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61. Draft Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity and Glaucoma in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/impaired-visual-acuity-glaucoma-in-adults-screening
    February 13, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … of life; functional capacity, including ability to drive and driving outcomes; other measures of morbidity … specificity; positive and negative predictive values, areas under the receiver operating curve; and other measures … e.g., eye irritation, corneal abrasion, infection, anterior synechiae, or cataracts) KQs 4, 5: Measures … or good-quality studies Poor-quality studies Abbreviations: FDA = U.S.

62. Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/impaired-visual-acuity-adults-october-2022
    June 04, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … older adults versus no screening on visual acuity, morbidity or mortality, general or vision-related quality … of life; functional capacity, including ability to drive and driving outcomes; other measures of morbidity … specificity, positive and negative predictive values, areas under the receiver operating curve, and other measures … Fair- or good-quality studies Poor-quality studies

63. Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/impaired-visual-acuity-screening-older-adults
    June 04, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … older adults versus no screening on visual acuity, morbidity or mortality, general or vision-related quality … of life; functional capacity, including ability to drive and driving outcomes; other measures of morbidity … specificity, positive and negative predictive values, areas under the receiver operating curve, and other measures … Fair- or good-quality studies Poor-quality studies Abbreviation: RCT=randomized controlled

64. Archived: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/postmenopausal-osteoporosis-screening-1996
    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 … grams/cm. 2 Single photon absorptiometry (SPA), in which radioisotopes are the photon source, can measure … In a single measure of bone density, there is a small risk of inaccurate values, and there is no value … Results of bone densitometry affect women's decisions about taking measures to prevent fractures.

65. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-october-2015
    October 12, 2015 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. 2. … An experimental study of effects on blood pressure and quality of life. … 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

66. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
    October 12, 2015 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. 2. … An experimental study of effects on blood pressure and quality of life. … 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

67. Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary19/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening
    December 22, 2014 - the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures … Weights are from random-effects analysis. … † Measure based on >1 visit or involved an additional confirmation step. … Weights are from random-effects analysis. … † Measure based on >1 visit or involved an additional confirmation step.

68. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary19/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-october-2015
    December 22, 2014 - the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures … Weights are from random-effects analysis. … † Measure based on >1 visit or involved an additional confirmation step. … Weights are from random-effects analysis. … † Measure based on >1 visit or involved an additional confirmation step.

69. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary19/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
    December 22, 2014 - the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures … Weights are from random-effects analysis. … † Measure based on >1 visit or involved an additional confirmation step. … Weights are from random-effects analysis. … † Measure based on >1 visit or involved an additional confirmation step.

70. Final Research Plan: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan153/ovarian-cancer-screening
    March 03, 2016 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … mortality (including primary peritoneal and fallopian tube cancer) and morbidity, all-cause mortality, and quality … trials Cohort studies, case-controls, case reports, case series, and decision analyses Study quality … Good and fair quality, according to USPSTF criteria and supplemental quality measures Poor quality … , according to USPSTF criteria and supplemental quality measures Language English Languages

71. Final Evidence Summary: Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care-Based Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/other-supporting-document19727/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents
    September 03, 2020 - Nineteen trials reported a continuous measure, most commonly the number of times illicit drugs were used … Dichotomous measures were selected over continuous measures, 1-month time frames were selected over longer … trials. 26 , 28 , 56 Most general prevention trials found no group differences on mental health symptom scales … Quality: Study was poor quality. Non–English-language: Publication not in English. … ) in general prevention trials Group differences were rarely found for a variety of mental health scales

72. Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/skin-cancer-counseling
    March 20, 2018 - Each study was rated as good, fair, or poor quality. A good-quality study met all quality criteria. … , age, sex, race/ethnicity), intervention details, length of follow-up, measure descriptions, and outcomes … The individual items and scales measuring sun protection behaviors were variable across trials and make … Measures were heterogeneous enough to preclude pooling of results. … However, a more expansive measure of skin awareness did appear to be a significant independent predictor

73. Evidence Summary: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-screening
    September 19, 2023 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Morbidity or mortality, measures of health-related quality of life. … Included outcomes were mortality, morbidity related to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, measures … Quality: Study was poor quality. … consistent, reasonably precise for mental health/HRQoL Risk of bias higher for anxiety outcome measures … of the trials found differences in anxiety or postnatal depression between study groups; different measures

74. Archived: Screening and Interventions for Childhood Obesity: Where Is the Evidence? A Commentary by the Childhood Obesity Working Group of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/screening-and-interventions-for-childhood-obesity-where-is-t/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2005
    July 11, 2005 - Physicians also seem to take high BMI more seriously than weight and height measures; 2 when documentation … It 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 any … screening (and intervention) for overweight in childhood improves age-appropriate behavioral or physiologic measures … interventions lead to improved intermediate outcomes, including behavioral, physiologic or weight-related measures

75. Final Research Plan: Vitamin, Mineral, and Multivitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vitamin-supplementation-to-prevent-cvd-and-cancer-preventive-medication
    September 05, 2019 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … 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), precancerous lesions Nonmelanoma skin cancer will not be considered in studies … that target populations with a history of previous skin cancer KQs 2, 4: Intermediate or laboratory measures

76. Evidence Summary: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary23/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-young-children-screening
    March 30, 2015 - After 3 to 12 months, Bayley Scales of Infant Development scores were not significantly different in … development. 26 , 28 One trial of children potentially at higher risk for IDA used the Griffiths scale to measure … status measures but no differences between groups in measures of weight or height after 9 and 18 months … Based on this evidence, benefits were shown only for some iron status measures in the short term. … The Bayley-III cognitive and language scales: how do scores relate to the Bayley II?

77. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/reconsidering-approach-prevention-recommendations-older-adults
    February 01, 2014 - Studies that evaluate the efficacy of these multifactorial interventions often measure more than 1 type … These measures offer important and relevant considerations for setting goals of care, but they are not … Many outcomes are continuous or ordinal measures, designed to be sensitive across a continuum, that are … of the potential differences in benefits and harms, patient preferences, and reported health status measures … ," because of the diversity in domains and measures used to identify patients at risk for falls.

78. Draft Research Plan: Vitamin, Mineral, and Multivitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/vitamin-supplementation-to-prevent-cvd-and-cancer-preventive-medication
    May 23, 2019 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … 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

79. Draft Research Plan: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/speech-language-delay-disorders-children-age-5-years-younger-screening
    January 20, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … e.g., expressive language, receptive language, phonology, vocabulary, syntax, pragmatics) KQ 1, 5: Measures … or achievement (e.g., reading comprehension), behavior competence, socioemotional functioning, and quality … of life KQ 2: Measures of screening test accuracy (e.g., sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative … Rating Studies rated fair or good quality Studies rated poor quality Language of published

80. Final Research Plan: Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vitamin-d-deficiency-screening
    January 24, 2019 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … intermediate outcomes (i.e., bone mineral density, blood pressure, glucose levels, lipid levels, and measures … mass), behavioral outcomes (changes in diet or physical activity), or physical fitness/muscle strength measures … without a comparison group) Language English language Languages other than English Study quality … Good- and fair-quality studies (i.e., studies with low risk of bias or some concerns for bias) Poor-quality