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41. Archived: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/dementia-older-adults-screening-2003
    June 03, 2003 - populations of patients on whom screening instruments have been tested have varied greatly, making it difficult … Additionally, these studies used multi‐component interventions, making it difficult to assess the impact … These factors make it difficult to generalize the potential benefits of these interventions to patients

42. Draft Recommendation: Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/vitamin-d-deficiency-screening-adults
    September 22, 2020 - vitamin D status. 4 , 19 A variety of assays can be used to measure 25-(OH)D levels; however, it can be difficult … Serum total 25-(OH)D levels are difficult to measure accurately, and different immunoassays can lead … Total 25-(OH)D levels are currently considered the best marker of vitamin D status; however, it is difficult

43. Archived: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/adolescent-idiopathic-scoliosis-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - provided limited information about the comparability of the "before" and "after" groups, making it difficult … treatment. 52 Braces are generally recommended to be worn for 23 hours/day, a program that is often difficult … Cosmetic deformities and associated psychological and social effects have been difficult to evaluate … Limitations in the design of existing studies, however, also make it difficult to conclude that screening

44. Draft Recommendation: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/skin-cancer-screening-1
    October 25, 2022 - persons. 5 However, persons of color are often diagnosed at later stages when skin cancer is more difficult … The applicability to U.S. settings is also difficult to assess because the population diversity and healthcare

45. Screening for Hypertension in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/exT5Fsooe__Pz5ksf4o9yt
    October 01, 2013 - The Task Force also found that it is difficult to use screening to predict which children and teens will

46. Screening for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Pzg3TJ_66TF-V-uz6FCwqP
    June 05, 2023 - because dense breast tissue and tumors or other breast changes appear similar on a mammogram, so it is difficult

47. Screening for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/AhUGkt_VKfEYZKstAJzzzP
    June 05, 2023 - because dense breast tissue and tumors or other breast changes appear similar on a mammogram, so it is difficult

48. Screening for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/files/breast-cancer/Breast_Cancer_DRS_Consumer_Guide.pdf
    June 05, 2023 - because dense breast tissue and tumors or other breast changes appear similar on a mammogram, so it is difficult

49. Recommendation: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening
    April 18, 2023 - However, persons with darker skin color are often diagnosed at later stages, when skin cancer is more difficult … However, persons with darker skin color are often diagnosed at later stages, when skin cancer is more difficult … The applicability to US settings is also difficult to assess because the population diversity and health

50. Archived: Vitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cancer and CVD: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/vitamin-supplementation-to-prevent-cancer-and-cvd-counseling-february-2014
    February 15, 2014 - The paucity of studies and general lack of effect of any single nutrient or nutrient pair makes it difficult … supplement formulations in the 2 trials make extrapolating these findings to the general population difficult … most individual nutrients and differences in study designs make pooling effects across supplements difficult

51. Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/y2VJgthYXZY9kzYZmddvaa
    November 01, 2014 - It is difficult to say exactly how many people in the United States have vitamin D deficiency because

52. Draft Recommendation: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/perinatal-depression-interventions-to-prevent
    April 22, 2025 - the interventions varied considerably in format, delivery, number of contacts, and timing, making it difficult … including infant sleep training, debriefing, complementary, and pharmacologic interventions, making it difficult

53. Archived: Glaucoma: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/glaucoma-screening-2004
    March 07, 2005 - Measurement of visual fields can be difficult. … Although it is difficult to study, the natural history of untreated early POAG needs to be better understood

54. Screening for Glaucoma: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/GK5UNWCH6e2fVk5WzhFYvT
    March 01, 2005 - • Measurement of visual fields can be difficult. … Although it is difficult to study, the natural history of untreated early POAG needs to be better understood

55. Archived: Glaucoma: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/glaucoma-screening-2005
    March 07, 2005 - Measurement of visual fields can be difficult. … Although it is difficult to study, the natural history of untreated early POAG needs to be better understood

56. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - identifying all deaths caused by AAA, combined with varying compliance with screening, may make it difficult … identifying all deaths caused by AAA, combined with varying compliance with screening, may make it difficult

57. Recommendation: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions
    April 17, 2018 - Given the heterogeneity of these interventions, it is difficult to identify specific components of exercise … Given the heterogeneity of interventions reviewed by the USPSTF, it is difficult to identify specific … multifactorial 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

58. Archived: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions-2018
    April 17, 2018 - Given the heterogeneity of these interventions, it is difficult to identify specific components of exercise … Given the heterogeneity of interventions reviewed by the USPSTF, it is difficult to identify specific … multifactorial 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

59. Screening for Depression in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Home/GetFileByID/2572
    February 01, 2016 - to Your Child’s Doctor about Depression Acknowledging a mental health concern can sometimes be difficult

60. Archived: Published Comment - Will Recommendations against Spirometry Make Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Harder to Treat?: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/published-comment---will-recommendations-against-spirometry-make-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-harder-to-treat/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-screening
    November 15, 2008 - interrupt a vicious cycle that often leads to a severely restricted functional status that is very difficult