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1. Clinical Summary: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/aa2HjKg6Gz6gm4mRPDLxhc
   Clinicians could also use assessments of gait and mobility, such as the Timed Up and Go test.

2. Procedure Manual Appendix XII. Summary of Evidence Table for Evidence Reviews | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-xii-summary-evidence-table-evidence-reviews
   July 01, 2017 - appropriate level of stratification, a combined summary of individual study (or outcome-specific) quality assessments … Strength of evidence assessments are labeled with the assessed grade (high, moderate, low, or insufficient

3. Final Research Plan: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening
   November 18, 2021 - Fall risk assessments (i.e., instruments validated to predict falls, not fractures). … For diagnostic accuracy of risk assessments, no longer than 8 weeks between FRA or ORA and BMD measurement

4. Archived: Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-counseling-and-preventive-medication-2012
   May 15, 2012 - One systematic review of risk factor assessments used in effective falls intervention trials analyzed … Preventive Measures The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the use of in-depth multifactorial clinical assessments … studies led to substantial challenges in synthesizing and interpreting the evidence on multifactorial assessments … the perceived difference between the USPSTF recommendation and the AGS guideline on multifactorial assessments … multifactorial fall risk assessment should include a focused medical history, physical examination, functional assessments

5. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-2002
   September 03, 2002 - affect breast cancer mortality, and that they are likely to increase the incidence of clinical assessments

6. Recommendation: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-community-dwelling-older-adults-interventions
   June 04, 2024 - In studies, assessments were conducted by nursing professionals, physicians, or physical or occupational … All trials assessed fall risk factors; the most commonly assessed components were functional assessments … (eg, timed Up and Go test 16 ), environmental assessments, medication review, and vision assessments

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   August 01, 2012 - One systematic review of risk factor assessments used in trials of effective falls interventions analyzed … Preventive Measures The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the use of in- depth multifactorial clinical assessments … studies led to substantial challenges in synthesizing and interpreting the evidence on multifactorial assessments … the per- ceived difference between the USPSTF recommendation and the AGS guideline on multifactorial assessments … multifactorial fall risk assessment should include a focused medical history, physical examination, functional assessments

8. Procedure Manual Appendix VI. Criteria for Assessing Internal Validity of Individual Studies | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-vi-criteria-assessing-internal-validity-individual-studies
   July 01, 2017 - criteria relating to internal validity and the procedures that topic teams follow for all updates and new assessments

9. Archived: Brief Evidence Update: Oral Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-update-2004/oral-cancer-screening-2004
   February 04, 2004 - Primary and preventive care: periodic assessments. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 292.

10. Screening for Oral Cancer: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2004 - Primary and preventive care: periodic assessments. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 292.

11. Recommendation: Oral Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years: Screening and Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/oral-health-children-adolescents-screening-preventive-interventions
    November 07, 2023 - Screening Tests and Interventions For the purposes of this review, screening included clinical assessments … pregnant youth may be elevated. 4 Potential Harms Primary care screening approaches (eg, oral clinical assessments … The USPSTF review identified limited evidence on available clinical screening instruments or clinical assessments … stakeholders. 4 The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends pediatricians perform oral health risk assessments

12. Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Perspectives | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/behavioral-counseling-research-and-evidence-based-practice-recommendations-us-preventive-services-task-force-perspectives
    March 01, 2014 - calculate the percentage of energy consumed from fats by using food-frequency questionnaires, brief dietary assessments … interventions can facilitate cross-study comparisons by meta-analysis and can also allow for more detailed assessments … Further, national longitudinal studies that include biometric assessments, such as blood pressure, blood

13. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    June 04, 2024 - In studies, assessments were conducted by nursing professionals, physicians, or physical or oc- cupational … All trials assessed fall risk factors; the most commonly assessed com- ponents were functional assessments … (eg, timed Up and Go test16), environmental assessments, medication review, and vision assess- ments

14. Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/osteoporosis-screening
    January 14, 2025 - KQ2a) or BMD alone (KQ2b) for predicting future incident fracture or evaluated the accuracy of risk assessments … Only risk assessments evaluated in at least 2 independent cohorts external to the development cohort … of blinding, which was not feasible because of the pragmatic nature of the trials (detailed quality assessments … Detailed trial characteristics, study quality assessments, and results are reported in Appendix D of … Johnson, PhD, from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research for providing the risk of bias assessments

15. Modeling Study: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-modeling-study/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication
    April 26, 2022 - included, lifetime net benefit estimates were substantially higher, and in many cases, changed negative assessments … older adults, ASPREE, found a significant increase in CRC mortality over 5 years, further complicating assessments … This analysis predicted outcomes for groups of similar patients, but individual assessments may include … Net QALY assessments showed strong adverse influence from small disutilities associated with aspirin

16. Recommendation: Oral Health in Adults: Screening and Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/oral-health-adults-screening-preventive-interventions
    November 07, 2023 - Screening Tests and Interventions For the purposes of the review, screening included clinical assessments … dental care. 5 Potential Harms Potential screening approaches in primary care (eg, oral clinical assessments … The USPSTF found limited evidence on available and appropriate screening instruments or clinical risk assessments

17. Procedure Manual Section 4. Evidence Review Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-4-evidence-review-development
    June 22, 2025 - analysis reporting bias) Overall study quality (combined summary of individual study-level quality assessments … synthesizes the issues in the bulleted list above for each key question to inform the Task Force's assessments

18. Archived: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
    July 15, 2008 - ACOG Committee Opinion No. 357: Primary and preventive care: periodic assessments.

19. Archived: Evidence Summary: Physical Activity: Behavior Counseling in Primary Care, July 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/physical-activity-behavioral-counseling-primary-care-2002
    July 01, 2002 - intended intervention. 20 , 22 , 23 Some of the counseling efficacy studies used additional staffing for assessments … Fair to poor rates of followup assessments (70% at 1 month, 57% at 6 months, 56% at 12 months). … Achieved poor rates of followup assessments (44% at 4 months and 50% at 12 months).

20. Individualizing Cancer Screening in Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/individualizing-cancer-screening-older-adults
    March 01, 2021 - that those who would have been rejected from a randomized, controlled trial contribute data to harms assessments … Guidelines for reporting results of quality of life assessments in clinical trials.