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841. Using Nontraditional Risk Factors in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     October 01, 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

842. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary27/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction-2013
     April 15, 2013 - Limitation:  Data on mortality and adherence measures and for women who are nonwhite, are premenopausal … We developed selection criteria for studies based on the patient populations, interventions, outcome measures … Discriminatory accuracy is a measure of how well the model can correctly classify persons at higher risk … We also abstracted model calibration, a measure of how well predicted probabilities agree with actual … Measures of adherence and persistence in clinical trials may not be similar for patients in clinical

843. Fbqmoapkebekmj7Aqmale5 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - several drug therapies and nonpharmacologic interventions have a small effect on cognitive function measures … The USPSTF found adequate evi- dence that interventions targeted to caregivers have a small effect on measures … cognitive stimulation with or without cognitive training seems to improve global cog- nitive function measures … dementia with several drug therapies and nonpharmacologic interventions results in small improvements in measures

844. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening and Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - one with a concurrent control group, have demonstrated significantly increased use of sun protection measures … Community or worksite educational interventions may increase the use of these sun protection measures … Evaluating the efficacy of skin self-exam and other surveillance measures in persons at various levels … Adolescent use of sun-protection measures. Med J Aust . 1989;151:136–140. [ PubMed ] 63.

845. Lipid Screening in Childhood and Adolescence for Detection of Multifactorial Dyslipidemia: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2016 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Outcomes included dyslipidemia (TC�200 mg/dL or LDL-C�130 mg/dL) and atherosclerosis … Laboratory measures and macronutrient and micronutrient intake were measured at several time points.

846. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - 6 6 6 5 6 3 6 6 3 6 6 6 12 6 6 4 6 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 Analyzed, n Follow-up, mo Weights … 1601 24/202 8/156 21/126 26/201 20/284 6/152 17/216 4/129 12/144 138/1610 Control Events, n/N Weights … 105 184 111 131 171 171 56 120 191 74 220 82 93 79 25 96 153 69 99 Analyzed, n Weights … 60 81 94 132 121 111 195 130 271 221 25 95 96 74 99 157 153 192 155 Analyzed, n Weights … The IQCODE versus a single-item informant measure to dis- criminate between cognitively intact individuals

847. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 20, 2017 - raloxifene vs. aromatase inhibitors Comparisons with other types of medications Outcomes KQ 1: Measures

848. Use of Medications to Reduce Risk for Primary Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review of the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - Limitation: Data on mortality and adherence measures and for women who are nonwhite, are premenopausal … developed selection criteria for studies based on the patient populations, interventions, outcome measures … Discriminatory accuracy is a measure of how well the model can correctly classify persons at higher risk … We also abstracted model calibration, a measure of how well predicted prob- abilities agree with actual … Measures of ad- herence and persistence in clinical trials may not be similar for patients in clinical

849. Screening Adults for Bladder Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2010 - Screening Adults for Bladder Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Screening Adults for Bladder Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Roger Chou, MD, and Tracy Dana, MLS Background: Bladder cancer is 1 of the 10 most frequently diag- nosed…

850. Evidence Summary: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 08, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Prostate cancer and all-cause mortality; false-positive screening results … 78 also found no evidence of an adverse effect of radical prostatectomy on generic quality-of-life measures … , 70-73 , 75 , 77 , 78 , 86 suggest no substantive adverse effect of radiation therapy on general measures … Radical prostatectomy not associated with decrement in generic measures of quality of life vs conservative … Radiation therapy not associated with decrement in generic measures of quality of life vs conservative

851. Procedure Manual Section 10. References | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 10, 2017 - Procedure Manual Section 10. References Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print References Butler M, Talley KM, Burns R, Ripley A, Rothman A, Johnson P, et al. Values of Older Adults Related to Primary and Second…

852. Archived: Letter to the Editor and Response from the Evidence-Based Practice Center: Human Papillomavirus Testing to Screen for Cervical Cancer: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 15, 2012 - round screening and followup, perhaps with linkage to registries) and for a larger array of process measures

853. Final Recommendation Statement: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 12, 2019 - Measures of depression symptoms are useful in predicting future perinatal depression, although more data … difference was not statistically significant. 2 Thirteen trials reported continuous symptom score measures … compared with control groups. 2 Trials reported other maternal or child outcomes; however, outcome measures

854. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review of the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2018 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Number of falls (number of unexpected events in which a person comes to rest … .78,79 A 2016 systematic review of tools for assessing risk of falls concluded that no single test or measure … included in the review (56 measures in- cluding 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 in- dividuals, combining measures may help to accurately predict fu- ture falls; however

855. Recommendation: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 12, 2019 - Measures of depression symptoms are useful in predicting future perinatal depression, although more data … difference was not statistically significant. 2 Thirteen trials reported continuous symptom score measures … compared with control groups. 2 Trials reported other maternal or child outcomes; however, outcome measures

856. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 01, 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

857. Zyao53-Sqrb6Ozzkzdmjjt (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2003 - beyond age 74.50 Approaches to Screening BMI, the most common screening test for obesity, is easy to measure … Body mass index as a measure of body fatness: age- and sex-specific prediction formulas. … Body mass index as a measure of body fatness in the elderly. Eur J Clin Nutr. 1989;43:231–236. 57.

858. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 01, 2002 - vs 21 percent) than patients receiving watchful waiting, but both groupsreported similar outcomes on measures

859. Lsbrgfwsvekvzhcxwjtuxv (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2016 - We used a random- effects model to combine relative risks (RRs) as the effect measure of the meta-analyses … Breast cancer mortality was the main outcome measure, and all trials evaluated differ- ences between … Studies provided heterogeneous measures of breast cancer severity and generally reported early-stage … of incidence rates between screening versus nonscreening populations would provide more appropriate measures … 164 No. 4 • 16 February 2016 www.annals.org comes of these 2 types of women may not provide valid measures

860. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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     January 14, 2025 - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures 1 www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures Screening for osteoporosis can help…