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281. Draft Research Plan: Tobacco Cessation in Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/tobacco-cessation-adults-interventions
     February 27, 2025 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … What strategies and programs facilitate access to or utilization of tobacco cessation interventions? … Broad public health initiatives (e.g., mass media, community-wide campaigns), inpatient programs … categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Program … studies Reviews: Very low-credibility existing systematic reviews Primary studies: Poor-quality studies

282. Txncztmvpe5Ftseqts6Obm (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2015 - Measure- ments are typically taken at 20- to 30-minute intervals. … 1.56) 1.40 (1.21–1.62) 1.36 (1.04–1.79) 1.02 (0.86–1.20) 1.13 (1.08–1.19) 1.09 (0.92–1.29) 0.5 21 Weights … adjusted) HR (95% CI) 1.17 (1.02–1.33) 1.23 (1.00–1.51) 1.39 (1.22–1.59) 1.22 (1.09–1.37) 0.5 21 Weights … health at popula- tion level: 39 community cluster randomised trial of Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program … the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures

283. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
     October 12, 2015 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. 2. … health at population level: 39 community cluster randomised trial of Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program … the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures … , Adjusted for Office Blood Pressure   Weights … Pressure, Adjusted for Office Blood Pressure Weights

284. Recommendation: Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years: Screening and Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 07, 2021 - ) The Health Resources and Services Administration’s  website contains various oral health program … status. 18 The Health Resources and Services Administration’s website contains various oral health program … fair quality). … Systemic fluoride also provides some measure of topical effects, as it is found in the saliva and bathes … Research is needed to identify effective preventive measures in economically disadvantaged children.

285. Lipid Screening in Childhood and Adolescence for Detection of Familial Hypercholerolemia: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2016 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke in adulthood; lipid concentrations … In general, a good-quality study met all quality criteria. … Outcomes No direct evidence supports a link between lipid concentrations or measures of atherosclerosis … Future studies should describe screening programs in detail, including the follow-up and con- firmatory … Treatment studies in screen-detected FH cases are essential in the absence of RCTs of screening programs

286. Screening for Osteoporosis: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Be- cause of limitations in the precision of testing, a minimum of 2 years may be needed to reliably measure … The cur- rent diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis use DXA measure- ments as cutoffs, and the measurements … Indirect evidence supports screening women �65 y, but no direct evidence supports widespread screening programs … Moreover, widespread screening programs may not be feasible or cost-effective in many countries (15). … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2010. 4.

287. Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2023 - BMI is an imperfect measure of adiposity and is not an equivalent measure of adiposity across all racial … measures was 3.8 points (95% CI, 3.6 to 4.1) (most scales ranged from 0-100).1,10 No studies reported … of life than placebo (mean difference, 5.3 [95% CI, 0.2 to 8.3]) (scales ranged from 0-100), which is … It further recommends that weight loss programs be multicomponent and accessible within clini- cal, school … The PedsQL 4.0 as a pediatric population health measure: feasibility, reliability, and validity.

288. Evidence Summary: Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years: Screening and Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 07, 2021 - use of cluster randomization, follow-up duration, varnish frequency, use of additional oral health measures … The caries-inhibiting effect of a fluoride drop program: a 3-year study on Chinese kindergarten children … A randomised controlled trial to measure the effects and costs of a dental caries prevention regime for … Validation of an age-modified caries risk assessment program (Cariogram) in preschool children. … .22    No 6 30-32 , 38 , 41 , 43 −1.62 (−3.26 to −0.33) 81 Additional oral health measures

289. doi:10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00122-3 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2003 - When performed correctly, sphygmomanometry provides a measure of blood pressure that is highly correlated … Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provides a measure of average blood pressure over 24 hours as opposed … www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/jncintro.htm studies found that ambulatory blood pressure measure … Tracy Orleans, PhD (Senior Scientist and Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, … How to measure blood pressure. JAMA 1995;273:1211–8. 13. McAlister FA, Straus SE.

