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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
October 15, 2009 - The 5 studies rated as fair quality were primarily limited by their use of proxy measures to control … Predictive value of noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis for incident myocardial infarction: the Rotterdam
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/dementia-older-adults-screening-2003
June 03, 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 … examined only the 4 highest quality RCTs found a small (approximately 3 percent) difference in cognitive scales
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions-2018
April 17, 2018 - Effectiveness of Preventive Measures
The USPSTF reviewed the evidence from 62 trials on the use of … living, or independent activities of daily living showed no benefit, but these studies used different scales … Potential Harms of Preventive Measures
Evidence on harms was reported in a subset of trials reporting … A pilot study to explore the predictive validity of 4 measures of falls risk in frail elderly patients
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Home/GetFile/1/516/famviolrs/pdf
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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
September 28, 2021 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Diagnosis of preeclampsia; adverse pregnancy health outcomes and complications … conducted among pregnant persons selected based on the presence of clinical risk factors or physical measures … A common reporting measure of adherence in the trials was the number of women who were found to be taking … determine whether the use of a risk prediction model that requires multiple historical and physical measures
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/food-insecurity-screening
March 11, 2025 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Food insecurity; dietary, physiologic, quality of life, health outcomes; … However, there was no apparent impact on other quality-of-life measures; physiologic measures of blood … Inadequacy of current screening measures for health-related social needs.
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February 16, 2016 - 18
and 24 months with later screening or case-finding on educational,
behavioral, functional, and IQ measures … children) re-
ported that these interventions improved cognitive scores by 11 to
16 points (Mullen Scales … Twelve RCTs of play- or in-
teraction-based interventions reported significant improvements in
some measures
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-cancer-screening-2002
September 03, 2002 - originally conducted, the Swedish trials had important flaws related to measurement of the primary outcome measure … , autopsies, registries), and use of independent blinded review of the cause of death are important measures … credible interval for a given length of follow-up . 11 The purpose of this analysis was to use repeated measures … Results of intermediate measures from a population-based, randomized trial of mammographic screening … The epidemiology of mass breast cancer screening—a plea for a valid measure of benefit.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gonorrhea-screening-including-ocular-prophylaxis-newborns-1996
January 01, 1996 - endocervical bleeding induced by swab, age at first intercourse less than 16, payment by Medicaid (a proxy measure … at greatest risk, screening may be of little benefit to some individuals unless it is accompanied by measures … The benefits of early detection may be reduced by the high likelihood of reinfection unless effective measures
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-4-evidence-review-development
April 09, 2025 - When a condition is a common cause of mortality, all-cause mortality is the desirable health outcome measure
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/depression-screening-2002
May 07, 2002 - The wide variation in interventions tested, outcome measures used, and timing of followup assessments … between differences in outcomes and patient and provider characteristics, use of particular outcome measures … researchers chose not to combine the results in a meta-analysis because the studies used different outcome measures
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary22/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation-september-2015
March 30, 2015 - studies, including uncontrolled and cross-sectional studies, have shown an association between various measures … and dosing), patient populations, and other factors, meta-analysis was not attempted for all outcome measures … Intermediate outcomes include various measure of iron status. … Intermediate outcomes include various measure of iron status.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/update-on-methods-insufficient-evidence---table-2
February 01, 2009 - Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence - Table 2
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Table 2. The 4 Domains of Information Pertinent to Clinical Decisionmaking for Preventive Services
Domain
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Final Research Plan
Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening
January 15, 2015
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government…
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May 01, 2002 - The wide variation in
interventions tested, outcome measures used, and
timing of follow-up assessments … between differences in outcomes and
patient and provider characteristics, use of particular
outcome measures … researchers chose not to combine the results in a
meta-analysis because the studies used different
outcome measures
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-primary-care-screening-for-and-treatment-of/depression-in-adults-screening
January 26, 2016 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Depression remission, prevalence, symptoms, and related measures of depression … recovery or response; sensitivity and specificity of selected screening measures to detect depression … Results were similar for 2 other continuous measures of depression symptom severity, but this trial did … The use of rating scales to identify post-natal depression. … Validation of two postpartum depression screening scales with a sample of First Nations and Métis women
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Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Clinical Summary
Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Clinical Summary
Population Asymptomatic U.S. children ages 6 to 24 months
Recommendation
No recommendation.
Grade: I statement (insufficient evidence)
Risk Assessme…
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August 01, 2021 - Screening for Gestational Diabetes: Clinician Summary for USPSTF Recommendation
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Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation
Screening for Gestational Diabetes
August 2021
The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone.
Clini…
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Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation
SCREENING FOR OBESITY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS:
CLINICAL SUMMARY OF USPSTF RECOMMENDATION
Population
Children and adolescents 6 to 18 y of age
Recommendation
Screen children aged 6 y and older…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/skin-cancer-screening
March 25, 2021 - Non-skin location
Risk reduction behaviors (e.g., skin self-examination, sun protective behaviors) or measures