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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan109/preeclampsia-screening-april-2017
August 14, 2014 - have hypertension in pregnancy, what other screening tests should be considered given new diagnostic criteria … The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well specific to each of the key questions (KQs).
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
January 14, 2014 - However, the prevalence of GDM depends on the diagnostic criteria used and the population screened and … The reference standard varied and included criteria from Carpenter and Coustan, the American Diabetes … Gestational diabetes was confirmed by a 100-g 3-hour OGTT using Carpenter and Coustan criteria. … Gestational diabetes was confirmed using Carpenter and Coustan criteria. … Studies that examined risk factors for screening used different diagnostic criteria and could not be
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-counseling-2004
April 06, 2004 - We used USPSTF internal validity criteria 40 ( Table 1 ), supplemented by specific quality criteria … In general, a good study meets all criteria well. … Otherwise overall good-quality criteria met. … Otherwise, overall good-quality criteria met. … All other good-quality criteria met.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan21/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
June 15, 2013 - The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs). … The USPSTF added several explicit inclusion and exclusion criteria that had been implied in the draft
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan31/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation-september-2015
July 15, 2013 - The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs). … A few comments requested clarification on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, analytic frameworks,
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/healthy-weight-and-weight-gain-during-pregnancy-behavioral-counseling-interventions
July 26, 2018 - The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs). … All other languages
Study quality
Fair or good
Poor (according to design-specific USPSTF criteria
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan93/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
September 27, 2014 - The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs).
… In response to public comments, the inclusion and exclusion criteria were revised to include cognition
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary13/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions-2013
January 15, 2013 - Study Selection
Investigators developed inclusion and exclusion criteria for abstracts and articles … We used criteria developed by the USPSTF to assess the quality of studies 38 , 40 . … These included inadequate inclusion and exclusion criteria 42 , randomization or allocation concealment … Although enrollment criteria for the trials varied, most included risk factors related to the child or … ; REC = required enrollment criteria. * Nurse had concerns if fewer than 2 criteria were met. † These
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/9H5mgkBCjNQVZZ4pnkNo6B
February 01, 2016 - Limitation: The review included only English-language studies,
narrow inclusion criteria focused only … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
Using predefined criteria developed by the
USPSTF and others … No meta-analyses or retrospective cohort studies
met our inclusion criteria. … Two fair-quality,
placebo-controlled trials that studied escitalopram met
inclusion criteria. … Limitations arise from our stringent criteria and
from potential publication bias.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/tobacco-cessation-adults-interventions
July 17, 2025 - The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions. … Cochrane Collaboration systematic reviews that synthesize evidence meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary11/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
December 15, 2007 - Appendix Table 1 shows detailed search terms and inclusion and exclusion criteria. … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
For all citations that met the eligibility criteria, 2 authors … Appendix Table 2 describes the criteria and definitions for USPSTF quality ratings more thoroughly. … We found no studies addressing this question that met our inclusion criteria. … Study Characteristics
We identified 14 good- or fair-quality studies that met our inclusion criteria
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/drug-use-illicit-screening
October 20, 2016 - The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs).
… following drugs, defined as any drug use that can result in poor health consequences, including meeting criteria … Non-English
Quality
Fair or good quality
Poor quality (according to design-specific USPSTF criteria … Based on those comments, the USPSTF modified the exclusion criteria to clarify that interventions that
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-screening
May 06, 2021 - The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs). … trials
Prospective cohort studies with contemporaneous comparison groups selected using unbiased criteria
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/z8AVsCHJEZUBSJtdSx424H
May 23, 2019 - In general, a good study meets all criteria well. … We used USPSTF internal validity
criteria (40) (Table 1), supplemented by specific quality
criteria addressing … Otherwise overall good-quality
criteria met. … Otherwise, met over-
all good-quality criteria. … All other
good-quality criteria met.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/intimate-partner-violence-abuse-older-vulnerable-adults
April 20, 2023 - The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions. … Several comments were related to the difference in population eligibility criteria for the Analytic Frameworks … upper age limit for adults by adding “(age 18 years or older)” after “adults” in the IPV eligibility criteria … Other comments asked for definitions of “harms” of screening (KQ 3); a minor edit was made to the criteria
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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 - The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions. … Several comments were related to the difference in population eligibility criteria for the Analytic Frameworks … upper age limit for adults by adding “(age 18 years or older)” after “adults” in the IPV eligibility criteria … Other comments asked for definitions of “harms” of screening (KQ 3); a minor edit was made to the criteria
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/RoC9VuSorM_LR7sTvLeFF2
July 01, 2008 - We evaluated all articles for predetermined exclusion
criteria at each stage of review (title, abstract … After sequential ap-
plication of exclusion criteria (Figure), 1 systematic review
Figure. … 2006 (6)
Complete articles reviewed
(n = 8)
Articles abstracted
(n = 3)
Articles meeting inclusion criteria … 1 RCT of treatment for asymptomatic bacte-
riuria in nonpregnant women with diabetes met inclusion
criteria … We identified a
multicenter prospective cohort study of interest that did
not meet inclusion criteria
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/k-btyK4W2-v9KnemTK8WDx
September 14, 2021 - Risk prediction criteria demonstrated limited
accuracy beyond age. … Age 22
years or younger alone vs multi-item risk criteria demonstrated simi-
lar discrimination in 1 … First, inclusion criteria consid-
ered settings and tests relevant to current US practice and did not … Risk prediction criteria demon-
strated limited accuracy beyond age. … Selective screening for chlamydial infection: which
criteria to use?
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan44/depression-in-adults-screening
July 03, 2014 - The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs).
… English
Study quality
Fair or good
Poor, according to design-specific USPSTF criteria … English
Study quality
Fair or good
Poor, according to design-specific USPSTF criteria … The USPSTF also expanded the inclusion criteria for studies to include several outcomes (e.g., emergency
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan-aspirin-to-prevent-cancer/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
October 07, 2013 - The Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs). … English
Languages other than English
Study Quality
Good and fair quality, according to USPSTF criteria … Poor quality, as defined by design-specific USPSTF criteria
Response to Public Comment