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221. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003
     December 15, 2003 - As control groups frequently received some intervention, this estimate may be conservative. … Body mass index and percent body fat: a meta analysis among different ethnic groups. … Exercise: same volume of exercise, all home based, in all 3 groups. … They met in groups twice monthly for 3 mos, then every 3-6 mos. … No formal exercise groups, but daily exercise logs.

222. Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/m_E9nFrmxuS5-surqVHK2u
     November 13, 2018 - Among population groups with lower prevalence of unhealthy alcohol use—older adults, pregnant women, … those in control groups after 6 to 12 months (32 trials and 37 analy- sis groups [n = 15 974]; weighted … and from 25.6 at baseline to 21.6 in the control groups. … , compared with 29% to 82% in the control groups. … Effectiveness of the AUDIT-C as a screening test for alcohol misuse in three race/ethnic groups.

223. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-screening
     May 06, 2021 - perform, particularly to support decisions about screening in younger women or women from racial/ethnic groups … controlled trials; controlled clinical trials Prospective cohort studies with contemporaneous comparison groups

224. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     July 18, 2023 - Harms reported in the short-term drug trials were similar in the intervention and control groups. … 50%) or small number of trials to be pooled.12,13 For pooling statin studies with multiple randomized groups … sequestrants 3 (n = 332) New: 0 Similar rates of total adverse events in intervention and control groups … Overall, harms reported in pharmaco- therapy trials were similar in the intervention and control groups … and 0% to 1.9% in control groups (eFigure 8 in the Supplement).47,56-58,60,63-65,75 The largest trial

225. Final Recommendation Statement: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd
     November 24, 2020 - 11 , 16 Interventions that combined a healthy diet and physical activity were evaluated in 81 trial groups … , diet-only interventions were evaluated in 33 trial groups, and interventions involving physical activity … only were evaluated in 6 trial groups. … Intervention groups also demonstrated lower event rates for both myocardial infarction (pooled RR, 0.85 … At 12 to 24 mo, the intervention groups showed greater reductions in blood pressure (systolic blood pressure

226. Screening for Child and Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - Across the 9 SSRI trials, response rates among treat- ment and placebo groups varied considerably. … compared with 24% to 59% of patients in placebo-control groups. … These results were statisti- cally significant for both groups. … Self-help groups/ 45. self help.ti,ab. 46. … Self-help groups/ 48. self help.ti,ab. 49.

227. High-Priority Evidence Gaps For Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/rtc2016rev_2%20(3).pdf
     December 01, 2016 - identify evidence gaps that prevent it from making recommendations for specific populations or age groups … This is often because these groups are not well represented in health research. … Prime examples of such groups are older adults, children, and racial/ethnic minority groups. … Evidence Gaps Relating to Specific Populations and Age Groups That Deserve Further Research: 1. … Evidence Gaps Relating to Specific Population and Age Groups That Deserve Further Research: 1.

228. 3W8Wr9Wwayaqujwmjo Bl- (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2014 - Specific BRCA mutations, known as founder muta- tions, occur among certain ethnic groups, including Ash … Persons without links to families or groups with known mutations (5–10, 12–14) generally have direct … Limitations of stud- ies included differences in designs and measures, dissimilar comparison groups, … Studies were limited by high loss to follow-up and differences between comparison groups. … Comparison groups varied among studies, although results were consistent.

229. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Accuracy of Screening Tests Effectiveness of Early Detection Recommendations of Other Groups … received a standard periodic health examination or to a study group that was also offered FOBT both groups … The age groups in which screening has been shown to decrease mortality are ages 50-80 for FOBT 5 and … Performing periodic colonoscopy to screen for cancer in these groups may be justified in light of the … A frequency of every 3-5 years has been recommended by other groups on the basis of expert opinion, and

230. Evidence Summary: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
     May 02, 2023 - , including the CDC, recommend that LTBI screening be performed among high-risk groups and when treatment … There were no deaths due to tuberculosis in any of the isoniazid groups; 3 persons died of tuberculosis … The sensitivity analyses using combined data from the 24- and 52-week groups from the IUAT trial and … Overall mortality was similar for the 2 groups (30 vs 34 deaths, respectively; P = .42). … For the study groups comparing the 24-week CDC-approved regimen with placebo (n = 13,955), the results

