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1221. Archived: Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-counseling-and-preventive-medication-2012
      May 15, 2012 - appropriate in individual cases, patients and clinicians should consider the balance of benefits and harms … Balance of Harms and Benefits Exercise or physical therapy and vitamin D supplementation have … Harms of Early Intervention The USPSTF found convincing evidence that the harms of vitamin D supplementation … Adequate evidence indicates that the harms of physical therapy or exercise are small. … These harms include a paradoxical increase in falls and an increase in physician visits.

1222. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      June 07, 2016 - It bases its recommendations on the evidence of both the benefits and harms of the service and an assessment … and coverage decisions involve considerations in addition to the evidence of clini- cal benefits and harms … Harms of Early Detection and Treatment The USPSTF found no direct evidence on the harms of screening … The harms of antibiotic treatment are well established, and the magni- tude of these harms is no greater … Potential Harms of Screening and Treatment No studies directly evaluated the harms of screening.

1223. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-september-2018
      September 04, 2018 - Harms of Detection and Early Treatment Screening for syphilis infection in pregnant women may result … in potential harms, including false-positive results that require clinical evaluation, anxiety, and … harms of treatment with antibiotic medications. … However, the USPSTF concluded that these harms of screening are no greater than small. … The USPSTF found no studies that reported on harms to the fetus from treatment of syphilis infection.

1224. Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for CVD in Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2012 - Harms may include the lost opportunity to provide other services that have a greater health effect. … and coverage decisions involve considerations in addition to the evidence of clinical benefits and harms … Potential Harms: Harms may include the lost opportu- nity to provide other services that have a greater … Potential Harms: Harms may include the lost opportunity to provide other services with a greater health … Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be

1225. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2010
      January 15, 2010 - Harms of screening were judged to be minimal. … Harms of Detection and Early Intervention/Treatment There is adequate evidence that the harms of … Potential Harms of Treatment An examination of the literature on the harms of weight-management programs … Other harms, such as risk of exercise-induced injuries, were considered minimal. … Harms of screening were judged to be minimal.

1226. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-2007
      July 15, 2007 - Potential harms of screening may include labeling of children whose dyslipidemia would not persist into … Adverse effects from lipid-lowering medications and low-fat diets, including potential long-term harms … benefits and harms of routinely screening children and adolescents for dyslipidemia. … Harms of detection and early treatment: Potential harms of screening may include labeling of children … Adverse effects from lipid-lowering medications and low-fat diets, including potential long-term harms

1227. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review11/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
      July 15, 2008 - For harms of screening, systematic reviews; meta-analyses; randomized, controlled trials; cohort studies … No new evidence on screening men for asymptomatic bacteriuria or on harms of screening was found. … Limitation:  The focused search strategy may have missed some smaller studies on the benefits and harms … What are the harms of screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women, nonpregnant women, and … Study Selection We searched for studies on the benefits and harms of screening and the benefits

1228. Final Research Plan: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
      September 03, 2015 - What are the harms of nontraditional risk factor assessment? … What are the harms of treatment guided by nontraditional risk factors? … What are the harms of detecting incidental findings (including harms of subsequent diagnostic workup)

1229. Archived: Final Research Plan: Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Age 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan13/dental-caries-in-children-from-birth-through-age-5-years-screening-2014
      December 15, 2012 - What are the harms of oral health screening? … What are the harms of oral health interventions (parental or caregiver/guardian oral health education … Harms Include, but may not be limited to: dental fluorosis, emotional stress, and acute toxicity … KQs on harms include randomized, controlled trials, cohort studies, and case-control studies.

1230. Aspirin for the Prevention of Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Systematic Evidence Reviews for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2016 - These reviews were used in conjunction with systematic reviews on CVD events (14) and harms associated … mortality, total cancer incidence, CRC mortality, CRC incidence, colo- rectal adenoma incidence, and harms … This article focuses on cancer mortal- ity and incidence, with all-cause mortality (16) and harms (17 … Aspirin use in adults: total cancer, all-cause mortality and harms. … Estimates of benefits and harms of prophylactic use of aspirin in the general population.

