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221. Archived: Folic Acid for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/folic-acid-for-the-prevention-of-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-january-2017
     January 10, 2017 - women of childbearing age for the prevention of neural tube defects in infants. 7 The current review assessed … A fair-quality RCT conducted in Hungary (1984–1992) assessed women (n = 5453) without a personal history … folic acid supplementation that would lead to a change in its recommendation from 2009. 7 The USPSTF assessed

222. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-2005
     July 05, 2005 - In November 2006, the USPSTF assessed this new research using established methods for evaluating the … In November 2006, the USPSTF assessed new findings from the CDC and confirmed its C Recommendation … Individual risk for HIV infection is assessed through a careful patient history.

223. Z -5Hklbgepqpayfchveyf (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2013 - Effectiveness of Interventions to Change Behavior No studies directly assessed the effectiveness of pri … For example, 3 studies assessed the percentage of baseline nonsmokers (defined as never smoking—not even … One study assessed the percentage of base- line nonusers (defined as 30-day tobacco use or having ever

224. Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     October 11, 2022 - DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Two reviewers assessed titles/abstracts, full-text articles, and study … All other studies were assessed dually and independently using predefined criteria established by the … The strength of evidence was assessed as high, moderate, low, or insufficient using methods developed … of diagnostic test accuracy (n = 3316) were included21-27; 2 were new to this update.22,25 Authors assessed … Some authors assessed more than 1 instrument or more than 1 threshold for a positive screen result for

225. Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/4TToeya43r5Qc5A6TjFGWS
     August 01, 2023 - prevention of neural tube defect–affected pregnancies; methodological quality was dually and independently assessed … Of these, 3 studies (n = 990 372) assessed the effect of folic acid supplementation on neural tube defects … For harms, 9 studies were eligible; 1 randomized clinical trial (n = 431) assessed variations in twin

226. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-6-methods-arriving-recommendation
     July 06, 2017 - admissible evidence has been gathered and the internal and external validity of individual studies has been assessed … For example, if an RCT of screening is not available, evidence may be assessed related to the accuracy … benefit, in situations where the evidence is adequate or convincing for harm, the magnitude of harm is assessed … Net benefit, as used by the Task Force, is often assessed as substantial in those situations in which

227. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
     October 26, 2015 - Threshold for Behavioral Interventions Many studies assessed intensive behavioral interventions for … The evidence review assessed the benefits and harms of aspirin use and intensive versus standard control … The USPSTF identified 8 studies published since the prior review that assessed the effects of pharmacologic … Estimate of Magnitude of Net Benefit The USPSTF assessed the overall benefit of screening for IFG,

228. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-6-methods-arriving-recommendation
     July 06, 2017 - admissible evidence has been gathered and the internal and external validity of individual studies has been assessed … For example, if an RCT of screening is not available, evidence may be assessed related to the accuracy … benefit, in situations where the evidence is adequate or convincing for harm, the magnitude of harm is assessed … Net benefit, as used by the Task Force, is often assessed as substantial in those situations in which

229. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review49/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
     November 15, 2012 - Study Selection:  Randomized trials and cohort, case–control, and cross-sectional studies that assessed … screened upon application of a particular screening strategy, divided by the total number of patients assessed … We assessed the overall strength of each body of evidence as “high,” “moderate,” “low,” or “insufficient … Intervention series: 88,587 Screening: poor Liver biopsies: fair Screening: unable to assess (assessed

230. Draft Recommendation: Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/screening-depression-suicide-risk-children-adolescents
     April 12, 2022 - Most of the seven screening instruments assessed are not widely used in clinical practice. … Each screening instrument was only assessed in one or two studies, and results varied by screening instrument … Six trials (n=1,352) and one network meta-analysis assessed the harms of depression treatment: three

231. Recommendation: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening
     October 23, 2018 - Most studies assessed a tool designed to identify persons experiencing IPV within the past year; however … , 4 studies reported on the accuracy of 5 tools for identifying current (ongoing) abuse, 1 assessed the … accuracy of detecting lifetime abuse, and 1 assessed the accuracy of a tool for predicting future (within … Most screening tools were assessed by only 1 study.

