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November 07, 2023 - Two independent investigators assessed the quality of each study as good, fair, or poor using predefined … One study assessed diagnostic accuracy of screening; 74 the systematic reviews 18-20 and other 22 studies … Only 1 trial was assessed as low risk of bias. 44 Methodological limitations in the other trials included … However, the systematic reviews were assessed as good-quality, and review findings were supplemented
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June 09, 2020 - Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological quality … Results were analyzed separately for outcomes assessed at 3 or 4 months and at 6 to 12 months. … The aggregate strength of evidence was assessed for each KQ using the approach described in the Agency … Eleven trials assessed oral naltrexone, 1 trial injectable naltrexone (300 mg every 4 weeks), and 1 trial … Outcomes were assessed at the end of treatment in all trials except for 2 trials that evaluated outcomes
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January 01, 2024 - investigator abstracted data, a second checked data
for accuracy, and 2 investigators independently assessed … We included randomized trials of statin therapy vs pla-
cebo or no statin and assessed all-cause mortality … Statistical heterogeneity was assessed
with the I2 statistic.15 When statistical heterogeneity was present … Results
Study Characteristics
Nineteen randomized trials (Table 2) assessed the effects of stat-
ins … The re-
view also excluded non–English-language articles67,68 and formally
assessed for publication bias
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October 07, 2011 - Data Synthesis and Analysis
We assessed the aggregate internal validity (quality) of the body of evidence … We stratified results according to study type and qualitatively assessed the effects of study quality … groups
Inadequate reporting of attrition
Contamination rate in controls not formally assessed … baseline sociodemographic comparison of the 2 groups
Contamination rates in control group not assessed … Time, symptom burden, androgen deprivation, and self-assessed quality of life after radical prostatectomy
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April 17, 2023 - specificity, 0.81
[95% CI, 0.70-0.89]; I2 = 99.2%), with a cutoff score of 5.1,58
Three studies (n = 1801) assessed … of pharmacotherapy in adults of all ages and
perinatal persons.1,58 Two existing systematic reviews assessed … study (2 weeks’ follow-up) among primary care pa-
tients (n = 443) who screened positive for depression assessed … One large trial (n = 18 882) assessed 2 suicide prevention inter-
ventions among adults with an elevated
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April 27, 2021 - Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological quality … The aggregate strength of evidence was assessed for each KQ using the approach described in the Methods … Blood pressure control assessed by home, ambulatory and conventional blood pressure measurements in the … Masked hypertension assessed by ambulatory blood pressure versus home blood pressure monitoring: is it
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October 11, 2022 - Most of the 7 screening instruments assessed are not widely used in clinical practice. … screening in practice but does not include items that assess suicidality. 1 Each screening instrument was assessed … Six trials (n = 1352) and 1 network meta-analysis assessed the harms of depression treatment: 3 evaluated
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June 01, 2022 - Most of the 7 screen-
ing instruments assessed are not widely used in clinical practice. … screening in practice but does not include items that as-
sess suicidality.1 Each screening instrument was assessed … Six trials (n = 1352) and 1 network meta-analysis assessed the
harms of depression treatment: 3 evaluated
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
September 14, 2021 - Two investigators independently assessed study quality. … Two independent investigators assessed the quality of each study as good, fair, or poor using predefined … Data Synthesis
Two independent reviewers assessed the internal validity (quality) of the body of evidence
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February 13, 2018 - RESULTS Four trials (N = 293 587) were included; of these, 3 (n = 293 038) assessed ovarian
cancer mortality … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological qual- … Fair-
quality studies were assessed as not meeting all of the quality cri-
teria but did not have critical … identified
through key question literature
database searches
1381 Citations screened
74 Full-text articles assessed … The UKCTOCS trial assessed a proprietary screening and
follow-up intervention that led to fewer women
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December 01, 2011 - Proportion of RCTs Assessed
Yes
No
Unclear or NR
FairGood
0 20 40 60 80 100
Results Adjusted for … Proportion of RCTs Assessed
Yes
No
Unclear or NR
Fair PoorGood
0 20 40 60 80 100
Results Adjusted … Proportion of Studies Assessed
3 2
Good
Fair
Poor
0 20 40 60 80 100
Prostate
Breast
Colorectal … Proportion of Studies Assessed
B
Yes
No
Unclear or NR
0 20 40 60 80 100
Proportion of Studies Assessed
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April 05, 2016 - States.3
Effectiveness of Early Detection and Treatment
The USPSTF found no studies that directly assessed … The USPSTF identified 5 studies that assessed the
effects of screening on smoking cessation.11-15 These
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January 01, 1996 - Discussion
No prospective trial has directly assessed … outcomes of periodic screening with Snellen chart acuity testing in the elderly has not been directly assessed
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January 07, 2003 - result, sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the new technologies cannot be directly assessed … These harms are poorly documented for conventional Pap testing and have not yet been assessed for new
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November 15, 2013 - for HPV and selection of populations for oral cancer screening based on HPV status will need to be assessed … Two studies in the United Kingdom assessed oral examinations performed by general dentists in older adults
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May 13, 2004 - Although not the focus of this review, 6 additional studies assessed the sensitivity and specificity … hospital eye service; referrals were not made based on autoretraction testing until 37 mos
All children assessed
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January 15, 2015 - Intermediate health outcomes for both topics were revised to include atherosclerosis as assessed via
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November 12, 2019 - ovarian, tubal, or peritoneal cancer or ancestry associated with harmful BRCA1/2
mutations should be assessed … based on family history, it is unclear how women with a limited or
unknown family history should be assessed … more re-
search is needed to better understand how women with an un-
known family history should be assessed