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141. Recommendation: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 08, 2018 - trials of screening suggests there may be greater mortality benefit from screening every other year compared … Although it is possible that screening may offer greater benefits for African American men compared with … Although it is possible that screening may offer additional potential benefits for these men compared … In the active surveillance group, 6.0% of men developed metastatic cancer, compared with 2.7% and 2.3% … The SPCG-4 trial compared radical prostatectomy with watchful waiting (a passive protocol dissimilar

142. Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2019 - African American women are more likely to die of breast cancer compared with women of other races. … Risk-Reducing Medications A systematic review of trials conducted for the USPSTF found that compared … However, the large Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) trial, which directly compared ta- moxifen … with pla- cebo or no treatment.12 Another study that compared anastrozole with tamoxifen in treating … Compared with tamoxifen (which reduces risk of fractures), more fractures were seen with aro- matase

143. Recommendation: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening
     July 18, 2023 - ratio (HR) of 4.1 (95% CI, 1.2-13.4) for cardiovascular disease events over 30 years of follow-up, compared … for an individual with an LDL-C level of 190 to 220 mg/dL or greater but without a genetic variant (compared … in total cholesterol and LDL-C levels and improvements in dietary intake in the intervention group compared … difference in new diabetes diagnoses over up to 9 years of follow-up in individuals taking statins compared … adulthood was associated with an adjusted HR of 1.64 (95% CI, 1.27-2.11) for coronary heart disease compared

144. Archived: Genital Herpes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/genital-herpes-screening-2005
     March 15, 2005 - annually, those taking antiviral therapy had a significantly longer delay in the time to first recurrence compared … showed that the relative risk for subclinical viral shedding was lower in women who received acyclovir compared … gestation and found that 6 percent of patients treated with acyclovir had clinical HSV at delivery compared … of patients treated with placebo. 19 No patients in the acyclovir group had positive HSV cultures, compared … more cost-effective interventions (at a cost of $363,000 per case of neonatal infection prevented) compared

145. Screening and Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - Also needed are studies to examine collaborative care management approaches compared with usual clinical … disorders have increased health care costs (including general medical care and mental health care) compared … , sertraline) com- pared with placebo, 10 different group or individually delivered psychotherapies compared … and receiving weekly clinical monitoring.2 Nearly 3 of 4 patients re- sponded to combined therapy, compared … rate ratio between users and non- users was 2.9% (95% CI: 2.8–3.1) in the 5- to 14-year age group compared

146. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 04, 2003 - Compared with the FPG test, the 2‐hour PG test may lead to more individuals being diagnosed as diabetic … A study using NHANES III data demonstrated that, compared with FPG, the 2‐hour PG as a screening test … has been conducted to establish whether systematic screening for diabetes improves health outcomes compared … during the preclinical period between screening and clinical detection (when glucose levels are lower compared … Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and

147. Final Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/skin-cancer-counseling
     March 20, 2018 - that addressed sun protection behavior composite scores in adults found an increase in such behaviors compared … using an appearance-focused intervention among young female adults noted a significant improvement compared … Overall, melanoma risk was reduced in the intervention group compared with the control group and was … most pronounced for invasive melanoma compared with in situ melanoma. 34 A large US case-control study … also demonstrated a lower likelihood of melanoma in persons routinely using sunscreen compared with

148. Vision Screening in Children Aged 6Months to 5 Years: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     September 05, 2017 - Phase 2 of the study compared screening performed by nurses vs lay staff and focused on 4 of the 11 … Two trials compared patching vs no patching (children were pre­ treated with eyeglasses if indicated … in both groups).1,38,39 One trial compared patching plus eyeglasses vs eyeglasses alone vs no treatment … One trial compared patching (n = 87) vs no patch­ ing (n = 93) and found that worsening visual acuity … Preschool vision screening tests administered by nurse screeners compared with lay screeners in the

149. Archived: Aspirin Prophylaxis in Pregnancy: Preventive Medication, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - due to endothelial dysfunction caused by the systemic effects of decreased placental blood flow. 8 Compared … relative excess of thromboxane A 2 (a platelet-derived vasoconstrictor and platelet aggregation promoter) compared … Compared with the placebo group, the group receiving aspirin experienced a statistically significant … The treated group had a 26% reduction in the incidence of preeclampsia compared with the placebo group … no difference in incidence of IUGR between those who were randomized to receive aspirin prophylaxis compared

150. Archived: Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 08, 2016 - One study recruited adolescents from a primary care setting and compared the PHQ-A with a full diagnostic … SSRIs One good-quality study ( n = 221) compared fluoxetine with placebo in adolescents aged 12 to … 17 years. 10-12 Two fair-quality studies ( n = 268 and 316) compared escitalopram with placebo in … Psychotherapy Two studies evaluated the benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) compared with … SSRIs Combined With Psychotherapy One CBT study also compared CBT plus fluoxetine with placebo. 10

151. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review11/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
     July 15, 2008 - 0.37 [CI, 0.10 to 1.36]). 3 Nonpregnant Women We found 1 good-quality RCT of treatment that compared … Patients in the placebo group averaged 34 days of antibiotic use per 1000 days of follow-up, compared … samples showed bacteriuria, yielding a sensitivity of 60.7% and negative predictive value of 90.8% compared … A 2005 Canadian study conducted in outpatient clinics at an urban teaching hospital compared the diagnostic … UTI Patients in the placebo group averaged 34 d of antibiotic use per 1000 d of follow-up, compared

152. Archived: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-2006
     February 15, 2006 - Few studies compared the performance of ≥ 2 tests, compared a single screening technique across different … However, one good-quality RCT compared 12 months of a clinician-directed speech and language intervention … improvements in the speech and language skills of the 3-to-5-year-olds who had received interventions compared … Assessing the effect of earlier compared with later interventions on a broad range of health, educational … Two Language Screening Tests Compared with Developmental Sentence Scoring.

153. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - strabismus, amblyopia, and refractive error in children with these conditions; that more intensive screening compared … The USPSTF found no direct evidence that screening for visual impairment, compared with no screening, … However, the USPSTF found 1 fair quality study showing that intense screening by eye professionals (compared … letters by an eye professional) led to decreased prevalence of amblyopia and improved visual acuity compared … Compared with the group screened once at age 37 months, the intensively screened group had a significantly

154. Archived: Physical Activity: Behavior Counseling in Primary Care, July 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 01, 2002 - There were no completed trials with children or adolescents that compared counseling with usual care … insufficient evidence regarding the potential harms of various activity protocols, such as moderate compared … The six trials of fair to good quality that compared physical activity counseling protocols to usual … Two fair to good quality randomized trials compared two or more different interventions aimed at increasing … studies examining the effectiveness of physical activity counseling for children or adolescents that compared

155. Archived: Final Research Plan: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan104/skin-cancer-screening-july-2016
     July 17, 2014 - Does visual screening for skin cancer lead to earlier detection of skin cancer compared with usual care … features) who would have a more favorable balance of benefits and harms from screening for skin cancer compared

156. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Women and Elderly Adults: Intimate Partner Violence and Elderly Abuse: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-women-and-elderly-adults/intimate-partner-violence-and-elderly-abuse-screening-2004
     March 08, 2004 - These included 6 studies that compared one instrument with another, 3 that compared an instrument to … directed interview, 2 that measured inter-rater reliability and/or internal consistency, and 3 that compared … groups, showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.99). 63 Three fair-quality studies compared … with the counseling group, but not compared with the brief group. … with the counseling group, but not compared to the brief group Fair Narrow patient population

157. Screening Women and Elderly Adults for Family and Intimate Partner Violence: A Review of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - that compared one instrument with another, 3 that compared an instrument to a directed interview, 2 that … measured inter-rater reliability and/or internal consistency, and 3 that compared methods of administration … Screening instruments are described in Appendix 3.49–61 Six studies compared brief screening instruments … with the counseling group, but not compared with the brief group. … with SVAWS at each plus “mentor the counseling group, follow-up visit mother” in but not compared to

158. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
     February 15, 2005 - The AAA prevalence in women was 1.3%, compared with 7.6% in men. … Lower mortality rates were associated with operations performed by vascular surgeons (2.2%) compared … Immediate repair compared with surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms. … Long-term outcomes of immediate repair compared with surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms … Smokers' relative risk for aortic aneurysm compared with other smoking-related diseases: a systematic

159. Recommendation: Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 24, 2025 - report experiencing psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime. 1 , 3 Women, compared … disability, are more likely to experience violent victimization and maltreatment regardless of age compared … . 1 , 35 In 1 study, IPV events were lower in the intervention group (7.50 events per person-year) compared … Three studies (n = 3759) compared screening with no screening for IPV and found no benefit when screening … Five trials reported on specific categories of IPV. 1 , 35 Generally, compared with studies enrolling

160. Overview of Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - This was a relative reduction of 24.8% in the probability of prostate cancer deaths compared with the … The strategies presented were chosen to reduce the harms (i.e., overdiagnosis) by more than half (compared … , PLCO control, ERSPC screening, and PLCO screening arms, respectively, over 11 years of follow-up compared … Lastly, two publications using the same model, a seven-stage Markov model using U.S. data, compared … Is combined androgen blockade with bicalutamide cost-effective compared with combined androgen blockade