Results

Total Results: 830 records

Showing results for "accuracy".

1. Final Research Plan: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening
   November 18, 2021 - What is the diagnostic accuracy of risk assessment tools for identifying adults with osteoporosis? … KQ 2 (Accuracy): For predictive accuracy: Observed fracture incidence from nationally representative … KQ 2 (Accuracy): Predictive accuracy: Calibration outcomes (e.g., observed vs. expected ratio, calibration … For predictive accuracy of DXA, observed fracture incidence over at least 1 year. … KQ 2 (Accuracy): Recent (published in the last 5 years) systematic reviews of cohort or test accuracy

2. Evidence Summary: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertension-in-adults-screening
   April 27, 2021 - For KQs 2 and 3 (test accuracy), test accuracy studies comparing an initial office blood pressure measurement … Test Accuracy Key Question 2. … What screening protocol characteristics define the best test accuracy? … Comparative Accuracy Two studies (n = 564) reported the accuracy of multiple confirmation methods against … What confirmation protocol characteristics define the best test accuracy?

3. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/QaNSteuunshjz-kHPxVvAN
   April 27, 2021 - For KQs 2 and 3 (test accuracy), test accuracy studies compar- ing an initial office blood pressure measurement … Test Accuracy Key Question 2. … What screening protocol characteristics define the best test accuracy? … Comparative Accuracy Two studies (n = 564) reported the accuracy of multiple confirma- tion methods against … What confirmation protocol characteristics define the best test accuracy?

4. Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
   September 14, 2021 - of risk stratification and alternative screening methods, accuracy of tests, and screening harms. … Data Extraction and Synthesis: One investigator abstracted data; a second checked accuracy. … Risk prediction criteria demonstrated limited accuracy beyond age. … A second investigator reviewed abstracted data for accuracy. … Risk prediction criteria demonstrated limited accuracy beyond age.

5. Draft Research Plan: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
   October 28, 2021 - What is the test accuracy of and adherence to self-collected high-risk HPV vaginal samples? … Does the test accuracy or adherence vary by population (e.g., by age, gender, race and ethnicity, or … What is the comparative test accuracy of high-risk HPV tests used in U.S. … all-cause or cervical cancer) Quality of life or other cancer-related morbidity KQ 2: Test accuracy … studies Case reports Case series Narrative reviews Editorials KQ 2: Diagnostic test accuracy

6. Final Research Plan: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
   March 17, 2022 - What is the test accuracy of and adherence to self-collected high-risk HPV vaginal samples? … Does the test accuracy or adherence vary by population (e.g., by age, gender, race and ethnicity, or … What is the comparative test accuracy of high-risk HPV tests used in U.S. … all-cause or cervical cancer) Quality of life or other cancer-related morbidity KQ 2: Test accuracy … Nonrandomized studies with unbiased selection and contemporaneous controls KQ 2: Diagnostic test accuracy

7. Final Research Plan: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
   May 02, 2019 - What is the accuracy of risk stratification methods or alternative screening strategies for identifying … What is the diagnostic accuracy of anatomic site–specific testing and collection methods for identifying … including gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV; reproductive, pregnancy-related, and perinatal outcomes KQ 2: Accuracy … of screening strategies KQ 3: Diagnostic accuracy of testing at a specific anatomic site; accuracy … In response to these comments, the USPSTF clarified terminology around diagnostic accuracy, anatomic

8. Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/colorectal-cancer-screening
   May 16, 2019 - What is the accuracy of direct visualization, stool-based, or serum-based screening tests for detecting … Does the accuracy of the screening tests vary by subgroups (e.g., age, sex, or race/ethnicity)? … colonography Comparisons KQ 1: No screening or alternate screening strategy KQ 2: Diagnostic accuracy … Randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical trials; cohort studies; nested case-control diagnostic accuracy … proximal or distal colon or rectum) and added sessile serrated polyps as an outcome of interest for test accuracy

9. Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
   January 23, 2024 - The accuracy of other screening tools varied widely. … All data extractions were checked by a second investigator for completeness and accuracy. … Accuracy of Screening Key Question 2. … Parent-reported screening tools for expressive language delay had reasonable accuracy. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

10. 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 - Information is limited on the accuracy of screening by physicians or patients using real patients and … Three published studies have evaluated the accuracy of skin self-examination 16-18 . … The evidence on accuracy of screening has limitations. … Many studies measure accuracy through the use of photographs of lesions of known histopathology. … does not necessarily assess the accuracy of a full-body screening examination.

