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241. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults - Figure 2 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 01, 2010 - health outcomes include a reduction in fall-related fractures and serious injuries, improvement in quality … positive outcomes include a reduction in fear of falling and improvement in balance, gait, and mobility measures … KQ1: Is there direct evidence that primary care interventions reduce fall-related injury, improve quality … KQ1a: Do these interventions reduce injury, improve quality of life, reduce disability, or reduce mortality

242. Effectiveness of Primary Care–Relevant Treatments for Obesity in Adults: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2011 - 8.15) 350, –3.3 (9.35) 2377 160, –0.8 (5.49) 1082, –0.42 (5.59) 19, –5 (5.06) 1261 7302 30–3 Weights … 33.5) 340, 5.02 (20.1) 108, 8.11 (20.5) 2098 160, 3.86 (26.3) 19, –8 (28) 179 3169 –5 0–10 Weights … 18.6) 212, 3 (15.5) 340, 1 (13) 1644 160, –1.88 (17.3) 1027, –0.9 (6.41) 1187 6006 0–10 –5 Weights … Although summary measures showed small blood pressure reductions, absolute reductions of 2 to 5 mm Hg … overweight adults lead to short-term or sustained weight loss, with or without improved physiologic measures

243. Evidence Summary: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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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 increased measures after genetic counseling … Short-term measures of anxiety, health anxiety, depression, distress, uncertainty, and quality of life … Quality of life in asymptomatic BRCA1 /2 mutation carriers.

244. Archived: Glaucoma: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 07, 2005 - 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 … Additionally, there is no agreed-upon single standard to define and measure progression of visual field … Effects of the treatment on vision-related quality of life have not been reported. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2005. 4. Quigley HA, Vitale S.

245. Archived: Glaucoma: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 07, 2005 - 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 … Additionally, there is no agreed-upon single standard to define and measure progression of visual field … Effects of the treatment on vision-related quality of life have not been reported. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2005. 4. Quigley HA, Vitale S.

246. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2020 - Treatment of cognitive impairment may focus on one or more signs and symptoms, including cognition, quality … of life (HRQOL), health care utilization, and measures of advance care planning. … The US Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) support the operations … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2019. … Diagnosis and disclosure of a memory problem is associated with quality of life in community based older

247. Screening for Osteoporosis: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be … Be- cause of limitations in the precision of testing, a minimum of 2 years may be needed to reliably measure … The cur- rent diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis use DXA measure- ments as cutoffs, and the measurements … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2010. 4. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2002. 8.

248. Final Research Plan: Vitamin D Deficiency: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 24, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … disease, cancer, immune diseases Improved depression; improved psychosocial functioning as measured by quality … Physical fitness capacity or performance; physical functioning as measured by physical subscales of quality … of life measures Disability (global measures only, such as activities of daily living) Mortality

249. Archived: Final Research Plan: Vitamin D Deficiency: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan37/vitamin-d-deficiency-screening-november-2014
     March 24, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … disease, cancer, immune diseases Improved depression; improved psychosocial functioning as measured by quality … Physical fitness capacity or performance; physical functioning as measured by physical subscales of quality … of life measures Disability (global measures only, such as activities of daily living) Mortality

250. Screening for Osteoporosis: An Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2010 - We did not include internally validated measures (imputation methods or cross-validation). … The arcsine difference as a measure of treatment effect in meta-analysis with zero cells. … ‡ Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure, adjusted for age, weight, and clinic center. … § Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure, adjusted for age and clinic. … ¶ Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure. ** Per SD reduction in QUS measure, adjusted for age,

251. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - Data Synthesis: 19 trials (4 good-quality and 15 fair-quality) that were designed to prevent tobacco … Interventions and measures were heterogeneous. Most trials examined only cig- arette smoking. … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment Two independent investigators conducted quality as- sessments … We ex- cluded poor-quality trials. … First, there were inconsistent mea- sures of baseline smoking status and outcome measures.

252. Archived: Evidence Summary: Harms of Screening for Breast Cancer: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-harms-of-screening-for-breast-cancer/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
     January 11, 2016 - Studies of anxiety and pain used different outcome measures. … In addition, at least 7 different measures of overdiagnosis were reported. 19 Estimates differed in … numbers of narrowly selected participants, use of various self-reported measures, differential attrition … Author, Year (Reference) Study Design Population Comparisons (Number of Participants) Measures … systematic reviews of 24 studies; 10 observational studies Fair Studies used different outcome measures

253. Archived: Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 15, 2013 - smoking and nicotine dependence of a child or adolescent, reliability and validity of self-reported measures … Several studies did not report specific measures but reported the number of children or adolescents who … No studies used biochemical measures to confirm self-reported measures. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2003. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2012.

254. Archived: Evidence Summary: Child Maltreatment: Counseling, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     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

255. Recommendation: Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 24, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … eye examination (for evaluation of the optic nerve), perimetry (visual field test), gonioscopy (to measure … the angle in the eye where the iris meets the cornea), and pachymetry (to measure the thickness of the … based on several tests that, when combined, evaluate the structure and function of the optic nerve and measure … When damage is severe enough, loss of vision impairs function and quality of life.

256. Final Research Plan: Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/primary-open-angle-glaucoma-screening
     June 04, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … intraocular pressure, visual field loss, visual acuity, or optic nerve damage or b) visual impairment, quality … intraocular pressure, visual field loss, visual acuity, or optic nerve damage or b) visual impairment, quality … (e.g., eye irritation, corneal abrasion, infection, anterior synechiae, or cataracts) KQs 4, 5: Measures … Fair- or good-quality studies Poor-quality studies Abbreviations: FDA=U.S.

257. Understanding Task Force Recommendations: Screening for and Management of Obesity in Adults (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - and Managing Obesity When you visit your health care professional, he or she usually weighs you and measures … Recommendation | 2 Screening for and Management of Obesity Your health care professional also might want to measure … The grade is based on the quality and strength of the evidence about the potential benefits and harms

258. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 13, 2004 - Quality Rating Criteria developed by the USPSTF were used to rate study quality ( Appendix ). … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2004. … cycloplegics; more than 2 mos of amblyopia therapy in the past 2 yrs; aged 7 or older; not able to measure … Measures Equal, Reliable, Valid, Including Masking of Outcomes? … permuted-block design Yes No; 97% followup patch; 98% atropine Yes Primary visual acuity outcome measure

259. Recommendation: Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 13, 2021 - 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 … Both reported no significant difference in depression measures between vitamin D treatment and placebo … . 42 , 43 Two trials reporting on physical functioning measures reported conflicting results. 44 , 45 … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2021. AHRQ publication No. 20-05270-EF-1. 27.

260. 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