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1. Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening
   June 24, 2025 - Two studies assessed the accuracy of different screening tools to detect caregiver abuse among older … No studies assessed screening among vulnerable adults or treatment for caregiver abuse among older or … For KQ2 (screening test accuracy), eligible studies assessed the accuracy of screening tools designed … The overall strength of the evidence for each KQ was assessed as high, moderate, low, or insufficient … Included studies assessed heterogeneous interventions (eTable 4 in the Supplement).

2. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and for Caregiver Abuse of Older and Vulnerable Adults: An Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/RrE4_peSk5zVH3cCf77at3
   June 24, 2025 - Two studies assessed the accuracy of different screening tools to detect caregiver abuse among older … No studies assessed screening among vulnerable adults or treatment for caregiver abuse among older or … For KQ2 (screening test accuracy), eligible studies assessed the accuracy of screening tools designed … The overall strength of the evidence for each KQ was assessed as high, moderate, low, or insufficient … Included studies assessed heterogeneous in- terventions (eTable 4 in the Supplement).

3. Archived: Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-october-2018
   October 23, 2018 - No studies assessed screening or treatment for elder abuse and abuse of vulnerable adults. … Included studies assessed 12 different screening tools. … Most were assessed by only 1 study; the HITS was assessed in 2 studies enrolling women veterans, 1 of … Most tools were assessed in only 1 study. … No studies assessed screening or treatment for elder abuse and abuse of vulnerable adults.

4. Archived: Screening: Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/-screening-evidence-summary/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
   May 15, 2013 - Two reviewers independently assessed methodological quality. … Full publications of potentially relevant studies were independently assessed by 2 reviewers using a … For patient selection, 47% of studies were assessed as having high or unclear risk of bias. … The domain of flow and timing was assessed as having low risk of bias in 39% of studies. … Concern about applicability of the reference standard was assessed as low, the index test was also assessed

5. 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 - Identifying persons at highest risk of melanoma using self-assessed risk factors. … (Survival assessed up to December 31, 2007.) Average length of follow-up not reported. … Consistency could not be assessed because only 1 study was included. … Overdiagnosis could not be assessed directly. … Consistency could not be assessed because only 1 study was included.

6. Archived: Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
   December 20, 2016 - Seven studies also assessed higher test cutpoints to boost specificity (ranging from 2.1 to 3.5). 14- … 16 , 19 , 21-23 Four studies also assessed accuracy of the Biokit HSV-2 Rapid Test. 18 , 20-22 Further … valacyclovir (1 g daily) 26 and the other (n = 66) assessed famciclovir (250 mg twice daily). 27 In … Asymptomatic adults with HSV-2 infection diagnosed (or confirmed) by Western blot Studies assessed … Asymptomatic adults with known, ongoing exposure to genital herpes from a partner Studies assessed

7. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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   August 22, 2018 - Nine studies assessed tools to detect any past-year or current IPV in women; for past-year IPV (5 studies … No studies assessed screening or treatment for elder abuse and abuse of vulnerable adults. … Most were assessed by only 1 study; the HITS was assessed in 2 studies enrolling women veterans, 1 of … Most tools were assessed in only 1 study. … No studies assessed screening or treatment for elder abuse and abuse of vulnerable adults.

8. Final Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
   November 05, 2020 - In persons with similar assessed cardiovascular risk, how does use of statins for primary prevention … defining subgroups of interest and added a contextual question on how use of statins in persons at similar assessed

9. Screening for Skin Cancer in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/8dzfZ_s3tZueoEh5Xzh-3A
   July 26, 2016 - (Survival assessed up to December 31, 2007.) Average length of follow-up not reported. … Consistency could not be assessed because only 1 study was included. … Overdiagnosis could not be assessed directly. … Consistency could not be assessed because only 1 study was included. … Identifying persons at highest risk of melanoma using self-assessed risk factors.

10. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes: An Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/aHpXYasjc3n6zhaTtoWMwK
    August 01, 2016 - Two independent investigators assessed the quality of each study as good, fair, or poor, using predefined … valacyclovir (1 g daily)26 and the other (n = 66) assessed famciclovir (250 mg twice daily).27 In … valacyclovir (500 mg daily),28,29 and the other (n = 937 couples) assessed acyclovir (400 mg daily); … Both assessed outcomes over a short time (6-8 weeks) and relied on self-report to ascertain symp- tom … The trials assessed different medications (valacylovir and acyclo- vir) and over different durations

11. Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Dc-SXXyDD_xt3jmdaKFKKd
    Grade: I statement (insufficient evidence) Risk Assessment No studies assessed the performance

12. Q Nxyq7Cwpbuwvt27Sq42 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2013 - Two reviewers independently assessed methodological quality. … Full publications of potentially relevant studies were independently assessed by 2 reviewers using a … For patient selection, 47% of studies were assessed as having high or unclear risk of bias. … The domain of flow and timing was assessed as having low risk of bias in 39% of studies. … However, 18% were assessed as having high risk of partial verification bias because not all patients

13. Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/skin-cancer-counseling
    March 20, 2018 - No studies assessed skin cancer outcomes in pediatric populations; 1 adult trial (n = 1356) promoting … No harms were assessed in pediatric trials. Two adult trials reported harms. … No studies of sun protection–focused interventions among adults assessed skin cancer outcomes. … “At risk” defined as “high” or “moderate” skin cancer risk as assessed by the Brief skin cancer Risk … d Assessed via the Self-Assessment Melanoma Risk Score (SAMscore).

14. Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia and Iron Supplementation in Pregnant Women to Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/rLjXX_3oMKssbHxrj84UYA
    Grade: I statement (insufficient evidence) Risk Assessment No studies assessed the performance

15. Archived: Aspirin/NSAIDs for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/aspirin-nsaids-for-prevention-of-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2007
    March 15, 2007 - The Women's Health Study and the Physicians' Health Study, both good-quality RCTs, assessed the efficacy … One fair-quality cohort study 14 assessed the effect of NSAIDs on colorectal cancer incidence and found … While not the focus of this recommendation, the USPSTF assessed the magnitude of effect of aspirin and … The Physician's Health Study assessed the efficacy of low-dose aspirin use in decreasing colorectal adenomas … and found no improvement in the incidence of colorectal adenomas. 10  The Nurses' Health Study assessed

16. Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening
    September 27, 2022 - (no studies identified in the prior review) KQ3: Harms of screening No studies directly assessed … the harms of screening for syphilis One fair-quality a pre-post US study (n = 1097) assessed factors … Questions around the diagnostic accuracy were not addressed in this review. a Two reviewers independently assessed

17. Archived: Final Research Plan: Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan15/depression-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
    September 15, 2013 - at 6-week followup or later KQ 2: Diagnostic accuracy compared with an independent standard, assessed … following screening or treatment KQ 2: Diagnostic accuracy compared with an independent standard, assessed … specific to KQ 2: Does not report sensitivity and specificity compared with an independently assessed

18. Final Recommendation Statement: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
    November 15, 2022 - Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment Seven studies assessed 1 or more clinical prediction … tools or screening questionnaires compared with facility-based polysomnography: 2 studies assessed the … but low specificity (0% to 38%) for detecting OSA at different AHI cut points. 15 , 16 Two studies assessed … ranged from 21% to 76% for detecting OSA at different AHI cut points. 15 , 16 In the 2 studies that assessed … Three RCTs assessed mortality over a longer duration, and none found a statistically significant difference

19. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary14/chlamydial-infection-screening-2007
    June 15, 2007 - d Not assessed d Fair b Fair b Health outcomes in men: not systematically reviewed e Health … Harms of screening Poor b Poor b Poor b Poor b Poor b Harms of treatment Not assessed … e Not assessed e Not assessed e Not assessed e Not systematically reviewed e Notes: … in 2005. b Because of lack of data. c Based on a systematic evidence review conducted in 2001. d Assessed … in 2001 to be small. e Assessed a priori to be small.

20. Archived: Treatment: Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/treatment-evidence-summary/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
    May 28, 2013 - Two reviewers independently assessed each full-text article by using a detailed form. … We assessed 4 major domains (risk of bias, consistency, directness, and precision) and summarized the … Several studies assessed Apgar scores; although differences were found for the Apgar score at 1 minute … Harms of Treating GDM One RCT assessed maternal depression and anxiety at 6 weeks after study entry … A single study assessed depression and anxiety in a subgroup of a larger RCT.