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1. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults - Figure 1 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   December 01, 2010 - * Risk factors include increasing age, baseline functional impairment and limitations, incontinence … interventions developed to reduce geriatric syndromes and related outcomes (such as falls or functional limitations … Risk factors include increasing age, baseline functional impairment and limitations, incontinence, polypharmacy … The health outcomes include a reduction in falls and an improvement in functional limitations.

2. Evidence Directions for Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment (pdf file)
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   Evidence gaps and limitations are listed below to describe the background of existing child maltreatment … For additional discussion on limitations of the evidence and potential future directions, see https: … Future Research Directions Evidence Gaps and Limitations Potential Research Questions Inaccuracies … in risk assessment along with racial and ethnic biases in reporting and diagnoses “Limitations in

3. Final Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   September 26, 2024 - What are the limitations of existing cardiovascular disease risk assessment models or use of coronary … What are the strengths and limitations of each of the models? … We will also include a contextual question to explore limitations of existing cardiovascular disease

4. Draft Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   April 25, 2024 - What are the limitations of existing cardiovascular disease risk assessment or use of coronary artery … What are the strengths and limitations of each of the models? … We will also include a Contextual Question to explore the limitations of existing cardiovascular disease

5. Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   September 27, 2022 - Limitations of this review include that only studies in English, conducted in very high-income and high-income … Evidence summary in 2016 New evidence findings Limitations … did not meet, or it was unclear whether it met, at least 1 criterion, but also had no known important limitations … A poor-quality study had a single fatal flaw or multiple important limitations.

6. Procedure Manual Appendix XII. Summary of Evidence Table for Evidence Reviews | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   July 01, 2017 - Body of Evidence Limitations I. … Important limitations in the body of evidence from what is desired to answer the overall key question … These limitations might represent issues that led to low individual- or outcome-level study quality,

7. Screening, Referral, Behavioral Counseling, and Preventive Interventions for Oral Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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   November 07, 2023 - For all KQs, the overall quality of evidence was rated as “good,” “fair,” or “poor” based on study limitations … Other methodological limitations included open-label design and high attrition. … Only 1 trial was as- sessed as low risk of bias.44 Methodological limitations in the other trials included … Other meth- odological limitations included inadequate allocation concealment methods (79% of trials) … This review had several limitations.

8. Evidence Summary: Oral Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years: Screening and Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   November 07, 2023 - For all KQs, the overall quality of evidence was rated as “good,” “fair,” or “poor” based on study limitations … Other methodological limitations included open-label design and high attrition. … Only 1 trial was assessed as low risk of bias. 44 Methodological limitations in the other trials included … Other methodological limitations included inadequate allocation concealment methods (79% of trials) and … This review had several limitations.

9. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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   April 13, 2021 - for Syphilis in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents Evidence summary in 2016 New evidence findings Limitations … not meet, or it was unclear whether it met, at least 1 criterion, but also had no known important limitations … A poor-quality study had a single fatal flaw or multiple important limitations. … Limitations of this review include that only studies in English, conducted in very high-income and high-income

10. Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures; Screening for osteoporosis can help prevent fractures in women 65 years and older and in younger women who have gone through menopause and are at increased risk (pdf file)
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    July 08, 2024 - Some risk assessment tools have limitations in predicting fracture risk for Black, Hispanic, and Asian … It is important that clinicians be aware of these limitations, and they may also want to consider additional

11. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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    January 14, 2025 - Some risk assessment tools have limitations in predicting fracture risk for Black, Hispanic, and Asian … It is important that clinicians be aware of these limitations.

12. Procedure Manual Appendix V. Work Plan/Research Plan Template | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 01, 2017 - Identified Limitations from Previous Review Identify limitations cited in the prior evidence review … Identify and list scope or method limitations identified from the previous review. … Evidence Gaps Remaining After the Last Review Summarize the previous review findings, conclusions, and limitations

13. Health Equity Framework for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - Separate guidance for the USPSTF has been developed to describe the limitations of race-aware risk … Instead, any limitations by population can be detailed in the Body of Evidence Limitations column, … Limitations and future research needs. … The limitations of the included body of evidence for KQs by specific populations should be detailed … If evidence does not exist, discuss limitations of evidence in the “Evidence Limitations or Applicability

14. Archived: Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 23, 2014 - Limitations: There were few relevant studies of screening benefits and harms. … Methodological limitations include unclear descriptions of sampling methods, whether interpretations … In the new studies without major methodological limitations, false-positive result rates for gonorrhea … Limitations of screening tests for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic adolescent … † For studies without major methodological limitations.

15. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 01, 2014 - Although functional limitations and disability are conceptualized as distinct entities with clearly differentiated … interventions developed to reduce geriatric syndromes and related outcomes (such as falls or functional limitations … systematic review of multifactorial risk assessment and management interventions to improve functional limitations … of older adults related to prevention, geriatric syndromes, and interventions that target functional limitations … example, a systematic review that also considers the effect of interventions that focus on functional limitations

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    December 01, 2014 - Limitations: There were few relevant studies of screening benefits and harms. … Methodological limitations include unclear descrip- tions of sampling methods, whether interpretations … In the new studies without major method- ological limitations, false-positive result rates for gonorrhea … These limitations imply that the study may have been underpowered and the intervention effects attenu … Limitations of screening tests for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic adolescent

17. Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 14, 2021 - directness of evidence. 16 , 18 Statistical meta-analysis was not performed because of methodological limitations … 27 Six studies were cross-sectional, 20-22 , 24 , 27 , 28 and 1 was a case-control study. 26 Key limitations … Methodological limitations included unclear methods of enrollment 19 , 23 , 29-31 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 38 … Limitations This review had several limitations. … Limitations of screening tests for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic adolescent

18. Evidence Summary: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 22, 2023 - Methodological limitations included evaluation of older (pre-2000) cohorts, 44 , 58-60 use of previously … in persons who inject drugs 60 and cisgender women 57 is limited to single studies with important limitations … Limitations This review had some limitations. … findings by outcome Consistency/ precision/  reporting bias Overall quality Body of evidence limitations … -1.11); I 2 = 0% Consistent; imprecise No reporting bias detected Good See body of evidence limitations

19. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary46/skin-cancer-screening-2009
    February 15, 2009 - Limitations: Direct evidence linking skin cancer screening to improved health outcomes is lacking. … Limitations of the research design include the potential selection bias of case patients and control … The evidence on accuracy of screening has limitations. … Research Gaps The literature on screening for skin cancer has several limitations. … Other limitations of the literature include a lack of large studies on accuracy of screening in the general

20. Screening for Skin Cancer: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2009 - Limitations: Direct evidence linking skin cancer screening to im­ proved health outcomes is lacking. … Limitations of the research design include potential selection bias of case patients and control participants … The evidence on accuracy of screening has limitations. … Research Gaps The literature on screening for skin cancer has several limitations. … Other limitations of the literature include a lack of large studies on accuracy of screening in the