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41. Archived: Obesity: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - that are based on percentile distributions of body size attained at specific ages. 2 An alternative measure … Skinfold thickness is a more direct measure of adiposity than BMI and correlates well with body fat content … Body mass index as a measure of body fatness: age- and sex-specific prediction formulas. … Weight-for-height indices as measures of adiposity in children. … Use of anthropometric measures to assess weight loss.

42. Draft Research Plan: Vitamin, Mineral, and Multivitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 23, 2019 - effects on main outcomes (from trial evidence included for KQs 1 and 3) KQs 1, 3: Intermediate measures … of cardiovascular disease risk factors (i.e., systolic and diastolic blood pressure, lipid measures, … and glucose measures) Timing All-cause mortality: Minimum of 1 year of  followup All other

43. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: Clinician Summary (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2021 - Screen: Measure blood pressure with an office blood pressure measurement. 2. … Ways to measure blood pressure outside of the clinical setting include: • Ambulatory blood pressure … • Home blood pressure monitoring: patients measure their own blood pressure at home with an automated

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    November 01, 2015 - (A recom- mendation) The USPSTF recommends obtaining measure- ments outside of the clinical setting … Measure- ments are typically taken at 20- to 30-minute intervals. … 1.56) 1.40 (1.21–1.62) 1.36 (1.04–1.79) 1.02 (0.86–1.20) 1.13 (1.08–1.19) 1.09 (0.92–1.29) 0.5 21 Weights … adjusted) HR (95% CI) 1.17 (1.02–1.33) 1.23 (1.00–1.51) 1.39 (1.22–1.59) 1.22 (1.09–1.37) 0.5 21 Weights … the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures

45. Draft Research Plan: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 12, 2023 - Analytic Framework * Measures … KQ 1: Morphometric vertebral fractures; BMD; laboratory or functional measures of bone or muscle strength … or quality; fall efficacy measures; and basic activities of daily living.

46. Recommendation: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 27, 2021 - Screen: Measure blood pressure with an office blood pressure measurement. … Ways to measure blood pressure outside of the clinical setting include: Ambulatory blood pressure … Home blood pressure monitoring: patients measure their own blood pressure at home with an automated … Several comments requested clarification about specific techniques to accurately measure blood pressure … Some comments expressed concern about the burden and barriers patients may experience trying to measure

47. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    April 27, 2021 - Screen: Measure blood pressure with an office blood pressure measurement. 2. … Ways to measure blood pressure outside of the clinical setting include • Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring … • Home blood pressure monitoring: patients measure their own blood pressure at home with an automated … Several comments requested clarification about spe- cific techniques to accurately measure blood pressure … Some comments expressed concern about the burden and barriers patients may experience trying to measure

48. Evidence Summary: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 27, 2021 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Mortality; cardiovascular events; quality of life; sensitivity, specificity … analysis. 19 , 20 Results for KQ3 (confirmatory measurement) were stratified by the type of confirmatory measure … HBPM as a confirmatory method. 25 , 65 , 66 , 69 In these studies, participants were instructed to measure … reported mm Hg differences between measurement modalities or studies that only included κ values as a measure … Racial differences in abnormal ambulatory blood pressure monitoring measures: results from the Coronary

49. Evidence Summary: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 10, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Cardiovascular events, mortality, risk assessment performance measures ( … KQ2 studies were required to include a measure of calibration, discrimination, or reclassification ( … This analysis uses the change in C statistic to measure discrimination. … The most commonly used measure in this review was the Net Reclassification Index (NRI), which captures … Across all 3 nontraditional risk factors, less than half of studies reported a measure of calibration

50. Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    October 11, 2022 - Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk (continued) Intervention Time of outcome measurement Outcome measure … group therapy; psychoeduca-tion for parents 8 wk to 7 mo Functioning: Health of the Nation Outcome Scales … CBT, fluoxetine, and their combination; 1 on collaborative care) (n = 2152) Psychotherapy Varied by measure … resulting from psychotherapy interventions, but this finding was statistically significant for only 1 measure … Screening for adolescent depression: a comparison of depression scales.

51. Draft Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 17, 2020 - PSG as the comparator Outcomes KQs 1, 5: Mortality, quality of life (both disease-specific measures … , such as the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire, and general measures, such as the 36-Item Short-Form … Health Survey); measures of sleepiness; motor vehicle crashes; cardiovascular events (including ischemic

52. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 12, 2015 - the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures … Ambulatory Monitoring of Systolic Blood Pressure, Adjusted for Office Blood Pressure   Weights … and Death: Home Monitoring of Systolic Blood Pressure, Adjusted for Office Blood Pressure Weights

53. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 12, 2015 - the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures … , Adjusted for Office Blood Pressure   Weights … Pressure, Adjusted for Office Blood Pressure Weights

54. Final Research Plan: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 03, 2015 - Additionally, the figure illustrates how nontraditional risk factor assessment may improve measures of … risk factors in addition to traditional risk factors to predict cardiovascular disease risk improve measures … 4: CVD events (e.g., myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident) and/or mortality KQ 2: Measures

55. Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 22, 2015 - than fractures that do not lead to an emergency department visit or hospitalization Quality of life measures … not listed in the inclusion criteria Disability measures other than activities of daily life and/or … instrumental activities of daily life Falls Efficacy Scale Function measures (e.g., Performance-Oriented … Balance Scale) KQ 2: Minor adverse events that are reported using nonvalidated, nongeneralizable measures

56. Archived: Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 22, 2015 - than fractures that do not lead to an emergency department visit or hospitalization Quality of life measures … not listed in the inclusion criteria Disability measures other than activities of daily life and/or … instrumental activities of daily life Falls Efficacy Scale Function measures (e.g., Performance-Oriented … Balance Scale) KQ 2: Minor adverse events that are reported using nonvalidated, nongeneralizable measures

57. Screening for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Where Is the Evidence? (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2005 - is important to note that the USPSTF did not recommend that primary care clinicians not weigh and measure … Although BMI is a convenient and widely agreed-upon measure of obesity, it is not clear what BMI at … screening for overweight in children/adolescents improves age-appropriate behavioral or physiologic measures … interventions lead to improved intermediate outcomes, including behavioral, physiologic or weight-related measures … screening for overweight in children/adolescents improves age-appropriate behavioral or physiologic measures

58. Draft Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 21, 2022 - reported in studies KQ 1: Basic activities of daily living Falls Efficacy Scale Function measures … Balance Scale) KQ 2: Minor adverse events that are reported using nonvalidated, nongeneralizable measures

59. Screening and Interventions for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2005 - The USPSTF found fair evidence that body mass index (BMI) is a reasonable measure for identifying children … Clinical Considerations • It is important to measure and monitor growth over time in all children … weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) percentile for age and sex is the preferred measure … Single BMI measures track reasonably well from childhood and adolescence (aged 6-18 years) into young … Use of the body mass index (BMI) as a measure of overweight in children and adolescents.

60. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 11, 2005 - The USPSTF found fair evidence that body mass index (BMI) is a reasonable measure for identifying children … Clinical Considerations It is important to measure … weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) percentile for age and sex is the preferred measure … Single BMI measures track reasonably well from childhood and adolescence (aged 6-18 years) into young … Use of the body mass index (BMI) as a measure of overweight in children and adolescents.