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441. Evidence Summary: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
     October 15, 2010 - Primary Funding Source:  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … We resolved discrepancies in quality ratings by discussion and consensus. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.) … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2004. … Outcomes Includes morbidity, mortality, and health-related quality of life.

442. Screening for Skin Cancer in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/8dzfZ_s3tZueoEh5Xzh-3A
     July 26, 2016 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Melanoma incidence and mortality, harms from cancer screening, diagnostic … outcomes relating clinician skin examination to other risk factors (eg, sun-protection behaviors); or measures … Good- and fair-quality studies were included in the summary of evidence; poor-quality studies were ex … Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality (ie, it was poor quality). … differences in time to ascer- tainment of cancer outcomes that affect screening examination per- formance measures

443. Archived: Final Research Plan: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan151/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
     January 15, 2015 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … : RCTs, CCTs, cohort studies, systematic reviews, registry studies, long-term trial followup, high-quality … : RCTs, CCTs, cohort studies, systematic reviews, registry studies, long-term trial followup, high-quality … : RCTs, CCTs, systematic reviews, cohort studies, registry studies, long-term trial followup, high-quality … case-control studies All KQs: Studies rated as poor quality KQs 1–3, 5, 6, 8: Qualitative

444. Archived: Folic Acid/Folate Prophylaxis to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/folic-acid-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-1996
     January 01, 1996 - 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 … abnormal result (as occurs in about 50%), 10 , 14 , 15 , 17 an amniocentesis should be offered to measure … Studies are limited, however, regarding the impact of these measures on neonatal morbidity and mortality … qualified diagnostic centers (conventional and high-resolution ultrasound, amniocentesis) and high-quality

445. Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     August 24, 2021 - glucose level of 140 to 199 mg/dL (7.77- 11.04 mmol/L) are consistent with prediabetes.14 HbA1c is a measure … Both fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c levels are simpler to measure than performing an oral glucose … Neither trial found statistically significant differences in cardiovascular events, quality of life … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2021. AHRQ publication 21-05276-EF-1. 3. … Effect of screening for type 2 diabetes on population-level self-rated health outcomes and measures

446. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes: An Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/aHpXYasjc3n6zhaTtoWMwK
     August 01, 2016 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Accuracy of screening tests, benefits of screening, harms of screening, reduction … Only stud- ies rated as good or fair quality were included. … Eli- gible outcomes included reduced rates of symptomatic episodes and transmission (including measures … For KQ4 (effects of antiviral medication on subclinical HSV-2 shedding), we included any outcome measure … with no known history of genital herpes Studies are uncontrolled; due to study design and outcome measures

447. Shared Decision Making About Screening and Chemoprevention | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/shared-decision-making-about-screening-and-chemoprevention
     January 01, 2017 - At that time, the central question was whether there was high-quality evidence showing that a preventive … The measure of an informed and joint decision, however, should not vary ( Figure 2 ). … (National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, Boston, MA); Steven M. … Patients' perceptions of the quality of informed consent for common medical procedures.  … Envisioning the National Healthcare Quality Report . 2000.

448. Archived: Evidence Summary: Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis-june-2019
     June 11, 2019 - Main Outcomes and Measures:  HIV acquisition, mortality, and harms; adherence to PrEP; and diagnostic … All trials were rated good quality except for 1 trial 31 rated fair quality because of unclear allocation … One study was rated good quality 18 and the others were rated fair quality. … fmol/punch or greater on dried blood sampling (consistent with ≥4 doses/wk). 52-54 Using the same measure … Accuracy of self-report and pill-count measures of adherence in the FEM-PrEP clinical trial: implications

449. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be … .18 Another trial reported no effect on falls or fracture risk.19 Some studies showed improvements in measures … on these measures. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016. 2. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2009. 5.

450. 12th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/2022-annual-report-to-congress.pdf
     January 01, 2022 - Encourage greater consistency and standardization of outcome measures in studies, specifically those … high dropout rates among participants or biased assessment of outcomes or heterogeneity in outcome measures … With Cardiovascular Risk Factors • Encourage greater consistency and standardization of outcome measures … • Encourage greater consistency and standardization of outcome measures in studies, specifically those … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report.

