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April 01, 2012 - For
data on the harms of screening, one reviewer abstracted information on sample size, number of … included studies were not able to be synthesized due to heterogeneity in patient
populations and study design … Design of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and
Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial.
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June 06, 2017 - important flaws in study design or methods.
inconsistency of findings across individual studies. … however, the USPSTF appreciates the challenges inherent in per
forming such trials, given the large sample … sizes and long time hori
zons required. … In addition, it is unclear based on the study design whether the
benefit accrued from 1 or multiple … The NordICC Study: rationale and design of a
randomized trial on colonoscopy screening for
colorectal
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January 01, 1996 - show any effect of iron treatment on intelligence test scores in anemic children, despite the large sample … size. 73 A series of small randomized controlled trials conducted in India did report small improvements … learning in anemic school-aged Indonesian children. 76 , 77 All of these studies suffered from important design … given iron-fortified formula.[[108a]] Differences were no longer significant at 15 months, although sample … size may have been inadequate: only half the sample was assessed at 15 months.
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September 03, 2020 - Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
Two reviewers applied USPSTF design-specific criteria (eTable … Study design details were abstracted, along with population characteristics, intervention characteristics … The Family Spirit trial for American Indian teen mothers and their children: CBPR rationale, design, … Study design: Not a randomized clinical trial or controlled clinical trial.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/dental-caries-in-preschool-children-screening-2004
April 15, 2004 - A quasi-experimental design compared a brief oral health promotional message provided individually by … Study, year
Country
Design … Age at baseline
Fluoride interventions
Other F exposure
Blinding
Attrition, %
Sample size
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November 01, 2012 - Sample sizes ranged
from 57 to 8793 participants. … 2012 Annals of Internal Medicine Volume 157 • Number 10 W-237
Author Contributions: Conception and design … Excluded articles (n = 344)
Wrong population: 69
Wrong intervention: 32
Wrong outcome: 84
Wrong study design … for key question: 30
No original data: 106
Out of scope: 10
Sample size too small: 8
Systematic review
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December 01, 2015 - Collaborative Modeling of U.S. Breast Cancer Screening Strategies
Technical Report
Collaborative Modeling of U.S. Breast Cancer
Screening Strategies
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Prepared by:
Writi…
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June 15, 2008 - Rationale, design and recruitment characteristics of a large, simple international trial of diabetes … Study design and 1-year interim report on the feasibility of the lifestyle intervention programme. … Size (Diabetes Subgroup/Total), n/n
Baseline Cardiovascular Risk Factors b
Achieved Blood Pressure … Size (Diabetes Subgroup/Total), n/n
Baseline Cardiovascular Risk Factors b
Mean Achieved LDL-C … Size, n
Mean Length of Follow-up
Sample Characteristics b
Intervention
Outcomes
DPP,
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June 01, 2008 - Size
(Diabetes
Subgroup/
Total), n/n
Baseline Cardiovascular Risk
Factors†
Achieved Blood Pressure … Lipid Interventions in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Populations*
Study, Year
(Reference)
Intervention Sample … Size
(Diabetes
Subgroup/
Total), n/n
Baseline Cardiovascular Risk Factors Mean Achieved LDL-C Level … Controlled Trials of Interventions in Prediabetes*
Study, Year (Reference) Country Quality
Rating
Total Sample … Size, n Mean Length of Follow-up Sample Characteristics† Intervention Outcomes
DPP, 2000 (156, 157)
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June 09, 2020 - accuracy of 15
different screening tools in nonpregnant adults.12,37 There was con-
siderable variation in sample … size (139 to 2057, not including a large
US-based national sample of 42 923), proportion of female partici … Sample
sizes ranged from 31 to 306 (total N = 1718 participants). … Sample sizes ranged from 34 to 1175 (total N = 15 659).
