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361. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Multifactorial Dyslipidemia: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-multifactorial-dyslipidemia/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
     August 09, 2016 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Outcomes included dyslipidemia (TC ≥200 mg/dL or LDL-C ≥130 mg/dL) and atherosclerosis … For lifestyle modification, 1 good-quality trial (4 articles) 26-29 and 1 fair-quality treatment trial … Laboratory measures and macronutrient and micronutrient intake were measured at several time points. … Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. 33 c Sample weights were used to obtain prevalence estimates representative … point during trial or long-term follow-up for anthropometric, laboratory, psychosocial, or maturation measures

362. Draft Research Plan: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/prevention-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-prep
     November 04, 2021 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … HIV infection vs. placebo or no PrEP (including deferred PrEP) on the prevention of HIV infection and quality … Reference standard for HIV infection   Outcomes KQs 1, 2, 4, 5: Risk of HIV acquisition, quality … pregnancy-related outcomes; for KQ 2, lipid parameters and weight gain KQ 3: Diagnostic accuracy measures

363. 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.

364. Draft Recommendation: 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/draft-recommendation/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     January 18, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … modestly associated with lower blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and adiposity measures … associated with changes in intermediate outcomes, specifically lower LDL cholesterol and adiposity measures … of life measures were reported in 15 trials; group differences were generally very small and of unclear … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2022. 2.

365. Draft Recommendation: 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/draft-recommendation/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-cvd-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     January 18, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … modestly associated with lower blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and adiposity measures … associated with changes in intermediate outcomes, specifically lower LDL cholesterol and adiposity measures … of life measures were reported in 15 trials; group differences were generally very small and of unclear … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2022. 2.

366. Final Research Plan: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/unhealthy-alcohol-use-adolescents-adults-behavioral-counseling-interventions
     May 16, 2024 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … included ) Outcomes KQs 1a, 4a: Alcohol use ( required ), self-report and/or biologic measures … care unit admission, decreased length of neonate hospitalization, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders) Quality … were published prior to 1985 Publication language English Languages other than English Quality … Fair or good quality Poor quality (according to design-specific USPSTF criteria) Abbreviations

367. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
     October 26, 2015 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Hemoglobin A 1c is a measure of long-term blood glucose concentration and is not affected by acute changes … Screening studies that follow larger numbers of participants for 20 years or longer and measure both … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. 3. … Effect of screening for type 2 diabetes on population-level self-rated health outcomes and measures of

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     February 01, 2014 - Other studies indicated no sta- tistically significant changes in psychological or sexual ac- tivity measures … Five refer- ral models accurately estimated individual risk for BRCA mutations, with most sensitivity measures … Limitations of stud- ies included differences in designs and measures, dissimilar comparison groups, … case–control, pre–post No studies of other outcomes; high loss to follow-up; comparison groups and measures … Well- designed investigations using standardized measures and enrolling participants that reflect the

369. Final Research Plan: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan104/skin-cancer-screening
     July 17, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … associated with any skin cancer (including melanoma in situ, dysplastic nevi, actinic keratosis), including quality … clinician skin examination to other risk behaviors (e.g., self-screening, sun protective behaviors) or measures … of doctor-patient relationship quality Study design Fair- to good-quality studies … studies KQs 2, 6: Same as above, as well as case series on the harms of screening Poor-quality

370. Archived: Final Research Plan: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan104/skin-cancer-screening-july-2016
     July 17, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … associated with any skin cancer (including melanoma in situ, dysplastic nevi, actinic keratosis), including quality … clinician skin examination to other risk behaviors (e.g., self-screening, sun protective behaviors) or measures … of doctor-patient relationship quality Study design Fair- to good-quality studies … studies KQs 2, 6: Same as above, as well as case series on the harms of screening Poor-quality

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     August 09, 2016 - longitudinal studies have docu- mented an association between childhood lipid levels in this range and measures … hypercholesterolemia with stat- ins substantially lowers LDL-C levels and, based on 1 study, improves measures … maturation measures during the trial or long-term follow-up (18 years), suggesting that low-fat, low- … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016.