451. Archived: Low-Dose Aspirin Use for the Prevention of Morbidity and Mortality From Preeclampsia: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication-september-2014
     September 09, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … preeclampsia, such as serum biomarkers, uterine artery Doppler ultrasonography, and clinical history and measures … Clinical measures, such as uterine artery Doppler ultrasonography, are not included. … Potential Harms of Preventive Medication The USPSTF considered 19 RCTs (12 good-quality) and 2 good-quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. 2.

452. Benefits and Harms of Computed Tomography Lung Cancer Screening Programs for High Risk Populations (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2013. … We briefly describe how each model computes this measure. … Composite measures of the number of screenings per lung cancer averted and per life-year gained are … number of screenings and lung cancer deaths averted but represents a noticeable tradeoff between the measures … Quality-of- life effects of prostate-specific antigen screening.

453. Evidence Summary: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/unhealthy-alcohol-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
     November 13, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Sensitivity, specificity, drinks per week, exceeding recommended limits, … were fair quality. … A critical evaluation of several alcohol screening instruments using the CIDI-SAM as a criterion measure … Comparing alcohol screening measures among HIV-infected and -uninfected men. … Quality: Study was poor quality.

454. Archived: Drug Use, Illicit: Primary Care Interventions for Children and Adolescents | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents-march-2014
     March 11, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Research to develop and validate tools to measure current and past substance use is needed. … The studies used an unusual and difficult-to-interpret measure of drug use. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. 5. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2008. 12.

455. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/s9Hht_QpMB4gQg26rTpcaN
     November 01, 2013 - 6 6 6 5 6 3 6 6 3 6 6 6 12 6 6 4 6 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 Analyzed, n Follow-up, mo Weights … 1601 24/202 8/156 21/126 26/201 20/284 6/152 17/216 4/129 12/144 138/1610 Control Events, n/N Weights … 105 184 111 131 171 171 56 120 191 74 220 82 93 79 25 96 153 69 99 Analyzed, n Weights … 60 81 94 132 121 111 195 130 271 221 25 95 96 74 99 157 153 192 155 Analyzed, n Weights … The IQCODE versus a single-item informant measure to dis- criminate between cognitively intact individuals

456. Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/36geybKjEXsHDoPkRR5KVZ
     June 01, 2008 - More recently, wide- spread adoption of standardized hemoglobin A1c measure- ments has occurred, and … newer techniques for measure- ment are generally highly reproducible (10). … Data are lim- ited, however, and studies vary in outcome measures, char- acteristics of the screened … and comparison populations, and methodological quality. … The re- searchers found that the former group had worse psycho- logical measures, although the negative

457. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening-2002
     December 01, 2002 - vs 21 percent) than patients receiving watchful waiting, but both groupsreported similar outcomes on measures … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.  … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. December 2001. 4. … Quality of life outcomes in men treated for localized prostate cancer. … Quality of life after radical prostatectomy or watchful waiting.

458. Archived: Letter to the Editor and Response from the Evidence-Based Practice Center: Human Papillomavirus Testing to Screen for Cervical Cancer: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/letter-to-the-editor-and-response-from-the-evidence-based-practice-center--human-papillomavirus-testing-to-screen-for-cervical-cancer/cervical-cancer-screening-2012
     February 15, 2012 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … European Guidelines for Quality Assurance on Cervical Cancer Screening. 2nd ed. … round screening and followup, perhaps with linkage to registries) and for a larger array of process measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2011. 4. Rebolj M, Lynge E. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2011. 16.

459. Recommendation: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening
     October 23, 2018 - Compared with the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) (violence/verbal aggression scales combined), the H-S/ … groups in rates of overall IPV exposure 49 , 50 or combined physical and sexual violence; 51 , 52 measures … One RCT developed a specific tool, the Consequences of Screening Tool (COST), to measure the consequences … Five good- or fair-quality RCTs assessing IPV interventions reported on harms. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2018. 43.

460. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary27/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction-2013
     April 15, 2013 - Limitation:  Data on mortality and adherence measures and for women who are nonwhite, are premenopausal … We developed selection criteria for studies based on the patient populations, interventions, outcome measures … Discriminatory accuracy is a measure of how well the model can correctly classify persons at higher risk … We also abstracted model calibration, a measure of how well predicted probabilities agree with actual … Measures of adherence and persistence in clinical trials may not be similar for patients in clinical