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301. Lsbrgfwsvekvzhcxwjtuxv (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2016 - We used a random- effects model to combine relative risks (RRs) as the effect measure of the meta-analyses … Breast cancer mortality was the main outcome measure, and all trials evaluated differ- ences between … The EUROSCREEN reviews included studies from current population-based screening programs in Europe and … This difference may re- flect dissimilarities between participants and nonpartic- ipants of screening programs … measures, and other measures of impairment. § Screening modalities include mammography (film, digital

302. 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

303. Information for Professionals | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     smoking] represents the single most important step that smokers can take to enhance the length and quality … Source: SEEK Project | University of Maryland Medical Center http://umm.edu/programs/childrens/services … The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is a 21-item, self-report rating inventory that measures

304. Screening for Osteoporosis: An Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2010 - McClung MR, Geusens P, Miller PD, Zippel H, Bensen WG, Roux C, et al; Hip Intervention Program Study … Hip Intervention Program Study Group. N Engl J Med. 2001;344:333-40. [PMID: 11172164] 26. … The FRAX Patch program includes adjustments according to densitometer manu­ facturer. … § Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure, adjusted for age and clinic. … ¶ Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure. ** Per SD reduction in QUS measure, adjusted for age,

305. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2011 - Primary care; n � 589; mean age, 38 y; high risk �15-min self-directed computer session, “Skin Safe program … measures of sun exposure; or total, which are cumulative estimates of sun exposure. … Most studies used crude measures of indoor tanning exposure. … Both of these studies, however, used only a crude dichotomous measure of sunscreen use. … Accessed at www.ohri.ca/programs/clinical_epidemiology /oxford.htm on 10 December 2010. 41.

306. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Depression in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2009 - a proxy for less serious adverse effects, particularly discontinuation due to adverse effects as a measure … These results provide good evidence for the effectiveness of their program. … Impact of disseminating quality improvement programs for depression in managed primary care: a randomized … Follow-up Scale Score Decrease from Baseline IV Group, % UC Group, % Measure … IV Group, % UC Group, % Measure General adult population

307. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Announces Addition of Three New Members: Experts in primary care, evidence-based medicine, and health disparities join the Task Force (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - University of California, San Francisco, and the Senior Scholar for the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Quality … Lee also chairs the American Geriatrics Society Quality and Performance Measurement Committee. … co-directs the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute and leads its community engagement program

308. Archived: Folic Acid/Folate Prophylaxis to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - 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 … Results and benefits of a maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening program. … Data from an alpha-fetoprotein pilot screening program in Maine. … Policy statement for maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening programs and quality control for laboratories

309. 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

310. 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

311. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2009 - reviewed, abstracted, and independently quality-rated the full articles. … conception, whereas Thompson and colleagues 6 combined these same 6 months of periconceptional time into 1 measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2008. … Investigators obtained 170 cases by monitoring amniocentesis programs, perinatal centers, all medical … from 1987 to 1991 and were included in 2 previous studies by the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program

312. Evidence Summary: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 09, 2021 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Lung cancer incidence, lung cancer mortality, all-cause mortality, test … When applied to current clinical practice, lung cancer screening programs have demonstrated significant … Henschke CI, Yip R, Miettinen OS; International Early Lung Cancer Action Program Investigators. … Smoking cessation and relapse during a lung cancer screening program. … Efficacy of SBRT for stage I NSCLC k = 27 Uncontrolled cohort studies n = 38,915 5-y OS (and other measures

313. Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 30, 2024 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Mortality, morbidity, progression to advanced cancer, interval cancers, … Two nonrandomized studies reported on the association of different screening programs with breast cancer … Women Informed to Screen Depending on Measures of Risk (Wisdom Study) [NCT02620852]. … Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality. … first screening round All trials conducted in European countries with national organized screening programs

314. Screening for Skin Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 26, 2016 - Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be … has limitations in the ability to create an appropriate comparison group, the ability to accurately measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016. … Validity of melanoma diagnosis in a community-based screening program. … SPOTme skin cancer screening program.

315. 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

316. Recommendation: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 18, 2024 - 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 clinical, school … The PedsQL 4.0 as a pediatric population health measure: feasibility, reliability, and validity.

317. Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2023 - Barry, MD, Informed Medical Decisions Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St, Boston … However, no benefit in symptom severity measures was found (pooled mean difference in change, −1.0 [ … Four trials examined screening only in older adults and only 1 trial used a depression measure that … of suicide risk screening.62 Although absolute scores were higher on 2 of the 3 suicidal ideation measures … mortality in primary care: randomized clinical trial of an evidence-based depression care management program

318. Archived: Evidence Summary: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 03, 2003 - Foot Care Programs Although foot care programs may decrease the risk for amputation among persons with … Center screened a convenience sample of 1253 outpatients for diabetes and also administered a global measure … Whether more sensitive measures in healthier samples would have similar findings is unclear. … The Diabetes Prevention Program. … tolerance RCT Intervention at impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance stage Valid measure

319. Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: A Summary of Systematic Reviews Conducted for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2009 - Data Extraction: Study quality was evaluated by using USPSTF criteria and overall quality of evidence … Critical Appraisal and Quality of Evidence To assess the quality of each study, we used the USPSTF criteria … These studies provided measures of the incremental predictive value of CAC scoring for coronary events … National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detec- tion, Evaluation, and Treatment … Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment

320. 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.