232. JAMA (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - Strength of evidence was independently assessed as “High,” “Moderate,” “Low,” or “Insufficient” by at … Articles (5 studies) included for KQ1a 9 Articles (5 studies) included for KQ2a 82 Full-text articles assessed … thereafter until delivery) McDuffie et al,26 1996 US RCT 1992 to 1994 2328 Low-risk pregnant individuals assessed … However, reviewers assessed this study as having consider- able risk of bias owing to changes in the

233. Screening for Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2016 - Extraction: Data were abstracted by 1 investigator and checked by another; 2 investigators independently assessed … Benefits, Yield, and Harms of Screening We found no trials that directly assessed the bene- fits or … al, 2001 (21) Fair 290 All age-eligible children per municipal census in urban Spain recruited and assessed … ClinicalTrials.gov: 563 HSRProj: 149 WHO ICTRP: 193 Records excluded (n = 9638) Full-text articles assessed … trial; analyses not powered to find statistically significant differences between groups; no trials assessed

234. Archived: Evidence Summary: Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/depression-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
     February 08, 2016 - Extraction: Data were abstracted by 1 investigator and checked by another; 2 investigators independently assessed … USPSTF and others for additional criteria for diagnostic accuracy studies, 2 investigators independently assessed … Benefits, Yield, and Harms of Screening We found no trials that directly assessed the benefits or harms … 2001 21 Fair 290 All age-eligible children per municipal census in urban Spain recruited and assessed … trial; analyses not powered to find statistically significant differences between groups; no trials assessed

235. Preventive Services for Food Insecurity: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2025 - • Multidomain: interventions that assessed and addressed other so- cial needs in addition to food insecurity … Quality 1 Population 1 Study aim 0 Follow-up 0 Intervention 0 Publication type 413 Full-text articles assessed … � Rivera et al,56 2023 Poor 13 Pre-post Adults aged 35-75 y with hypertension No � Intervention assessed … and Children); CG, control group; FS, food security; IG, intervention group; KQ, key question; multi, assessed … Fourth, the included studies assessed for social risk factors but rarely de- scribed how or whether social

236. Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     March 19, 2024 - DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Two reviewers assessed titles/abstracts, full-text articles, and study … The strength of evidence was assessed as high, moderate, low, or insufficient using methods developed … Child Maltreatment 43 Articles (25 RCTs) included 6576 Citations screened 189 Full-text articles assessed … signifi- cant differences between study groups.23,45,49 School Performance and Attendance | Three RCTs assessed … varied school performance measures (repeating a grade, test scores, academically focused behavior) assessed

237. Draft Recommendation: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/falls-prevention-community-dwelling-older-adults-interventions
     December 05, 2023 - All trials assessed fall risk factors; the most commonly assessed components were functional assessments

238. DRAFT - Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: A Targeted Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2022 - KQ3: One fair-quality pre-post study (n=1,097) assessed factors associated with a stressful syphilis … One pre-post US study (n=1,097) assessed factors associated with emotional stress related to rapid … • Was the outcome assessed without knowledge of the candidate predictors (i.e., blinded)? … • Were predictors assessed blinded for each other? … • Was the exposure(s) assessed more than once over time?

239. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: A Targeted Evidence Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/CVoJ9fc9nv2Zsgs8R8XabH
     September 01, 2022 - KQ3: One fair-quality pre-post study (n=1,097) assessed factors associated with a stressful syphilis … KQ3: Harms of screening No studies directly assessed the harms of screening for syphilis. … • Was the outcome assessed without knowledge of the candidate predictors (i.e., blinded)? … • Were predictors assessed blinded for each other? … • Was the exposure(s) assessed more than once over time?

240. Archived: Evidence Summary: NSAIDs: Aspirin/NSAIDs for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-nsaids/aspirin-nsaids-for-prevention-of-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication
     March 15, 2007 - Citation records were screened to identify potentially relevant articles and retained records were assessed … We assessed heterogeneity by using the I2 statistic. … Colorectal Cancer Mortality A single cohort study of fair quality assessed the effect of ibuprofen … Cohort Studies Three cohort studies assessed the effect of non-ASA NSAIDs on CRC incidence. 32-34 … Twelve systematic reviews assessed COX-2 inhibitors with data on celecoxib, 12 , 52 , 53 , 66-69