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June 09, 2020 - dards such as testing of hair or urine specimens.12,37
Adults
The USPSTF reviewed 12 studies that assessed … One tool indirectly
assessed drug use by asking questions about alcohol or tobacco
use (single-item heavy … None
assessed the effects of pharmacotherapy in adults whose opioid
use disorder was related only to … Outcomes were assessed during the course of treat-
ment in 11 trials (2-9 months after start of treatment … Findings
from 5 trials that assessed the effects of opioid agonists on health,
social, and legal outcomes
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-illicit-screening
June 09, 2020 - such as testing of hair or urine specimens. 12 , 37
Adults
The USPSTF reviewed 12 studies that assessed … One tool indirectly assessed drug use by asking questions about alcohol or tobacco use (single-item heavy … None assessed the effects of pharmacotherapy in adults whose opioid use disorder was related only to … Outcomes were assessed during the course of treatment in 11 trials (2-9 months after start of treatment … Findings from 5 trials that assessed the effects of opioid agonists on health, social, and legal outcomes
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/intimate-partner-violence-abuse-older-vulnerable-adults
October 29, 2024 - The remaining tools assessed current or ongoing IPV, lifetime abuse, or the ability to predict future … One study included women as young as 16 years and one study recruited men. 1 Studies assessed 14 different … screening tools; most screening tools were assessed by a single study and used the longer structured … Thirteen studies (n=7,425) assessed the effectiveness of interventions in persons with screen-detected … period. 1 In the three studies that assessed intensive services, interventions were delivered in home
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary25/folic-acid-to-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-2009
May 15, 2009 - methods for exposure assessments; recall by mothers was probably imperfect, given that exposure was assessed … Two reviewers assessed articles for possible inclusion.
41 studies eligible on the basis of inclusion … acid supplement intake in periconceptional period (3 months before and 3 months after conception) was assessed … Folic acid use assessed by birth attendant, who checked off use of multivitamin or folic acid before … Exposure assessed by questionnaire at 10-12 gestational weeks: drugs taken "since she became pregnant
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January 23, 2024 - Twenty-one studies (n = 7489) assessed the accuracy of 23 different screening tools that varied with … Conclusions and Relevance: No studies directly assessed the benefits and harms of screening. … For newly identified studies, 2 reviewers independently assessed each study’s methodological quality … The overall strength of the evidence for each KQ was assessed as high, moderate, low, or insufficient … Two RCTs assessed fluency treatment for young children.
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July 01, 2013 - Two reviewers independently assessed meth-
odological quality and evaluated strength of evidence for … Two reviewers independently assessed each full-
text article by using a detailed form. … We assessed 4 major domains (risk of bias, con-
sistency, directness, and precision) and summarized the … 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.
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July 01, 2007 - § Not assessed§ Fair‡ Fair‡ Health outcomes in men: not
systematically reviewed§
Health outcomes in … women: poor†
Harms of screening Poor† Poor† Poor† Poor† Poor†
Harms of treatment Not assessed� Not assessed … � Not assessed� Not assessed� Not systematically reviewed�
* Based on a systematic evidence review conducted … in 2005.
† Because of lack of data.
‡ Based on a systematic evidence review conducted in 2001.
§ Assessed … in 2001 to be small.
� Assessed a priori to be small.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-counseling-2004
April 06, 2004 - KQ 1 assessed direct evidence indicating that behavioral counseling interventions reduce morbidity or … Comparability of intervention and control groups at baseline not assured because control group not assessed … Delivery: Not assessed for IG1 or IG2. … True control condition follow-up not assessed. Possible contamination between IG1 and IG2. … Outcomes assessed at 6–19 mo (mean, 9 mo)
Average cL of alcohol/d
Men:
IG1: 5.29
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May 01, 2009 - Two reviewers assessed articles
for possible inclusion.
