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August 01, 2008 - Study Selection: Randomized, controlled trials and meta-analyses
of PSA screening and cross-sectional … In 1 cross-
sectional and 2 prospective cohort studies of fair to good quality,
false-positive PSA screening … One cross-sectional and 2 prospective cohort studies of
fair-to-good quality reported short- and long-term … false-positive
screening
results; complete
data on 78% of
participants
Fair
Katz et al.,
2007 (20)
Cross … -
sectional
Men at university-
affiliated
primary care
practices in
Wisconsin,
Iowa, and
Indiana; 97%
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December 21, 2023 - and adjustment for confounders ‖ ; large uncontrolled observational studies of harms ¶
KQs 3, 4: Cross-sectional
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March 01, 2004 - for Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Antibody (cont)
5
Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
smaller cross-sectional … specific
populations support the strong association between
HCV infection and intravenous drug use.39–51
Cross-sectional … have
inconsistent or weak associations with the
prevalence of HCV infection.3,38,76
In large U.S. cross-sectional … for
positive for HCV, what studies and treatment received treatment.
proportion of patients would cross-sectional … counseling
outcomes in asymptomatic and or immunizations on intermediate
patients with HCV infection cross-sectional
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March 08, 2004 - inconsistent or weak associations with the prevalence of HCV infection. 3 , 38 , 76
In large U.S. cross-sectional … Cross-sectional studies
Good for persons with intravenous drug use, high-risk sexual behaviors, and … Cross-sectional studies.
Good for positive predictive values.
Poor for harms. … Cohort studies and cross-sectional studies. … Case-control and cross-sectional studies.
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September 14, 2021 - 22,26,28 university or com-
munity clinics,24 and a pregnancy termination clinic.27 Six studies
were cross-sectional … between-group dif-
ferences between intervention and control groups.28
In asymptomatic patients, 2 cross-sectional … A cross-sectional
study of a 3-item (age, indicators of risk, and injection drug use) risk
score (n … 0.74) in a
population of asymptomatic men and women attending STI test-
ing clinics in Canada.22
A cross-sectional
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September 25, 2014 - in inclusion criteria
Study designs
KQ 1: RCTs §
KQ 2: Systematic reviews; RCTs, cross-sectional
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June 24, 2025 - clinics only
KQ2: Accuracy of screening tests for detecting IPV
Past-year IPV exposure
(women)
9 Cross-sectional … aged ≥16 y
presenting for primary
care, antenatal care,
or ED visits
Past-year IPV exposure
(men)
1 Cross-sectional … assessed
in a single study
Insufficient Men presenting
in an ED setting
Current/ongoing IPV
exposure
6 Cross-sectional … Women aged ≥16 y
presenting for primary
care, antenatal care,
or ED visits
Lifetime IPV exposure 1 Cross-sectional … Validity of the ACTS intimate partner violence
screen in antenatal care: a cross sectional study.
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April 27, 2021 - Cross-sectional studies were additionally included for the outcome
of ABPM tolerability. … Intervention: community-based intervention
(community pharmacy)
KQ2: Diagnostic accuracy of initial OBPM
20 Cross-sectional … for ≥130/80 mm Hg
threshold
KQ2a: Diagnostic accuracy of different OBPM protocol characteristics
4 Cross-sectional … variations in No. of office
measurements and visits
KQ3: Diagnostic accuracy of confirmatory screen
18 Cross-sectional … Tolerability
of the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor
among research participants: a cross-sectional
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June 22, 2025 - two ways: 1) between different populations, some exposed and some not, at one point in time (i.e., cross-sectional … systematic search for a specific time period for a specific key question; or 3) as a source document for cross-checking
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September 27, 2022 - (ie, CHARMS checklist, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [NHLBI] tool for observational and cross-sectional
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October 30, 2014 - KQ 1: RCTs comparing screened vs. nonscreened groups
KQ 2: Prospective cohort studies and cross-sectional
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May 15, 2013 - studies
Case-control studies
Time series studies
Before-after studies
Cross-sectional
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October 20, 2016 - studies, case control studies, time series studies, before-after studies with no comparison group, cross-sectional
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October 20, 2016 - studies, case control studies, time series studies, before-after studies with no comparison group, cross-sectional
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January 01, 1996 - earlier studies suggesting that postmenopausal women can retard bone loss through physical activity. 60 Cross-sectional … Some prospective data, 63 , 64 along with cross-sectional data comparing the bone density of athletic … as in those with recent moderate activity. 65 Prior studies focused on recent activity 66 or were cross-sectional
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June 01, 2008 - Limited data from 2 cross-sectional studies did
not provide good-quality, direct evidence of the effective … Key question 4: adverse effects of screening
8 studies Cohort and cross-sectional
studies (98–100, 103 … Fair-quality cross-sectional study was a non-U.S.
population in an area of high screening rates and
national … Cross-sectional study: No significant differences between T2DM
population and general Swedish population … In a cross-sectional study, Skinner
and colleagues (109) did not find that screening high-risk
patients
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June 15, 2008 - Limited data from 2 cross-sectional studies did not provide good-quality, direct evidence of the effectiveness … In a cross-sectional study, Skinner and colleagues 109 did not find that screening high-risk patients … Case-control and cross-sectional studies. 40-42
Data were limited; studies considered microvascular … Cross-sectional study: No significant differences between T2DM population and general Swedish population … KQ4: adverse effects of screening
8 studies
Cohort and cross-sectional studies. 98-100 , 103-105
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June 01, 2003 - Prevalence of Systematic reviews Systematic reviews: 0
undiagnosed Cross-sectional prevalence Additional … Accuracy of Systematic reviews; prospective cohorts Systematic reviews: 1 37
screening tests Cross-sectional … Wilder D, Cross P, Chen J, et al. … For KQs
2 and 3, we required either cross-sectional or cohort
studies in which screening tests were performed … Prevalence
of
undiagnosed
dementia
Systematic reviews
Cross-sectional
prevalence
Age 60 or older
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August 03, 2020 - Most of the studies are cross-
sectional observational studies (grade
II-2 evidence), in which neonatal … More recent cross-sectional studies
have found similar results. … These cross-sectional and longitudi¬
nal observational studies provide grade
II-2 evidence that anemia
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July 01, 2017 - analysis; consideration of inception cohorts
Maintenance of comparable groups (includes attrition, cross-overs