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1121. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults, Children, and Adolescents: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      April 01, 2003 - Major outcomes in high-risk hypertensive patients randomized to Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor … The USPSTF found good evidence that [the service] improves important health outcomes and concludes that … The USPSTF found at least fair evidence that [the service] can improve health outcomes but concludes … Fair: Evidence is sufficient to determine effects on health outcomes, but the strength of the evidence … Poor: Evidence is insufficient to assess the effects on health outcomes because of limited number or

1122. Screening and Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2009 - These studies assess the effects of the preventive service on health outcomes. … Low The available evidence is insufficient to assess effects on health outcomes. … More information may allow an estimation of effects on health outcomes. … Trial outcomes included treatment response, which was defined differently across studies. … No con- trolled data were available for longer-term outcomes.

1123. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 15, 2009 - for vision impairment in older adults in primary care settings is associated with improved clinical outcomes … and early interventions for impairment of visual acuity by primary care physicians improve functional outcomes … evidence is insufficient on whether screening older adults for visual impairment improves functional outcomes … do not have cataract surgery. 13 , 14 No randomized trials were identified that evaluated clinical outcomes … for vision impairment in older adults in primary care settings is associated with improved clinical outcomes

1124. Jraqn9Em-Jtem94Ybdozz3 (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2012 - Conclusion: Behavioral counseling interventions improve behavioral outcomes for adults with risky drinking … Effectiveness for Improving Intermediate Outcomes Table 2 summarizes the results of meta-analyses for … The Figure shows the forest plots for 12-month outcomes from our meta-analyses for adults. … Similar sobriety outcomes at 3 to 5 years or longer have been reported (9). … Talk is cheap: measuring drinking outcomes in clinical trials. J Stud Alcohol. 2000;61:55-63.

1125. Archived: Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis: Screening 2011 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 06, 2010 - Adverse Health Outcomes from Studies, by Medication Appendix Table 5. … Screening Outcomes for Women Without Previous Vertebral Fractures* Appendix Figure 1. … Adverse outcomes from medications are addressed by key question 6. … Estrogen alone did not affect these outcomes in the WHI 100 , 136 , 137 . … Therefore, no direct evidence that screening improves outcomes is available.

1126. Archived: Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
      December 20, 2016 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Accuracy of screening tests, benefits of screening, harms of screening, … Eligible outcomes included reduced rates of symptomatic episodes and transmission (including measures … For KQ5b (effectiveness of interventions in pregnant women), eligible outcomes also included rates of … The questions are depicted by linkages that relate interventions and outcomes. … A dashed line indicates health outcomes that follow an intermediate outcome.

1127. Final Research Plan: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      October 04, 2018 - Does screening for high blood pressure in adults improve health outcomes … e.g., British Hypertension Society, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) Outcomes … The USPSTF received comments regarding the selection of outcomes, the importance of addressing the prevalence … In response, the USPSTF added symptomatic peripheral artery disease and vascular dementia as health outcomes

1128. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      May 08, 2012 - Four fair- and good-quality trials of counseling reported reduced IPV and improved birth outcomes for … Outcomes included reduced exposure to IPV, physical or mental harms, or mortality related to IPV. … The primary outcomes were exposure to abuse and quality of life in the 18 months after screening. … Birth outcomes were determined by reviewing participants' medical charts. … Maternal and neonatal outcomes of assaults during pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol . 2005;105:357-63.

1129. Nontraditional Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      July 17, 2018 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Cardiovascular events, mortality, risk assessment performance measures (calibration … evaluated the clinical effect of risk assessment with nontraditional risk factors on patient health outcomes … The questions are depicted by linkages that relate interventions and outcomes. … Outcomes: Study did not report required outcomes. Intervention: Intervention was out of scope. … Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2008;1(2):92-97. doi:10.1161 /CIRCOUTCOMES.108.831198 86.

1130. Archived: Evidence Summary: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary11/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
      July 15, 2008 - Screening other groups of adults has not been shown to improve outcomes. … delivery. 2 Citing a lack of evidence that screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria improves clinical outcomes … An additional prospective cohort study of outcomes of asymptomatic bacteriuria in diabetic women that … Two additional clinically important outcomes thought to be related to asymptomatic bacteriuria are renal … However, the study did not assess the effect of increased detection on clinical outcomes.

