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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2004
May 13, 2004 - Full text papers were retrieved for RCTs of screening for amblyopia that included children aged 5 years … and younger, and included a followup assessment with appropriate vision outcomes. … Studies were excluded if they were not RCTs, did not include children aged 5 years or younger, or included … amblyopia, screening tools and screening intervals, interventions, and results was abstracted from included … Patching treatment included wearing a patch for 6 hours a day.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan151/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
January 15, 2015 - Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies should be included … Included
Excluded
Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Children and Adolescents … Cohort studies
KQs 4, 7: None
Settings
Publication date of 2007 to present and studies included
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan6/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
September 15, 2013 - Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies should be included … Literature search dates
KQs 1, 5: January 2002 to present (which includes carrying forward any studies included … that operational definitions of normal blood pressure, elevated blood pressure, and hypertension be included
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review55/genital-herpes-screening-2005
March 15, 2005 - References cited in the 2002 report and references suggested by expert reviewers were also included. … Perceived ongoing responses that included fear of telling future partners, concern about transmitting … Techniques for fostering good communication included being direct and honest and ensuring that the time … A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial of famciclovir included women with recurrent genital … All of the RCTs included in the meta-analysis were published since the prior USPSTF recommendation on
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/dental-caries-in-preschool-children-screening-2004
April 15, 2004 - These searches included terms capturing a wide range of research designs, from randomized controlled … Although reviews on the topic were numerous, none included the collection of studies that we thought … We included controlled prospective studies in English in which the intervention began before 5 years … Referral to a Dentist
We identified 102 articles, reviewed 12 in detail, and included a single case … Primary care providers included in the study were 2 family physicians, 1 physician assistant, and an
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
February 08, 2016 - As a result, many studies included in the 2009 review were not included in the updated review. … No studies included children younger than 11 years. … Most trials were restricted to adolescents aged 12 to 14 years or older; only 2 of the SSRI trials included … Outcomes included treatment response, which was defined differently across studies; symptom severity; … Patients randomly assigned to the collaborative care group had an initial in-person session that included
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary14/chlamydial-infection-screening-2007
June 15, 2007 - groups, both randomized, controlled studies and nonrandomized, prospective, controlled studies were included … Data Sources
The search strategy included a review of English-language articles identified from PubMed … The 2 principal reviewers independently abstracted data by using standardized forms from included articles … Literature reviews for subsidiary questions included review articles and topic-specific searches of MEDLINE … Selected highlights from the report are included below.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-dyslipidemia/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication-november-2016
November 13, 2016 - Criteria
Comprehensiveness of sources considered or the search strategy used
Standard appraisal of included … usual care delivered in a universal or selective screening strategy
Other comparators not listed as included … lifestyle interventions (e.g., exercise and diet changes)
Other types of treatments not listed as included … and/or CVA-related morbidity or mortality; all-cause mortality
KQs 1, 4, 5: Outcomes not listed as included … screening
KQ 3: Diagnostic yield (true positives/number screened)
KQ 3: Outcomes not listed as included
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-in-adults-screening-2009
December 15, 2009 - At the highest level,staff-assisted depression care supports included screening; institutional monetary … However, the apparent benefit was no longer seen when the comparison included patients who were screened … Four included general adult populations, and 4 focused on older adults. … Four of these studies had been included in the previous review. … All 3 of the studies that found effectiveness in improving depressive symptoms included some level of
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary45/skin-cancer-counseling-2012
May 15, 2012 - Details of the existing systematic reviews search are included in the full report 37 . … For key questions 1 to 3, we included randomized or controlled clinical trials evaluating behavioral … Listings of all excluded articles are included in the full evidence report 37 . … that included sun-protective behavior outcomes ( Table 2 ). … Populations studied included predominantly middle-aged white men and women.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-adults-interventions
September 18, 2018 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review documents for each included medication were examined … Details of the data analysis methods are included in the full report. … Population inclusion criteria: Study was not conducted in an included population. … Not an included comparator: Comparator did not meet review criteria. … d Included in previous review.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary6/osteoporosis-screening-2011
July 06, 2010 - We included any studies providing data about screening intervals. … We included trials that met 1 of the following 3 criteria. … Four studies included both men and women 36 , 45 , 46 , 57 ; all others included only women. … Seven derivation cohorts and 1 validation cohort included men. … Data from references 71 and 72 included for completeness.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/RPB3rmcS9CK_eXPdzXSxZg
July 01, 2010 - We included any studies providing data about
screening intervals. … We
included trials that met 1 of the following 3 criteria. … Four studies included both men and women (36, 45, 46,
57); all others included only women. … Seven derivation cohorts and 1 validation cohort included
men. … Data from references 71 and 72 included for completeness.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-in-adults-screening
January 26, 2016 - that facilitated referral to evidence-based behavioral treatment. 1 At the highest level, support included … positive, and returned results of screening to clinicians in the intervention group only. 6 Studies included … Only 1 small, short-term trial of screen-detected depression in postpartum women included antidepressants … as an intervention. 23 The most commonly studied approach was CBT or related interventions that included … no additional trials addressing the harms of behavioral-based interventions beyond those that were included
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan4/autism-spectrum-disorder-in-young-children-screening
June 20, 2013 - Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies should be included … not including at least 10 children with ASD and at least one child age 4 years or younger; studies included
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-xv-specialist-expert-reviewer-nomination-and-selection
October 01, 2017 - Organization Criteria
Organizations need to meet the following criteria to be included in this process
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-women-and-elderly-adults/intimate-partner-violence-and-elderly-abuse-screening-2004
March 08, 2004 - Study Selection: English-language studies that included original data focusing on the performance of … Outcomes included indicators of physical abuse, neglect, emotional abuse, and/or sexual abuse and any … Intervention studies were included if they measured the effectiveness of an intervention in reducing … From each included study, we abstracted the study design, number of participants, setting, length and … Spectrum of patients included in study.
Adequate sample size.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/article/prostate-cancer-screening-2008
August 05, 2008 - The analytic framework that guided the previous USPSTF evidence review ( Figure ) 12 included 8 key … comprehensiveness of sources considered, appropriateness of search strategy, standard appraisal of included … Data from the 2002 USPSTF review 12 relevant to key questions 1 and 2 are included to facilitate an … We did not perform quantitative synthesis because of the paucity and heterogeneity of included studies … No studies of the effects of false-positive PSA test results have included many black men, who have a
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/NhXnjZM5ubvygH5GrqDZHC
August 01, 2008 - The analytic framework that guided the previous
USPSTF evidence review (Figure) (12) included 8 key
questions … comprehensiveness
of sources considered, appropriateness of search strategy,
standard appraisal of included … Data from the 2002
USPSTF review (12) relevant to key questions 1 and 2 are
included to facilitate an … We did not perform quantitative synthesis be-
cause of the paucity and heterogeneity of included studies … No studies of
the effects of false-positive PSA test results have included
many black men, who have a
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_9KLmyQyMnoE3agQJsgNE-
November 01, 2011 - We conducted a targeted search for any studies related
to the trials included in our review (published … We included fair- to good-quality
studies that provided evidence regarding test performance
for detection … Included stud-
ies met design-specific quality standards that minimized
the effect of verification bias … One investigator abstracted
data from included studies into evidence tables, and a second
reviewer verified … In addition, none of the trials
included the effect of HPV vaccines on screening, which will
be critical