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321. Screening for Child and Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - tenance organization during the subsequent 30 to 90 days.17 Similarly, data from the National Ambulatory Medical … Care Survey (NAMCS) and the outpatient com- ponent of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care … Screening for major depression disorders in adolescent medical outpatients with the Beck Depression Inventory … children aged 0–6 or does not report pediatric outcomes separately Focuses on patients with severe medical … , performed regardless of test results The test is compared with an appropriate gold standard Reference

322. Archived: Evidence Summary: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening-2016
     April 05, 2016 - This article was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on April 5, 2016. … Screening Questionnaires KQ 2: Can high-risk asymptomatic adults who are more likely to test positive … Simple tables were constructed to compare screening test performance using the CDQ across a range of … 40 , 42 , 43 and in whether smoking cessation support was tailored based on spirometry or other medical … Source: This article was first published in the Journal of the American Medical

323. Final Recommendation Statement: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 21, 2018 - Abnormal screening test results are also associated with psychological harms. … Barry, MD (Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts); Aaron B. … Variable risk of cervical precancer and cancer after a human papillomavirus-positive test. … Protecting the underscreened women in developed countries: the value of HPV test. … The effect of hysterectomy on the risk of an abnormal screening Papanicolaou test result.

324. Recommendation: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2020 - adults at increased risk using hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) tests followed by a confirmatory test … Interpretation of Hepatitis B Serologic Test … (See the Additional Tools and Resources section for serologic test interpretation.) … Davidson, PhD, MASc (Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York … Barry, MD (Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Cabana, MD, MA, MPH (University of

325. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 08, 2014 - Detection The most feasible screening test for carotid artery stenosis (defined as 60% to 99% stenosis … Although adequate evidence indicates that this test has high sensitivity and specificity, in practice … management versus intensive medical management alone or to CEA with intensive medical management versus … intensive medical management alone. … Although angiography is less commonly used now as a confirmatory test, harms from it occurred in 2 of

326. Archived: Visual Impairment: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - it is widely recommended, 24 reports are not available of sensitivity or specificity of the cover test … the tumbling E, the Allen picture cards, grating cards, and others. 25 The specificity of any acuity test … Snellen letters are estimated to have a sensitivity of only 25%-37%. 26 Refractive screening is not a test … , in which the child wears Polaroid glasses while viewing the test cards, takes about 1 minute. … Medical therapy for ARMD, with zinc supplements or interferon, has been reported as case series, but

327. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2006 - Detection: There is good evidence that hemoglobin is a sensitive test for iron deficiency anemia, but … Accuracy of Tests Serum hemoglobin or hematocrit is the primary screening test for identifying anemia … deficiency anemia often resolve spontaneously, reducing the positive predictive value of any screening test … (Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA); Virginia A. … (Professor and Chairman, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai Medical

328. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2008 - screening for this condition in pregnant women is a well-established, evidence-based standard of current medical … It would be useful to identify a rapid test with a high negative predictive value for asymptomatic bacteriuria … that could replace urine culture as a screening test. … However, in a 2005 study of 150 asymptomatic pregnant women in Venezuela, the test detected only 17 of … The uriscreen test to detect significant asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy.

329. Draft Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 18, 2024 - Incidence of BRCA1/2 -related cancer; disease-specific and all-cause mortality KQ 2a: Measures of test … relationships; overdiagnosis and overtreatment; false reassurance; incomplete testing; misinterpretation of test

330. Archived: Addendum to Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 15, 2012 - The PLCO Trial also confirmed the risk of potential harms associated with false-positive screening test … result within 9 months of the screening test. … Abnormal screening test results were repeated and, if abnormality persisted, clinically evaluated and … Women were censored 1 year after their last CA-125 test or ultrasound. … The control group consisted of usual medical care.

