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341. Estimation of Benefits, Burden, and Harms of Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies: Modeling Study for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 21, 2016 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Life-years gained compared with no screening (benefit), lifetime number of … used as the measure of screening burden. … Utility weights have been estimated for diagnosed CRC states,69 but util- ity weights have not been estimated … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016.

342. Twelfth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2022 - affected by health conditions in research will help the USPSTF issue recommendations that improve the quality … With Cardiovascular Risk Factors Encourage greater consistency and standardization of outcome measures

343. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Management | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-management-2012
     June 15, 2012 - 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 … Accuracy of Screening Tests In 2003, the USPSTF found adequate evidence that BMI is an acceptable measure … Behavioral intervention trials were generally of high quality, with 24% rated as good quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2011. U.S.

344. Archived: Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan11/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
     December 15, 2012 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … KQs 2b and 3b: Genetic counseling versus none; before versus after measures.

345. Sei Lee, M.D., M.A.S. | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2024 - California, San Francisco, and the Senior Scholar emeritus for the San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) Quality … Lee is immediate past chair of the American Geriatrics Society Quality and Performance Measurement Committee … the University of California, San Francisco, as well as completing a 2-year fellowship in healthcare quality

346. Overview of Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - For these reasons, the use of quality-adjusted life years as an integrated measure of the balance of … Models that measure benefits and harms using an integrated measure (e.g., quality-adjusted life years4 … data, life tables), whose purpose is to estimate the effects of PSA screening on important outcome measures … In addition to reporting these measures of benefit and harm for each of the 35 screening strategies, … Weighing the balance of benefits and harms of screening is subjective, and using integrated measures

347. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2005 - There is good evidence that abdominal ultrasonography, performed in a setting with adequate quality assurance … measures. … These negative psychological measures returned to normal levels within 12 months after screening or surgery … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2005. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2005.

348. Archived: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 17, 2018 - Effectiveness of Preventive Measures The USPSTF reviewed the evidence from 62 trials on the use of … Exercise Interventions The USPSTF found 5 good-quality and 16 fair-quality studies (n=7297) reporting … Vitamin D Supplementation Four good-quality and 3 fair-quality studies (n=7531) reported on the effect … living showed no benefit, but these studies used different scales, and few were adequately powered to … A pilot study to explore the predictive validity of 4 measures of falls risk in frail elderly patients

349. Final Evidence Summary: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 09, 2020 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Sensitivity, specificity, drug use and other health, social, and legal outcomes … Drug use severity was analyzed as a standardized mean difference, given heterogeneity in measurement scales … Only 3 trials reported on a measure of global function or well-being with no clear effect. … Drug use during pregnancy: validating the Drug Abuse Screening Test against physiological measures. … Outcomes: No measure of drug use reported (KQs 1, 3, 4, 5); no measure related to sensitivity and specificity

350. 14th Annual Report to Congress: High-Priority Evidence Gaps Across the Lifespan, in All Communities (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - high dropout rates among participants, biased assessment of outcomes, or heterogeneity in outcome measures … that limit bias (e.g., surveillance). • Consistently provide outcome measure definitions, outcome types … • Studies evaluating the effectiveness of interventions using more accurate outcome measures that limit … • In addition, consistency in outcome measure definitions, outcome types, and outcome timing across … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report.

351. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
     February 15, 2005 - The absence of quality assurance is likely to lower test accuracy. … measures. … These negative psychological measures returned to normal levels within 12 months after screening or surgery … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2005. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2005.

352. Archived: Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions-2013
     June 15, 2013 - In all areas related to child maltreatment, more data are needed on how best to measure outcomes related … The USPSTF found one fair-quality study of an intervention provided in a clinical setting and 10 fair-quality … with the draft recommendation; several other comments noted the limitations of using CPS reports as a measure … The USPSTF recognizes the limitations of the evidence on child maltreatment measures and outcomes and … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2013.

353. Evidence Summary: Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation
     August 20, 2024 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Maternal and infant clinical outcomes, hematologic indices, and harms. … Research is needed to understand the association between changes in maternal iron status measures and … Although older observational data report associations between various measures of iron status and negative … Infant Clinical Outcomes Eleven trials (n = 20,435; 3 good quality 32 , 34 , 49 and 8 fair quality … Research is needed to understand the association between changes in maternal iron status measures and

354. Archived: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
     October 15, 2009 - Carotid IMT Fair-quality evidence indicates, on the basis of 1 fair- and 2 good-quality population-based … Three good-quality population cohort studies and 5 fair-quality studies reported that the highest CAC … The 5 studies rated as fair quality were primarily limited by their use of proxy measures to control … hs-CRP Level Ten good-quality studies, 13 fair-quality studies, and 2 meta-analyses provide fair-to-good … Predictive value of noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis for incident myocardial infarction: the Rotterdam

355. Archived: Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan105/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     September 25, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … IGRA = interferon-γ release assay; KQ = key question; LTBI = latent tuberculosis infection; QOL = quality … For adults with latent tuberculosis infection, treatment may improve health outcomes, such as quality … disease or with documented increased risk for progression from LTBI to active TB disease) improves quality … with low risk for TB and without known exposure to TB; studies on screening reliability must include measures

356. Overdiagnosis in Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - Preventive Services Task Force Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2018. … Both of these measures will be higher than a measure of overdiagnosis based on the third denominator … The exact measures being reported can be difficult to glean from a publication.10 Related to the issue … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2017 May.

357. Archived: Screening: Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/-screening-evidence-summary/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
     May 15, 2013 - Two reviewers independently assessed methodological quality. … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological quality … Sensitivity and specificity are measures of test accuracy. … Bivariate analysis of sensitivity and specificity produces informative summary measures in diagnostic … Comparison of accuracy measures of two screening tests for gestational diabetes mellitus.

358. Archived: Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan54/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     April 17, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … dissatisfaction, anxiety/worry, minor gastrointestinal complaints) Study Design Fair- to good-quality … or database observational studies; cohort studies; systematically selected case series Poor-quality

359. Overdiagnosis in Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - Preventive Services Task Force Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2018. … Both of these measures will be higher than a measure of overdiagnosis based on the third denominator … The exact measures being reported can be difficult to glean from a publication.10 Related to the issue … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2017 May.

360. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: A Targeted Evidence Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - studies Screening for Syphilis in Adolescents and Adults 10 Kaiser Permanente EPC reporting any measure … Complications of syphilis infection and transmission or acquisition of STIs, including HIV KQ 2: Any measure … • Were the outcome measures (dependent variables) clearly defined, valid, reliable, and implemented … • Did statistical methods examine changes in outcome measures from before to after the intervention … • Were outcome measures taken multiple times before and after the intervention?