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41. Archived: Modeling Study: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-study/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
    June 15, 2016 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Life-years gained compared with no screening (benefit), lifetime number … Findings were sensitive to the measure used for the burden of screening. … Seventh, the measures of the benefits and burden of screening used in the analysis were imperfect. … Utility weights have been estimated for diagnosed CRC states, 69 but utility weights have not been estimated … Future work should consider alternative measures of test burden that would enable direct comparison across

42. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2005
    July 12, 2005 - social deprivation, and perhaps, infant feeding patterns, early or more rapid puberty, extreme birth weights … and a measure of relative weight, we have adopted the use of the term “overweight” in children as opposed … with or without weight-related measures? … Although BMI is the best clinically available measure of overweight, uncertainty in its application to … Use of the body mass index (BMI) as a measure of overweight in children and adolescents.

43. Archived: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/postmenopausal-osteoporosis-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - grams/cm. 2 Single photon absorptiometry (SPA), in which radioisotopes are the photon source, can measure … In a single measure of bone density, there is a small risk of inaccurate values, and there is no value … Hygienic measures such as adequate calcium and vitamin D intake, exercise, and smoking cessation can … All women should also receive counseling regarding universal preventive measures related to fracture … Results of bone densitometry affect women's decisions about taking measures to prevent fractures.

44. Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendaiton Statement (pdf file)
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    March 19, 2024 - There is no gold standard for these instruments; measures to validate in- struments (eg, CPS reports) … of abuse were reported, other measures, including behavioral, developmental, emotional, mental, and … none reported group differences.1,21 Of 4 trials (n = 1638) evaluating outcomes based on the Bayley Scales … Outcome measures could also include those outside the child welfare system (eg, composite measures). … • In addition, consistency in outcome measure definitions, outcome types, and outcome timing across

45. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Support Breastfeeding (pdf file)
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    The direct effects of breastfeeding interventions on breastfeeding measures, short- and medium-term … maternal and child health outcomes, and the relationship between breastfeeding measures and these … Relationship between breastfeeding measures and health outcomes. … Relationship between breastfeeding measures and health outcomes. … is typically derived from RCTs of the targeted screening or preventive intervention that adequately measure

46. Archived: Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary30/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
    July 07, 2015 - Similarly, measures of well-being of toddlers 65 and health-related quality of life of preschoolers … significant effect for a broader construct of literacy. 54 However, treatment did significantly improve a measure … Early language screening in city and Hackney: the concurrent validity of a measure designed for use with … Association between feeding difficulties and language delay in preterm infants using Bayley Scales of … Risk for poor performance on a language screening measure for bilingual preschoolers and kindergarteners

47. Evidence Summary: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertension-in-adults-screening
    April 27, 2021 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Mortality; cardiovascular events; quality of life; sensitivity, specificity … analysis. 19 , 20 Results for KQ3 (confirmatory measurement) were stratified by the type of confirmatory measure … HBPM as a confirmatory method. 25 , 65 , 66 , 69 In these studies, participants were instructed to measure … reported mm Hg differences between measurement modalities or studies that only included κ values as a measure … Racial differences in abnormal ambulatory blood pressure monitoring measures: results from the Coronary

48. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults, Children, and Adolescents: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-adults-children-adolescents-screening-2003
    April 01, 2003 - There are some data to suggest that ambulatory blood pressure measurement (that provides a measure of … When performed correctly, sphygmomanometry provides a measure of blood pressure that is highly correlated … Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provides a measure of average blood pressure over 24 hours as opposed … How to measure blood pressure. JAMA 1995;273:1211–8. 13. McAlister FA, Straus SE.

49. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    April 27, 2021 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Mortality; cardiovascular events; quality of life; sensitivity, specificity … - ment (repeat OBPM), twice-daily home blood pressure measure- ment for 3 to 7 days (HBPM), measurement … Third, this review did not include accuracy studies that only reported mm Hg differences between measure … Racial differences in abnormal ambulatory blood pressure monitoring measures: results from the Coronary … the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures

50. Evidence Summary: Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-anxiety-children-adolescents
    October 11, 2022 - 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 anxiety in adolescents. … of delivery for psychotherapy interventions) Time of outcome measurement (from baseline) Outcome measure

51. Archived: Evidence Summary: Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary26/tobacco-use-in-children-and-adolescents-primary-care-interventions-2013
    December 11, 2012 - Interventions and measures were heterogeneous. Most trials examined only cigarette smoking. … according to smoking status, whether there was a group component or motivational interviewing, the measure … The definition of what constituted a smoker at baseline and the primary outcome measure differed among … First, there were inconsistent measures of baseline smoking status and outcome measures. … (0.49–7.32) Stevens et al, 2002 36 ‡ 3070 12 Ever smoked (specific measure

52. Final Research Plan: Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/obesity-in-adults-interventions
    March 31, 2016 - maintenance interventions selected based on an above normal BMI (e.g., ≥25 kg/m 2 ) or other weight-related measure … i.e., prediabetes) Studies limited to: Populations not selected based on weight-related measures … quality of life instruments Physical functioning, as measured by physical subscales of quality of life measures … Disability measures (global measures only, such as activities of daily living) KQ 2: Weight outcomes … Cost-effectiveness Behavioral changes (e.g., physical activity, diet, smoking) KQ 2: Cardiometabolic measures

53. Estimation of Benefits, Burden, and Harms of Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies: Modeling Study for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    June 21, 2016 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Life-years gained compared with no screening (benefit), lifetime number of … used as the measure of screening burden. … Seventh, the measures of the benefits and burden of screening used in the analysis were imperfect. … Utility weights have been estimated for diagnosed CRC states,69 but util- ity weights have not been estimated … Future work should con- sider alternative measures of test burden that would enable direct comparison

54. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
    October 12, 2015 - the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures … , Adjusted for Office Blood Pressure   Weights … Pressure, Adjusted for Office Blood Pressure Weights

55. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
    June 20, 2017 - When pooling any weight measure, standardized mean differences in change between groups were used. … children in the control groups typically gained a mean of 8 to 17 lb (among children with baseline weights … 1- to 5-lb weight gains compared with mean 5- to 10-lb gains in control groups (with baseline mean weights … Youth in these trials had baseline mean weights of 215 and 244 lb in the 2 studies reporting baseline … Fasting plasma glucose was the only insulin or glucose measure with sufficient data to pool.

56. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2011 - measures of sun exposure; or total, which are cumulative estimates of sun exposure. … Six case–control studies included some measure of total sun exposure, either during childhood, during … Four of 5 studies used only a crude dichotomous measure of indoor tanning, and none of these studies … Most studies used crude measures of indoor tanning exposure. … Both of these studies, however, used only a crude dichotomous measure of sunscreen use.

57. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary19/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
    December 22, 2014 - the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures … Weights are from random-effects analysis. … † Measure based on >1 visit or involved an additional confirmation step. … Weights are from random-effects analysis. … † Measure based on >1 visit or involved an additional confirmation step.

58. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening Children for Lipid Disorders (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/child-lipid-screening-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
    February 21, 2023 - “In the absence of this data, healthcare professionals should use their judgment on whether to measure

59. Final Research Plan: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hypertension-in-adults-screening
    October 04, 2018 - ABPM) Blood pressure measurement with wrist and finger monitors, forearm cuffs, or ankle and toe measures … negative predictive values KQ 4: Harms of screening (e.g., labeling, absenteeism, quality of life measures

60. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2012 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary45/skin-cancer-counseling-2012
    May 15, 2012 - measures of sun exposure; or total, which are cumulative estimates of sun exposure. … Six case-control studies included some measure of total sun exposure, either during childhood, during … Most studies used crude measures of indoor tanning exposure. … Only 1 of 6 negative studies adjusted for both skin phenotype and some measure of sun exposure 90 . … Both of these studies, however, used only a crude dichotomous measure of sunscreen use.