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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-recommendations-development-process-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Force works to improve the health of people nationwide by making evidence-
based recommendations about clinical … The recommendations only apply to people who have no signs or symptoms of the specific disease or
condition … under evaluation, and the recommendations address only services offered in the primary care setting … or
services referred by a primary care clinician. … nominated topics based on several criteria, including the topic’s relevance
to prevention and primary care
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-recommendations-development-process-2021_0.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Force works to improve the health of people nationwide by making evidence-
based recommendations about clinical … The recommendations only apply to people who have no signs or symptoms of the specific disease or
condition … under evaluation, and the recommendations address only services offered in the primary care setting … or
services referred by a primary care clinician. … nominated topics based on several criteria, including the topic’s relevance
to prevention and primary care
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/drug-use-illicit-screening
October 20, 2016 - a related behavior or condition
KQs 4, 5: Studies in which at least 50% of the enrolled sample … KQ 2: Reference standard (i.e., structured or semistructured clinical interview)
KQs 4, 5: … applicable to or referable from primary care, including: primary care clinics; prenatal clinics; obstetrics … clinical interview
KQ 4, 5: Randomized, controlled trials and nonrandomized controlled trials … Public comments on the draft research plan for "Primary Care Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/menopausal-hormone-therapy-preventive-medication
May 27, 2021 - menopause; age during HT use; duration of use; type, dose, and mode of delivery of HT; and comorbid condition … Does the use of HT vary by subgroup (e.g., by race/ethnicity, age, or comorbid condition)? … language
English
Non-English language
Study design
All outcomes:
RCTs
Controlled clinical … applicable to U.S. adult population
Setting
Primary care or primary care–like settings
Inpatient … The USPSTF clarified the definition of chronic diseases in the Research Plan.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf_devprocess_0.pdf
April 24, 2017 - Force works to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-
based recommendations about clinical … These recommendations only apply to people who have no signs or symptoms of the specific disease or … condition that the screening, counseling, or preventive medication targets. … Recommendations address only services
offered in the primary care setting or services referred by a … primary care clinician.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf_devprocess.pdf
April 24, 2017 - Force works to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-
based recommendations about clinical … These recommendations only apply to people who have no signs or symptoms of the specific disease or … condition that the screening, counseling, or preventive medication targets. … Recommendations address only services
offered in the primary care setting or services referred by a … primary care clinician.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/perinatal-depression-preventive-interventions
August 11, 2016 - (e.g., schizophrenia, pervasive development disorder)
Studies imited to women with a medical condition … development
Attachment or bonding
Achievement of recognized developmental milestones
Health care … /number of days)
KQ 2:
Reduced satisfaction with care
Care avoidance
Maternal or fetal/infant … Emergency departments
Study Designs
KQ 1: Randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical … trials
KQ 2: Systematic reviews; meta-analyses; randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-public-engagement-fact-sheet-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - USPSTF works to improve the health of people nationwide by making
evidence-based recommendations about clinical … condition that the screening, counseling, or preventive medication targets. … Recommendations
address only services offered in the primary care setting or services referred by a … primary care clinician. … Public
Comments
Public
Comments
Review
Topic Nominations
Develop
Draft Research Plan
Review
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cardiovascular-disease-enhanced-risk-assessment-non-traditional-risk-factors
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Final Research Plan … Category
Included
Excluded
Condition Definition
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, including … KQs 1–3: Base model risk assessment:
Base model CVD risk assessment (e.g., PREVENT, PCE)
Usual care … or no screening (KQs 1 and 3 only)
KQs 4, 5: Usual care, no treatment, or placebo
Models predicting … A draft of this Research Plan
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/blood-pressure-in-children-and-adolescents-hypertension-screening
November 01, 2018 - risk for developing high blood pressure and are being treated in a specialty clinic for the underlying condition … and family practices, pediatric specialty/subspecialty clinics, inpatient or long-term care settings … , emergency or urgent care facilities, or ambulatory settings; school- or community-based treatment … KQs 1–3: Pediatric specialty/subspecialty clinics; emergency or urgent care facilities
KQs 5– … 8: Settings that are not comparable to or referable from primary care
Study Designs
KQ 1:
