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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan151/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
January 15, 2015 - 7: RCTs, CCTs, cohort studies, systematic reviews, observational studies, systematically selected case … CCTs, cohort studies, systematic reviews, registry studies, long-term trial followup, high-quality case-control … 7: RCTs, CCTs, cohort studies, systematic reviews, observational studies, systematically selected case … 7: RCTs, CCTs, systematic reviews, cohort studies, observational studies, systematically selected case-series … studies
All KQs: Studies rated as poor quality
KQs 1–3, 5, 6, 8: Qualitative studies, case
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/ocular-prophylaxis-for-gonococcal-ophthalmia-neonatorum-preventive-medication
February 08, 2018 - meta-analyses
KQ 2: Randomized, controlled trials; systematic reviews and meta-analyses; cohort studies, case-control … studies, and large case series (≥100 subjects)
Narrative reviews, editorials, and case reports
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication
May 14, 2020 - according to USPSTF criteria
KQ 1: Observational studies
KQ 2: Retrospective cohort studies, case … control studies, case series, case reports, narrative reviews, commentaries, or editorials
Setting
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/intimate-partner-violence-abuse-older-vulnerable-adults
February 09, 2023 - be offered in primary care settings or referred to by primary care services, including counseling, case … Cohort studies with a concurrent control group are also eligible
All other study designs, including case … series, case-control studies, and systematic reviews ‡
Quality
Studies rated good or fair quality … be offered in primary care settings or referred to by primary care services, including counseling, case … series, case-control studies, and systematic reviews ‡
Quality
Studies rated good or fair quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-pregnant-persons
March 02, 2023 - meta-analyses (of included study designs)
KQs 2, 3: Randomized, controlled trials; cohort studies; case-control … studies; diagnostic accuracy studies; large case series; and systematic reviews and meta-analyses (of … included study designs)
Narrative reviews, editorials, and case reports
Publication Language
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening
March 02, 2023 - meta-analyses (of included study designs)
KQs 2, 3: Randomized, controlled trials; cohort studies; case-control … studies; diagnostic accuracy studies; large case series; and systematic reviews and meta-analyses (of … included study designs)
Narrative reviews, editorials, and case reports
Publication Language
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
November 05, 2020 - KQs 1–3: RCTs, without publication date limitations
KQ 2: Large cohort studies (n>10,000) and case-control … studies on harms of statins vs. no statin for primary prevention
Case series, case reports; poor-quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/ericka-gibson-md-mph
January 01, 2025 - initiatives, remote patient monitoring platforms, and dedicated perinatal support for mental health, case … collection of race-stratified data and the incorporation of the use of discrimination evaluation tools in case
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary35/lung-cancer-screening-2004
May 15, 2004 - Case-Control Studies
Five fair-quality case-control studies were conducted in Japan between 1992 and … Case-Control Studies
Criteria:
Accurate ascertainment of cases. … A case-control study for evaluating lung cancer screening in Japan. … A case-control study of lung cancer screening in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. … Application of the case-control method in the evaluation of screening.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/colorectal-cancer-screening
May 16, 2019 - studies
KQ 2: Randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical trials; cohort studies; nested case-control … large screening registry or database observational studies; cohort studies; and systematically selected case … studies without a reference standard or without representation of a full spectrum of disease (e.g., case-control … studies, studies that excluded indeterminate results)
KQ 3: Case studies
* Screening technologies
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-screening
September 02, 2021 - screening programs (e.g., comparisons over time or between settings, population cohort studies, nested case-control … studies)
Studies that do not represent the spectrum of disease (e.g., case-control study, editorial … , narrative review, commentary, postmarketing surveillance, and case report)
Publication Dates
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hepatitis-c-screening
December 21, 2017 - U.S. labor and delivery settings
Study design
RCTs, controlled observational studies
Case … Study design
RCTs and uncontrolled clinical trials; for harms, will also include large cohort and case-control … studies; will consider good-quality systematic reviews of clinical trials
Case reports, studies not … settings in which HCV antiviral treatments are prescribed
Study design
Cohort studies
Case-control … studies, case reports, studies not reporting original data
Abbreviation s: HCV=hepatitis C
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/skin-cancer-counseling
June 30, 2016 - clinical trials
KQs 3–5: Randomized and controlled clinical trials; prospective cohort studies
Case-control … studies, cross-sectional designs, case series, case reports, narrative reviews, commentaries, editorials … The USPSTF changed the included study designs from observational studies to case-control studies and
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-in-older-adults-screening
October 19, 2017 - controlled trials; nonrandomized, controlled trials; open-label extensions of KQ 4 trials; cohort or case-control … studies
KQs 1, 4: Observational studies
KQ 2: Case-control studies
KQ 3, 5: Case series, … case reports
KQ 5: Cohort or case-control studies with <1,000 participants
Publication language
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-nsaids/aspirin-nsaids-for-prevention-of-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2007
March 15, 2007 - Confounders Addressed in Adjusted Relative Risks among the Included Case-Control Studies: Use of Nonaspirin … Confounders Addressed in Adjusted Relative Risks among the Included Case-Control Studies: Duration of … Study Selection: Randomized, controlled trials and case-control and cohort studies of the effectiveness … In case-control studies, a direct estimate of the relative risk is not possible. … Case-controlled studies (10 CRA, 10 CRC): 20.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/intimate-partner-violence-abuse-older-vulnerable-adults
April 20, 2023 - settings or referred to by primary care services, including counseling, psychological interventions, case … Cohort studies with a concurrent control group are also eligible
All other study designs, including case … series, case-control studies, and systematic reviews ‡
Quality
Studies rated good or fair quality … settings or referred to by primary care services, including counseling, psychological interventions, case … series, case-control studies, and systematic reviews ‡
Quality
Studies rated good or fair quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening
April 20, 2023 - settings or referred to by primary care services, including counseling, psychological interventions, case … Cohort studies with a concurrent control group are also eligible
All other study designs, including case … series, case-control studies, and systematic reviews ‡
Quality
Studies rated good or fair quality … settings or referred to by primary care services, including counseling, psychological interventions, case … series, case-control studies, and systematic reviews ‡
Quality
Studies rated good or fair quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening
October 08, 2020 - corticosteroids, CXCR2 antagonists, or combinations of these treatments); nonpharmacologic therapy (including case … large registry studies of drug safety
KQs 1, 2: Nonrandomized studies, including cohort studies, case-control … studies, and case series
Study Quality
Good- and fair-quality studies
Poor-quality studies
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/vision-screening-children-ages-6-months-5-years
April 24, 2025 - assessment of diagnostic accuracy
KQs 3, 5: Randomized, controlled trials; controlled cohort studies; case-control … studies
KQ 4: Randomized, controlled trials
Case reports, case series, systematic reviews, and
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/skin-cancer-counseling-2003
October 06, 2003 - Only a single case-control study of skin self-examination has reported a lower risk for melanoma among … Based on this trial, 140 people would need to use sunscreen daily for 4 ½ years to prevent 1 case of … Self-Examination
The only evidence for the effectiveness of skin self-examination comes from a single case-control … Melanoma and use of sunscreens: an EORTC case-control study in Germany, Belgium and France. … of topical sunscreens and the risk of malignant melanoma: a meta-analysis of 9067 patients from 11 case-control