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121. 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.

122. 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.

123. 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.

124. Archived: Evidence Summary: Child Maltreatment: Counseling, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/child-maltreatment-counseling-2004
     March 09, 2004 - study design, patient populations and settings, methods of assessment or intervention, and outcome measures … , and applied a set of criteria to evaluate study quality. … , 15 6 rated fair quality, 16-21 and 2 rated poor quality. 7 , 22 One poor-quality quasi-experimental … study, 23 2 fair-to-poor quality cohort studies, 10 , 11 and 1 poor-quality cohort study 25 were … years of age using Bayley, Cattell, and Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Scales

125. Archived: Healthy Diet: Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care, January 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/diet-behavioral-counseling-primary-care-adults-2003
     June 15, 2003 - Although community‐based studies have evaluated measures to reduce dietary fat intake in children, no … Studies that assessed only physiologic measures (e.g., lipid levels, weight, or body mass index [BMI] … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2002. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (in press). … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2001.

126. Archived: Evidence Summary: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/healthful-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cardiovascular-disease-prevention-in-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling-july-2017
     July 11, 2017 - Studies had to report a behavioral outcome (ie, diet-, physical activity–, sedentary time–related measure … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological quality … The standardized effect size when pooling 46 trials that reported any continuous measure of physical … The tools and summary variables used to measure physical activity were even more inconsistent. … Quality: Study was poor quality. USPSTF indicates US Preventive Services Task Force.  

127. 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.

128. Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 23, 2024 - the prevalence of speech and language delay and disorders have also been observed based on various measures … intensive parent-delivered, group training interventions found ben- efits for expressive language outcome measures … In general, results were inconsistent, with some studies showing improvement in some measures of receptive … .6,21 No individual study was replicated by a study using the same intervention and reporting similar measures … Four stud- ies reported measures of early literacy, with only 1 trial demonstrat- ing statically significant

129. Final Research Plan: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
     September 26, 2019 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Disseminated intravascular coagulation Mental health diagnoses or symptoms Maternal mortality Measures … of well-being or quality of life Potential treatment harms: Abruptio placentae Postpartum … Editorials, narrative review, commentary, postmarketing surveillance, or case reports Study Quality … Good- and fair-quality studies Poor-quality studies Language English Languages other than

130. C-Reactive Protein as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2009 - In particular, they did not systematically assess the degree of adjustment for standard measures of CHD … other confounding factors were included in the model; whether the investigators re- ported model fit measures … , discrimination measures, or model calibration statistics separately for models with and without CRP … They note that measures of risk reclassification are probably better than the c-statistic for assessing … Non-HDL choles- terol, apolipoproteins A-I and B100, standard lipid measures, lipid ratios, and Clinical

131. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     August 22, 2018 - Quality: Study was poor quality. … With IPV/ Total (%) Follow-up, moIPV Measure Odds Ratio (95% CI) Klevens et al,12 2012 (primary care … Difference (95% CI) –1.5 Favors IPV Intervention Favors Control No. of Participants Intervention Type Measure … a CTS-2 scales: minor physical assault, psychological aggression, sexual coercion, severe physical assault … +12 calls) 1 (+12 calls) Setting PC FP ED FP PC PC PC PC PC PC PC FP PC PC PC FP PC PC PC Measure

132. Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 12, 2019 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Depression status; depression symptoms; maternal, infant, and child health … all reported continuous measures of depressive symptoms, with mixed findings. … I2 = 39.0%; χ2 test for heterogeneity, P = .051 I2 = 66.3%; χ2 test for heterogeneity, P = .051 Weights … For example, 4 trials42,46-48 reported a measure of stress, but most did not show statistically or clinically … Expressive writing p13 BDI-II 13-28 5/57 (8.8) 9/56 (16.0)Blasio et al,63 2015 0.55 (0.20-1.53) Weights

133. Archived: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
     July 07, 2015 - Although the USPSTF found evidence that interventions improve some measures of speech and language for … individual screening tools across populations because individual studies used different tools and outcome measures … following: suboptimal rates of screening and low retention of trial subjects, reliance on indirect measures … speech and language outcomes. 9 The majority of the trials reported improvements in speech and language measures … found adequate evidence that treatment is associated with improvements in some speech and language measures

134. Archived: Final Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/skin-cancer-counseling-2003
     October 06, 2003 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Other measures for preventing skin cancer include avoiding direct exposure to midday sun (between the … sunlight by staying indoors or in the shade or by wearing protective clothing is the most effective measure … Homer, M.D., M.P.H. * (Executive Director, National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, Boston … Rockville, MD: Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

135. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary16/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
     October 15, 2009 - Data Extraction: Study quality was evaluated by using USPSTF criteria and overall quality of evidence … identify high-risk persons (persons with a 10-year risk >20%), who benefit from aggressive risk-reduction measures … Critical Appraisal and Quality of Evidence To assess the quality of each study, we used the USPSTF … These studies provided measures of the incremental predictive value of CAC scoring for coronary events … Non-HDL cholesterol, apolipoproteins A-I and B100, standard lipid measures, lipid ratios, and CRP as

136. Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     August 20, 2019 - Two reviewers independently assessed study quality. … MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Cancer incidence and mortality; discriminatory accuracy of risk assessment … Of 17 studies evaluating breast cancer worry, 1 reported in- creased measures after genetic counseling … Short-term measures of anxiety, health anxiety, depres- sion, distress, uncertainty, and quality of life … Quality of life in asymptomatic BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.

137. Final Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
     November 05, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … comparisons Outcomes KQs 1, 3: CHD- and/or CVA-related morbidity or mortality; all-cause mortality; quality … liver function tests or creatinine phosphokinase levels Intermediate outcomes (e.g., lipid levels, measures … studies on harms of statins vs. no statin for primary prevention Case series, case reports; poor-quality … Research Plan in the following ways: changed the word “potency” to “intensity” in Key Question 3; added quality

138. Screening Women for Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review to Update teh 2004 USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - To measure the performance of screen- ing techniques, we included diagnostic accuracy studies of screening … women completed the Composite Abuse Scale, a 30-item self-administered validated research instrument to measure … Results of the analysis of a measure developed to monitor adverse effects for this trial (Consequences … Comparison between the abuse assessment screen and the revised conflict tactics scales for measuring … Self-report instrument for adults that assesses abuse and neglect in childhood and includes separate scales

139. 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.

140. 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