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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/standards-guideline-dev%20(1).pdf
September 06, 2019 - For example, a CPG
should be updated if new evidence shows that
a recommended intervention causes previously … unknown substantial harm, a new intervention is
significantly superior to a previously recommendation … intervention from an efficacy or harms perspective,
or a recommendation can be applied to a new
population … This could
mean that a recommended intervention causes
previously unknown harm, a new intervention … is
significantly superior to a previously recommended
intervention, or a recommendation can be applied
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/skin-cancer-counseling
June 30, 2016 - primary care, such as community, worksite, child care, school, or recreational/tourism settings
Intervention … multidimensional interventions aimed at improving sun protection behaviors or teaching skin self-examination
Intervention … primary care–relevant counseling component cannot be isolated
Comparison
Usual care, no intervention … , waitlist, or minimal intervention
Another skin cancer counseling intervention
Outcomes
KQs
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-counseling-2012
May 15, 2012 - This intervention resulted in a decrease in objectively measured skin pigment 12 months after the intervention … In these studies, the intervention reduced indoor tanning behavior by up to 35%. … A randomized controlled trial of an appearance-focused intervention to prevent skin cancer. … A randomized trial of a multicomponent intervention for adolescent sun protection behaviors. … A randomized intervention study of sun protection promotion in well-child care.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan154/healthful-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cardiovascular-disease-prevention-in-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling-july-2017
May 14, 2015 - alone or as part of a larger multicomponent intervention on healthful diet and nutrition, physical activity … marketing, changes to the community built environment, legislation)
Comparisons
No intervention … (e.g., wait-list control, usual care)
Minimal intervention (e.g., usual care limited to ≤15 minutes … of information or pamphlets)
Attention control (e.g., similar format and intensity of intervention … The first was to include reduction of sedentary behavior, independent of physical activity, as an intervention
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003
December 15, 2003 - Harms of Intervention
Treatment appeared reasonably safe. … Surgical intervention as a strategy for treatment of obesity. … Trial Special Intervention Group. … : 21%
F Control: 35%
Intervention
53.2 yrs
Control
52.3 yrs
Intervention … Study, Year
Intervention
Intervention Setting
Intervention Delivery
Counseling
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-older-adults
March 06, 2025 - For all Key Questions, we will describe the population and intervention … clinical assessment or neuropsychologic testing with explicit diagnostic criteria)
KQs 3–5:
No intervention … Usual care
Wait list
Attention control
Minimal intervention
KQs 4, 5: Active intervention
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd
September 13, 2018 - alone or as part of a larger multicomponent intervention on diet and nutrition, physical activity, sedentary … activity counseling solely focused on balance, flexibility, or gait
Comparisons
No intervention … (e.g., wait-list or usual care)
Minimal intervention (e.g., pamphlets, links to general information … prescription based on standardized assessment)
Attention control (e.g., similar format and intensity intervention … Additionally, the USPSTF removed the subsidiary KQs focused on population and intervention characteristics
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October 01, 2013 - The most intensive intervention focused on univer-
sal substance abuse and problem behavior prevention … One intervention mailed tailored
newsletters addressed to the student every 3 weeks; another
intervention … , across a
range of intervention characteristics (such as chart stickers,
checklists, and flowcharts) … However, the
USPSTF found 10 mostly fair-quality trials that included a
behavior-based intervention to … A
potential harm of intervention is the initiation of smoking.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/vxPM4Bo9RXZGUDH6MWnDht
May 01, 2013 - Postcard
intervention for repeat self-harm: randomised controlled trial. … Randomized controlled trial of a
brief problem-orientation intervention for suicidal ideation. … Cognitive-behavioural intervention for self-harm: randomised controlled trial. … Immediate post intervention effects of
two brief youth suicide prevention interventions. … Study Population and Intervention Characteristics of Included Studies (Key Questions 4 and 5)
Intervention
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary32/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-2013
May 08, 2012 - Women assigned to the intervention group received prenatal behavioral counseling for 2 to 8 sessions … The intervention was delivered during routine prenatal care visits at the clinics by social workers or … During the program, the intervention group had lower rates of IPV victimization (incidence rate ratio … Two trials indicated no statistically significant differences between intervention and control groups … Women with positive screenings were not offered a specific intervention and few screen-positive women
