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21. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/reconsidering-approach-prevention-recommendations-older-adults
    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

22. Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary3/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
    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.

23. Archived: Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary3/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
    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.

24. Grnjnsmqzvbc-Dnhgrmgg3 (pdf file)
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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

25. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/prevmethods.pdf
    December 01, 2010 - 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 func- tional limitations

26. Screening for Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2021 - The decision to undertake screening should involve a discussion of its potential benefits, limitations

27. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/DcUgaNRhU6PvJWXqqsa8X7
    June 14, 2016 - have varying levels of evidence supporting their effectiveness, as well as different strengths and limitations

28. Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
    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

29. 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

30. 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

31. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
    March 01, 2016 - in vision disorders or vision-related function in screened populations; however, these studies had limitations … delayed screening. 13-15 The application of this evidence to screening in a primary care setting has limitations … Other limitations relevant to the primary care setting include that the recommended interventions are … visual acuity) after 2 years (RR, 0.67 [95% CI, 0.53 to 0.83]), although these studies had important limitations … The limitations of the direct evidence and the inadequacy of the evidence on key pieces of indirect evidence

32. Evidence Summary: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis
    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

33. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    May 24, 2022 - Methodological limitations included unclear allocation con- cealment and blinding methods and high loss … This evidence review has several limitations. … Summary of Evidence Studies Summary of findings Evidence consistency and precision Other limitations … Sixth, trials of screening vs no screening had meth- odological limitations, including high attrition … Screening for impaired visual acuity and vision-related functional limitations in adults 65 years and

34. Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/impaired-visual-acuity-screening-older-adults
    May 24, 2022 - with the USPSTF Procedure Manual, 8 studies rated poor quality because of critical methodological limitations … Methodological limitations included unclear allocation concealment and blinding methods and high loss … This evidence review has several limitations. … Sixth, trials of screening vs no screening had methodological limitations, including high attrition and … Screening for impaired visual acuity and vision-related functional limitations in adults 65 years and

35. Draft Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/statin-use-primary-prevention-cardiovascular-disease-adults
    July 09, 2020 - Settings not generalizable to primary care Study Designs KQs 1–3: RCTs, without publication date limitations

36. Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening
    September 04, 2018 - Despite methodological limitations (with both the historical and geographic comparisons) and concerns … low-prevalence populations, clinician education on the reverse sequencing algorithm and interpretation and limitations … Limitations This review was intended to support the USPSTF reaffirmation process and thus includes … Rationale and Foundational Evidence New Evidence Findings Limitations … y 12 Treatment: Not readdressed Included observational study has significant methodologic limitations

37. Evidence Summary: Thyroid Dysfunction: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary7/thyroid-dysfunction-screening
    October 28, 2014 - Limitations: English-language articles only, no treatment study performed in the United States, and … Potential limitations include the lack of adjustment for medications to reduce risk for cardiovascular … that overdiagnosis and subsequent overtreatment could be an issue. 41 , 42 Our review has several limitations … for publication bias using graphical or statistical methods because of small numbers of studies. 43 Limitations … However, this study had methodological limitations, including failure to adjust for some important confounders

38. Screening and Interventions to Prevent Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/vv5kXtX5QDg2948gog66pd
    December 07, 2021 - Analysis For all KQs, the overall quality of evidence was rated “good,” “fair,” or “poor” based on study limitations … Methodological limitations in the fair-quality trials included unclear randomization or allocation con … than 5 years, although trials in US school-aged children are expected to be completed in 2023.57,58 Limitations … This review has several limitations. … Fifth, most studies had method- ological limitations, reducing certainty in findings, and some KQs and

39. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-6-methods-arriving-recommendation
    July 06, 2017 - services to outcomes is often inadequate either because of a lack of direct evidence or because of limitations … Due to the inherent limitations of the evidence that will be used to link intermediate and health outcomes … is sufficient to answer the key question, but is less convincing because of one or more significant limitations … though there is adequate evidence for the individual key questions related to benefits because of the limitations … to: lack of evidence about one or more key questions or inadequate evidence to support the linkages; limitations

40. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-6-methods-arriving-recommendation
    July 06, 2017 - services to outcomes is often inadequate either because of a lack of direct evidence or because of limitations … Due to the inherent limitations of the evidence that will be used to link intermediate and health outcomes … is sufficient to answer the key question, but is less convincing because of one or more significant limitations … though there is adequate evidence for the individual key questions related to benefits because of the limitations … to: lack of evidence about one or more key questions or inadequate evidence to support the linkages; limitations