290. Screening for Child and Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - Screening for depression across the lifespan: a review of measures for use in primary care settings. … Screening for adoles- cent depression: a comparison of depression scales. … school-based clinics, or other setting with primary care–comparable population (ie, church or after-school program … Measures have been taken to prevent knowledge of primary exposure influencing case ascertainment Exposure … recognition that knowledge of exposure status could have influenced the assessment of outcome The measure

291. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/diabetes-mellitus-type-2-in-adults-screening-2008
     June 15, 2008 - Although foot care programs, and perhaps tight glycemic and blood pressure control, may reduce lower-limb … Data are limited, however, and studies vary in outcome measures, characteristics of the screened and … comparison populations, and methodological quality. … Preventive Services Task Force, c/o Program Director, USPSTF, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The national glycohemoglobin standardization program: a five-year progress report.

292. Screening for Dementia - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2003 - There are 2 scales of function commonly used in research on dementia: a 70-point Alzheimer’s Disease … However, the evidence of the effects of cholinesterase inhibitors on functional measures, such as instrumental … in cognitive scales between patients taking gingko biloba compared with placebo.34 A recent Cochrane … Program on Aging and Community Health. Chicago, IL, 2001. … Tracy Orleans, PhD (Senior Scientist and Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,

293. Folic Acid Supplementation for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2009 - Investigators obtained 170 cases by monitoring amniocentesis programs, perinatal centers, all medical … Acknowledgment: The authors thank Gloria Washington, Coordinator of the USPSTF program; Caryn McManus … program; and Task Force members Lucy Marion, Kimberly Gregory, and Tom DeWitt. … Syed: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Preven- tive Medicine Residency Program, 615 North … from 1987 to 1991 and were included in 2 previous studies by the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program

294. 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 outcome measures taken multiple times before and after the intervention? … Disease Screening Outside the Clinic--Implications for the Modern Sexually Transmitted Disease Program … and randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to (1) standard syphilis self-testing arm; (2) a self-testing arm program

295. Benefits and Harms of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for Prostate Cancer: An Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2008 - differential loss to follow-up or overall high loss to follow- up; use of equal, valid, and reliable outcome measure … result led to biopsy; confirmed prostate cancer treated by urologist with “standardized management program … Although abnormal screening results did not affect sum- mary measures of anxiety or health-related quality … However, in the initial screening round of an RCT, health-related quality-of-life measures were not neg … Other studies have used prostate-specific measures of harms in addition to generic mental health or quality-of

296. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     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 … Physical activity programs for persons with dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008:CD006489. … Accessed at www.ohri.ca/programs/clinical_epidemiology/oxford.asp on 1 April 2013. 32. … The IQCODE versus a single-item informant measure to dis- criminate between cognitively intact individuals

297. Draft Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 16, 2025 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Internet-based) Trials within closed pre-existing social networks (e.g., worksite or church programs … KQ 1 (Health outcomes) : STI incidence (based on testing/biologic confirmation) Mortality and quality … decrease in protective behaviors Healthcare avoidance Psychological harms Self-reported measures … Fair or good-quality studies Poor-quality studies (according to design-specific USPSTF criteria)

298. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Suicide Risk: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary48/suicide-risk-screening-2004
     May 15, 2004 - The 4 studies that evaluated depressive outcomes 37-39 , 41 used 2 different scales for depression, … Two trials measured whether problems had improved (a dichotomous measure rated by assessors blinded to … A follow-up program for suicide attempters: evaluation of effectiveness. … Comparing a 3-month and a 12-month-outpatient after-care program for parasuicide repeaters. … Development of suicidal intent scales. In: Beck AT, Resnick HLP, Lettieri DJ, eds.

299. Screening for Suicide Risk in Adults: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - The 4 studies that evaluated depressive outcomes37–39,41 used 2 different scales for depression, requiring … Two trials measured whether problems had improved (a dichotomous measure rated by assessors blinded to … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2004. … A follow-up program for suicide attempters: evaluation of effectiveness. … Development of suicidal intent scales. In: Beck AT, Resnick HLP, Lettieri DJ, eds.

300. Archived: Drug Abuse: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     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 … immunoassay (EIA), fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPI), or thin-layer chromatography (TLC) to measure … Persons who continue to inject drugs should be screened periodically for HIV infection and advised of measures … The Swedish methadone maintenance program: a controlled study.