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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/autism-spectrum-disorder-in-young-children-screening
February 16, 2016 - Good-quality studies are needed to better understand the intermediate and long-term health outcomes of … Large, good-quality, randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of treatment that enroll young children with ASD … Two large, good-quality trials conducted in the United States in children aged 16 to 30 months found … there is a delay in confirmatory testing because of resource limitations, which are common. 2 Even good-quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/high-bmi-children-adolescents-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
June 18, 2024 - professionals provide support in identifying which counseling
interventions are available, accessible, and a good
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/breast-cancer-screening
April 30, 2024 - Two reviewers independently assessed study eligibility and quality; data extracted from fair- and good-quality … For comparisons of different screening modalities (DBT vs digital mammography), 4 RCTs (3 good- and 1 … Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality. … program
2014 to 2017
Round 1: DBT/DM Round 2: DM
DM
To-Be Hofvind et al, 33 2021 Good … RR: 0.93 (0.82 to 1.10)
DM
506/12,911 (39.2)
To-Be c Hofvind et al, 33 2021 Good
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary1/osteoporosis-screening-june-2018
June 26, 2018 - Results: One hundred sixty-eight fair- or good-quality articles were included. … clinical risk assessments for identifying osteoporosis or predicting fractures varied from very poor to good … Two independent investigators assessed the quality of each study as good, fair, or poor, using predefined … Predicting Osteoporotic Fractures
Clinical Risk Assessments
One good-quality systematic review of … 45 studies supplemented by 13 additional fair- or good-quality studies reported on the accuracy of 12
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary43/prostate-cancer-screening-2012
October 07, 2011 - One good-quality trial found that prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer decreased risk for prostate … We assessed the aggregate internal validity (quality) of the body of evidence for each key question (good … Four studies were rated good quality 23 , 42 , 52 , 56 , 58 , 1 poor quality 29 , and the remainder … Prostatectomy
Prostatectomy was compared with watchful waiting in 1 good-quality RCT ( n =695) of men … One good-quality cohort study reported a 7.0% rate of urinary incontinence after high-dose brachytherapy
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-vii-criteria-assessing-external-validity-generalizability-individual-studies
July 01, 2017 - Global Rating of External Validity (Generalizability)
External validity is rated "good" if:
The
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2024-04/breast-cancer-screening-lets-talk-about-it-final-rec-discussion-guide.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The good news is getting screened for breast cancer every other year
can reduce your risk of dying from
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening
November 18, 2021 - accuracy: studies in single countries with high or low fracture incidence
Study Quality
All KQs: Good
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening-2016
April 05, 2016 - Included studies were limited to those published in English that were rated as good or fair quality using … One good-quality and 4 fair-quality diagnostic accuracy studies were identified that evaluated 2 different … Three studies (1 good-quality and 2 fair-quality) reported the screening test performance of FEV 1 /FEV … Does screening for COPD by primary care physicians have the potential to cause more harm than good? … Quality: study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality (ie, it was poor quality).
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/impaired-visual-acuity-screening-older-adults
June 04, 2020 - included if evidence on harms from RCTs trials is insufficient
Study Quality
Fair- or good-quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
May 02, 2023 - For treatment of LTBI, a large (n = 27,830), good-quality randomized clinical trial found a relative … Relevant English-language studies of good or fair quality were eligible. … Two investigators independently assessed each study’s methodological quality as good, fair, or poor using … The review identified 101 studies of good or fair quality assessing the sensitivity, specificity, or … (fair to good for sensitivity analysis)
Studies used in sensitivity analysis used longer duration
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/vv5kXtX5QDg2948gog66pd
December 07, 2021 - Two independent investigators assessed the quality of each
study as good, fair, or poor using predefined … Data Synthesis and Analysis
For all KQs, the overall quality of evidence was rated “good,” “fair,”
or … One good-
quality study of children younger than 36 months (n = 258) re-
ported a sensitivity of 0.76 … Three trials were rated good quality37,39,43 and the rest fair qual-
ity (eTable 5 in the Supplement) … 0.99) 65
.79Other varnish 234,38 0.69 (0.27 to 1.71) 90
Foam 130 0.80 (0.54 to 1.19) NA
Quality
Good
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/ipv-abuse-bulletin.pdf
November 25, 2024 - “The good news is clinicians can make a real difference for women of
reproductive age and pregnant and
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/osteoporosis-screening-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
January 14, 2025 - “The good news is that for women 65 years or older, as well as younger women at
increased risk, screening
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary4/lung-cancer-screening-december-2013
July 30, 2013 - One large good-quality trial reported that screening was associated with significant reductions in lung … of trials reporting results for both comparison groups (LDCT vs. chest radiography or usual care) as good … We assessed the overall quality of the body of evidence for each key question (good, fair, or poor) using … The NLST (National Lung Screening Trial) was a good-quality trial comparing 3 annual LDCT scans with … This result was driven by 1 large, good-quality study conducted in the United States in which the NNS
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/72ybMHDdg9WyFzrYMBF4ch
August 01, 2015 - Accuracy of Screening Tests
The USPSTF identified 24 studies
(5 good- and 19 fair-quality)9 that
evaluated … The USPSTF identified 13 fair- or
good-quality studies on the potential
benefits of treatment interventions … The USPSTF identified 4 fair- or good-
quality studies that reported
inconsistent findings on other
outcomes … The USPSTF
identified 2 studies (1 fair-quality and
1 good-quality) on the potential
harms of treatment
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan44/depression-in-adults-screening
July 03, 2014 - Language
English
Languages other than English
Study quality
Fair or good … Language
English
Languages other than English
Study quality
Fair or good
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/breastfeeding-interventions
March 10, 2022 - Development Index
Language
English
Any language other than English
Quality rating
Fair or good-quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening
October 08, 2020 - Nonrandomized studies, including cohort studies, case-control studies, and case series
Study Quality
Good
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/oral-health-screening-interventions-final-rec-bullletin.pdf
November 07, 2023 - “The Task Force needs more evidence on whether and how primary care professionals can promote good oral