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261. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2007 - • The use of family history as a screening tool for dyslipidemia has variable accuracy largely … improvements in CHD-related mortality or overall mortality; therefore it reviewed the evidence on accuracy … family history, efficacy of treatment, and harms of screening and treatment in children. 3 Accuracy … Lipid Disorders in Children United States Preventive Services Task Force Clinical Considerations Accuracy

262. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     physically or mentally dysfunctional) for abuse and neglect because there were no studies on the accuracy

263. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 15, 2009 - Although the literature on diagnostic screening test accuracy is small and methodologically limited, … The overall body of evidence describing the accuracy of depression-screening instruments for children … Data describing the accuracy of using depression-screening instruments in younger children remain very … For KQ 2, addressing the accuracy of screening, we included studies of diagnostic accuracy that reported … A second reviewer checked the abstracted data for accuracy and completeness.

264. Archived: Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 15, 2009 - 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 accurately identify … Nine fair-quality studies of MDD screening-instrument accuracy in children and adolescents addressed

265. Recommendation: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 24, 2022 - Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment Eight studies (n = 7398) examined the accuracy of screening … Visual acuity tests had poor diagnostic accuracy when compared with a complete ophthalmological examination … There was limited evidence on the accuracy of other screening methodologies such as computerized screening … Detection Adequate evidence that primary care–based visual acuity tests had poorer diagnostic accuracy

266. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - Summary of USPSTF Rationale Rationale Assessment Detection There is inadequate evidence on the accuracy … • The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on the accuracy of screening questionnaires and multistep screening … Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment Seven studies assessed 1 or more clinical prediction … • Accuracy studies of screening tools in a general US adult primary care population, especially in … access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy

267. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     December 15, 2020 - New key questions focused on the yield of alternative HBV screening strategies and the accuracy of tools … New key ques- tions focused on the yield of alternative HBV screening strategies and the accuracy of … Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment The USPSTF previously reviewed the evidence on screening … sensitivity and specificity were >98%).32 The current review found no studies that assessed the accuracy … access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy

268. 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

269. Recommendation: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 14, 2021 - combined all populations, including pregnant persons, into a single analytic framework; evaluated the accuracy … screening strategies for identifying persons at increased risk; and focused evaluation of diagnostic accuracy … under the curve of 0.64 to 0.73. 34-36 One study showed that age (younger than 22 years) alone had accuracy … Based on available disease prevalence data and accuracy of risk assessment tools, the USPSTF found that … versus clinician taken swab cultures for diagnosing gonorrhoea in women: single centre, diagnostic accuracy

270. Screening for Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adults in Primary Care: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - Methods: The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the accuracy and reliability of instruments used to screen … Screening tests for suicide risk vary and have a wide range of accuracy. … The instruments showed a wide range in accuracy, but data were limited and no instruments were examined … In updating the 2004 recommendation, the USPSTF reviewed evidence on the accuracy and reliability of … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF reviewed 4 studies that evaluated the accuracy of screening instruments

271. untitled (pdf file)
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     January 03, 2017 - EVIDENCE REVIEW The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the accuracy, benefits, and potential harms of screening … life.1 Scope of Review The USPSTF commissioned a systematic review1,8 to evaluate the evidence on the accuracy … Accuracy of Screening and Diagnostic Tests Several screening questionnaires and clinical prediction tools … The USPSTF also evaluated the evidence on the accuracy of diagnostic tests for OSA. … Few studies evaluated the accuracy of specific screening tools to identify persons at high risk for OSA

272. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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     The USPSTF did not review evidence comparing the accuracy of spirometry performed in primary care versus

273. Final Recommendation Statement: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 03, 2019 - Both tools have been calibrated in US populations, but their discriminatory accuracy of predicting which … and American Indian/Alaskan Native women. 9 Scope of Review The USPSTF reviewed evidence on the accuracy … . 3 , 4 The USPSTF reviewed evidence from randomized trials, observational studies, and diagnostic accuracy … 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.

274. Recommendation: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 03, 2019 - Both tools have been calibrated in US populations, but their discriminatory accuracy of predicting which … and American Indian/Alaskan Native women. 9 Scope of Review The USPSTF reviewed evidence on the accuracy … . 3 , 4 The USPSTF reviewed evidence from randomized trials, observational studies, and diagnostic accuracy … 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.

275. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 13, 2002 - It is unclear whether the increased accuracy of colonoscopy compared with alternative screening methods … Accuracy and Reliability of Screening Tests The USPSTF reviewed evidence of the effectiveness of the … Double Contrast Barium Enema  Most studies of DCBE have important limitations for determining accuracy … The accuracy of colonoscopy is difficult to evaluate because it is usually considered the criterion standard … relatively sensitive and specific in research settings (85% to 90%), recent reports have suggested lower accuracy

276. Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2002 - Additional characteristics of screening tools are discussed in the “Accuracy and Reliability of Screening … Further research is needed to determine the accuracy of peripheral bone density testing in comparison … proximal humerus.9 Sixteen percent of postmenopausal women have osteoporosis of the lumbar spine.11 Accuracy … and Reliability of Screening Tests The USPSTF examined 2 components of screening: the accuracy of risk … or risk assessment instruments for identifying women at risk for osteoporosis or fracture; and the accuracy

277. 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.

278. Final Research Plan: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 19, 2017 - What is the accuracy of screening instruments to detect cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older … KQs 1, 4: Randomized, controlled trials; nonrandomized, controlled trials KQ 2: Diagnostic accuracy

279. Archived: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 15, 2006 - USPSTF then reviewed the literature for other chains of evidence linking such screening (e.g., the accuracy … Most studies lack an accepted gold standard of accuracy for the screening instrument or referral criteria … Most studies have provided insufficient information on variations in accuracy of testing results depending … The accuracy of three developmental screening tests. J Early Interv 1993;17(4):368-79.

280. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-2007
     July 15, 2007 - The use of family history as a screening tool for dyslipidemia has variable accuracy, largely because … The use of family history as a screening tool for dyslipidemia has variable accuracy largely because … to improvements in CHD-related mortality or overall mortality; therefore it reviewed the evidence on accuracy … Accuracy of Screening Tests TC and HDL-C can be measured on nonfasting venous or capillary blood samples