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September 09, 2021 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Depression outcomes; suicidal ideation, attempts, and
deaths; sensitivity … For continuous outcomes, change from baseline in each
group was the measure for analysis. … 95% CI,
1.23 to 2.02); 8 studies (n = 2302); I2 = 0%
However, no clear benefit in symptom severity
measures … Incorporating PROMIS symptom measures into
primary care practice—a randomized clinical trial. … comparing effects of various
antidepressant classes on the Digit Symbol
Substitution Test (DSST) as a measure
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/ovarian-cancer-screening
February 13, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Ovarian cancer mortality, false-positive screening results and surgery, … adequate randomization procedures and allocation concealment, blinded outcome assessment, reliable outcome measures
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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/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/document/evidence-summary5/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2011
January 15, 2011 - No trial evaluated the effects of treatment on school performance or other measures of function. … No trial evaluated effects of treatment compared with no treatment on school performance or other measures … 22%); mixed anisometropia and strabismus 34/97 (35%)
Fair
a Converted from Snellen metric measures
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August 09, 2016 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke in adulthood;
lipid concentrations … Outcomes
No direct evidence supports a link between lipid concentrations or
measures of atherosclerosis … .65,66 Reaching agree-
ment on acceptable surrogate end points, such as CIMT and other
atherosclerosis measures
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hiv-sexually-transmitted-diseases-behavioral-counseling-1996
January 01, 1996 - patients should be advised about risk factors for STDs and counseled appropriately about effective measures … Recommendations for physicians to counsel adolescent and adult patients on measures … patients should be advised about risk factors for STDs and counseled appropriately about effective measures … Patients at risk of STDs should receive information on their risk and be advised about measures to reduce … Effective measures include abstaining from sex, maintaining a mutually faithful monogamous sexual relationship
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December 01, 2007 - maintenance of comparable groups, important differential
loss to follow-up or overall high loss to follow-up, measure … One meta-analysis noted that the measure-
ment properties used among ultrasonography laboratories
varied … The primary perioperative complica-
tion measure in the studies was either death/stroke or
death/stroke
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January 01, 2024 - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Announces Addition of Three New Members: Experts in primary care, evidence-based medicine, and health disparities join the Task Force
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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Announces
Addition of Three New Members
Experts in primary …
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary11/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
December 15, 2007 - between 1994 and 2000 on harms of carotid endarterectomy. 48 The primary perioperative complication measure
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September 01, 2014 - Absolute measures are more easily interpreted, show more
directly relevant information, and better allow … Summary of Main Results of Meta-analyses
Outcome Studies, n Participants*, n Effect
Measure†
Estimate … An assessment of clinically useful
measures of the consequences of treatment. … Clinically useful measures of effect in binary anal-
yses of randomized trials.
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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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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
February 15, 2005 - and prosthetic graft infections. 3
There is a short-term impact of AAA screening on quality-of-life measures … These negative psychological measures returned to normal levels within 12 months after screening or surgery
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/rhd-incompatibility-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - D-positive fetus, which occurs in up to 9-10% of pregnancies, depending on race. 1 , 2 If no preventive measures … disease is now low, the incidence was at least 10/1,000 live births before the introduction of preventive measures
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Aspirin for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication
March 15, 2009
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of t…
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March 01, 2009 - Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: An Update of the Evidence
Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: An
Update of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Tracy Wolff, MD, MPH; Therese Miller, DrPH; and Stephen Ko, MD, MPH
Background: Coronary heart dise…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - ranges. 28 , 29 Current evidence is inadequate to determine the relative superiority of any of these measures … reports without internal controls, usually involving carefully selected patients and surrogate outcome measures
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January 01, 2001 - 5 for interme-
diate or health outcomes, respectively), and the associ-
ation between intermediate measures … measured by a DNA probe) are often
used in studies as indicators of efficacy; health out-
comes are measures … Beware of surrogate outcome
measures. Int J Tech Assess Health Care 1996;12:238–46.
20.
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August 01, 2016 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Accuracy of screening tests, benefits of screening, harms of
screening, reduction … Eli-
gible outcomes included reduced rates of symptomatic episodes
and transmission (including measures … For KQ4
(effects of antiviral medication on subclinical HSV-2 shedding),
we included any outcome measure … with no known history of
genital herpes
Studies are uncontrolled;
due to study design and
outcome measures
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March 01, 2016 - .18 Another trial reported no
effect on falls or fracture risk.19 Some studies showed improvements
in measures … function and quality of life associated with cataract sur-
gery, while others reported no effect on these measures