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261. Procedure Manual Appendix VI. Criteria for Assessing Internal Validity of Individual Studies | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-vi-criteria-assessing-internal-validity-individual-studies
     July 01, 2017 - The USPSTF accepted the criteria, and the associated definitions of quality categories, at its September … systematic reviews are continuously evolving, the USPSTF allows the EPC to use newer methods of assessing quality

262. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 10, 2022 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES COPD-related morbidity or mortality, measures of health-related quality of … Outcomes of interest included mortality, morbidity from COPD, measures of health- related quality of … of life, dyspnea, exercise or physical performance measures, mental health, smoking cessation) at 26 … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2022. AHRQ publication 21-05287-EF-1. 7.

263. Archived: Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Population-Based Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Evidence Synthesis: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/cost-effectiveness-analyses-of-population-based-screening-for-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-evidence-synthesis/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
     February 15, 2005 - rate, analytic approach (trial-based vs non-trial-based), study perspective, data sources, utility measures … (if any), discount rate, cost measures, cost-effectiveness results, and sensitivity analyses. … Do effect measures capture preferences or utilities? … inclusion would alter policy implications about the cost-effectiveness of AAA screening, but valid measures … evidence to estimate effectiveness i) Not capturing important utilities or preferences in effect measures

264. Final Recommendation Statement: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
     November 15, 2022 - consider as minimally clinically important for the ESS (−2 to −3). 15 , 16 Twenty-eight RCTs reported measures … of general health–related quality of life and 17 RCTs reported measures of sleep-related quality of … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2011. AHRQ publication No. 11-EHC052. 3.  … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2022. AHRQ publication 22-05292-EF-1. 16.  … Quality measure for screening for adult obstructive sleep apnea by primary care physicians.

265. Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2023 - in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) is the currently accepted clinical standard measure … BMI is an imperfect measure of adiposity and is not an equivalent measure of adiposity across all racial … measures was 3.8 points (95% CI, 3.6 to 4.1) (most scales ranged from 0-100).1,10 No studies reported … of life than placebo (mean difference, 5.3 [95% CI, 0.2 to 8.3]) (scales ranged from 0-100), which is … The PedsQL 4.0 as a pediatric population health measure: feasibility, reliability, and validity.

266. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary25/folic-acid-to-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication
     May 15, 2009 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … reviewed, abstracted, and independently quality-rated the full articles. … Appendix Table 1 lists more complete criteria and definitions for USPSTF quality ratings. … conception, whereas Thompson and colleagues 6 combined these same 6 months of periconceptional time into 1 measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2008.

267. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary25/folic-acid-to-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-2009
     May 15, 2009 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … reviewed, abstracted, and independently quality-rated the full articles. … Appendix Table 1 lists more complete criteria and definitions for USPSTF quality ratings. … conception, whereas Thompson and colleagues 6 combined these same 6 months of periconceptional time into 1 measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2008.

268. Evidence Summary: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 09, 2018 - Quality-of-life measures were improved at 12 months in the intervention group, compared with stable or … Both general and scoliosis-specific quality-of-life measures (36-Item Short Form Health Survey; Scoliosis … evidence, as many were conducted before currently accepted quality measures and reporting standards … Society (SRS) recommends an ATR of 5° to 7° as a threshold for referral for radiography. 1 Cobb angle: Measure … Scoliometer: A handheld, noninvasive device placed on a patient’s back during a forward bend test to measure

269. Screening for Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2022 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Test accuracy, eating disorder symptom severity, quality of life, depression … For KQ4, random-effects restricted maximum likeli- hood models were conducted on continuous measures … For measures of depression, pooled results demonstrated larger reductions in mean scores compared with … Standardized mean difference (95% CI) –.5–1–1.5 Favors self-help Favors placebo Intervention type Measure … A brief screening measure for binge eating in primary care.

270. Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (pdf file)
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     March 06, 2023 - It is based on the quality and strength of the evidence about the potential benefits and harms of screening … B Grade Notes 1 screening Using a blood pressure cuff to measure blood pressure during a prenatal

271. 167fleming.indd (pdf file)
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     January 17, 2005 - CNTGS was a fair-quality trial comparing surgery and topical medication with no treatment in 1 eye … To reduce potential harms for untreated patients, both EMGT and CNTGS used sensitive measures of visual … loss was associated with signifi cant decreases in self- reported visual function and general health measures … Infl uence of glaucomatous visual fi eld loss on health-related quality of life. … Visual function and quality of life among patients with glaucoma.

272. Archived: Brief Evidence Summary: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/brief-evidence-summary/peripheral-arterial-disease-pad-screening
     August 08, 2005 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Aside from history-taking, a common screening measure is the Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire (ECQ … One fair-quality randomized controlled trial (RCT) addressed this overarching question. … Outcome measures included 6-minute walking distance and 4-meter walking velocity. … One fair-quality study addressed this question for a subgroup of smokers.

273. Archived: Brief Evidence Summary: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/brief-evidence-summary/peripheral-arterial-disease-pad-screening-2005
     August 08, 2005 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Aside from history-taking, a common screening measure is the Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire (ECQ … One fair-quality randomized controlled trial (RCT) addressed this overarching question. … Outcome measures included 6-minute walking distance and 4-meter walking velocity. … One fair-quality study addressed this question for a subgroup of smokers.

274. Final Research Plan: Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-anxiety-children-adolescents
     March 29, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … smallest value of benefit to patients) for symptoms and functioning on the most common instruments used to measure … of life measured using validated scales or instruments Functioning (using validated scales or instruments … Human Development Index Publication language English Any language other than English Quality … rating Fair- or good-quality studies Poor-quality studies * We will summarize the effect

275. Final Research Plan: Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 13, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … smallest value of benefit to patients) for symptoms and functioning on the most common instruments used to measure … of life measured using validated scales or instruments Functioning (using validated scales or instruments … Human Development Index Publication language English Any language other than English Quality … rating Fair- or good-quality studies Poor-quality studies * We will summarize the effect

276. Archived: Evidence Update: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 2008 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/article/prostate-cancer-screening-2008
     August 05, 2008 - However, a comparison of the performance characteristics of such measures with traditional single-threshold … Although abnormal screening results did not affect summary measures of anxiety or health-related quality … However, in the initial screening round of an RCT, health-related quality-of-life measures were not negatively … It was not clear whether the measures used were sensitive enough to detect changes in mental health related … Other studies have used prostate-specific measures of harms in addition to generic mental health or quality-of-life

277. Draft Recommendation: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 25, 2024 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … screening varies across practice settings. 32 Additionally, some healthcare systems use screening tools to measure … However, there was no impact on other quality of life measures; physiologic measures of blood pressure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2024. 4. U.S. … Inadequacy of current screening measures for health-related social needs.

278. Draft Recommendation: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 25, 2024 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … screening varies across practice settings. 32 Additionally, some healthcare systems use screening tools to measure … However, there was no impact on other quality of life measures; physiologic measures of blood pressure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2024. 4. U.S. … Inadequacy of current screening measures for health-related social needs.

279. Draft Research Plan: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/skin-cancer-screening-1
     January 07, 2021 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … or skin cancer)   Outcomes KQs 1, 4: Morbidity associated with skin cancer, including quality … Non-skin location Risk reduction behaviors (e.g., skin self-examination, sun protective behaviors) or measures … of doctor-patient relationship quality Outcomes not stratified by skin cancer type (melanoma vs. non-melanoma … skin cancers) Study design All KQs: Fair- and good-quality studies KQs 1, 2, 4: Randomized

280. Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary1/osteoporosis-screening
     June 26, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Incident fractures and related morbidity and mortality, diagnostic and predictive … Thirty-five studies reported other measures of diagnostic accuracy (ie, sensitivity, specificity), but … was considerable heterogeneity in the patient populations studied and the anatomical sites used to measure … race Fair KQ3: Harms of Screening Women 1 (12,483) Anxiety: P = 0.15 for repeated measures … (variance NR) Quality of life: P >0.10 for repeated measures for Euroquol 5-Dimension and