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461. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary10/aspirin-for-the-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication-2009
     March 15, 2009 - criteria Data Synthesis:  New evidence from 1 good-quality RCT, 1 good-quality meta-analysis, and … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently abstracted and quality-rated the … We excluded studies of poor quality. … quality-rating criteria, recency, relevance, and the validity of its conclusions. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2001.

462. Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2009 - Data Synthesis: New evidence from 1 good-quality RCT, 1 good- quality meta-analysis, and 2 fair-quality … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently abstracted and quality- rated the … We excluded studies of poor quality. … established quality-rating criteria, recency, relevance, and the validity of its conclusions. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2001. 7.

463. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2017 - of benefits and harms in CISNETmodeling when lifetime number of colonoscopies is used as the proxy measure … and amore efficient balance between life-years gained and lifetime number of colonoscopies (a proxy measure … burden of screen­ ing, it is efficient; if cathartic bowel preparations are considered as the proxy measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015.

464. Archived: Evidence Summary: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary43/prostate-cancer-screening-2012
     October 07, 2011 - outcomes, 8 cohort studies that evaluated urinary and sexual function outcomes by using continuous scales … be associated with worse sexual function compared with watchful waiting on the basis of continuous scales … , although no clear differences were seen in sexual bother scores and measures of urinary function ( … Prostatectomy and radiation therapy were not associated with worse outcomes on most measures related … 55% (41⁄75) T2: 37% (28⁄75)  T3: 4% (3⁄75) No adjustment for variables; adjustment made for repeat measures

465. Archived: Rh(D) Incompatibility: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/rhd-incompatibility-screening-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 … D-positive fetus, which occurs in up to 9-10% of pregnancies, depending on race. 1 , 2 If no preventive measures … disease is now low, the incidence was at least 10/1,000 live births before the introduction of preventive measures

466. Evidence Summary: Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-adults-interventions
     September 18, 2018 - maintenance interventions and selected based on an above-normal BMI (eg, ≥25) or other weight-related measure … , and disability), intermediate outcomes (weight measurements, measures of total and central adiposity … weight loss and maintenance trials (n = 7120), with 14 showing no differences between groups on any measure … Second, the review did not include continuous intermediate outcomes (eg, continuous measures of blood … Quality: Study was poor quality.

467. Serological Screening for Genital Herpes: A Reaffirmation Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2023 - reduced rates of symptomatic episodes of genital herpes and genital herpes transmission (including measures … For KQ 4 (effects of antiviral medication on subclinical HSV-2 shedding), we included any outcome measure … HSV-2 shedding (e.g., percentage of days with any shedding detected); however, we did not include measures … Because of the study design and outcome measures, it was impossible to estimate a magnitude of effect … Differences between studies in the duration of followup (maximum 5 months) and the methods used to measure

468. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - Individual studies will continue to be judged as being of “good,” “fair,” or “poor” quality. … Evidence may be considered con- vincing when derived from several high-quality studies with consistent … To what extent are the existing studies of high quality? (i.e., what is the internal validity?) 3. … This last category refers to preventive measures that, if implemented in the general primary care population … Barton, MD, MPP, of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Primary Care, Prevention

469. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening-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 … ranges. 28 , 29 Current evidence is inadequate to determine the relative superiority of any of these measures … reports without internal controls, usually involving carefully selected patients and surrogate outcome measures … Quality-of-life outcomes in men treated for localized prostate cancer.

470. Use of Medications to Reduce Risk for Primary Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review of the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - Limitation: Data on mortality and adherence measures and for women who are nonwhite, are premenopausal … 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 prob- abilities agree with actual … Measures of ad- herence and persistence in clinical trials may not be similar for patients in clinical

471. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1–5 Years: Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2011 - Psychosocial: 1 large cohort study, poor quality False-positives: 7 studies Overall quality rating: poor … One fair-quality and 1 good-quality trial found that Comparisons of treatment: 5 RCTs Overall quality … rating: fair measures of function besides vision outcomes patching resulted in a statistically significant … PlusOptix vision screener: the accuracy and repeatability of refractive measure- ments using a new autorefractor … 21/97 (22%); mixed anisometropia and strabismus 34/97 (35%) Fair a Converted from Snellen metric measures

472. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Community prevalence provides only a crude measure of individual risk, however, and should not replace … Careful quality control measures and patient counseling are essential to limit the potential adverse … counseling, which should includes the purpose of the test, the meaning of reactive and nonreactive results, measures … the results, the distinctions between casual nonsexual contact and proven modes of HIV transmission, measures … Other measures to reduce the risk of infection (consistent use of condoms, etc.) should be specifically

473. Shared Decision-Making About Screening and Chemoprevention: A Suggested Approach (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/sharedba.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - At that time, the central question was whether there was high-quality evidence showing that a preventive … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. … The measure of an informed and joint decision, however, should not vary (Figure 2). … Patients’ perceptions of the quality of informed consent for common medical procedures. … Envisioning the National Healthcare Quality Report. 2000.

474. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2018 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Ovarian cancer mortality, false-positive screening results and surgery, surgical … , blinded outcome assessment, reliable outcome measures, similar baseline characteristics between groups … Fair- quality studies were assessed as not meeting all of the quality cri- teria but did not have critical … Quality: Study was poor quality. … had at least 1 false-positive test result, meaning that at least 1 of their annual CA-125 screening measure

475. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/benefit.pdf
     December 01, 2007 - Individual studies will continue to be judged as being of “good,” “fair,” or “poor” quality. … Evidence may be considered con- vincing when derived from several high-quality studies with consistent … To what extent are the existing studies of high quality? (i.e., what is the internal validity?) 3. … This last category refers to preventive measures that, if implemented in the general primary care population … Barton, MD, MPP, of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Primary Care, Prevention

476. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary50/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2009
     July 15, 2009 - Although the Snellen eye chart is widely used to measure visual acuity in primary care settings, no studies … of life, functional capacity (including ability to drive and driving outcomes), and other measures of … and negative predictive values, areas under the receiver-operating characteristic curve, and other measures … Validity of a survey question as a measure of visual acuity impairment. … Variation in 4-month postoperative outcomes as reflected in multiple outcome measures.

477. Screening Older Adults for Impaired Visual Acuity: A Review of the Evidence for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2009 - Although the Snellen eye chart is widely used to measure visual acuity in primary care settings, no studies … Validity of a survey question as a measure of visual acuity impairment. … Variation in 4-month postop- erative outcomes as reflected in multiple outcome measures. … of life, functional capacity (including ability to drive and driving outcomes), and other measures … and negative predictive values, areas under the receiver-operating characteristic curve, and other measures

478. Screening Adults for Bladder Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2010 - Limitation: High-quality evidence was not available for any of the key questions. … 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.

479. Lipid Screening in Childhood and Adolescence for Detection of Multifactorial Dyslipidemia: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2016 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Outcomes included dyslipidemia (TC�200 mg/dL or LDL-C�130 mg/dL) and atherosclerosis … Three fair-quality studies7,19,23,24 and 1 good-quality study (the National Health and Nutrition Examination … 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. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2008.

480. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be … However, most individual measures were statistically insignificant, and overall it was difficult to de … However, these 4 studies used only crude measures of sunscreen use and did not adjust for sun exposure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2011. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Re- search and Quality; 2003. 22.