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221. 0306 AHRQ AAA_provider F.indd (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - y Ultrasound has good accuracy and is the preferred screening modality (sensitivity ~95%, specificity … y Abdominal palpation has poor accuracy and is not recommended for screening.

222. Recommendation: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 10, 2021 - To update the 2014 recommendation, 33 the USPSTF commissioned a systematic review to evaluate the accuracy … Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment The USPSTF reviewed 45 prospective studies of fair … or good quality that assessed the accuracy of various screening tests for gestational diabetes, including … The 50-g OGCT showed good accuracy (sensitivity, 100%-75%; specificity, 86%-25%) using Carpenter and … with lower thresholds showing greater sensitivity but lower or imprecise specificity. 29 , 34 The accuracy

223. Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia--Including Iron Supplementation for Children and Pregnant Women (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2006 - The USPSTF found insufficient evidence (no studies) that specifically addressed the accuracy of screening … Force also examined the literature addressing other evidence linking screening (e.g., prevalence, the accuracy … Accuracy of Tests Serum hemoglobin or hematocrit is the primary screening test for identifying anemia … There was insufficient evidence (no studies) to specifically address the accuracy of screening tests … Children and Pregnant Women Rationale Clinical Considerations Discussion Burden of Illness Scope Accuracy

224. Screening and Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - Evidence examined included the benefits and harms of screening, the accuracy of primary care–feasible … There are limited data describing the accuracy of using MDD screening instruments in younger children … Evidence examined included the benefits and harms of screening, the accuracy of primary care–feasible … Accuracy of Screening Tests There is adequate evidence that screening tests can ac- curately identify … Nine fair-quality studies of MDD screening-instrument accuracy in chil- dren and adolescents addressed

225. Archived: Evidence Summary: Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 11, 2019 - Outcomes and Measures:  HIV acquisition, mortality, and harms; adherence to PrEP; and diagnostic test accuracy … Results: Fourteen RCTs (N = 18,837), 8 observational studies (N = 3884), and 7 studies of diagnostic accuracy … A second investigator reviewed abstracted information for accuracy. … Diagnostic Accuracy of Risk Assessment Tools Key Question 2. … What is the diagnostic accuracy of provider or patient risk assessment tools in identifying individuals

226. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - This review examined the accuracy of screening tools for identifying IPV and the benefits and harms of … Further evaluation of the accuracy, effi- ciency, and acceptability of these methods is needed. … This review examined the accuracy of 14 screening tools for identifying IPV. … Accuracy of Screening Tests This review (37) included a total of 15 studies of 13 screening instruments … It also found no existing studies that determined the accuracy of screening tools.

227. Recommendation: Oral Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2013 - Balance of Benefits and Harms The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on the diagnostic accuracy, benefits … Evaluating the accuracy of tests that detect oral HPV infection is a potentially promising area of research … Continued research is needed to determine the accuracy of primary care providers, dental hygienists, … Estimate of Magnitude of Net Benefit The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on the diagnostic accuracy … Clarifying language about adjunct screening tools was added to the Accuracy of Screening Tests section

228. Screening for Food Insecurity: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2025 - Summary of USPSTF Rationale Rationale Assessment Detection Adequate evidence on the accuracy of screening … • The USPSTF found adequate evidence on the accuracy of screening tools to detect food insecurity. … performance of the screening tool under usual clinical use.3,33 The 1-item screening tool had the lowest accuracy … access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy … Diagnostic accuracy of two food insecurity screeners recommended for use in health care settings.

229. Evidence Summary: Oral Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years: Screening and Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 07, 2023 - Data Extraction and Synthesis: One investigator abstracted data; a second checked accuracy. … Evidence on screening accuracy, silver diamine fluoride, xylitol, and harms was very limited, although … Screening and diagnostic accuracy studies conducted in primary care settings of oral health examination … Randomized or nonrandomized trials and diagnostic accuracy studies were eligible; cohort studies were … A second investigator reviewed abstracted data for accuracy.

230. Screening for Lung Cancer With Low-Dose Computed Tomography: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     March 09, 2021 - STUDY SELECTION English-language studies of screening with LDCT, accuracy of LDCT, risk prediction models … MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Lung cancer incidence, lung cancer mortality, all-cause mortality, test accuracy … What is the accuracy of screening for lung cancer with LDCT? b. … Accuracy of Screening Key Question 3a. What is the accuracy of screening for lung cancer with LDCT? … Third, for accuracy, some included studies did not report accuracy metrics; rather, when sufficient data

231. Recommendation: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 02, 2021 - Auscultation for carotid bruits has been found to have poor accuracy for detecting carotid stenosis or … Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment The accuracy of screening tests for carotid artery … the 2014 systematic review for the USPSTF, 8 which found 1 good-quality meta-analysis assessing the accuracy … Adequate evidence that auscultating the neck for carotid bruits has poor accuracy for detecting clinically

232. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 18, 2011 - Six fair- to good-quality diagnostic accuracy studies showed that 1-time HPV screening was more sensitive … Four fair- to good-quality diagnostic accuracy studies and 4 fair- to good-quality RCTs showed mixed … We synthesized results from diagnostic accuracy studies (to evaluate 1-time test performance) separately … Primary HPV Screening Alone Compared With Cytology Alone In 6 fair- or good-quality diagnostic accuracy … The accuracy of colposcopic biopsy: analyses from the placebo arm of the Gardasil clinical trials.

233. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 20, 2017 - In adult women without preexisting breast cancer, what is the accuracy … Practice settings dissimilar to those in the United States Study Design KQ 1: Discriminatory accuracy

234. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2007 - What is the accuracy of ultrasonography to detect CAS? … We found 2 systematic reviews on the accuracy of ultrasonography screening (key question 2); for CAS … We found 2 meta-analyses on the accuracy of ultrasonography to detect clinically important stenosis. … of MRA and 1 meta-analysis on the accuracy of CT in detecting clinically important carotid stenosis. … Its reported accuracy is approximately 94% sensitive and 92% specific for CAS of 60% to 99%.

235. Archived: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 15, 2008 - The USPSTF did not review evidence comparing the accuracy of spirometry performed in primary care versus … The USPSTF did not review evidence comparing the accuracy of spirometry performed in the primary care … In addition, studies are needed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of spirometry performed in primary … Accuracy of Screening Tests Because spirometry is used as a confirmatory test as well as a screening

236. Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 17, 2021 - What are the accuracy and reliability of the tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon gamma release assay … What are the accuracy and reliability of sequential screening strategies that use TST and IGRA in asymptomatic

237. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2009 - Two studies on screening accuracy for syphilis reported false-positive rates of less than 1%. … The USPSTF determined that for this update it was not necessary to review the accuracy of screening tests … The accuracy of rapid plasma reagin (RPR) and Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) screening tests … We did find 2 studies on the harms of screening that evaluated the accuracy of the RPR and VDRL syphilis … Diagnostic accuracy of a point-of-care syphilis test when used among pregnant women in Bolivia.

238. Clinical Summary: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
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     One- to 3-item screening instruments have the best accuracy for assessing unhealthy alcohol use in adults

239. Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Screening for Food Insecurity (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2025 - • The USPSTF found adequate evidence on the accuracy of screening tools to detect food insecurity.

240. Screening for Oral Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Balance of Benefits and Harms The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on the diagnostic accuracy, benefits