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101. Screening for Obesity and Intervention for Weight Management in Children and Adolescents: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2017 - Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality (ie, was poor quality) using study-design … When pooling any weight measure, standardized mean differences in change between groups were used. … Orlistat Only 1 orlistat trial reported quality-of-life measures. … From From Mean Difference Through End of Baseline, Baseline, in Change From 12 moSource Treatment) Measure … Fasting plasma glucose was the only insulin or glucose measure with sufficient data to pool.

102. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2012 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary45/skin-cancer-counseling-2012
     May 15, 2012 - measures of sun exposure; or total, which are cumulative estimates of sun exposure. … Six case-control studies included some measure of total sun exposure, either during childhood, during … Most studies used crude measures of indoor tanning exposure. … Only 1 of 6 negative studies adjusted for both skin phenotype and some measure of sun exposure 90 . … Both of these studies, however, used only a crude dichotomous measure of sunscreen use.

103. Archived: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd-august-2014
     August 26, 2014 - One trial, the Risk Factor Intervention Study, showed a reduction in a composite measure of CVD events … The results for self-reported quality-of-life measures were mixed. … Three trials of combined lifestyle counseling showed improvement in selected measures of quality of life … with reductions in measures of weight and sustained improvements in healthy lifestyle behaviors. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014.  U.S.

104. Archived: Obesity: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … 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.

105. Recommendation: High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 10, 2020 - defined as a blood pressure measurement above 140/90 mm Hg. 1 , 9 Screening Tests Best practice is to measure … Various measures of association were reported across studies. … ratios ranged from 1.45 to 3.60, and hazard ratios (HRs) ranged from 2.8 to 3.2. 1 Predictive accuracy measures … increased left ventricular mass and carotid intima-media thickness. 1 , 5 As a result, intermediate measures … The associations among childhood hypertension, adulthood hypertension, and surrogate measures of cardiovascular

106. Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 09, 2018 - Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine of unknown cause with a Cobb angle (a measure … The clinician repeats the visual inspection of the spine.1,4 A scoli- ometer, which measures the angle … Scoliometer A noninvasive, handheld instrument used to measure the angle of trunk rotation. … measures im- proved at 12 months in the intervention group compared with mar- ginal improvements or … unchanging measures in the control group.

107. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults, Children, and Adolescents: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 01, 2003 - There are some data to suggest that ambulatory blood pressure measurement (that provides a measure of … When performed correctly, sphygmomanometry provides a measure of blood pressure that is highly correlated … Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provides a measure of average blood pressure over 24 hours as opposed … How to measure blood pressure. JAMA 1995;273:1211–8. 13. McAlister FA, Straus SE. … Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, November 2002. 19.

108. Final Research Plan: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 15, 2013 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … hospitalization for coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, transient ischemic attack; composite measures … concordance for hypertension (e.g., r, r 2 , p-value for comparison of or difference of means) KQ 3a:  Measures … years, 10 years) KQ 5: Psychological effects of labeling Absenteeism Quality … review   Language English Other languages than English Study quality

109. Archived: Final Research Plan: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan6/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-october-2015
     September 15, 2013 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … hospitalization for coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, transient ischemic attack; composite measures … concordance for hypertension (e.g., r, r 2 , p-value for comparison of or difference of means) KQ 3a:  Measures … years, 10 years) KQ 5: Psychological effects of labeling Absenteeism Quality … review   Language English Other languages than English Study quality

110. Archived: Final Research Plan: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan6/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
     September 15, 2013 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … hospitalization for coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, transient ischemic attack; composite measures … concordance for hypertension (e.g., r, r 2 , p-value for comparison of or difference of means) KQ 3a:  Measures … years, 10 years) KQ 5: Psychological effects of labeling Absenteeism Quality … review   Language English Other languages than English Study quality

111. Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthy 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 26, 2022 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES CVD events, CVD risk factors, diet and physical activity measures, and harms … Quality: Study was of poor quality. … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … Research and Quality; 2018. AHRQ publication 18- 05239-EF-1. 19. … In: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, eds.

112. Final Evidence Summary: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 25, 2020 - in which continuous outcomes were measured using a variety of different instruments with differing scales … Functional assessment scales in detecting dementia. … The IQCODE versus a single-item informant measure to discriminate between cognitively intact individuals … Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality. … across studies, with many providing little data on precise scales used Moderate evidence of small

113. Final Research Plan: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 05, 2015 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … measurement tests, or both (e.g., sensitivity, specificity, reliability) Fracture risk prediction (measures … rashes) KQ 1: Nonvalidated fractures and their related morbidity and mortality Bone density measures … 3: Case series, case reports KQs 4, 5: Nonsystematic reviews, case series, case reports Quality … Good and fair quality Poor quality Language English Languages other than English

114. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2018 - Central DXA measures BMD at the hip and lumbar spine. … reviewed by the USPSTF used central DXA to determine eli- gibility for study enrollment.4,6 Peripheral DXA measures … predicting fracture risk as DXA, while avoiding the risk of radiation exposure; however, it does not measure … Central DXA uses radiation to measure BMD at central bone sites (hip and lumbar spine), which is the … National Committee for Quality Assurance.

115. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2020 - depression measures. … Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality. … c Global function measure compares improving or maintaining global function vs a decline in global function … Functional assessment scales in detecting dementia. … The IQCODE versus a single-item informant measure to discriminate between cognitively intact individuals

116. Z8Avschjezubsjtdsx424H (pdf file)
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     May 23, 2019 - , found no significant effect on mean drinks per week, the only outcome measure it reported (60). … Burton et al., 1995 (88) United States Poor quality: Single alcohol outcome measure not clearly defined … Logsdon et al., 1989 (91) United States Poor quality: Use of single alcohol outcome measure without definition … Persson and Magnusson, 1989 (92) Sweden Poor quality: Alcohol consumption measures reported for intervention … The measures used to determine eligibility for the study and to measure outcomes (Substance Use Screening

117. 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. … deliberation of the evidence, the USPSTF considers whether any new evidence is of sufficient strength and quality … from 5 studies (n = 1321) suggested that screening is not associated with any substantial short- term quality … The US Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) support the operations … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2021. AHRQ publication 20- 05265-EF-1. 9.

118. Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2022 - The mean or median baseline AHI (or similar measure) for most trials was in the severe OSA range (AHI … Results shown as a mean difference in scores for each sleep-related QOL measure are provided in eFigure … Six RCTs reported on at least 1 QOL measure. 76 , 89 , 120 , 121 , 129 , 131 , 132 Overall, results … its construct validity (ie, authors have expressed uncertainty regarding whether it is an accurate measure … Studies Outcome measure

119. Behavioral Interventions and Counseling to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect: A Systematic Review to Update the USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - Primary Funding Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … of studies by using the PICOTS (population, interven- tion, comparator, outcomes, timing of outcomes measure … All studies were rated fair-quality, rather than good-quality, because of specific methodological limitations … Main Results of Trials With Greater Than 50% Adherence to the Intervention* Outcome Measure Intervention … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2004.

120. doi:10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00122-3 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2003 - When performed correctly, sphygmomanometry provides a measure of blood pressure that is highly correlated … Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provides a measure of average blood pressure over 24 hours as opposed … www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/jncintro.htm studies found that ambulatory blood pressure measure … How to measure blood pressure. JAMA 1995;273:1211–8. 13. McAlister FA, Straus SE. … Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, November 2002.