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181. Benefits and Harms of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for Prostate Cancer: An Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2008 - and content experts, we chose a broad definition of PSA screening that included evolving prognostic measures … However, a comparison of the per- formance characteristics of such measures with traditional single-threshold … differential loss to follow-up or overall high loss to follow- up; use of equal, valid, and reliable outcome measure … Although abnormal screening results did not affect sum- mary measures of anxiety or health-related quality … However, in the initial screening round of an RCT, health-related quality-of-life measures were not neg

182. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 03, 2003 - techniques, such as bioelectrical impedance, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and total body water can measure … Clinicians may use the waist circumference as a measure of central adiposity. … The BMI is easy to measure, highly reliable, and highly correlated with percentage of body fat and body … 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.

183. Archived: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 15, 2008 - that both pharmacologic therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation improve respiratory-related health status measures … , but the relationship of these measures to clinically meaningful functional outcomes is not well established … randomized, controlled trials of treatment found small improvements in exacerbations, health status measures

184. Final Research Plan: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 25, 2021 - Non-skin location Risk reduction behaviors (e.g., skin self-examination, sun protective behaviors) or measures

185. Archived: Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 17, 2002 - reporting radiographically verified, nontraumatic fracture outcomes, because fractures are a stronger measure … caffeine; not walking for exercise; lack of ambulation; inability to rise from a chair; poor scores on two measures … Bone Density Tests Several technologies are available to measure bone density, 55-58 although correlations … risk is determined not only by bone density, but also by bone characteristics that are difficult to measure … Meta-analysis of how well measures of bone mineral density predict occurrence of osteoporotic fractures

186. Procedure Manual Section 5. Modeling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 05, 2017 - comparator, outcome, timing, and setting) framework to specify the scenarios to be modeled, required outcome measures … , scenarios to be modeled, populations and settings to be targeted and/or compared, desired outcome measures

187. Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2002 - reporting radiographically verified, nontraumatic fracture outcomes, because fractures are a stronger measure … caffeine; not walking for exercise; lack of ambulation; inability to rise from a chair; poor scores on 2 measures … Bone Density Tests Several technologies are available to measure bone density,55-58 although correlations … risk is determined not only by bone density, but also by bone characteristics that are difficult to measure … Meta-analysis of how well measures of bone mineral density predict occurrence of osteoporotic fractures

188. Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adults: Clinical Summary Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adults: Clinical Summary Population Adults aged ≥18 y without known hypertension Recommendation Screen for high blood pressure; obtain measurements outside of the clinical setting for diagnostic confirmat…

189. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - Interventions and measures were heterogeneous. Most trials examined only cig- arette smoking. … We relied on measures of self- reported smoking because biochemical verification was not reported or … In addition, a sensitivity analysis of 4 stud- ies that had similar outcome measures (for example, smok … The definition of what constituted a smoker at base- line and the primary outcome measure differed among … First, there were inconsistent mea- sures of baseline smoking status and outcome measures.

190. Vc8Slesu493Dfqmmkadxgl (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2003 - techniques, such as bioelectrical impedance, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and total body water can measure … Clinicians may use the waist circumference as a measure of central adiposity. … The BMI is easy to measure, highly reliable, and highly correlated with percentage of body fat 4 … 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.

191. Draft Recommendation: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 05, 2025 - instruments for UAU in this population were limited in quantity with lower sensitivity and specificity measures … studies, 3 did not demonstrate statistical significance. 1 Generally studies reported different outcome measures … [95% CI, 0.51 to 0.94], p=0.017; 4.8% in the IG vs. 7.8% in the CG). 1 This study did not directly measure … quantity of evidence, lack of generalizability to US populations, and lower sensitivity and specificity measures

192. Information for Professionals | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is a 21-item, self-report rating inventory that measures

193. Recommendation: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 18, 2024 - BMI is an imperfect measure of adiposity and is not an equivalent measure of adiposity across all racial … studies with more contact hours (≥26 contact hours), the mean difference in change in quality-of-life measures … was 3.8 points (95% CI, 3.6 to 4.1) (most scales ranged from 0-100). 1 , 10 No studies reported longer-term … improvement in weight-related quality of life than placebo (mean difference, 5.3 [95% CI, 0.2 to 8.3]) (scales … The PedsQL 4.0 as a pediatric population health measure: feasibility, reliability, and validity.

194. Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease With Nontraditional Risk Factors: US Preventive Services Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - alone; and whether adding nontraditional risk factors to existing CVD risk assessment models improves measures … CAC score is obtained by electron-beam or multidetector CT, which measure the calcium content in the … Coronary artery calcium score is obtained by electron-beam or multidetector computed tomography, which measure … assessment with traditional risk assessment plus the ABI, hsCRP level, or CAC scores are needed to measure … Calibration measures the agreement between ob- served and predicted outcomes, discrimination measures

195. Clinical Summary: Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease With Nontraditional Risk Factors (pdf file)
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     CAC score is obtained by electron-beam or multidetector CT, w hich measure the calcium content in the

196. Draft Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 25, 2024 - coronary artery calcium scoring or the ankle brachial index to predict cardiovascular disease risk improve measures

197. Final Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 26, 2024 - Does the use of coronary artery calcium scoring to predict cardiovascular disease risk improve measures

198. Final Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 01, 2025 - or decrease in protective behaviors Healthcare avoidance Psychological harms Self-reported measures

199. Draft Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 24, 2025 - likelihood ratios, and diagnostic odds ratios (or ability to calculate such outcomes from data provided); measures

200. Draft Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 16, 2025 - decrease in protective behaviors Healthcare avoidance Psychological harms Self-reported measures