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101. 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 … suggests that office-based counseling by physicians may be an effective component of a multi-modal program … (Senior Scientist and Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ); Jeffrey

102. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     April 27, 2021 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Mortality; cardiovascular events; quality of life; sensitivity, specificity … primary intervention.47 The community clusters received either the Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program … Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality. … Racial differences in abnormal ambulatory blood pressure monitoring measures: results from the Coronary … the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures

103. Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 23, 2024 - Barry, MD, Informed Medical Decisions Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge St, 16th … kindergartens, health/public health centers, ad- vertisements, birth announcements, early childhood programs … , and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) offices. … stud- ies), and a mix of advertisements and outreach to schools, clinical settings, or community-based programs … Disorders in Children: Implications for the Social Security Administration’s Supplemental Security Income Program

104. Draft Research Plan: Healthy Diet, Physical Activity, and/or Weight Loss to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/behavioral-counseling-interventions-promote-healthy-diet-physical-activity-weight-loss-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-adults
     May 18, 2023 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Abbreviations: BMI=body mass index; CVD=cardiovascular disease; KQ=key question; QoL=quality of life … What is the added value of measures of central adiposity in assessing the health risks associated with … tea extract) Interventions that provide all or most of participants’ food Broader community-based programs … : Diabetes mellitus Hypertension Dyslipidemia Cardiorespiratory fitness measures KQ 3:

105. Archived: Final Research Plan: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan109/preeclampsia-screening-april-2017
     August 14, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … high risk for preeclampsia KQs 2, 3: Maternal characteristics and routinely collected clinical measures … very high” or equivalent on the Human Development Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Program … eligible studies identified through a bridge search Studies published before 1990 Study quality … Good and fair quality Poor quality Language English Non-English

106. PII: S0749-3797(01)00266-5 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - Guidelines for treating high cholesterol are available from the National Cholesterol Education Program … accurately on nonfasting venous or capillary blood samples, but LDL-C requires fasting samples for accurate measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2001. 4. … Summary of the second report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on the … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Strength of Overall Evidence The USPSTF grades the quality of

107. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary19/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
     December 22, 2014 - We identified 1 good-quality cluster RCT of a community pharmacy–based BP screening program targeting … Accessed at www.ohri.ca/programs/clinical_epidemiology/oxford.asp on 21 January 2014. 20. … Weights are from random-effects analysis. … Weights are from random-effects analysis. … † Measure based on >1 visit or involved an additional confirmation step.

108. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults, Children, and Adolescents: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/high-blood-pressure-adults-children-adolescents-screening-2003
     April 01, 2003 - If performed correctly, it provides a measure of blood pressure that is highly correlated with intra-arterial … Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provides a measure of average blood pressure over 24 hours rather … How to measure blood pressure. JAMA 1995;273(15):1211-8. 13. Birkett NJ. … Comparison of agreement between different measures of blood pressure in primary care and daytime ambulatory … Disability days associated with detection and treatment in a hypertension control program.

109. Evidence Summary: Anxiety Disorders in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/anxiety-adults-screening
     June 20, 2023 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Anxiety and depression outcomes; global quality of life and functioning; … A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7. … Computerized, interactive, multimedia cognitive-behavioural program for anxiety and depression in general … Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality. … Brief Symptom Inventory–Anxiety; CBT, cognitive behavioral therapy; DASS, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales

110. Evidence Summary: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary--html/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
     July 10, 2018 - This analysis uses the change in C statistic to measure discrimination. … National Cholesterol Education Program. … Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation … http://www.ohri.ca/programs/clinical_epidemiology/oxford.asp . Published 2014. … Quality: Study was poor quality.

111. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2008
     December 30, 2013 - Guidelines for treating lipid disorders are available from the National Cholesterol Education Program … Guidelines for treating lipid disorders are available from the National Cholesterol Education Program … Accuracy of Screening Tests Serum lipid screening is an accurate measure of serum lipids. … There is good quality evidence on the harms of drug therapy. … Executive summary of the third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection

112. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Breastfeeding: Counseling, July 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/breastfeeding-counseling-2003
     July 01, 2003 - RCTs to examine the influence of specific components of counseling interventions on rates of 3 outcome measures … were interested not only on the isolated effect of support but also on the added benefit of supportive measures … when combined with educational programs. … initiation and support measures increased duration. … The effect of an educational program on the decision to breastfeed.

113. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years: An Update of the Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials, 1999–2003 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - LogMAR than 2 mos of lines amblyopia therapy in the past 2 yrs; aged 7 yrs or older; not able to measure … Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years Intention-to- Measures Equal … Rating Yes Yes Yes Yes Fair Yes Yes Yes Yes Fair Yes Yes Yes Yes Good Primary visual acuity outcome measure … Do formal screening No direct studies on this, but A fair-quality nested RCT comparing intensive programs … identify screening programs have screening with usual care in the UK indicated higher cases earlier

114. Screening for Hepatitis B Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     February 11, 2019 - Two fair- quality observational studies that compared perinatal trans- mission rates over time were included … factors are present in only 35% to 65% of HBV-positive pregnant women Treatment: Effective preventive measures … under contract HHSA-290-2015-00007-I-EPC5, Task Order 3, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … The national Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program, 1994-2008.

115. 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 - 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 … Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group.

116. Draft Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cardiovascular-disease-enhanced-risk-assessment-non-traditional-risk-factors
     April 25, 2024 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … coronary artery calcium scoring or the ankle brachial index to predict cardiovascular disease risk improve measures … categorized as “Very High” on the 2021 Human Development Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Program … and case-control studies for rare events   Language English language only   Study Quality … “Fair” or “Good” quality only   * eGFR <30 mL/min.

117. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary46/skin-cancer-screening-2009
     February 15, 2009 - In the American Academy of Dermatology program, dermatologists performed screening examinations that … Many studies measure accuracy through the use of photographs of lesions of known histopathology. … Other studies measure accuracy by following the referral patterns and ultimate histopathology of lesions … Clinical outcomes from skin screening clinics within a community-based melanoma screening program. … The first 15 years of the American Academy of Dermatology skin cancer screening programs: 1985-1999.

118. ahrq12a_Summary_HBP.qxd (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - If performed correctly, it provides a measure of blood pressure that is highly correlated with intra-arterial … Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provides a measure of average blood pressure over 24 hours rather … How to measure blood pressure. JAMA. 1995; 273(15):1211–1218. 13. Birkett NJ. … Comparison of agreement between different measures of blood pressure in primary care and daytime ambulatory … Disability days associated with detection and treatment in a hypertension control program.

119. Archived: Evidence Summary: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-counseling-2004
     April 06, 2004 - Burton et al., 1995 88 United States Poor quality: Single alcohol outcome measure not clearly defined … Logsdon et al., 1989 91 United States Poor quality: Use of single alcohol outcome measure without … Persson and Magnusson, 1989 92 Sweden Poor quality: Alcohol consumption measures reported for intervention … The measures used to determine eligibility for the study and to measure outcomes (Substance Use Screening … Excludes those already in alcohol intervention program.

120. Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     October 11, 2022 - or insufficient using methods developed for the USPSTF and the AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center program … Do depression or suicide risk screening programs in primary care or comparable settings result in improved … Quality: Study was poor quality. … Screening for adolescent depression: a comparison of depression scales. … Evaluating iatrogenic risk of youth suicide screening programs: a randomized controlled trial.