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301. Archived: Tuberculosis Infection, Including Bacille Calmette-Guérin Immunization: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 11, 2014 - Contents PDF Version and JAMA Link Archived Versions Burden of Suffering Accuracy … and local TB control efforts. 1a Return to Table of Contents Accuracy … Studies evaluating the accuracy of these devices, however, have produced inconsistent results. … be based on the likelihood of further exposure to TB and the clinician's level of confidence in the accuracy

302. Recommendation: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 16, 2016 - for ASD and subsequent interventions are likely to be small based on evidence about the prevalence, accuracy … Scope of Review The USPSTF commissioned a systematic review 2 to evaluate the evidence on the accuracy … Accuracy of Screening Tests Several screening tools for ASD are available, but the strongest and most … Another area of concern was why studies of test accuracy and the effectiveness of treatment were not

303. Archived: Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/skin-cancer-screening-july-2016
     July 26, 2016 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Melanoma incidence and mortality, harms from cancer screening, diagnostic accuracy … For diagnostic accuracy studies, studies that assessed cancer outcomes through cancer registry–based … A second reviewer checked the data for accuracy. … as poor for 16.1% of shave sites (mean score, 2.5, between good to fair). 15 Screening Diagnostic Accuracy … The screening accuracy of dermatology and primary care clinicians could not be directly compared because

304. Screening for Breast Cancer Clinical Summaries (pdf file)
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     Conventional digital screening mammography has about the same diagnostic accuracy as film overall, although

305. Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - • The USPSTF found adequate evidence on the accuracy of screening tools to detect speech and language

306. Recommendation: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 11, 2025 - The USPSTF found adequate evidence on the accuracy of screening tools to detect food insecurity. … or had severe malnutrition or known nutritional deficiencies were excluded from the review. 3 , 33 Accuracy … performance of the screening tool under usual clinical use. 3 , 33 The 1-item screening tool had the lowest accuracy … Diagnostic accuracy of two food insecurity screeners recommended for use in health care settings. … Rationale Assessment Detection Adequate evidence on the accuracy

307. Screening for Child and Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - Although the literature on diagnostic screening test accuracy is small and methodologically limited, … We have summa- rized the evidence for the benefits and harms of screen- ing, the accuracy of primary … The overall body of evidence describing the accuracy of depression-screening instruments for children … 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.

308. Archived: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
     January 24, 2017 - Scope of Review The USPSTF commissioned a systematic review 1 , 8 to evaluate the evidence on the accuracy … Accuracy of Screening and Diagnostic Tests Several screening questionnaires and clinical prediction … to 44.8%) and a specificity of 79.7% (95% CI, 79.0% to 80.5%). 1 , 16 Overall, the study found poor accuracy … 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

309. Archived: Osteoporosis: Screening 2011 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 15, 2011 - and fracture-related morbidity and mortality, the harms of screening for osteoporosis, the diagnostic accuracy … Accuracy of Screening Tests DXA Measurement of bone density using DXA has become the gold standard … Previous studies evaluating the accuracy of DXA for predicting fractures have focused mainly on women … One meta-analysis examined 25 studies to assess the accuracy of quantitative ultrasonography compared … Meta-analysis: accuracy of quantitative ultrasound for identifying patients with osteoporosis.

310. Recommendation: Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 20, 2023 - The USPSTF commissioned a systematic review 1 , 58 to evaluate the benefits and harms of screening, accuracy … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF examined evidence on the most widely used or recommended screening … 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 sensitivity ranging from 81% to … Accuracy of single-item suicide screeners within depression screening instruments among patients who

311. Final Recommendation Statement: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 23, 2022 - Some comments expressed concerns about the accuracy of the Pooled Cohort Equations across populations … The USPSTF understands these concerns and calls for more research on improving the accuracy of CVD risk … Improving the accuracy of CVD risk prediction in all racial and ethnic and socioeconomic groups. … Accuracy of the atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk equation in a large contemporary, multiethnic population … Accuracy of cardiovascular risk prediction varies by neighborhood socioeconomic position: a retrospective

312. Screening for Gestational Diabetes: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     August 13, 2019 - Random-effects meta-analysis or bivariate analysis (accuracy). … Diagnostic Test Accuracy Key Question 4. … Does accuracy vary accord- ing to maternal subgroup characteristics? … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … Diagnostic accuracy of HbA1c in detecting gestational diabetes mellitus.

313. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 21, 2024 - What is the accuracy of different approaches for identifying individuals at increased risk of primary

314. Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 21, 2022 - What is the prognostic accuracy of falls risk assessment tools that are feasible for administration in

315. Final Research Plan: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening
     November 14, 2019 - complications (e.g., stroke, mortality, myocardial infarction, cranial nerve injuries) KQs 1, 2: Diagnostic accuracy

316. Draft Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/breast-cancer-medication-use-reduce-risk
     December 28, 2023 - What is the accuracy of different approaches for identifying individuals at increased risk of primary

317. USPSTF Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2023 - screening for skin cancer in populations with a diversity of skin tones and for studies assessing the accuracy

318. Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 23, 2023 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES HIV acquisition, mortality, and harms; and diagnostic test accuracy. … Diagnostic accuracy studies of instruments to pre- dict 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 pa- tient risk assessment tools in identifying persons

319. JAMA (pdf file)
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     November 18, 2020 - recommendation, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) commissioned a systematic review on the accuracy … The moderate net benefit of screening de- pends on limiting screening to persons at high risk, the accuracy … of Review To update its 2013 recommendation, the USPSTF commissioned a systematic review24,25 on the accuracy … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF reviewed several RCTs and cohort studies that re- ported on the … access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy

320. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - Some comments expressed concerns about the accuracy of the Pooled Cohort Equations across populations … The USPSTF under- stands these concerns and calls for more research on improving the accuracy of CVD … Research Needs and Gaps More studies are needed that address the following. • Improving the accuracy … Accuracy of the atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk equation in a large contemporary, multiethnic population … Accuracy of cardiovascular risk prediction varies by neighborhood socioeconomic position: a retrospective