331. Addendum to Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2014 - The PLCO Trial also confirmed the risk of potential harms associated with false-positive screening test … result within 9 months of the screening test. … Women were censored 1 year after their last CA-125 test or ultrasound. … The control group consisted of usual medical care. … The detection rate for the first screening test was 0.31 per 1,000 women and increased to 0.38–0.74

332. Pzrh6M8Vucdvmsabwkaqa2 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2014 - results, and when test results will aid in decision making. … can be adequately interpreted, and the results will aid in diagnosis or medical management of the patient … can be adequately interpreted, if testing will influence medical management of the patient or relative … The European Society for Medical Oncology recommends that all patients who may be referred for BRCA testing … Peters Veter- ans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York); Linda Ciofu Bau- mann, PhD, RN (University

333. Screening for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - If the screening test is positive for anxiety, a confirmatory diag- nostic assessment and follow-up is … anxiety diagnosis.1,3 Screening accuracy varied by condition screened for and spe- cific screening test … Across all of the screening instruments and subscales and thresholds for a positive test evaluated, sensitivity … in children and adolescents relies on linking indirect evidence on the harms of inaccurate screening test … Published by JAMA®—Journal of the American Medical Association under arrangement with the Agency for

334. Archived: Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions-2018
     October 22, 2015 - interventions * : Exercise (supervised or unsupervised, individual or group) Medications (e.g., medical … Efficacy Scale Function measures (e.g., Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment, Timed Get Up & Go Test … , 6-meter timed walk, Functional Reach Test, and Berg Balance Scale) KQ 2: Minor adverse events

335. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 11, 2016 - 19% of women. 17 , 18 These studies excluded women taking hormone medications or those with other medical … women in all insurance categories since the USPSTF’s 2009 recommendation. 62 As with most effective medical … Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York); Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, Co-Vice … García, MD, MPH (Pima County Department of Health, Tucson, Arizona); Matthew Gillman, MD, SM (Harvard Medical … Cancer screening test use—United States, 2013.

336. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Genital Herpes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review55/genital-herpes-screening-2005
     March 15, 2005 - 48 The study enrolled 58,362 pregnant women between January 1982 and December 1999 at a university medical … Army medical center, and 5 community hospitals in Washington State. … analysis compared use of acyclovir suppressive therapy to prevent recurrent genital HSV at delivery to no medical … contributions of Gurvaneet Randhawa, M.D., M.P.H., Task Order Officer, AHRQ, and Janelle Guirguis-Blake, M.D., Medical … Oregon Health & Science University [b] Nelson: Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center and Departments of Medical

337. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2020 - A positive screening test result should lead to additional testing that can include blood tests, radiology … examinations, and a medical and neuropsychologic evaluation to confirm the diagnosis of dementia and … Other screening instruments include the clock drawing test (CDT), Memory Impairment Screen (MIS)/MIS … Interview (AD8), Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ), 7-Minute Screen (7MS), Abbreviated Mental Test … Across all instruments, test accuracy (ie, sensitivity and specificity) was generally higher to detect

338. Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 11, 2024 - Incidence of BRCA1/2 -related cancer; disease-specific and all-cause mortality KQ 2a: Measures of test … relationships; overdiagnosis and overtreatment; false reassurance; incomplete testing; misinterpretation of test

339. Final Research Plan: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 14, 2019 - Does surgical repair provide incremental benefit beyond current medical treatment for asymptomatic persons … intima-media thickness for CVD risk prediction Comparisons KQs 1, 2: No screening KQ 3: Medical … treatment/usual care (e.g., statins, antiplatelet medications) KQ 4: Medical treatment/usual care

340. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 04, 2021 - If a test or service existed but there was no evidence of net benefit, a decision not to offer the service … information, a clinician might decide against recommending lung cancer screening even to a smoker because the test … Moreover, the test is neither widely available nor in widespread use.   … Ockene: Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts … Acceptable regret in medical decisionmaking.  Medical Hypotheses  1999;53:253-9.