231. Archived: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-screening-2008
     March 15, 2008 - However, even in groups with the greatest prevalence of airflow obstruction, hundreds of patients would … However, even in groups with the greatest prevalence of airflow obstruction, hundreds of patients would … number of patients needed to screen with spirometry to defer the first exacerbation in various age groups … patients in the randomized, controlled trials, and that benefits of therapy are similar across all age groups … Limiting screening spirometry to smokers older than 40 years of age, as advocated by some groups, produces

232. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Accuracy of Screening Tests Effectiveness of Early Detection Recommendations of Other Groups … trimester. 21 Return to Table of Contents Recommendations of Other Groups … Examination recommends testing for syphilis in pregnant women and sexually active persons in high-risk groups … For women at high risk of acquiring syphilis during pregnancy (e.g., women in the high-risk groups listed

233. Evidence Summary: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening
     September 24, 2019 - , 33 The proportion of infants with low birth weight ranged from 2.5% to 14.8% in the intervention groups … and from 6.7% to 21.4% in the control groups. … 24 , 25 , 27 , 33 Five studies reported on congenital malformations in the intervention and control groups … malformation ranged from 0% to 1.6% in the intervention group and from 1.4% to 4.2% in the control groups … serum urea nitrogen level, but a mild reduction in serum creatinine level was seen in the treatment groups

234. Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 24, 2020 - (generally >20%), substan- tial lack of baseline comparability between groups without adjust- ment for … For mortality and cardiovascular event outcomes (KQ1), results for multiple intervention groups were … Very few intervention groups (6/120 [5.0%]) addressed physical activity alone. … In addition, in trials reporting incidence of hypertension, intervention groups had a 26% lower risk … b Hinderliter et al127 reported no CVD events in both groups (not shown on plot).

235. Recommendation: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening
     May 08, 2018 - rate in the control group and the high screening rate among men in both the control and intervention groups … persons of African descent in European countries during the study period makes it likely that these groups … Approximately one-third of men in both groups had either a PSA test or digital rectal examination within … 1.17 (95% CI, 0.82-1.66); however, a statistical test found no significant heterogeneity across age groups … The unexpectedly high survival rate across the trial groups (99%) made any potential differences harder

236. Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/skin-cancer-counseling
     March 20, 2018 - Included comparison groups were usual care, assessment-only controls, attention-control groups using … an equivalent-intensity intervention on a different health topic, or comparison groups using minimal … Odds ratios for skin self-examination in intervention groups compared with control groups ranged from … https://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003139 -pdf.pdf . 2015. … Cancer worry did not differ between groups in 1 trial of counseling and risk assessment (n = 217).

237. Archived: Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan95/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
     September 18, 2014 - systematic reviews Benefits: Randomized, controlled trials; observational studies with comparison groups … including cross-sectional and ecological studies Benefits: Observational studies without comparison groups

238. Archived: Final Research Plan: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan21/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
     June 15, 2013 - Strategies include selective screening of high-risk groups (e.g., younger populations, men who have sex … KQs 2, 4:  Screening strategies to detect infection, including selective screening of high-risk groups

239. Archived: Evidence Summary: Child Maltreatment: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions-november-2018
     November 27, 2018 - 23 , 47 of the original results also reported no statistically significant differences between the groups … It found no statistically significant differences between study groups for this outcome (0% [0/39] vs … It found no statistically significant differences between study groups in the rate of no vaccinations … A, For studies with multiple groups, the pooled estimates average the treatment effect from active groups … Lowell et al did not report number of events per group; the total N analyzed for both groups is 117.

240. First Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/tfannrpt2011.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - evidence gaps that prevent it from making recommendations that target specific populations or age groups … USPSTF highlights the following key areas: Evidence Gaps Relating to Specific Populations and Age Groups … Task Force members also work throughout the year in small groups via conference calls and electronic … This is often because these groups are underrepresented in health research. … Prime examples of such groups are the elderly, children, and racial and ethnic minorities.