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181. Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2002 - • No studies have evaluated the optimal intervals for repeated screening. … Predicting Risk for Osteoporosis or Fracture The USPSTF evaluated both individual risk factors and … Recent prospective studies have evaluated QUS measurements at the heel.14, 15 While QUS measurements … Effectiveness of Early Treatment No controlled studies have evaluated the effect of screening on fractures

182. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2004
     May 13, 2004 - Earlier data from the ALSPAC study, 5 rated to be of fair quality, evaluated the number of children … Sensitivities of individual tests within the intervention program were also evaluated. … Treatment The Amblyopia Treatment Study (ATS), rated to be of good quality, is an RCT that evaluated … amblyopic eye's visual acuity 20/30 or better or improvement of 3 or more lines from baseline; also evaluated

183. Clinical Practice Guidelines 2011 Insert 0 (pdf file)
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     September 06, 2019 - 6.2 Strong recommendations should be worded so that compliance with the recommendation(s) can be evaluated

184. Archived: Modeling Study: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-study/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     June 15, 2016 - Screening Strategies Eight screening modalities were evaluated: high-sensitivity gFOBT (HSgFOBT), fecal … In all, 204 unique strategies were evaluated, including a strategy with no screening. … In addition, FIT was evaluated with a lower cutoff for positivity (eTable 2 in the Supplement). … When HSgFOBT, FIT, and FIT-DNA were evaluated together, FIT strategies comprised the majority of those … When strategies combining SIG and stool-based testing were evaluated as a group, SIG-plus-FIT strategies

185. Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2002 - Four studies evaluated hip fracture outcomes, 2 evaluated vertebral fractures, and 2 evaluated all types … The National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment study30 recently evaluated the performance of peripheral densitometry … We evaluated data from these trials to determine whether women who have a similar overall risk for fracture … Few studies have evaluated the effect of altering modifiable risk factors, such as smoking cessation, … Apparent pre- and postmenopausal bone loss evaluated by DXA at different skeletal sites in women: the

186. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary29/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
     May 27, 2014 - Data Synthesis: No study directly evaluated the effects of screening for HBV infection versus no screening … Study Selection At least 2 reviewers independently evaluated each study to determine inclusion eligibility … Study Selection At least 2 reviewers independently evaluated each study to determine inclusion eligibility … Improved standardization of the intermediate and clinical outcomes evaluated would greatly strengthen … 10 observational studies Patient characteristics and outcomes evaluated varied greatly; no studies

187. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Lung Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary35/lung-cancer-screening-2004
     May 15, 2004 - Study Selection: Studies that evaluated mass-screening programs for lung cancer involving the tests … Six cohort studies evaluated screening CT and showed that when CT is used to screen for lung cancer, … Also, these cases were followed separately and were not evaluated in the randomized comparison. … in the control group. 73 The possibility of nonrandom distribution of lung cancer risk factors was evaluated … Cancer Screening with Low-Dose CT Several recent cohort studies, all without control groups, have evaluated

188. Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
     January 23, 2024 - No study evaluated the direct benefits of screening vs no screening. … Seventeen RCTs (n = 1517) evaluated interventions for speech and language delay or disorders, although … Twelve global screening tools were evaluated in the studies included the Ages and Stages Questionnaire … facilitator, and individual consultations with the SLP while the child is present), 51 , 58 and 1 evaluated … studies of interventions for speech and language delay or disorder enrolled similar populations and evaluated

189. Draft Research Plan: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 10, 2022 - Evidence will be evaluated to determine if there are common components of efficacious intervention programs

190. Final Research Plan: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions
     July 14, 2022 - Evidence will be evaluated to determine if there are common components of efficacious intervention programs

191. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2021 - On the basis of a single stool specimen, the most commonly evaluated families of fecal immunochemical … Studies were included that evaluated the following screening tests: colonoscopy, SIG, CTC, gFOBT, FIT … Two studies (N = 1169) evaluated CTC without bowel preparation.81,101 Although the data were limited, … One fair- quality diagnostic accuracy study (n = 9989) evaluated Cologuard compared with OC FIT-CHEK.83 … Only 1 trial evaluated more than a single round of screening.

192. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening and Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening-behavioral-counseling-1996
     January 01, 1996 - One study evaluated patients' ability to apply a seven-point checklist to the skin lesion that prompted … reduce morbidity and disfigurement for patients with BCC and SCC, 2 but no studies were found that have evaluated … Although the effectiveness of these maneuvers has not been evaluated in clinical trials, avoiding sun … A randomized controlled trial evaluated the regular use of UVA- and UVB-blocking sunscreens by persons … Neither of these has been adequately evaluated. 33 , 39 No controlled studies have demonstrated that

193. Archived: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     September 06, 2016 - Benefits of Early Detection and Treatment The USPSTF found no studies that evaluated the direct benefits … The USPSTF identified no studies that evaluated the accuracy and reliability of sequential screening … , Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia provided evidence on the benefits of treatment of LTBI. 2  Trials evaluated … The trial, published in 1982, included 27,830 participants and evaluated treatment with daily isoniazid … Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia reported on the harms of treatment. 2 , 29-33  Interventions evaluated

194. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - Several studies evaluated the direct benefit of screening and reported no reductions in vision dis- orders … identified most patients with cataracts and AMD through a clinical examination.1,4 Two studies from 2012 evaluated … reported moderate sensitivity (0.75 to 0.80) and specificity (0.68 to 0.77).11 A third study from 2009 evaluated … No randomized trials were identified that evaluated clinical outcomes associated with cataract surgery … Several studies evaluated the harms of treatment of refrac- tive error, cataracts, and AMD.

195. 6Jfgjyjsbmc48Mj2Uksahb (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - Behavioral Counseling Interventions Most studies evaluated interventions that combined counseling on … Interventions that combined a healthful diet and physical activity were evaluated in 49 trial groups, … diet-only interventions were evaluated in 18, and interventions involving only physical activity were … evaluated in 10. … Few trials that evaluated only physical activity reported intermediate outcomes, making it difficult

196. Draft Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/vision-screening-children-ages-6-months-5-years
     April 24, 2025 - test) Studies assessing photoscreeners for screening will be included if the photoscreener being evaluated

197. Final Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cardiovascular-disease-enhanced-risk-assessment-non-traditional-risk-factors
     September 26, 2024 - Instead, the clinical utility of ABI will be evaluated as a screening test in a separate future topic

198. Archived: Final Research Plan: Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis-june-2019
     July 26, 2017 - The evidence review will also assess daily tenofovir without emtricitabine, since several trials have evaluated

199. ahrq29a - Screening for Hepatitis C in Adults - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - The review evaluated the magnitude of benefit of screening adults at average risk and those at high risk … determine the magnitude of benefit of screening average- and high-risk adults for HCV infection, the USPSTF evaluated … No studies have evaluated the rate of disease progression in asymptomatic patients.

200. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2007 - If otherwise eligible, an individual who has a carotid area TIA should be evaluated promptly for consideration … If otherwise eligible, an individual who has a carotid-area transient ischemic attack should be evaluated … Fourteen good- or fair-quality observational studies that evaluated carotid endarterectomy complications