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Interventions
Effective exercise interventions include supervised individual and group classes and … Multifactorial interventions include an initial assessment of modif iable risk factors for falls and … The initial assessment could include a multidisciplinary
comprehensive geriatric assessment or an assessment
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Interventions
Management strategies for localized prostate cancer include watchful waiting, active … The harms of screening include pain, fever, bleeding, infection, and transient urinary difficulties associated … Harms of treatment include erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence, bowel dysfunction, and a small
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Grade: I (insufficient evidence)
Risk Assessment
Risk factors for MDD include female sex; older … Other psychosocial risk factors include childhood abuse or neglect, exposure to
traumatic events (including … Treatment and
Interventions
Treatment options for MDD include pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, collaborative
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
August 15, 2011 - Grade: I (Insufficient Evidence)
Risk Assessment
Risk factors for bladder cancer include … Current practice : screening tests used in primary practice include microscopic urinalysis for hematuria … The stages of bladder cancer include superficial (Ta or T1) and muscle-invasive tumors. … The USPSTF considered it reasonable to include these persons in the population under consideration for … Persons at increased risk for bladder cancer include those who smoke or have occupational exposure to
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/behavioral-counseling-interventions-promote-healthy-diet-physical-activity-weight-loss-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-adults
November 02, 2023 - These groups include, but are not limited to, categorizations by age; racial, ethnic, and cultural identity … Include
Exclude
Populations
Adults age >18 years, including studies among:
Adults who … Interventions may or may not include weight loss or weight management messages and goals. … Interventions include but are not limited to behavior modification, cognitive behavioral therapy, or … Analyses will include examination of effects by various intervention components such as behavioral focus
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June 04, 2020 - Framework
*CVD risk factors include … *CVD risk factors include hypertension or elevated blood pressure, dyslipidemia or elevated lipid levels … Include
Exclude
Study aim
Primary prevention of CVD
Secondary or tertiary prevention … specialists, dietitians, nutritionists, and behavioral health specialists
Dietary counseling may include … access to guided physical activity or exercise classes allowed
Sedentary behavior counseling may include
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Potential future directions for this research could include
approaches that align with the current USPSTF … Potential areas for research include more reliable and valid
measures from youth self-report and the … Should outcome measures include those outside of
the child welfare system or composite measures? … Should interventions include components to address
social determinants of health?
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Treatment and
Interventions
Interventions to prevent perinatal transmission of HBV infection include … For infants born to mothers who test positive for HBsAg, current guidelines for
case management include … For infants born to mothers with unknown
HBsAg status, current guidelines for case management include
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Risk factors for suicide attempt include presence of a mental health disorder; serious
adverse childhood … Risk factors of special importance to military veterans include traumatic brain injury, separation from … Treatment
Most effective treatments to reduce suicide risk include psychotherapy.
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June 22, 2025 - Include burden of disease and suffering and the potential of preventive service to reduce that burden … Please list full citation(s) here and include a link to the article or its abstract.
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Randomized,
controlled trials;
controlled clinical
trials
Adult males;
studies should
include … preplanned
subgroup
analyses
Compare screening
with no screening;
screening modalities
may include … risk
assessment tool
Cohorts for both risk
assessment tool
development and
validation should
include … groups
Observational
cohorts for both risk
assessment tool
development and
validation should
include … Outcomes/Timing Setting
Cohorts for both risk
assessment tool
development and
validation should
include
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-screening
May 06, 2021 - Category
Include
Exclude
Population
Adult females
History of breast cancer or high-risk … or clinical examinations conducted for diagnosis or surveillance
Screening strategies that do not include … imaging or clinical examinations conducted for diagnosis or surveillance
Screening that does not include … revised the scope to require that effectiveness studies have data from at least two rounds of screening, include … certain types of nonrandomized studies for the assessment of effectiveness, and include interval cancers
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November 01, 2022 - - Signs and symptoms of sleep apnea include snoring, witnessed apnea, excessive daytime sleepiness … • Individuals at increased risk for sleep apnea include men, postmenopausal persons, older adults (aged … Adverse health outcomes associated with untreated OSA include cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular
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December 21, 2017 - * Subpopulations of interest for Key Questions (KQs) 6, 7, and 8 include those defined by age, race/ … hepatitis B virus or HIV will be excluded from the review, since management of these conditions may include … are prescribed
Study design
RCTs and uncontrolled clinical trials; for harms, will also include … public comments, the USPSTF revised the Research Plan to clarify the following: screening settings include … extrahepatic manifestations of HCV infection, such as depression and diabetes; health outcomes include
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan11/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
December 15, 2012 - .
*** Interventions include intensive screening (earlier and more frequent mammography, breast magnetic … These include links indicating direct access to genetic counseling (e.g., women with relatives known … Potential benefits include improved accuracy of risk assessment and pretest probability for testing and … Adverse effects include, but may not be limited to, inaccurate risk assessment, inappropriate testing … Interventions include intensive screening (earlier and more frequent mammography, breast MRI), use of
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Risk Assessment
Women at increased risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) include … Harms of screening include short-term anxiety in some women with positive screening results, and
inconvenience … The
discussion should include information about the uncertain benefits and harms as well as the frequency
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Some of the tools in the Prevention TaskForce include a BMI calculator , a scoring system for osteoporosis … Some of the ways the Prevention TaskForce is being used include:
By primary care physicians … made by the USPSTF address clinical preventive services for adults
and children, and include … The potential benefits of preventive services
include early identification of disease and … The potential harms of preventive
services can include adverse effects of the service itself
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assessment
Screening tests
Screening intervals
Management strategies for localized prostate cancer include … www.preventiveservices.ahrq.gov.Other relevant
recommendations
from the USPSTF
• The harms of screening include … of prostate biopsy and the psychological harm of false-positive test results.
• Harms of treatment include
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Studies should be
representative of the people
living in the United States
and include populations … Breastfeeding measures may include
duration, intensity, exclusivity, and
mode of breast milk consumption … Studies should be
representative of persons
living in the United States
and include populations who … ‡Types of gaps may include grade assignment (moving from an I statement to a letter grade), change in … §Randomized, controlled trials can include, but are not limited to, parallel, cluster, pragmatic, factorial
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
November 15, 2018 - * Eligible interventions include … † Other intermediate outcomes include blood pressure, lipid levels, body mass index, weight, and … * Screening tests under consideration include hemoglobin A1c, fasting plasma glucose, and the oral glucose … Category
Include
Exclude
Populations
All KQs: Studies of participants without obvious symptoms … of diabetes (e.g., for KQ 1, studies of unselected populations that may include some participants with