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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary41/peripheral-arterial-disease-pad-and-cvd-in-adults-risk-assessment-with-ankle-brachial-index-2013
September 03, 2013 - A poor-quality study had a single fatal flaw or several important limitations. … Limitations in reported data prevented us from calculating a bias-corrected NRI. … Our review had several other limitations due to the targeted inclusion criteria. … Collaboration will publish a reanalysis of its data using the NRI that will probably address most of the limitations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan17/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd-august-2014
May 15, 2013 - kidney disease)
Physical activity only: persons with specific physical activity requirements or limitations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/genital-herpes-serologic-screening
July 08, 2021 - in progress
Draft Research Plan
Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes
July 08, 2021
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the U.S. Department of Health and H…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/skin-cancer-screening
April 18, 2023 - Limitations
The lack of individual-level or trial data on the effectiveness of skin cancer screening … Summary of findings
Consistency and precision
Overall strength of evidence
Body of evidence limitations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
June 15, 2016 - have varying levels of evidence supporting their effectiveness, as well as different strengths and limitations … have varying levels of evidence supporting their effectiveness, as well as different strengths and limitations … with different levels of evidence to support their effectiveness, as well as unique advantages and limitations … information about the available evidence on the effectiveness of each method, as well as the strengths, limitations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/crPsNJ_R5SFnJhuT2CEpkr
March 01, 2019 - Limitations
This review has several limitations. … Fibrillationa
No. of Studies (No. of Participants) Summary of Main Findings Consistency and Precision
Limitations … trials were open label; 4/5
warfarin trials had inadequate or
unclear methods of allocation
concealment
Limitations … continued)
No. of Studies (No. of Participants) Summary of Main Findings Consistency and Precision
Limitations … statistically significantg
Consistent
Imprecise
Warfarin trials and network
meta-analysis have the same
limitations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
August 23, 2022 - Methodological limitations in the fair-quality trials included unclear randomization or allocation concealment … lack of benefit could have been related to enrollment of older patients in PROSPER and methodological limitations … Limitations
This review had several limitations. … Studies
Summary of findings
Consistency and precision
Other limitations … outcomes
Findings for cardiovascular mortality sensitive to inclusion of 1 trial with methodological limitations
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May 01, 2021 - precise and the difference was not statistically significant.34,35
However, ALLHAT-LLT had several limitations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/tobacco-use-intervention-prevention-cessation-children-adolescents
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Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions
February 29, 2024
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan138/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions
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Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions
December 18, 2014
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan138/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions-october-2016
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Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions
December 18, 2014
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/dvDjnZzW9PDxzKBauB4QxA
August 21, 2018 - studies with
major flaws (eg, attrition >40%, differential attrition >20%) or mul-
tiple important limitations … Quality;
No. of Observations)a Summary of Findings by Outcome Consistency and Precision
Body of Evidence Limitations … Quality;
No. of Observations)a Summary of Findings by Outcome Consistency and Precision
Body of Evidence Limitations … Quality;
No. of Observations)a Summary of Findings by Outcome Consistency and Precision
Body of Evidence Limitations … Limitations
This review was limited by the quality and heterogeneity of the in-
cluded studies.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/W-9TArc9nkw6Pe4sfddMKZ
July 01, 2013 - Limitations: Evidence is low or insufficient for many outcomes of
greatest clinical importance. … The review process had several limitations.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertension-in-adults-screening
April 27, 2021 - Conclusions and Relevance: Screening using office-based blood pressure measurement had major accuracy limitations … care are needed; the publication of 1 such trial (BP-CHECK [NCT03130257]) is anticipated in 2021. 12
Limitations … This systematic review has several limitations. … Screening using office-based blood pressure measurement had major accuracy limitations … Study design (No. of observations)
Summary of findings
Consistency and precision
Other limitations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/oaVhMNVAnx3b5-UUunZkjr
December 17, 2018 - Key Question
No. of studies
(No. of
observations)
Summary
of findings
Consistency/
precision Other limitations … There are important limitations in the research that should be
considered. … Limitations
This review has several limitations.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening
February 15, 2006 - Research on the test characteristics of brief, formal screening instruments has a number of limitations … increased vocabulary. 26
The RCTs that demonstrated improved speech and language outcomes had several limitations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-2006
February 15, 2006 - Research on the test characteristics of brief, formal screening instruments has a number of limitations … increased vocabulary. 26
The RCTs that demonstrated improved speech and language outcomes had several limitations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/LU_2NqdYKvadBZuYjUmKo5
April 10, 2018 - Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment
US Preventive Services Task Force
Recommendation Statement
US Preventive Services Task Force
T he US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) makes rec-ommendations about…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Lm94jySKCYrG3zsUP8Jd8E
February 16, 2016 - a positive screen-
ing result, particularly if confirmatory testing is delayed because of
resource limitations … In addition to the limitations of the evidence in size, study de-
sign, and other sources of heterogeneity … This is of particular concern when there is a delay
in confirmatory testing because of resource limitations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/mxUT9xnELKAokKcqp92QoW
August 03, 2020 - Screening for Lung Cancer
Comment Period from July 7, 2020 to August 3, 2020 Task Force DRAFT Recommendation | 1
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Draft Recommendations
This fact sheet explains the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s (Task Force) draft recommendation statement on screening for lung
c…