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101. 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

102. Recommendation: High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/blood-pressure-in-children-and-adolescents-hypertension-screening
     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

103. Archived: Final Research Plan: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening-june-2018
     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

104. 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

105. Final Research Plan: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
     June 09, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … expressive language, receptive language, phonology, vocabulary, syntax, and 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

106. Final Research Plan: Healthy Diet, Physical Activity, and/or Weight Loss to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/behavioral-counseling-interventions-promote-healthy-diet-physical-activity-weight-loss-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-adults
     November 02, 2023 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … behavior Outcomes KQ 1: Health outcomes: All-cause and CVD mortality CVD events Quality … of life, well-being, and stress measures KQ 2: Intermediate outcomes, including continuous measures … Studies published in English Studies only published in languages other than English Study quality … among adults with and without existing CVD risk factors, including high BMI or other adiposity measures

107. Archived: Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan95/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
     September 18, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … including HIV transmission; other relevant clinical outcomes; rates of infection and other similar measures … of infection KQ 2: Detection of infection KQ 3: Diagnostic accuracy (i.e., measures of … the test's sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and other related measures … clinics, emergency departments, and STI clinics)   Study designs All KQs: Good-quality

108. 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

109. 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.

110. 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.

111. Archived: Evidence Summary: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-counseling-2004
     April 06, 2004 - , found no significant effect on mean drinks per week, the only outcome measure it reported. 60  Four … 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 … 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

112. Evidence Summary: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/healthy-lifestyle-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     July 26, 2022 - Main Outcomes and Measures: CVD events, CVD risk factors, diet and physical activity measures, and harms … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological quality … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … In: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, eds. … Quality: Study was of poor quality.

113. Archived: Obesity: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-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 … 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.

114. Archived: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/osteoporosis-screening-june-2018
     June 26, 2018 - Central DXA measures BMD at the hip and lumbar spine. … by the USPSTF used central DXA to determine eligibility 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. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/prevmethods.pdf
     December 01, 2010 - 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 contin- uous or ordinal measures, designed to be sensitive across a continuum, that … 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.

116. Screening and Routine for Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 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 … .22,25,30 Two fair-quality studies (Table 3) found statistically significant changes in iron status measures … but no differences between groups in measures of weight or height after 9 and 18 months.22,25 A poor-quality … The Bayley-III cognitive and language scales: how do scores relate to the Bayley II?

117. 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.

118. Evidence Summary: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
     June 18, 2024 - Main Outcomes and Measures: BMI and other weight-related outcomes, cardiometabolic measures, quality … , were reported in only 14 studies (n = 2558); 13 of these reported a measure of quality of life. … CI, 0.2-3.5]; 11 RCTs [n = 1922]; I 2 = 48.4%) (eTable5, eFigure 1 in the  JAMA  Supplement; most scales … of life (on mostly 100-point scales) in trials of semaglutide and high-contact behavioral interventions … The PedsQL 4.0 as a pediatric population health measure: feasibility, reliability, and validity.

119. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2010
     January 15, 2010 - 1995. 1 Detection Previously, the USPSTF found adequate evidence that BMI was an acceptable measure … Screening Tests In 2005, the USPSTF found adequate evidence that BMI was an acceptable measure for … children and adolescents, because it is feasible and reliable and because it tracks with adult obesity measures … Limited evidence suggests that reductions in insulin-resistance measures are possible with moderate- … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005.

120. Sbmxphuqwo-Dc85Fj5Whf (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2015 - For diagnostic accuracy of confirmatory BP measure- ment methods, eligible study populations had an initial … Prediction of Cardiovascular Events by BP Measurement Method We identified a reference standard for BP measure … Although automated OBPM methods offer the advantages of repeated measure- ments in the absence of medical … On the basis of the prognostic evidence, we se- lected ABPM as the reference standard for BP measure- … the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures