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121. Cdmdmwet-Hgdkfdveywrn (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - The studies used an unusual and difficult-to-interpret measure of drug use. … that overall drug use was very low across the studies, and the clinical significance of the results is difficult

122. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - screening seem minimal, such harms as labeling, anxiety, and stigmatization remain poorly studied and difficult … Thus, it is difficult to determine the magnitude of harms associated with liver biopsy subsequent to … diagnosis of HCV infection suggested potential negative psychological and social effects, but results are difficult

123. Archived: Problem Drinking: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/problem-drinking-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - drinkers and confounding effects of other important factors (nutrition, environment, etc.) make it difficult … Accurately assessing patients for drinking problems during the routine clinical encounter is difficult … As a result, it is difficult to determine precisely the benefit of screening and counseling during pregnancy

124. Archived: Evidence Summary: Drug Use, Illicit: Primary Care Interventions for Children and Adolescents | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary24/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents-march-2014
     March 11, 2014 - Although all trials relied on self-reported drug use, the specific measures varied in ways that were difficult … studies also used inconsistent measures of drug use, which makes generating comparisons across studies difficult … , depression from stress or pressure to succeed or look a certain way, emotional closeness, sharing difficult

125. Final Evidence Review: Testicular Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review96/testicular-cancer-screening
     September 15, 2010 - The small sample size of this study, which included only symptomatic patients, makes it difficult to

126. Screening for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - This makes abnormal areas of breast tissue more difficult to “see” on a mammogram, which makes it harder

127. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary25/folic-acid-to-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication
     May 15, 2009 - Neural tube defects (NTDs) are among the most common birth defects in the United States. 1 It is difficult … In both studies, it was difficult to accurately assess the dose and frequency of supplement intake because … Limitations of the literature make it difficult to determine the combined effect of supplementation and

128. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2018 - Given the heterogeneity of these interventions, it is difficult to identify specific components of exercise … factorial interventions.8 Given that studies used heterogeneous multifactorial interventions, it is difficult … Given the heterogeneity of included interventions, it is difficult for the USPSTF to identify specific

129. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary25/folic-acid-to-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-2009
     May 15, 2009 - Neural tube defects (NTDs) are among the most common birth defects in the United States. 1 It is difficult … In both studies, it was difficult to accurately assess the dose and frequency of supplement intake because … Limitations of the literature make it difficult to determine the combined effect of supplementation and

130. Archived: Thyroid Disease: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/thyroid-disease-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - 0.9% of persons screened. 2 , 3 , 19 , 20 The clinical diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction can be more difficult … effect on cholesterol, resting heart rate, body mass, or blood pressure. 81 Methodologic flaws make it difficult

131. Archived: Evidence Summary: Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults and Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary20/suicide-risk-in-adolescents-adults-and-older-adults-screening
     April 15, 2013 - factors makes accurately predicting who will die by suicide on the basis of known risk factors very difficult … full clinical interview in predicting suicide-related events, which are relatively rare and inherently difficult … Because suicide death is relatively rare and predicting such deaths is difficult, very large collaborative … of evidence from broad population-based screening through treatment to reduce suicide deaths will be difficult … Kovac and Range, 2002 56 54 (previous treatment for depression) SA: 14 (NR) & Writing about difficult

132. Archived: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and CVD in Adults: Risk Assessment with Ankle Brachial Index | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 15, 2013 - Thus, the true burden of asymptomatic, screen-detected PAD is difficult to determine. … These 4 studies and the ABI Collaboration meta-analysis are difficult to compare because of differences

133. Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 16, 2016 - rate between screening steps and between screening and diag- nosis, suggesting that the process may be difficult … should use their clinical judgment, especially when caring for populations in which case-finding may be difficult

134. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - The exact number of cases is difficult to estimate because most cases of nonmela- noma skin cancer are … However, most individual measures were statistically insignificant, and overall it was difficult to de

135. Archived: Family Violence: Screening and Interventions, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/family-violence-screening-interventions-1996
     January 01, 1996 - clinical practice. 48 Eliciting evidence of child physical or sexual abuse through patient interview is difficult … reduced recidivism by half. 63 The effectiveness of early intervention for domestic violence is also difficult

136. Cancer Older Adults (pdf file)
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     September 28, 2012 - language difficulties, decreased hearing, cognitive decline, and other challenges that make it more difficult … This harm of overdiagnosis is largely unstudied and difficult to quantify at an individual level.

137. Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2002 - Effect of Aspirin on Stroke It is difficult to interpret the overall effect of aspirin on stroke because … The small number of primary prevention trials makes it difficult to examine the influence of other factors … However, because outcomes were presented in mean life-days gained or lost, it is difficult to translate

138. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/aspirin-use-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2002
     January 15, 2002 - Effect of Aspirin on Stroke It is difficult to interpret the overall effect of aspirin on stroke because … The small number of primary prevention trials makes it difficult to examine the influence of other factors … However, because outcomes were presented in mean life-days gained or lost, it is difficult to translate

139. Folic Acid Supplementation for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/y6xRBv7uSZY5bGCx7y48x7
     May 01, 2009 - It is difficult to estimate disease burden because affected pregnancies are sometimes spontaneously or … In both studies, it was difficult to accurately assess the dose and frequency of supplement intake because … Limitations of the literature make it difficult to deter- mine the combined effect of supplementation

140. Archived: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/bladder-cancer-adults-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Because cytology is technically difficult and significantly more expensive than dipstick urinalysis,