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-prevention-counseling-1996
January 01, 1996 - Effects of passive smoking in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. … Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial Research Group. … A randomized trial of a family physician intervention for smoking cessation. … An effective smokeless tobacco intervention for dental hygiene patients. … Predictors of outcome in a general practitioner intervention against smoking.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/cervical-cancer-screening
August 21, 2018 - Summary tables of study design, population characteristics, protocols, and intervention and follow-up … Most women referred to colposcopy underwent the procedure (93.6% in the intervention group, 90.6% in … group vs 4.7% in the control group) and lower for women aged 34 to 64 years (2.6% in the intervention … Intervention: Intervention was out of scope. Design: Study did not use an included design. … Intervention
Control
Intervention
Control
hrHPV Primary Screening
NTCC Phase II
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/published-comment-and-response-comparing-uspstf-and-grade-approaches-recommendations
February 01, 2014 - The I statement accompanies a USPSTF decision not to recommend either in favor or against an intervention … Guyatt and colleagues state that the importance of the outcome the intervention prevents and the burden … of the intervention therapy are no different from benefits and harms. … must be higher when asymptomatic persons are encouraged by their physician to undergo a preventive intervention … than when patients seek help for a problem and are advised to undergo a diagnostic intervention or to
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Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap Study Characteristics Population
Intervention … Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap Study Characteristics Population
Intervention … Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap Study Characteristics Population
Intervention … Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect
Pathway† Type of Gap Study Characteristics Population
Intervention … † The direct pathway is typically derived from RCTs of the targeted screening or preventive intervention
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/6jFgJYJSbMc48mj2uKsAhB
October 01, 2014 - None of the dietary intervention studies explicitly reported
adverse events. … Investiga-
tors tested a coach-led intervention and a home-based,
DVD-facilitated intervention, as well … The intervention was delivered by di-
etitians or health educators with a master’s degree. … One trial, the Risk Factor Intervention Study, showed a
Clinical Guideline Behavioral Counseling in … Reduction in
the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metformin.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/U7JR2xtrb6EHFyLP6yUTAK
March 20, 2018 - Three studies provided the intervention in con-
junction with well-child visits. … A randomized intervention study of sun protection
promotion in well-child care. … Mailed
intervention to promote sun protection of children:
a randomized controlled trial. … The Sun Sense study: an intervention to improve
sun protection in children. … Efficacy of an intervention
to alter skin cancer risk behaviors in young adults.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ERAa_Bwr7hQxqZZ-X3p8Qh
May 10, 2022 - Overall, there was no consistent benefit observed for any type of
nonpharmacologic intervention across … NA
Harms of
nonpharmacologic
treatment
NA 3 trials (n = 929)
Self-management intervention
trials … In addition,
nonpharmacologic intervention and sharing spirometry results
(or lung age) have not been … Long-term effects of web-based pedometer-
mediated intervention on COPD exacerbations. … Interdisciplinary COPD intervention in primary care:
a cluster randomised controlled trial.
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December 02, 2023 - Both focused on the Lidcombe Program of Early Stuttering
Intervention.54,55 This intervention is led … In the face-to-face intervention, chil-
dren in the intervention group had a 2.3% (95% CI, 0.8-3.9) lower … In the RCT using telehealth delivery of the intervention, the dif-
ference between the intervention and … Parental-based intervention with
pre-school language-delayed children. … Effects
of lexical intervention on the phonology of late
talkers.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/physical-activity-behavioral-counseling-primary-care-2002
July 01, 2002 - into a brief intervention that fits readily into routine primary care. … In most reports, the details of the counseling intervention were incomplete. … group, and two found no differences between intervention and control groups in activity levels. … group, and four found no differences between intervention and control groups in levels of physical activity … Although some intervention trials suggest that primary care counseling can promote increases in physical
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cognitive-impairment-in-older-adults-screening
February 25, 2020 - Three months after the intervention, caregivers in both the intervention and usual care groups reported … significantly better planning for future needs, and there was no difference between the intervention … Harms were not clearly significantly increased in intervention groups compared with control groups.[[ … Dementia prevention, intervention, and care. Lancet . 2017;390(10113):2673-2734.
13. … “Learning to become a family caregiver” efficacy of an intervention program for caregivers following