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341. Recommendation: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 15, 2011 - As noted, prospective cohort studies are needed to more accurately identify cases of early-stage cancer … Thus, it is important to identify superficial tumors that are at high risk for progression and target

342. Final Research Plan: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
     May 02, 2019 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Final Research Plan Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening May 02, 2019 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not be construe…

343. Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
     June 17, 2021 - What risk assessment tools are available for use in primary care to identify adults to screen for LTBI

344. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     October 11, 2019 - EVIDENCE REVIEW The USPSTF commissioned a reaffirmation evidence update to identify substantial new evidence … The aim of this update is to identify substan- tial new evidence suff icient enough to change the prior

345. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 11, 2025 - The discriminative accuracy of risk assessment instruments to predict fracture or identify osteoporosis … T he primary rationale for screening for osteoporosis is to identify persons who would benefit from pharmaco … As part of ongoing surveillance, targeted journal searches were conducted to identify major studies that … Evaluation of decision rules to identify postmenopausal women for intervention related to osteoporosis … FRAX calculated without BMD does not correctly identify Caucasian men with densitometric evidence of

346. Archived: Final Research Plan: Child Maltreatment: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions-november-2018
     August 18, 2016 - What is the validity and reliability of risk assessment tools to identify children and adolescents who

347. Draft Research Plan: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/unhealthy-alcohol-use-adolescents-adults-behavioral-counseling-interventions
     February 01, 2024 - Screening to identify eligible participants must take place in broad-based, general settings comparable

348. High-Priority Evidence Gaps For Clinical Preventive Services: 7th Annual Report to Congress (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - Congress requests that the USPSTF identify evidence gaps that prevent it from making recommendations … When provided appropriately, they can identify diseases at earlier stages when they are more treatable … We look to the Task Force’s systematic efforts to identify gaps in prevention research, which help … However, clinicians’ ability to accurately identify a patient’s true risk is imperfect, because the … No single recommended tool or brief approach can reliably identify older adults at increased risk for

349. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Multifactorial Dyslipidemia: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-multifactorial-dyslipidemia/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
     August 09, 2016 - children younger than age 12 years. 11 Screening youths for dyslipidemia may have the potential to identify … conduct ongoing surveillance through article alerts and targeted searches of high-impact journals to identify … Relevant articles were solicited from expert reviewers, and ClinicalTrials.gov was searched to identify

350. Archived: Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults and Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 20, 2014 - The USPSTF noted that there was limited evidence on the accuracy of screening tools to identify suicide … risk in the primary care setting, including tools to identify high-risk persons. … Screening Tests The USPSTF reviewed 4 studies that evaluated the accuracy of screening instruments to identify … Using the suicide risk screen to identify suicidal adolescents among potential high school dropouts.

351. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan141/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
     February 12, 2015 - KQs 1, 2 (screening): Studies of programs that systematically screen children and adolescents to identify

352. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2001
     April 09, 2001 - relevant articles, the second Guide to Clinical Preventive Services , and extensive peer review to identify … To identify accurately people with abnormal lipids, at least two measurements of total cholesterol and … Preventive Services , 12 focused searches of MEDLINE from 1966 through 1993, and extensive peer review to identify … technique. 20 Lipid Levels and CHD Risk An important objective in screening for lipid disorders is to identify … years and women aged 20 to 45 years yield important benefits is controversial. 65 , 66 Screening to identify

353. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/hepatitis-c-virus-infection-screening-2004
     March 08, 2004 - and is an important cause of patient morbidity and mortality, but it is unclear whether screening to identify … Risk factor assessment could identify adults at substantially higher risk. … We also did not identify any studies that estimated rates of spread of disease in patients aware of their … Other reasons for screening for HCV infection might be to prevent spread of the disease or to identify … We performed an additional literature search and review to identify potential benefits from screening

354. Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/osteoporosis-screening
     January 14, 2025 - The discriminative accuracy of risk assessment instruments to predict fracture or identify osteoporosis … As part of ongoing surveillance, targeted journal searches were conducted to identify major studies that … Electronic health records (EHRs) can identify patients at high risk of fracture but require substantial … Evaluation of decision rules to identify postmenopausal women for intervention related to osteoporosis … FRAX calculated without BMD does not correctly identify Caucasian men with densitometric evidence of

355. Archived: Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
     June 07, 2016 - syphilis and transmission or acquisition of infection (Key Question 1); effectiveness of methods that identify

356. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary23/diabetes-mellitus-type-2-in-adults-screening-2008
     June 15, 2008 - We did not identify new trials comparing intensive and less intensive blood pressure treatment targets … We did not identify any data to address the question of whether there should be different treatment targets … We did not identify evidence suggesting serious adverse effects of screening for type 2 diabetes. … We also need studies to define the duration of the prediabetes phase and identify measurable risk factors … Strategies to identify adults at high risk for type 2 diabetes: the Diabetes Prevention Program.

357. Recommendation: Anxiety Disorders in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 20, 2023 - on harms of screening and treatment in older adults is limited, and additional research is needed to identify … than the GAD-2. 1 , 28 In a study among pregnant persons (n = 9750), the sensitivity of the GAD-2 to identify … determining (and replicating) optimal cutoffs for various anxiety disorders; research is needed to identify … postpartum persons Older adults Detection Adequate evidence that screening tools can accurately identify

358. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 05, 2016 - Future stud- ies that stratify risk by smoking status could help identify different risk groups that … epide- miological studies of the natural history and heterogeneity of COPD progression could also help identify … Development of the Lung Function Questionnaire (LFQ) to identify airflow obstruction.

359. Z3Efdr3Pjzkxrrs783 Xkh (pdf file)
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     Substance Abuse Screening Instrument (O4/05) The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) was developed in 1982 and is still an excellent screening tool. It is a 28-item self-report scale that consists of items that parallel those of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST). The DAST has “exhibited valid psychometric pr…

360. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan142/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
     October 30, 2014 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Final Research Plan Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening October 30, 2014 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They sho…