physical activity behavior. … variable levels of evi- dence of the reliability and validity of the measures. … The tools and summary variables used to measure physical activity were even more inconsistent.

388. Benefits and Harms of Computed Tomography Lung Cancer Screening Programs for High Risk Populations (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - We briefly describe how each model computes this measure. … Composite measures of the number of screenings per lung cancer averted and per life-year gained are … number of screenings and lung cancer deaths averted but represents a noticeable tradeoff between the measures

389. Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 14, 2025 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Hip, clinical vertebral, major osteoporotic, and total fractures; mortality … fracture) 4 Articles from 4 unique cohorts 41 , 63 , 91 , 100 (18,145) Inconsistent calibration measures

390. Tagauj5Qoarfv3M8Fapbon (pdf file)
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     June 03, 2019 - originally conducted, the Swedish trials had impor- tant flaws related to measurement of the primary outcome measure … ters (for example, geographic areas, month or year of birth) was likely to result in bias and whether measures … , autopsies, registries), and use of independent blinded review of the cause of death are important measures … Results of intermediate measures from a population-based, randomized trial of mammo- graphic screening … The epidemiology of mass breast cancer screening—a plea for a valid measure of benefit.

391. Final Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 05, 2020 - liver function tests or creatinine phosphokinase levels Intermediate outcomes (e.g., lipid levels, measures

392. A and B Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 01, 2025 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print A & B Recommendations A listing of all the Recommendations with a grade of either A or B. A and B grade recommendations are services that the Task Force most highly recommends implementi…

393. Recommendation: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 26, 2022 - were associated with lower blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and adiposity measures … activity behavioral counseling interventions on intermediate outcomes such as blood pressure or adiposity measures … were associated with greater changes in intermediate outcomes, specifically lower LDL-C and adiposity measures … limiting robust analysis, with few group differences. 1 , 38 A variety of self-reported quality of life measures

394. Archived: Intimate Partner Violence and Elderly Abuse: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 08, 2004 - and postpartum mothers support these findings, although the outcomes in these studies were short-term measures … health examination, but recommended that physicians be alert for indicators of abuse and institute measures

395. Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2022 - There were no statistically significant differences for other measures.1,2 Pharmacotherapy, compared … The study reported no sta- tistically significant benefits on measures of functioning.1 Sixteen trials … Two additional studies were identified but provided no evidence of harm; outcome measures were limited … to very short-term measures of distress or emotion. … Screening for adolescent depression: a comparison of depression scales.

396. USPSTF Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2023 - • The IGRA requires a single venous blood sample that measures the CD4 T-cell response to specific

397. Genetic Risk Assessment and BRCA Mutation Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2005 - Results of 9 trials indicated either decreased measures of psychological distress (27, 30–33, 85–87) … Prevalence No direct measures of the prevalence of clinically sig- nificant BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations … (106, 110), anxiety (110, 113), and depression (110) decreased, and only 1 measure of breast cancer … The raloxifene trial was not powered to measure breast cancer outcomes (137). … but some question remains as to whether some (although not major) differences occurred in follow-up, measure

398. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - and postpartum mothers support these findings, although the outcomes in these studies were short-term measures … health examination, but recommended that physicians be alert for indicators of abuse and institute measures

399. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - and postpartum mothers support these findings, although the outcomes in these studies were short-term measures … health examination, but recommended that physicians be alert for indicators of abuse and institute measures

400. 827Cwgymvawpvovg Syjpf (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - Serum ferritin, which is often used to measure iron status, may have limited use during pregnancy because … identification and correction of iron deficiency anemia plays an important role and whether current measures