11. Screening for Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infections: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/k-btyK4W2-v9KnemTK8WDx
    September 14, 2021 - of risk stratification and alternative screening methods, accuracy of tests, and screening harms. … DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS One investigator abstracted data; a second checked accuracy. … Risk prediction criteria demonstrated limited accuracy beyond age. … A second investigator reviewed abstracted data for accuracy. … Risk prediction criteria demon- strated limited accuracy beyond age.

12. Screening for Skin Cancer: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/LgBN7_z7hqynt6BRzUUYA-
    February 01, 2009 - Information is limited on the accuracy of screening by physicians or patients using real patients and … Three published studies have evaluated the accuracy of skin self-examination (16–18). … The evidence on accuracy of screening has limitations. … Many studies measure accuracy through the use of photographs of lesions of known histopathology. … but does not necessarily assess the accuracy of a full-body screening examination.

13. 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 - Objective: To review the benefits and harms of screening and treatment for anxiety and the accuracy … Data Extraction and Synthesis: One investigator abstracted data; a second checked accuracy. … Both screening instruments had adequate accuracy for detecting generalized anxiety disorder (eg, across … For KQ2 (test accuracy), diagnostic accuracy studies of a priori–specified screening tools were included … One reviewer completed primary data abstraction, and a second reviewer checked all data for accuracy

14. Procedure Manual Appendix IX. Factors to Consider When Recommending Starting and Stopping Times for Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-ix-factors-consider-when-recommending-starting-and-stopping-times-screening
    July 01, 2017 - Whether the accuracy of available screening tests differs or is uncertain in particular subgroups. … especially if there is biological or epidemiological knowledge suggesting that the risk for disease, the accuracy … Whether the accuracy of available screening tests differs or is uncertain in particular subgroups. … especially if there is biological or epidemiological knowledge suggesting that the risk for disease, the accuracy

15. Final Research Plan: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hypertension-in-adults-screening
    October 04, 2018 - What is the accuracy of office-based blood pressure measurement during a single encounter as initial … What screening protocol characteristics define the best diagnostic accuracy? … What is the accuracy of confirmatory blood pressure measurement in adults who initially screen positive … What confirmation protocol characteristics define the best diagnostic accuracy? … For the purposes of inclusivity, reported thresholds from eligible diagnostic accuracy studies for KQs

16. Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/colorectal-cancer-screening
    May 18, 2021 - Accuracy of Screening Key Question 2. … Six studies reported test accuracy by sex and produced inconsistent findings. … Evidence of bias and variation in diagnostic accuracy studies. … Fecal immunochemical test accuracy in average-risk colorectal cancer screening. … Accuracy of CT colonography for detection of large adenomas and cancers.

17. Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/impaired-visual-acuity-screening-older-adults
    June 04, 2020 - What is the diagnostic accuracy of screening for impaired visual acuity due to uncorrected refractive … What is the accuracy of instruments for identifying patients at higher risk of impaired visual acuity … predictive values, areas under the receiver operating curve, and other measures of diagnostic test accuracy … delayed screening, or usual care (i.e., targeted screening) KQ 3, 4: Studies evaluating diagnostic accuracy

18. Archived: Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
    June 07, 2016 - Objective: To update a 2004 systematic review of studies of syphilis screening effectiveness, test accuracy … Data Extraction and Synthesis: One investigator abstracted data, a second checked data for accuracy, … Diagnostic Accuracy of Currently Used Screening Tests and Strategies Key Question 3. … Test Accuracy Three fair-quality observational studies of diagnostic accuracy evaluated treponemal … Three studies of the diagnostic accuracy of screening tests 24-26 confirmed that they are accurate for

19. Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/osteoporosis-screening
    January 14, 2025 - The discriminative accuracy of risk assessment instruments to predict fracture or identify osteoporosis … Studies 2] for diagnostic test accuracy, 9 PROBAST [Prediction Model Risk of Bias Assessment Tool] … (AUC, 0.52) to very good accuracy (AUC, 0.93); however, most AUCs were between 0.60 and 0.80. … of risk assessment tools and for predictive accuracy of BMD alone. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

20. Archived: Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary30/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
    July 07, 2015 - We examined the accuracy of screening techniques and whether accuracy varies by demographic and screening … Detailed Synthesis of Evidence on Screening Accuracy Tables 1 and 2 present accuracy statistics … We report the accuracy statistics by age group when possible. … Accuracy of Screening Instruments Used by Trained Examiners Twelve studies examined the accuracy of … Accuracy apparently drops over time.