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vitamin-d-calcium-or-combined-supplementation-for-the-primary-prevention-of-fractures-in-adults-preventive-medication
June 23, 2016 - criteria designed to assemble a population with a specific condition or a group of closely related conditions … are considered at high risk for falls
Have a medical condition associated with vitamin D deficiency … toe, and heel; total primary major osteoporotic fracture, defined as fracture of the hip; vertebral (clinical … Intervention duration of <1 month
KQ 2: No exclusions
Setting
Community and primary care–relevant … defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Skilled nursing facilities; postacute care
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-public-engagement-fact-sheet-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - USPSTF works to improve the health of people nationwide by making
evidence-based recommendations about clinical … condition that the screening, counseling, or preventive medication targets. … Recommendations
address only services offered in the primary care setting or services referred by a … primary care clinician. … Public
Comments
Public
Comments
Review
Topic Nominations
Develop
Draft Research Plan
Review
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/10th-USPSTF-Annual-Report-to-Congress.pdf
November 01, 2020 - of disease
• Address services offered in the primary care setting or services to which patients can … comment on the plan. … condition, diagnosis
of a condition that would never have caused symptoms or issues in a person’s lifetime … setting or that are referable from
primary care
• Compare outcomes for a screened versus unscreened … population
• Include populations without obvious signs or symptoms of the condition
• Adopt a rigorous
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening-prevent-fractures
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Draft Research Plan … KQs 4, 5: Majority of the population with secondary osteoporosis because of underlying medical condition … BMD or both screening but no results shared with patient or their primary care provider
KQ 2 (Accuracy … vertebral fractures, any clinical fragility fractures)
Fracture-related morbidity (e.g., disability … Study Design
KQs 1, 3 (Screening benefits and harms): RCTs, clinical controlled trials, or systematic
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/tfcongresstestimony%20(3).pdf
November 30, 2016 - signs or symptoms of disease, about clinical services aimed at
preventing future disease and prolonging … This is because as primary care clinicians, we are not just
concerned with preventing one disease or … one condition, but rather with the range of health problems for
which a patient may be at risk. … Understanding which groups may be more or less likely to experience a particular condition
or to benefit … When we take on a new topic or update
an existing topic, we post our research plan for public comment
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/task-force-at-a-glance
May 03, 2025 - Task Force recommendations are created for primary care professionals by primary care professionals. … We: Focus only on preventive services offered in primary care settings or services that are referable … by a primary care clinician and apply to patients without signs or symptoms of the condition. … draft research plan and finalize the research plan Review the evidence and develop a draft recommendation … that depicts the process that the Task Force uses to develop recommendations From Topic Nomination to Clinical
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/update-methods-insufficient-evidence
March 04, 2021 - This publication describes a new USPSTF plan to commission its Evidence-based Practice Centers to collect … of the I Statement for skin cancer screening provides an opportunity for the USPSTF to describe its plan … Requiring a no-treatment or usual-treatment control condition may produce insurmountable barriers to … Requiring a control condition with the same number of contact hours as the treatment condition can compromise … Barton: Center for Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan44/depression-in-adults-screening
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Final Research Plan … Include
Exclude
General Adult Population, Including Older Adults
Condition definition … Poor, according to design-specific USPSTF criteria
Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Condition … Harms of antidepressant treatment (KQ 5): Any outpatient clinical setting
Community … Abbreviations: FDA = Food and Drug Administration; RCT = randomized, controlled trial; CCT = controlled clinical
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
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Final Research Plan … Are there new evidence-based approaches for identifying patients at risk for preeclampsia in clinical … persons seeking fertility treatment; and other selected nongeneralizable populations
Disease/condition … developmental problems
Length of hospital stay (without indication)
Intensive care unit … admission
Neonatal intensive care unit admission
Study Designs
KQs 1, 2 (Efficacy): Randomized
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2023-10/2023-annual-report-to-congress.pdf
January 01, 2023 - or referred from
a primary care setting to improve the health of people nationwide. … or health condition
• Focus on screening to identify disease early and interventions to prevent the … the research plan … condition, diagnosis
of a condition that would never have caused symptoms or problems in a person’s … the preventive service
• Include populations without recognized signs or symptoms of the condition