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1. Screening for Lung Cancer (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/gpMtFCtW7cvssqc6wRuogm
   March 01, 2021 - once a person has not smoked for 15 years or has a health problem that limits life expectancy or the ability … once a person has not smoked for 15 years or has a health problem that limits life expectancy or the ability

2. Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2025 - fractures are associated with psychological distress, subsequent fractures, loss of independence, reduced ability … 40% to 60% of persons experiencing a hip fracture recover their prefracture level of mobility and ability

3. Draft Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/vision-screening-children-ages-6-months-5-years
   April 24, 2025 - specificity, positive and negative predictive values, likelihood ratios, and diagnostic odds ratios (or ability … provided); measures of reliability, including reproducibility, interrater reliability, and testability (ability

4. Final Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vision-in-children-ages-6-months-to-5-years-screening
   December 17, 2015 - specificity, positive and negative predictive values, likelihood ratios, and diagnostic odds ratios (or ability … provided); measures of reliability, including reproducibility, interrater reliability, and testability (ability … Visual acuity: Sharpness of vision, measured by the ability to discern letters or numbers at a given

5. Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children (pdf file)
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   February 01, 2016 - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a condition that affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact … The learning and thinking abilities and behaviors of children with ASD vary greatly. … The questionnaire asks about a child’s communication and social interaction abilities. … and symptoms of autism and treating them early in a child’s development can help improve the child’s ability

6. Draft Research Plan: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/autism-spectrum-disorder-young-children-1
   February 25, 2021 - Developmental and functional outcomes, including autism symptom severity; adaptive behavior; cognitive ability … Developmental and functional outcomes, including autism symptom severity; adaptive behavior; cognitive ability

7. Archived: Final Research Plan: Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Age 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan13/dental-caries-in-children-from-birth-through-age-5-years-screening-2014
   December 15, 2012 - * Access to dental care is defined as the ability of a child to receive dental care services, based on … availability of dental care providers and/or ability to pay for those services.

8. Archived: Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan93/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
   September 27, 2014 - Outcomes KQs 1, 2: Visual acuity; vision-related quality of life; functional capacity, including ability … accuracy KQs 4, 5: Visual acuity; vision-related quality of life; functional capacity (including ability

9. JAMA (pdf file)
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   June 12, 2020 - acuity is consistently associated with decreased quality of life in older persons, including reduced ability … acuity is consistently associated with decreased quality of life in older persons, including reduced ability … These include changes in low- light vision, color vision, binocularity (ability to focus on an object … Presbyopia, which occurs as part of the natural aging process of the eye, is the loss of the eye’s ability … Relationship between vision impairment and ability to perform activities of daily living.

10. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening and Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening-behavioral-counseling-1996
    January 01, 1996 - The risk of NMSC is increased by a personal history of NMSC older age light eyes, skin, or hair poor ability … to have an increased risk that varies by MM subtype. 17 , 19 , 20 , 25-27 Persons with poor tanning ability … One study evaluated patients' ability to apply a seven-point checklist to the skin lesion that prompted … The ability of primary care physicians to recognize the common dermatoses. … Ability of PABA to protect mammalian skin from ultraviolet light-induced skin tumors and actinic damage

11. Screening for Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adults in Primary Care: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    Individual risk factors have only limited ability to predict suicide in an individual at any particular

12. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary14/chlamydial-infection-screening-2007
    June 15, 2007 - There are large gaps in the evidence regarding the ability of screening in men to improve health outcomes … There is a significant evidence gap regarding the ability of screening in men for chlamydial infection … Results were adjusted for age, race, education, and entrance aptitude score. … The intervention and control groups differed significantly in terms of age, education, and entrance aptitude … scores: The screened group was slightly younger and had lower educational level and aptitude scores

13. Medications for Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    accurately predict the number of breast cancer cases that may arise in certain study populations, but their ability

14. 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 - quality evidence that links screening to improved health outcomes and limited information about the ability … by the patient, was not performed in a primary care setting, or was designed to improve diagnostic ability … Using photographs of known lesions may test the accuracy of the diagnostic ability of a physician but … Therefore, there are problems with using this evidence to generalize about the ability of screening examinations … Diagnostic ability of general practitioners and dermatologists in discriminating pigmented skin lesions

15. Screening for Skin Cancer: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2009 - quality evidence that links screening to improved health outcomes and limited information about the ability … the patient, was not performed in a pri­ mary care setting, or was designed to improve diagnostic ability … Using pho­ tographs of known lesions may test the accuracy of the diagnostic ability of a physician … Therefore, there are problems with using this evi­ dence to generalize about the ability of screening … Diagnostic ability of general practitioners and dermatologists in discriminating pigmented skin lesions

16. Recommendation: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-screening-older-adults
    May 24, 2022 - acuity is consistently associated with decreased quality of life in older persons, including reduced ability … These include changes in lowlight vision, color vision, binocularity (ability to focus on an object with … both eyes), contrast sensitivity, accommodation (ability to change focus), and stereopsis (depth perception … Presbyopia, which occurs as part of the natural aging process of the eye, is the loss of the eye’s ability … Relationship between vision impairment and ability to perform activities of daily living.

17. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2022 - Impaired visual acuity is associated with decreased quality of life in older persons, including reduced ability

18. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/speech-language-delay-bulletin.pdf
    August 21, 2023 - Speech or language disorders refer to speech or language ability that is different from typical development

19. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Syphilis Infection (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/syphilis-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
    September 27, 2022 - including how common syphilis infections are in the community, social factors affecting a patient’s ability

20. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Task Force determines that more research is needed to recommend for or against screening all children age 5 years and younger (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/speech-language-delay-screening-children-final-rec-bulletin-w-40th-annivlogo.pdf
    January 23, 2024 - Speech or language disorders refer to speech or language ability that is different from typical development