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241. Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2023 - Task Force (USPSTF) commissioned a systematic review to evaluate benefits and harms of screening, accuracy … Adults, pregnant and postpartum persons, and older adults Detection Inadequate evidence about the accuracy … The Whooley screening questions and the CES-D demonstrated accuracy comparable with the PHQ-2.1,58 The … accuracy of the EPDS was also similar to that of the PHQ-2, with sen- sitivity ranging from 81% to … • Accuracy of single-item suicide screeners within depression screen- ing instruments among patients

242. Screening for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     September 05, 2023 - STUDY SELECTION English-language, randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of screening; diagnostic test accuracy … MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Test accuracy, symptoms, response, remission, loss of diagnosis, all-cause … A second re- viewer checked all data for completeness and accuracy. … Accuracy of Screening Instruments Key Question 2. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

243. 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

244. Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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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 … 4 What is the diagnostic accuracy of provider or patient risk assessment tools in identifying individuals … A second inves- tigator reviewed abstracted information for accuracy. … Diagnostic Accuracy of Risk Assessment Tools Key Question 2.

245. Evidence Summary: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 22, 2023 - Main Outcomes and Measures:   HIV acquisition, mortality, and harms; and diagnostic test accuracy. … Diagnostic accuracy studies of instruments to predict HIV acquisition were also included. … A second investigator reviewed abstracted data for accuracy. … Diagnostic Accuracy of Risk Assessment Tools Key Question 3. … What is the diagnostic accuracy of provider or patient risk assessment tools in identifying persons at

246. Screening for Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adults in Primary Care: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests Screening tests for suicide risk vary and have a wide range in accuracy.

247. 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.

248. Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2019 - EVIDENCE REVIEW The USPSTF reviewed evidence on the accuracy of risk assessment methods to identify women … The USPSTF reviewed evidence from randomized trials, observational studies, and diagnostic accuracy studies … Both tools have been calibrated in US populations, but their discriminatory accuracy of predicting which … Diagnostic accuracy of the Gail model in the Black Women’s Health Study. … Breast cancer risk prediction with a log-incidence model: evaluation of accuracy.

249. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2022 - of sleep apnea compared with White persons. 2 • The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on the accuracy

250. 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

251. 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

252. 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

253. 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

254. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary12/cervical-cancer-screening-2012
     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.

255. Archived: Evidence Summary: Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis-june-2019
     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

256. 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.

257. 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%.

258. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary94/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
     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.

259. 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

260. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 26, 2016 - Evidence is more limited and inconsistent regarding the accuracy of the clinical visual skin examination … Accuracy of Screening Tests A systematic review of 11 studies on the diagnostic accuracy of screening … conclusions as to whether screening performed by any of the clinical specialties differed in diagnostic accuracy … The indirect pathway of evidence (ie, examining the accuracy of screening; link between visual skin examination … A comparison of dermatologists' and primary care physicians' accuracy in diagnosing melanoma: a systematic