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721. Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2008 - More recently, wide- spread adoption of standardized hemoglobin A1c measure- ments has occurred, and … newer techniques for measure- ment are generally highly reproducible (10). … Data are lim- ited, however, and studies vary in outcome measures, char- acteristics of the screened … The re- searchers found that the former group had worse psycho- logical measures, although the negative

722. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Community prevalence provides only a crude measure of individual risk, however, and should not replace … Careful quality control measures and patient counseling are essential to limit the potential adverse … counseling, which should includes the purpose of the test, the meaning of reactive and nonreactive results, measures … the results, the distinctions between casual nonsexual contact and proven modes of HIV transmission, measures … Other measures to reduce the risk of infection (consistent use of condoms, etc.) should be specifically

723. Screening for Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2016 - Screening for adolescent depression: a comparison of depression scales. … tifying psychosocial dysfunction in school-age children: the Pediatric Symptom Checklist as a self-report measure … depression inventory”[TIAB] OR “depression inventories”[TIAB] OR “depression scale”[TIAB] OR “depression scales … ”[TIAB] OR “depression rating scale”[TIAB] OR “depression rating scales”[TIAB] OR “self report rating … scale”[TIAB] OR “self report rating scales”[TIAB] OR “mood and feelings questionnaire”[TIAB] OR “mood

724. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 01, 2016 - Another trial reported no effect on falls or fracture risk. 19 Some studies showed improvements in measures … function and quality of life associated with cataract surgery, while others reported no effect on these measures

725. Shared Decision-Making About Screening and Chemoprevention: A Suggested Approach (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - The measure of an informed and joint decision, however, should not vary (Figure 2).

726. Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendation Frequently Asked Questions (pdf file)
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     The PSA test measures the amount of prostate-specific antigen, a type of protein, in a man’s blood.

727. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review52/ocular-prophylaxis-for-gonococcal-ophthalmia-neonatorum-preventive-medication-2011
     July 15, 2011 - In the absence of preventive measures

728. Evidence Summary: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 13, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Ovarian cancer mortality, false-positive screening results and surgery, … adequate randomization procedures and allocation concealment, blinded outcome assessment, reliable outcome measures

729. Archived: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 03, 2003 - There are 2 scales of function commonly used in research on dementia: a 70‐point Alzheimer's Disease … However, the evidence of the effects of cholinesterase inhibitors on functional measures, such as instrumental … examined only the 4 highest quality RCTs found a small (approximately 3 percent) difference in cognitive scales

730. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 15, 2011 - No trial evaluated the effects of treatment on school performance or other measures of function. … No trial evaluated effects of treatment compared with no treatment on school performance or other measures … 22%); mixed anisometropia and strabismus 34/97 (35%) Fair a Converted from Snellen metric measures

731. Lipid Screening in Childhood and Adolescence for Detection of Familial Hypercholerolemia: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2016 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke in adulthood; lipid concentrations … Outcomes No direct evidence supports a link between lipid concentrations or measures of atherosclerosis … .65,66 Reaching agree- ment on acceptable surrogate end points, such as CIMT and other atherosclerosis measures

732. Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - maintenance of comparable groups, important differential loss to follow-up or overall high loss to follow-up, measure … One meta-analysis noted that the measure- ment properties used among ultrasonography laboratories varied … The primary perioperative complica- tion measure in the studies was either death/stroke or death/stroke

733. Archived: Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/skin-cancer-screening-july-2016
     July 26, 2016 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Melanoma incidence and mortality, harms from cancer screening, diagnostic … outcomes relating clinician skin examination to other risk factors (eg, sun-protection behaviors); or measures … differences in time to ascertainment of cancer outcomes that affect screening examination performance measures

734. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Announces Addition of Three New Members: Experts in primary care, evidence-based medicine, and health disparities join the Task Force (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Announces Addition of Three New Members: Experts in primary care, evidence-based medicine, and health disparities join the Task Force 1 www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Announces Addition of Three New Members Experts in primary …

735. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2007 - between 1994 and 2000 on harms of carotid endarterectomy. 48 The primary perioperative complication measure

736. 6Ngc3Byq9Jeby Pwyvd6Or (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - Absolute measures are more easily interpreted, show more directly relevant information, and better allow … Summary of Main Results of Meta-analyses Outcome Studies, n Participants*, n Effect Measure† Estimate … An assessment of clinically useful measures of the consequences of treatment. … Clinically useful measures of effect in binary anal- yses of randomized trials.

737. Archived: Evidence Summary (Pregnant and Postpartum Women): Screening for Depression in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 26, 2016 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Depression remission, prevalence, symptoms, and related measures of depression … recovery or response; sensitivity and specificity of selected screening measures to detect depression … Results were similar for 2 other continuous measures of depression symptom severity, but this trial did … The use of rating scales to identify post-natal depression. … Validation of two postpartum depression screening scales with a sample of First Nations and Métis women

738. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary10/aspirin-for-the-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication-2009
     March 15, 2009 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Evidence Summary Aspirin for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication March 15, 2009 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of t…

739. Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2009 - Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: An Update of the Evidence Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: An Update of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Tracy Wolff, MD, MPH; Therese Miller, DrPH; and Stephen Ko, MD, MPH Background: Coronary heart dise…

740. PII: S0749-3797(01)00261-6 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - 5 for interme- diate or health outcomes, respectively), and the associ- ation between intermediate measures … measured by a DNA probe) are often used in studies as indicators of efficacy; health out- comes are measures … Beware of surrogate outcome measures. Int J Tech Assess Health Care 1996;12:238–46. 20.