372. Final Research Plan: Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years: Screening and Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prevention-of-dental-caries-in-children-younger-than-age-5-years-screening-and-interventions1
     January 02, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Outcomes KQs 1, 3 (screening) and KQs 2–5 (preventive interventions): Dental caries, morbidity, quality … life, and function KQ 2 (screening) and KQ 1 (preventive interventions): Diagnostic accuracy and measures … ; uncontrolled intervention studies All KQs: Opinions, editorials, or case reports Study Quality … Good or fair quality Poor quality Response to Public Comment

373. Recommendation: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/food-insecurity-screening
     March 11, 2025 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … varies across practice settings. 28 Additionally, some health care systems use screening tools to measure … However, there was no impact on other quality-of-life measures; physiologic measures of blood pressure … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2025. AHRQ publication 24-05314-EF-1. 4. U.S. … Inadequacy of current screening measures for health-related social needs.

374. Evidence Summary: Thyroid Dysfunction: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary7/thyroid-dysfunction-screening
     October 28, 2014 - disease, coronary artery disease or congestive heart failure, and atrial fibrillation); fractures; measures … varied from >3.5 to >5.5 mIU/L) using various doses of levothyroxine (mean, 50.0 to 109.7 µg/day) on measures … defined as TSH levels >3.5 and <10 mIU/L 21 or TSH levels >5.5 mIU/L 27 ) versus placebo and various measures … of life or measures of cognitive function. 17 , 21 , 22 , 27 , 28 Findings about intermediate outcomes … of life using various measures Fair Changes in cognition 1 of 2 trials

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     January 01, 2015 - disease, coronary artery dis- ease or congestive heart failure, and atrial fibrillation); fractures; measures … varied from >3.5 to >5.5 mIU/L) using various doses of levo- thyroxine (mean, 50.0 to 109.7 μg/day) on measures … defined as TSH levels >3.5 and <10 mIU/L [21] or TSH levels >5.5 mIU/L [27]) versus placebo and various measures … of life using various measures Fair Changes in cognition 1 of 2 trials found a statistically significant … of life or measures of cognitive function (17, 21, 22, 27, 28).

376. Procedure Manual Appendix XIV. Decision Framework to Assess and Guide the Need for Searches of Existing Decision Models | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 01, 2017 - objective (for the purposes of the recommendation statement), the scenarios to be modeled, required outcome measures … Assessing the quality and completeness of existing models is beyond this scanning exercise.

377. Procedure Manual Appendix XIV. Decision Framework to Assess and Guide the Need for Searches of Existing Decision Models | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-xiv-decision-framework-assess-and-guide-need-searches-existing-decision-models
     July 01, 2017 - objective (for the purposes of the recommendation statement), the scenarios to be modeled, required outcome measures … Assessing the quality and completeness of existing models is beyond this scanning exercise.

378. Archived: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/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 … educational interventions have demonstrated effectiveness for increasing the use of skin protection measures … sun exposure. 24 The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) concluded that sun-protective measures

379. Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening
     January 28, 2021 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Complications of syphilis infection and transmission or acquisition of STIs, including HIV KQ 2: Any measure … departments, community settings, and correctional facilities)   Study Design All KQs: Good-quality … comparison groups or historical comparators; narrative reviews; editorials; case reports Study Quality … Good- and fair-quality Poor-quality Language English Non-English studies Country

380. Draft Research Plan: Healthy Weight and Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/healthy-weight-and-weight-gain-during-pregnancy-behavioral-counseling-interventions
     April 26, 2018 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … age infants) KQ 1: Behavioral changes (e.g., physical activity level) KQ 2: Cardiometabolic measures … referred from primary care   Publication language English All other languages Study quality