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      December 01, 2014 - Purpose: To update a previous systematic review about the bene- fits and harms of sexual risk-reduction … question 1), behavioral out- comes (key question 2), other positive outcomes (key ques- tion 3), and harms … to STIs), sexual behavioral outcomes (for exam- ple, condom use or number of sexual partners), and harms … ) and found no harms related to the counseling inter- ventions (35, 36, 41). … of counseling; 1 trial found more nonserious harms (e.g., pain at finger-stick site) related to HIV

1232. Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      August 02, 2018 - morbidity, mortality, or risky behaviors and to improve health, social, or legal outcomes; and the harms … The evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening and brief behavioral … Harms of Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions The USPSTF bounds the harms of screening and … Potential Harms of Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions Potential harms of screening include … One good-quality and 5 fair-quality trials (n = 3650) reported on harms.

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      September 01, 2014 - Harms may have been underreported. … Potential for overall benefit is limited by low prevalence and harms. … Harms Associated With Screening Potential harms of screening include harms associated with false-positive … results and harms of any confirmatory work-up, such as angiography. … injuries, other postoperative harms, or psychological harms).

1234. Comparative Effectiveness of Antiviral Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - Purpose: To compare benefits and harms of antiviral regimens for chronic HCV infection in treatment-naive … Harms of Antiviral Treatments Six head-to-head trials of dual therapy with pegylated interferon alfa … No trial reported harms in patient subgroups. … What are the comparative harms associated with antiviral treatments? 3b. … Do these harms differ according to patient subgroup characteristics?† 4.

1235. USPSTF Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Preexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Acquisition of HIV (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2023 - This includes more details on the rationale of the recommendation, including benefits and harms; supporting

1236. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Insufficient Evidence (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/inevidup.pdf
      September 01, 2009 - In its recommendations, the USPSTF seeks to maximize population health benefits while minimizing harms … or that the harms outweighed the benefits, making the evidence insuf­ ficient to make a recommendation … Potential harms Immediate or long-term harms associated with delivering this service in routine care … The USPSTF again acknowledges the subjective nature and the difficulty of assessing potential harms: … The potential harms from evaluation of incidental findings found with CT colonography may be large.

1237. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1–5 Years: Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2011 - that 1-time orthoptist screening at 37 months of age was associated KQ1, 1a Screening Treatment Harms … What are the harms of vision screening for children aged 1−5 y? 5. … What are the harms of treatment for children aged 1−5 y at increased risk for vision impairment or for … Harms of screening Key question 5. Effectiveness of treatment Key question 6. … Harms of treatment Included articlesc : Psychological: 1 cohort study False- positives: 7 studies

1238. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary39/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2010
      January 15, 2010 - good-quality trials in which the effects of treatment on weight, weight-related comorbidities, and harms … improvements can be maintained over the 12 months after the end of treatments and that there are few harms … Behavioral weight-management interventions apparently have few harms. … In addition, we abstracted all reports of harms or potential harms in included studies. … KQ3: All potential harms reported in KQ1 and KQ2 trials were included.

1239. Effectiveness of Weight Management Interventions in Children: A Targeted Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2010 - OBJECTIVES: To examine the benefits and harms of behavioral and pharmacologic weight-management interventions … good-quality trials in which the effects of treatment on weight, weight-related comorbidities, and harms … Behavioral weight-management inter- ventions apparently have few harms. … In addition, we abstracted all reports of harms or potential harms in included studies. … KQ3: All potential harms reported in KQ1 and KQ2 trials were included.

1240. Archived: Evidence Summary: Child Maltreatment: Counseling, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/child-maltreatment-counseling-2004
      March 09, 2004 - No studies were identified about interventions in older children or harms associated with screening and … There are no studies about harms of screening and interventions. … interactions, punishment, stressful life events, parental mental illness, and drug use. 59-61 , 63 , 64 Harms … Additional possible harms include psychological distress, escalation of abuse and family tension, loss … As a result, clinicians have difficulty fulfilling their role in prevention and treatment of the harms