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341. Nominate a Recommendation Statement Topic | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 01, 2019 - Nominate a Recommendation Statement Topic Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Anyone - including individuals and organizations - can nominate a topic for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) to cons…

342. Recommendation: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 24, 2020 - A variety of self-reported quality-of-life measures were reported in 11 trials. … reported intermediate health outcomes. 11 , 16 Commonly reported intermediate outcomes included objective measures … There was substantial variability in the measures reported, and most outcomes were reported in fewer

343. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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     is typically derived from RCTs of the targeted screening or preventive intervention that adequately measure

344. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2009 - Treatments can improve or delay the worsening of proximal and distal measures of vision. … - sory deficits, such as vision, are beneficial when there is evidence on improvements in objective measures … but a lack of evidence of improvements of subjective measures.

345. Archived: Evidence Summary: Folic Acid for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/folic-acid-for-the-prevention-of-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-january-2017
     January 10, 2017 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Neural tube defects, harms of treatment (twinning, respiratory outcomes) … Estimates of folate sufficiency of intake vary widely by measure. … exposure data collected during pregnancy   Source Outcome Exposed Not Exposed Measure … majority of comparisons and outcomes 25-30 , 32-36 Consistent Precise Undetected   Variable measures … , wheezing, or allergies by timing 25-27 , 33 , 35 Consistent Precise Undetected   Variable measures

346. Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (pdf file)
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     March 06, 2023 - Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org 1 USPSTF Bulletin Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy All pregnant people should have their b…

347. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (pdf file)
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     September 19, 2023 - Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy 1 www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy All pregnant people should have their blood pressure measur…

348. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary46/skin-cancer-screening-2009
     February 15, 2009 - Many studies measure accuracy through the use of photographs of lesions of known histopathology. … Other studies measure accuracy by following the referral patterns and ultimate histopathology of lesions

349. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation-september-2015
     September 07, 2015 - Accuracy of Screening Tests The primary screening test for anemia is to measure serum hemoglobin or … Serum ferritin, which is often used to measure iron status, may have limited use during pregnancy because … identification and correction of iron deficiency anemia plays an important role and whether current measures

350. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 06, 2017 - tests, the efficacy and harms of early treatment, and the association between changes in intermediate measures … impairment, in which there was adequate evidence that some interventions resulted in improvements in some measures … is typically derived from RCTs of the targeted screening or preventive intervention that adequately measure … the Task Force carefully considers the applicability to clinical practice of "efficacy" trials, which measure … The Task Force ultimately seeks to weight its recommendations with "effectiveness" trials, which measure

351. Archived: Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Age 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 05, 2014 - caries (in the child, a sibling, or mother), lack of access to dental care, and inadequate preventive measures … Information from a clinical evaluation has also been proposed, as well as qualitative or quantitative measure … associated with dental caries in young children include lack of access to dental care; inadequate preventive measures … The evidence is limited in that measures of early childhood fluoride exposure were based on parental … Systemic fluoride also provides some measure of topical effects, as it is found in the saliva and bathes

352. Folic Acid Supplementation for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2009 - Folic Acid Supplementation for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: An Update of the Evidence Folic Acid Supplementation for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: An Update of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Tracy Wolff, MD, MPH; Catherine Takacs Witkop, MD, MPH; Therese Miller, DrPH; and …

353. Final Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 17, 2015 - likelihood ratios, and diagnostic odds ratios (or ability to calculate such outcomes from data provided); measures

354. Screening for Food Insecurity: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2025 - screening varies across practice settings.28 Additionally, some health care systems use screening tools to measure … However, there was no impact on other quality-of-life mea- sures; physiologic measures of blood pressure … Inadequacy of current screening measures for health-related social needs.

355. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-2007
     July 15, 2007 - (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) measures

356. Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention in Adults Without Known CVD Risk Factors: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     July 11, 2017 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Cardiometabolic health and intermediate outcomes, behavioral outcomes, and … The standard- ized effect size when pooling 46 trials that reported any continu- ous measure of physical … Only 4 trials reported measures of sedentary behavior inde- pendent of physical activity behavior. … variable levels of evi- dence of the reliability and validity of the measures. … The tools and summary variables used to measure physical activity were even more inconsistent.

357. Archived: Final Modeling Report: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-modeling-report/breast-cancer-screening-2009
     November 15, 2009 - Outcome Measures: Number of mammograms, reduction in deaths from breast cancer or life-years gained … Harms As measures of the burden that a regular screening program imposes on a population, 3 different … For a particular model, a strategy that requires more mammographies (our measure of resource use) but … If program benefits are measured in life-years, the measure most commonly used in cost-effectiveness … Performance Measures for 3,884,059 Screening Mammography Examinations from 1996 to 2007 by Age & Time

358. Screening for Skin Cancer: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2009 - Many studies measure accuracy through the use of photographs of lesions of known histopathology. … Other studies measure accuracy by following the referral patterns and ultimate histopathology of lesions

359. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary34/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-2007
     July 15, 2007 - identified by the screening results, interventions for those diagnosed with dyslipidemia, and outcome measures … and/or CHD-related events. 66 , 79-120 Thirty studies examined overweight or body fat composition measures … factor for dyslipidemia. 79-82 , 84-86 , 89-95 , 99 , 101-104 , 106-112 , 114 , 115 , 117 , 119 These measures … to show the magnitude of the effect of overweight on lipids, or the impact that incorporating weight measures

360. Final Evidence Summary: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 02, 2020 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Mortality, morbidity, quality of life, screening and treatment harms, and … than 3 points on the 0 to 100 36-Item Short Form Health Survey physical and mental component summary scales … eg, less than 3 points on the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey physical and mental component summary scales … The dashed line indicates the overall measure of effect.  … Dashed lines indicate the overall measures of effect; overall estimates were from mixed-effects models