41 studies eligible on the basis of inclusion … supplement intake in
periconceptional period
(3 months before and 3
months after concep-
tion) was assessed … 9
NTDs in nonsupplementation group;
adjusted OR, 0.11 (CI, 0.01–0.91)
Fair quality: adherence was assessed … Folic acid use
assessed by birth
attendant, who checked
off use of multivitamin
or folic acid before … Exposure assessed by
questionnaire at 10–12 gestational
weeks: drugs taken “since she
became pregnant
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
August 24, 2021 - The overall strength of the evidence for each KQ was assessed as high, moderate, low, or insufficient … screening for prediabetes and no trials that assessed KQ3. … Most articles assessed interventions for prediabetes. … Most trials assessed high-contact lifestyle interventions. … Neither trial assessed screening for prediabetes, and neither assessed initial screening with HbA 1c
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May 23, 2019 - mean alcohol
consumption: 52
drinks/wk
8 primary care group
practices in United
Kingdom
Outcomes assessed … KQ 1 assessed direct evidence indicating that behavioral
counseling interventions reduce morbidity or … Delivery: Not assessed for IG1 or IG2. … True control condition
follow-up not assessed. Possi-
ble contamination between
IG1 and IG2. … Outcomes assessed at 6–19 mo
(mean, 9 mo)
Average cL of alcohol/d
Men:
IG1: 5.29
IG2: 5.18
CG: 6.29
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April 13, 2021 - HIV-positive
NA (no studies identified in the
prior review)
KQ3: Harms of screening
No studies directly assessed … the harms
of screening for syphilis
One fair-qualitya pre-post US study
(n = 1097) assessed factors … a Two reviewers independently assessed themethodological quality of each
included study using predefined
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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
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May 01, 2021 - Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment
Seven studies assessed 1 or more clinical prediction … tools or screen-
ing questionnaires compared with facility-based polysomnography:
2 studies assessed … 94%) but low specificity (0% to 38%) for detecting OSA at different
AHI cut points.15,16 Two studies assessed … Three RCTs assessed
mortality over a longer duration, and none found a statistically sig-
nificant difference … ie, less than a minimal clinically important difference).15,16
Health Outcomes: MADs
Twelve trials assessed
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December 15, 2020 - accurate (both sensitivity and specificity were >98%). 32 The current review found no studies that assessed … Four trials assessed various interferon alfa regimens; 4 assessed lamivudine. … The trials assessed lamivudine (1 trial), entecavir (1 trial), or various regimens (5 trials). … Health Outcomes
Nine fair-quality cohort studies (N = 3893; n = 63-1531; duration, 3.2-9.9 years) assessed … The trials assessed interferon (6 trials), entecavir (2 trials), or lamivudine (1 trial).
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September 05, 2017 - Accuracy of Screening Tests
The USPSTF found 34 fair-quality studies (n=45,588 observations) that assessed … Three publications from the VIP study (n=6019) assessed the accuracy of Lea Symbols for identifying amblyopia … 95% CI, 0.15 to 0.85). 1 , 33
Combinations of Clinical Tests
Four fair-quality studies (n=1854) assessed … Photoscreeners
Eleven fair-quality studies (6187 observations; n=63 to 3121) assessed photoscreeners … One fair-quality trial and 2 good-quality trials (n=417) assessed treatment harms 1 , 37-40 and did
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ovarian, tubal, or peritoneal cancer or ancestry associated with harmful BRCA1/2
mutations should be assessed
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June 24, 2025 - The remaining tools assessed current or ongoing IPV, lifetime abuse, or the ability to predict future … One study included women as young as 16 years, and 1 study recruited men. 1 , 35 Studies assessed 14 … different screening tools; most screening tools were assessed by a single study and used the longer … Thirteen studies (n = 7425) assessed the effectiveness of interventions in persons with screen-detected … period. 1 , 35 In the 3 studies that assessed intensive services, interventions were delivered in home
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June 24, 2025 - The remain-
ing tools assessed current or ongoing IPV, lifetime abuse, or the ability
to predict future … One study included women as young as
16 years, and 1 study recruited men.1,35 Studies assessed 14 differ … -
ent screening tools; most screening tools were assessed by a single
study and used the longer structured … Of these, 7 studies
(n = 2644) assessed effectiveness of interventions during preg-
nancy and the postpartum … period.1,35 In the 3 studies that
assessed intensive services, interventions were delivered in home
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April 25, 2017 - Accuracy of Screening Tests
The USPSTF has previously assessed the accuracy of blood pressure measurements … Fourteen studies (n=1888; 4 good quality and 10 fair quality) assessed the diagnostic accuracy of urine … Twelve studies assessed the protein to creatinine ratio urine test, 2 studies assessed the albumin to … creatinine ratio urine test, and 4 studies assessed the urine protein dipstick test. … be based on office or in-hospital blood pressure measurements and that all pregnant women should be assessed