1131. Behavioral Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - The USPSTF found good evidence that [the service] improves important health outcomes and concludes that … The USPSTF found at least fair evidence that [the service] can improve health outcomes but concludes … Fair: Evidence is sufficient to determine effects on health outcomes, but the strength of the evidence … Poor: Evidence is insufficient to assess the effects on health outcomes because of limited number or … Teutsch, MD, MPH (Senior Director, Outcomes Research and Management, Merck & Company, Inc., West Point

1132. 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 - for this current recommendation focused on evidence that early treatment prevented long-term adverse outcomes … The Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation Study Investiga- tors. N Engl J Med. 2000;342:145-53. … These studies assess the effects of the preventive service on health outcomes. … Low The available evidence is insufficient to assess effects on health outcomes. … More information may allow an estimation of effects on health outcomes. * The U.S.

1133. 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 ( … evaluated the clinical effect of risk assessment with nontraditional risk factors on patient health outcomes … Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes . 2008;1(2):92-97. 86. Wong ND, Gransar H, Shaw L, et al. … The questions are depicted by linkages that relate interventions and outcomes. … Outcomes: Study did not report required outcomes. Intervention: Intervention was out of scope.

1134. Screening for Osteoporosis: An Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2010 - Adverse outcomes from medications are addressed by key question 6. … The trial was considered fair quality because it did not describe blinding of outcomes. … Estrogen alone did not affect these outcomes in the WHI (100, 136, 137). … Therefore, no direct evidence that screening im­ proves outcomes is available. … Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation (MORE) Investigators. JAMA. 1999;282:637-45.

1135. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast and Ovarian Cancer: BRCA Genetic Testing, September 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      September 15, 2005 - mutations increases (see outcomes for moderate- and high-risk women in Table 6 ). … of benefits and adverse effects for main outcomes. … All estimates in the outcomes table are based on cases of cancer, not mortality. … Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation. JAMA 1999;281:2189-97. 138. … Important outcomes considered.

1136. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      November 03, 2003 - measurement is clear from the established prospective links between BMI and multiple adverse health outcomes … age-dependent and does not account for body fat distribution, an independent risk factor for health outcomes … linked with more dramatic improvements in glycemic control and lipids in limited surgical (non-RCT) outcomes … Associations of general and abdominal obesity with multiple health outcomes in older women: the Iowa … (Senior Director, Outcomes Research and Management, Merck & Company, Inc., West Point, PA); Carolyn Westhoff

1137. 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 - , health outcomes, and harms. … Ecological studies and cardiovascular outcomes research. … The questions are depicted by linkages that relate interventions and outcomes. … A dashed line indicates health outcomes that follow an intermediate outcome. … Outcomes: Study did not have relevant outcomes or had incomplete outcomes.

1138. Archived: Evidence Summary (Pregnant and Postpartum Women): Screening for Depression in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-primary-care-screening-for-and-treatment-of/depression-in-adults-screening
      January 26, 2016 - Outcomes had to be reported at a minimum of 6 weeks after randomization. … More common outcomes showed potentially important absolute increases. … Interventions may result in changes in health outcomes as well (KQ4). … Outcomes: study did not have relevant outcomes or had incomplete outcomes. … to ascertain exposure and outcomes.

1139. Archived: Drug Use, Illicit: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-illicit-screening-january-2008
      January 15, 2008 - More trials are needed that specifically assess treatment outcomes for adolescents and pregnant women … In most trials, health outcomes were measured by indices of mental or physical health symptoms (e.g., … Evidence of the effect of treatment on social or legal outcomes is sparse and inconsistent, although … Despite the expectation that stopping or reducing drug use will translate into improved health outcomes … Studies of birth outcomes, however, have yielded mixed results with regard to the benefits of reducing

1140. Procedure Manual Appendix VI. Criteria for Assessing Internal Validity of Individual Studies | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 01, 2017 - valid (includes masking of outcome assessment) Clear definition of interventions All important outcomes … instruments are used and applied equally to all groups; interventions are spelled out clearly; all important outcomes … instruments are acceptable (although not the best) and generally applied equally; some but not all important outcomes