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161. Archived: Glaucoma: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/glaucoma-screening-2013
     July 15, 2013 - Treatment The immediate physiologic goal and measure of effect of primary treatment of glaucoma is … In addition, no single standard exists to define and measure progression of visual field defects. … National Committee for Quality Assurance. … The State of Health Care Quality: Reform, the Quality Agenda, and Resource Use. … Washington, DC: National Committee for Quality Assurance; 2010.

162. Screening for High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 10, 2020 - articlePDFlink%26utm_source=articlePDF%26utm_content=jama.2020.20122 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 … • The associations among childhood hypertension, adulthood hy- pertension, and surrogate measures of … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2020. AHRQ publication 20-05261-EF-1. 2.

163. Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/blood-pressure-in-children-and-adolescents-hypertension-screening
     November 10, 2020 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Sensitivity, specificity, and measures of association between childhood … childhood and adulthood blood pressure ( Table 2 ). 17 , 18 , 24-27 , 30 Studies reported different measures … definitions of childhood and adulthood hypertension, the underlying prevalence of hypertension, and outcome measures … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … evidence limitations: moderate Reporting bias: not detected Low for diagnostic test accuracy measures

164. Draft Research Plan: Promotion of a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     February 20, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … activity) and health outcomes (i.e., cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, all-cause mortality, and quality … (e.g., stroke, myocardial infarction, or heart failure) Cardiovascular and all-cause mortality Quality … of life measures and related outcomes (e.g., functioning or well-being) KQ 2: Intermediate outcomes … prospective and retrospective cohort studies, before-after studies, interrupted time series studies, repeated measures

165. Draft Research Plan: Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-cvd-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     February 20, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … activity) and health outcomes (i.e., cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, all-cause mortality, and quality … (e.g., stroke, myocardial infarction, or heart failure) Cardiovascular and all-cause mortality Quality … of life measures and related outcomes (e.g., functioning or well-being) KQ 2: Intermediate outcomes … prospective and retrospective cohort studies, before-after studies, interrupted time series studies, repeated measures

166. Draft Research Plan: Healthy 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/draft-research-plan/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cardiovascular-disease-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     February 20, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … activity) and health outcomes (i.e., cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, all-cause mortality, and quality … (e.g., stroke, myocardial infarction, or heart failure) Cardiovascular and all-cause mortality Quality … of life measures and related outcomes (e.g., functioning or well-being) KQ 2: Intermediate outcomes … prospective and retrospective cohort studies, before-after studies, interrupted time series studies, repeated measures

167. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary32/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-2013
     May 08, 2012 - To measure the performance of screening techniques, we included diagnostic accuracy studies of screening … in primary care, acute care, and obstetrics and gynecology sites. 39 Results of the analysis of a measure … Comparison between the abuse assessment screen and the revised conflict tactics scales for measuring … Screening Name Scales … Self-report instrument for adults that assesses abuse and neglect in childhood and includes separate scales

168. PII: S0749-3797(01)00266-5 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - Preventive Services Task Force, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Practice and Technol … accurately on nonfasting venous or capillary blood samples, but LDL-C requires fasting samples for accurate measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2001. 4. … (Evidence that [the service] is effective is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting and that the balance … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Strength of Overall Evidence The USPSTF grades the quality of

169. Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adults (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - the condition of high blood pressure, the Task Force recommends that health care professionals also measure … The grades are based on the quality and strength of the evidence about the potential benefits and harms … If your doctor or nurse measures your blood pressure in the office and your numbers are high, talk with

170. Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
     January 24, 2017 - This review covered a wide range of outcome measures and instruments; key measures and questionnaires … difference (WMD) between intervention and control was calculated for continuous outcomes; when multiple scales … measures (eTable 29 in the Supplement). … CPAP and measures of cardiovascular risk in males with OSAS. … c Unlike other monitor types that measure SaO 2 by oximetry, type IV monitors may measure SaO 2 by

171. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
     January 24, 2017 - This review covered a wide range of outcome measures and instruments; key measures and questionnaires … difference (WMD) between intervention and control was calculated for continuous outcomes; when multiple scales … measures (eTable 29 in the Supplement). … CPAP and measures of cardiovascular risk in males with OSAS. … c Unlike other monitor types that measure SaO 2 by oximetry, type IV monitors may measure SaO 2 by

172. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Management | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary38/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-management-2012
     October 15, 2011 - Although summary measures showed small blood pressure reductions, absolute reductions of 2 to 5 mm Hg … Higher treatment intensity was associated with greater weight loss, despite limitations in our measure … at 12 to 18 months Weights … cholesterol levels Weights … Weights are from random-effects analysis.

173. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - 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 … Summary of Pooled Findings from Positive Airway Pressure Treatment Studies Outcome measure No. of trials … its construct validity (ie, authors have expressed uncertainty regarding whether it is an accurate measure … d Study quality rating refers to quality of the systematic reviews, not the quality of individual trials

174. Screening for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     September 05, 2023 - varied by outcome measure), response (pooled relative risk [RR], 1.89 [95% CI, 1.17 to 3.05]; n = 606 … of life measured using validated scales or instruments; and functioning measured by validated scales … Quality: Study was poor quality. … Brief measures to screen for social phobia in primary care pediatrics. … Brief measures to screen for social anxiety in adolescents.

175. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and CVD in Adults: Risk Assessment with Ankle Brachial Index | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary41/peripheral-arterial-disease-pad-and-cvd-in-adults-risk-assessment-with-ankle-brachial-index
     September 03, 2013 - The net reclassification improvement (NRI) is a summary measure of the proportion of persons appropriately … Added Predictive Value of the ABI We identified 1 fair-quality meta-analysis and 14 fair- to good-quality … Four additional studies ( n = 22,055) that used the NRI (a measure of appropriate reclassification) … Second, measures of NRI for intermediate-risk subgroups, in the absence of bias-corrected measures of … Tobacco Users, % Diabetes Mellitus, % ABI <0.9, % Outcome Outcome Measure

176. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and CVD in Adults: Risk Assessment with Ankle Brachial Index | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary41/peripheral-arterial-disease-pad-and-cvd-in-adults-risk-assessment-with-ankle-brachial-index-2013
     September 03, 2013 - The net reclassification improvement (NRI) is a summary measure of the proportion of persons appropriately … Added Predictive Value of the ABI We identified 1 fair-quality meta-analysis and 14 fair- to good-quality … Four additional studies ( n = 22,055) that used the NRI (a measure of appropriate reclassification) … Second, measures of NRI for intermediate-risk subgroups, in the absence of bias-corrected measures of … Tobacco Users, % Diabetes Mellitus, % ABI <0.9, % Outcome Outcome Measure

177. Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening
     October 23, 2018 - population had a relatively high prevalence of elder maltreatment based on CTS violence or verbal aggression scales … Compared with the CTS (violence and verbal aggression scales combined), the H-S/EAST tool had a sensitivity … Quality: Study was poor quality. … a CTS-2 scales: minor physical assault, psychological aggression, sexual coercion, severe physical assault … a CTS-2 scales: sexual coercion, physical functioning, psychological aggression.

178. Evidence Summary: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/preeclampsia-screening
     April 25, 2017 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Maternal and infant health outcomes, including eclampsia, stroke, stillbirth … Calibration was not reported despite being a key model performance measure. … (eg, body mass index, weight, blood pressure) as well as serum markers and Doppler ultrasound measures … Assessing the performance of prediction models: a framework for traditional and novel measures. … Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality.

179. Archived: Evidence Summary: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/preeclampsia-screening-april-2017
     April 25, 2017 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Maternal and infant health outcomes, including eclampsia, stroke, stillbirth … Calibration was not reported despite being a key model performance measure. … (eg, body mass index, weight, blood pressure) as well as serum markers and Doppler ultrasound measures … Assessing the performance of prediction models: a framework for traditional and novel measures. … Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality.

180. 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