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161. Screening Women for Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review to Update teh 2004 USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - To measure the performance of screen- ing techniques, we included diagnostic accuracy studies of screening … women completed the Composite Abuse Scale, a 30-item self-administered validated research instrument to measure … Results of the analysis of a measure developed to monitor adverse effects for this trial (Consequences … Comparison between the abuse assessment screen and the revised conflict tactics scales for measuring … Self-report instrument for adults that assesses abuse and neglect in childhood and includes separate scales

162. Sbmxphuqwo-Dc85Fj5Whf (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2015 - For diagnostic accuracy of confirmatory BP measure- ment methods, eligible study populations had an initial … Prediction of Cardiovascular Events by BP Measurement Method We identified a reference standard for BP measure … Although automated OBPM methods offer the advantages of repeated measure- ments in the absence of medical … On the basis of the prognostic evidence, we se- lected ABPM as the reference standard for BP measure- … the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures

163. C-Reactive Protein as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2009 - In particular, they did not systematically assess the degree of adjustment for standard measures of CHD … other confounding factors were included in the model; whether the investigators re- ported model fit measures … , discrimination measures, or model calibration statistics separately for models with and without CRP … They note that measures of risk reclassification are probably better than the c-statistic for assessing … Non-HDL choles- terol, apolipoproteins A-I and B100, standard lipid measures, lipid ratios, and Clinical

164. Screening for Preeclampsia US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2017 - concludes with moderate certainty that screening for preeclampsia in pregnant women with blood pressure measure … Measures of anxiety over time did not change but were collected from less than half of the study participants

165. Recommendation: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 19, 2023 - risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy may help improve equitable dissemination of preventive measures

166. Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     March 20, 2018 - Results were qualitatively summarized but not pooled because of heterogeneity of measures. … country, in- clusion criteria, age, sex, race/ethnicity), intervention details, length of follow-up, measure … The individual items and scales measuring sun pro- tection behaviors were variable across trials and … Measures were heterogeneous enough to preclude pooling of results. … However, a more expansive measure of skin awareness did appear to be a sig- nificant independent predictor

167. Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2002 - Because of limitations in the precision of testing, a minimum of 2 years may be needed to reliably measure … Several other radiologic methods that measure bone density at peripheral sites2 (including sites in the … difficulty in using test results to provide accurate information to the patients because techniques used to measure

168. Archived: Suicide Risk: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - access to potential instruments of suicide, and treatment of underlying conditions. 18 Although these measures … Effects on less specific outcome measures, such as feelings of hopelessness, 34 have been reported. … with suspected suicidal ideation, 41 , 42 but no reliable data on the long-term effectiveness of this measure … can best identify persons who require nonlethal quantities of prescription drugs, or whether these measures

169. Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2003 - • Other measures for preventing skin cancer include avoiding direct exposure to midday sun (between … sunlight by staying indoors or in the shade or by wearing protective clothing is the most effective measure … educational interventions have demonstrated effectiveness for increasing the use of skin protection measures … increased sun exposure.25 The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) concluded that sun-protective measures

170. Archived: Depression: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - collection techniques for controls, short follow-up, and the use of questionnaire scores as outcome measures … Screening for adolescent depression: a comparison of depression scales. … Recognizing depression: a comparison of family physicians ratings, self-report, and interview measures

171. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 20, 2017 - Clinically Important Weight Loss Research studies use a standardized measure ( z score) of BMI known … This measure helps compare results among children of different ages and over time as children grow. … improvements in lipid or fasting plasma glucose levels but some improvements in insulin or glucose measures … One trial reported quality-of-life measures and found no differences between intervention and placebo … The use of measures of obesity in childhood for predicting obesity and the development of obesity-related

172. Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 10, 2018 - studies included home visitation, there was sig- nificant heterogeneity in study design and outcome measure … Outcomes were characterized as direct or proxy measures. … Direct measures include direct evidence of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect; reports to … Proxy measures include in- juries with a high specificity of abuse, visits to the emergency de- partment … Other measures reviewed include social, emotional, and de- velopmental outcomes.

173. 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

174. Archived: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 25, 2017 - Measures of anxiety over time did not change but were collected from less than half of the study participants

175. PII: S0749-3797(01)00266-5 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - accurately on nonfasting venous or capillary blood samples, but LDL-C requires fasting samples for accurate measure

176. Evidence Summary: Anxiety Disorders in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 20, 2023 - Standardized mean difference between groups (Hedges g) was the measure used for analysis, based on change … also found almost identical absolute change in its primary outcome of the General Severity Index, a measure … A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7. … Brief Symptom Inventory–Anxiety; CBT, cognitive behavioral therapy; DASS, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales … to 22 wk of follow-up Absolute differences in change ranged from −1.5 to 0.3 on 16- and 40-point scales

177. Archived: Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis: Screening 2011 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 06, 2010 - We did not include internally validated measures (imputation methods or cross-validation). … ‡ Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure, adjusted for age, weight, and clinic center. … § Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure, adjusted for age and clinic. … b Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure. ** Per SD reduction in QUS measure, adjusted for age, previous … ‡ Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure, adjusted for age, weight, and clinic center.

178. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Research Gaps for Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - KQ5: Measures of academic skills or achievement (e.g., early literacy skills), parental/caregiver … is typically derived from RCTs of the targeted screening or preventive intervention that adequately measure

179. Modeling Study: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 21, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Lifetime number of tests, colposcopies, disease detection, false-positive … These measures were calculated as the cumulative number of events or time spent in the different health … For ratios that used colposcopies as a measure of harm, all strategies that referred hrHPV-positive women … When number of colposcopies was used as the measure of harm, cytology testing alone every 3 years was … associated with very low (ie, efficient) ratios; however, when using total tests as the measure of harm

180. Evidence Summary: Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 01, 2023 - pregnancy 26 Small numbers in each comparison, effects possibly due to chance, studies used different measures … observational studies; n >14,438 No effect for a large majority of comparisons and outcomes 31-41 Variable measures … case-control 16 ); n = 761,125 Studies set in 4 countries (Israel, Sweden, Denmark, Norway); varied measures … in the risk of childhood asthma, wheezing, or allergies by timing 31 , 33 , 34 , 40 , 41 Variable measures