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81. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Research Gaps for Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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    activity U.S. primary care settings or referrable from primary care Research is needed on the best … Characteristics Population Intervention/ Comparison Outcomes/Timing Setting Research is needed on the best

82. 14th Annual Report to Congress: High-Priority Evidence Gaps Across the Lifespan, in All Communities (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - The Task Force’s recommendations are based on a review of the best available research on the potential … • The best timing for interventions for weight management and to understand whether there are certain … • The best strategy for breast cancer screening in women found to have dense breasts on a screening … • Research is needed on the best timing for interventions for weight management. … • Research is needed to help clinicians and patients understand the best strategy for breast cancer

83. Celebrating 40 years of Prevention Guidance (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Task Force evaluates its conflict-of- interest policy and publishes best practices from guideline-making

84. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2007 - In the best-case scenario (that is, all positive screening test results are confirmed with magnetic resonance … The best-case sce- nario number needed to screen to prevent 1 stroke, there- fore, is estimated at about … This range is bound by the best- and worst-case scenario estimates based on available evi- dence. … Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: a best-evidence systematic review for the U.S.

85. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 15, 2009 - Rationale Importance Impairment of visual acuity—best … older adults in the United States were visually impaired. 3 Visual impairment is variably defined as best … Impaired visual acuity was defined as best corrected vision worse than 20/40 but better than 20/200, … The best evidence suggests that most adults older than 85 years also benefit.

86. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2007 - In the best-case scenario (that is, all positive screening test results are confirmed with magnetic resonance … The best-case sce- nario number needed to screen to prevent 1 stroke, there- fore, is estimated at about … This range is bound by the best- and worst-case scenario estimates based on available evi- dence. … Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: a best-evidence systematic review for the U.S.

87. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary19/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
    December 22, 2014 - there is no gold standard for BP measurement. 3 With the subsequent identification of ABPM as the best … Finally, we investigated the best interval for rescreening of BP after a normal screening result. … What is the best way to screen for high blood pressure in adults in the primary care setting?      … What confirmation protocol characteristics define the best prediction of cardiovascular events? … Which methods and associated protocols best predict cardiovascular events?      b.

88. Screening for Dementia - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2003 - beneficial effects on instrumental activities of daily living is mixed, with the benefit being small, at best … Clinical Considerations • The Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) is the best-studied instrument for … The best evidence is available for a cognitive test—the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)—from studies … The best evidence is available for cholinesterase inhibitors, which have been studied in randomized control

89. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Food Insecurity (pdf file)
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    July 22, 2024 - that the Task Force has reviewed this topic and the first topic to come out of our recent work on how best

90. Establishing and Maintaining Trust: How the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Uses Strategic Communications to Build Confidence in and Disseminate Its Evidence-Based Recommendations (pdf file)
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    May 26, 2023 - Murthy defines misinformation as “false, inaccurate, or misleading information, according to the best … /10810730.2023.2208532 2 a great deal of confidence in medical scientists to act in the best … An essential role of Task Force communications is to reinforce the concept that the best preventive

91. Task Forces Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects (pdf file)
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    March 20, 2023 - “The best time to start taking folic acid is at least one month before pregnancy and continuing through

92. Information for Consumers | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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93. Archived: Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/update-on-the-methods-of-the-us-preventive-services-task-force-estimating-certainty-and-magnitude-of-net-bene%EF%AC%81t/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
    December 15, 2007 - In the best-case scenario (that is, all positive screening test results are confirmed with magnetic resonance … The best-case scenario number needed to screen to prevent 1 stroke, therefore, is estimated at about … This range is bound by the best- and worst-case scenario estimates based on available evidence. … Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: a best-evidence systematic review for the U.S.

94. Archived: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 03, 2003 - beneficial effects on instrumental activities of daily living is mixed, with the benefit being small, at best … The Mini‐Mental Status Examination (MMSE) is the best‐studied … The best evidence is available for a cognitive test—the Mini‐Mental Status Examination (MMSE)—from studies … Pharmacological Interventions Cholinesterase inhibitors: The best evidence is available for cholinesterase

95. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Hormone Therapy for Preventing Chronic Conditions in Postmenopausal People (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2022 - professionals should work together, using evidence-based recommendations as guidance, to determine how best

96. Evaluating Test Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Decision Analysis (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2008 - of the least favor- able values in a worst-case analysis and all of the most favorable values in a best-case … 459 0.5 975.7 COL � colonoscopy; �COL � incremental number of colonoscopies compared with the next-best … gained compared with no screening; �LYG � incremental number of life-years gained compared with the next-best … We emphasize that in practice adherence is critical and that ultimately the best option for a patient … screening; SENSA � Hemoccult SENSA; �COL � incremental number of colonoscopies compared with the next-best

97. Archived: Evaluating Test Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Decision Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 15, 2008 - for the worst-case analysis showed fewer life-years gained than results for the base case, and the best-case … We emphasize that in practice adherence is critical and that ultimately the best option for a patient … 975.7 COL = colonoscopy; ΔCOL = incremental number of colonoscopies compared with the next-best … compared with no screening; ΔLYG = incremental number of life-years gained compared with the next-best … screening; SENSA = Hemoccult SENSA; ΔCOL = incremental number of colonoscopies compared with the next-best

98. USPSTF Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Preexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Acquisition of HIV (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2023 - • The CDC has compiled a list of PrEP interventions and best practices.

99. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults (pdf file)
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    November 25, 2024 - “In the absence of evidence, primary care clinicians should use their best judgment when deciding whether

100. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on PrEP for HIV Prevention (pdf file)
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     August 22, 2023 - professionals prescribe PrEP to patients at increased risk and discuss which form of this medication would be best