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1041. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2016 - Study Selection Two reviewers evaluated each study on the basis of predefined cri- teria. … community-based settings vs no screen- ing, delayed screening, or usual care (eg, targeted screening) and evaluated … moderate vision impair- ment (defined as best visual acuity worse than 20/40 but better than 20/200) that evaluated … fair-quality cross-sectional studies (reported in 2 publi- cations) published subsequent to the 2009 review evaluated … reviews of noncomple- mentary and alternative therapies.62 In addition, trials of therapy for dry AMD evaluated

1042. Final Research Plan: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      June 20, 2013 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Final Research Plan Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening June 20, 2013 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They sho…

1043. Overdiagnosis in Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2018 - overdiagnosis (overdiagnosed cancer as a proportion of men screened) for the eight strategies that evaluated … Netherlands/Western Europe A series of four publications that evaluated various screening strategies … Those studies evaluated clinical factors (e.g., age, clinical stage, PSA, Gleason score, co-morbidities … studies to select men who would enter active surveillance in clinical populations has not yet been evaluated … studies to select men who could enter active surveillance in clinical populations has not yet been evaluated

1044. Archived: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
      July 07, 2015 - The USPSTF also evaluated evidence on whether screening and interventions for speech and language delay … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF identified 24 studies (5 good- and 19 fair-quality) 9 that evaluated

1045. Archived: Folic Acid for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/folic-acid-for-the-prevention-of-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-january-2017
      January 10, 2017 - that the benefits are well-established and outweigh the harms. 8 In the current review, the USPSTF evaluated … pregnancy. 1 , 15 Three systematic reviews of observational studies (n = at least 14,438 participants) evaluated

1046. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
      June 07, 2016 - Potential Harms of Screening and Treatment No studies directly evaluated the harms of screening. … various reasons (eg, diagnostic tests performed in symptomatic patients or newer technologies not yet evaluated

1047. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-july-2014
      July 08, 2014 - to stratify patient risk for cardiovascular disease should consider the same harms that the USPSTF evaluated … Three randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) evaluated the benefit of treating asymptomatic carotid artery

1048. Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2008 - The current review considered all evidence from the previ- ous review, and identified and evaluated evidence … Test performance can be evaluated only in the context of how accurately the test identifies people with

1049. Primary Care Screening and Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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      September 06, 2016 - No studies evaluated benefits and harms of screening compared with no screening. … CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE No studies evaluated the benefits and harms of screening compared with no screening … One study (n = 91) evaluated the interlabora- tory reliability of the QuantiFERON TB Gold In-Tube IGRA … Three RCTs that evaluated the ben- efits of treatment for LTBI were included; 1 compared isoniazid with … For the populations and settings evaluated, currently avail- able screening tests were moderately sensitive

1050. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast and Ovarian Cancer: BRCA Genetic Testing, September 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      September 15, 2005 - primary care approach to screening for inherited breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility has not been evaluated … standard about the use of referral guidelines, and the effectiveness of this approach has not been evaluated … depression outcomes had mixed results. 110-111 , 114 Distress varied according to whether studies evaluated … In 4 studies that evaluated risk assessment, 106 , 108 , 110 , 113 most measures of breast cancer worry … and only 1 measure of breast cancer worry increased. 106 , 108 , 110 , 113 When genetic testing was evaluated

1051. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      September 03, 2002 - We also evaluated previous meta-analyses of these trials and of screening test characteristics and studies … To date, no studies have evaluated other potential adverse outcomes of BSE, such as anxiety and subsequent … When evaluated on an individual basis, however, approximately 23% of women had at least one false-positive … We evaluated whether the method of identifying clusters (for example, geographic areas, month or year … Screening mammography re-evaluated [Letter]. Lancet . 2000;355:747; discussion 752.

1052. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults - Figure 2 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      December 01, 2010 - Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults - Figure 2 Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Analytic framework for USPSTF review on interventions to reduce falls and fall-related ou…

1053. Recommendation: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      August 15, 2011 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Final Recommendation Statement Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening August 15, 2011 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should n…

1054. Archived: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      September 15, 2012 - A randomized trial set within the Shizuoka Cohort Study of Ovarian Cancer Screening evaluated the use

1055. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-2013
      April 15, 2013 - To date, no randomized trials or observational studies have evaluated clinical outcomes among patients … retrospective subgroup analysis from one randomized trial 14 , and five observational studies 15-20 that evaluated … No studies directly evaluated psychological or other adverse effects associated with rapid versus conventional

1056. Zr66Ep5Abbqcuqy7Ktdetn (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2014 - Trials evaluated adefovir (4 trials), interferon-�2b (8 trials), lamivudine (9 trials), and tenofo- vir … Trials evaluated adefovir (2 trials), interferon-�2a (2 trials), and lamivudine (4 trials). … Between Intermediate and Clinical Outcomes Seven fair-quality and 3 poor-quality observational studies evaluated

1057. Ykjvkfmv5Jf8Bl3Rbx8Bp7 (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2015 - Research Needs and Gaps The USPSTF found only 2 studies, both conducted in Europe (8, 9), that directly evaluated … Not Screening and Initiating Interventions After Clinical Diagnosis The USPSTF found no trials that evaluated … Benefits of Multifactorial Interventions The ADDITION-Europe trial (28, 29) evaluated the effects of

1058. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-familial-hypercholesterolemia/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
      August 09, 2016 - No eligible studies evaluated lifestyle modifications or dietary supplements. … Two RCTs evaluated harms of ezetimibe in 373 children and adolescents with FH. 33 , 34 At 1 year, elevated … All 8 studies that evaluated effect on TC found decreases that were smaller than for LDL-C and consistent

1059. 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 - We evaluated the quality of RCTs and cohort studies on initial assembly of comparable groups, maintenance … We evaluated systematic reviews and meta-analyses on comprehensiveness of sources considered, search … This cohort study evaluated the pregnancy outcomes of 130,142 women in 3 provinces in China who were

1060. 40th Anniversary Timeline | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 01, 2006 - 40th Anniversary Timeline Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Celebrating 40 Years of Prevention Guidance For 40 years, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) has improved the…