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December 01, 2015 - Collaborative Modeling of U.S. Breast Cancer Screening Strategies
Technical Report
Collaborative Modeling of U.S. Breast Cancer
Screening Strategies
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Prepared by:
Writi…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/unhealthy-alcohol-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
November 13, 2018 - Design of the NIDA clinical trials network validation study of Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medications … Design: Study did not use an included design. Quality: Study was poor quality. … Studies (Design),
No. of Participants
Summary of Findings
Consistency and Precision
Limitations
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December 17, 2018 - Study design: Not a randomized clinical trial or controlled clinical
trial. … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
Two reviewers applied USPSTF design-specific criteria (eTable … Study design details were abstracted, along with population
characteristics, intervention characteristics … Concept and design: O’Connor, Patnode. … The Family
Spirit trial for American Indian teen mothers and
their children: CBPR rationale, design,
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February 01, 2009 - Limitations
of the research design include potential selection bias of
case patients and control participants … 25) However, the incidence of mela
noma and mortality are higher in Australia, requiring a
smaller sample … size.
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May 08, 2018 - For KQ4 (treatment harms), uncontrolled observational studies with sample sizes of at least 100 men were … Small sample sizes inhibit ability to detect increased mortality after biopsy. … Few studies; small sample sizes; varying outcome definitions; inconsistent timing of follow-up measurements … No studies compared HIFU with conservative management; only 1 study had a sample size exceeding 1000 … Study design: design did not meet inclusion criteria for key question.
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March 01, 2014 - excluded at
title/abstract stage
(n = 2519)
Excluded (n = 49)
Relevance: 0
Setting: 1
Population: 1
Design … Comparison: 0
AAA diameter: 1
Screening tool: 0
Excluded (n = 22)
Relevance: 0
Setting: 2
Population: 0
Design … Comparison: 0
AAA diameter: 3
Screening tool: 0
Excluded (n = 9)
Relevance: 0
Setting: 0
Population: 0
Design … This is
not surprising given its disproportionately large sample
size. … Author Contributions: Conception and design: J.M. Guirguis-Blake,
T.L. Beil, C.A. Senger, E.P.
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November 15, 2022 - change 114 , 115 or a 3- to 4-point change should be the clinically significant threshold for its sample … size calculations or interpretation of findings. 144-146 Also, the American College of Chest Physicians … for obstructive sleep apnoea: results of a randomised placebo controlled trial using parallel group design … (total sample size) by test or outcome
Summary of findings by test or outcome
Consistency and precision … size and risk of bias due to unclear methods for calculating accuracy of OSA categories
Insufficient
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September 01, 2002 - Agency staff and Task Force members participated in
the initial design of the study and reviewed interim … factors assessment (continued)
Screening for Postm
enopausal O
steoporosis
226
Quality
Author Design … Problems in the design
and reporting of trials of antifungal agents
encountered during meta-analysis. … indeterminate results in a reasonable manner.
• Spectrum of patients included in study.
• Adequate sample … size
• Administration of reliable screening test.
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August 10, 2021 - Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological quality of eligible studies using design-specific … previous USPSTF review evaluating selected women showed no significant effect of screening; however, sample … sizes were small and estimates imprecise. … Across 45 prospective cohort studies on diagnostic accuracy, mean sample size was 500 (range, 42-24,854 … Mean sample size was 326 (range, 21-1000), mean age was 29.2 years (range, 26.3-32.6), and mean BMI was
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March 01, 2004 - Size Adjusted Odds Ratio for
(Prevalence of Independent Risk Factors for
Study (Reference) Anti-HCV … C Virus Antibody
HCV = hepatitis C virus
continue
4
Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Sample … Size Adjusted Odds Ratio for
(Prevalence of Independent Risk Factors for
Study (Reference) Anti-HCV … Size Adjusted Odds Ratio for
(Prevalence of Independent Risk Factors for
Study (Reference) Anti-HCV … These studies
were heterogeneous in design and had some
methodologic limitations.