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181. Archived: Evidence Summary: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary17/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
     December 15, 2013 - These studies also reported additional imaging procedures or biopsies that may have been unnecessary … Risk reduction was most pronounced for women who had the procedure at younger ages in this study, as … Effectiveness of salpingo-oophorectomy for reducing breast cancer risk depends on the age at which the procedure … Procedure Manual. Rockville, MD: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; 2008. … Accessed at https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual on 30 April 2020.

182. Recommendation: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/perinatal-depression-interventions-to-prevent
     April 16, 2025 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

183. Archived: HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hiv-sexually-transmitted-diseases-behavioral-counseling-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Although bleach sterilizes HIV-contaminated needles in in vitro studies, most IDUs use ineffective procedures … Women should be informed that spermicides and female barrier methods (diaphragm or cervical cap) can … Epidemiological methods to study the interaction between HIV infection and other sexually transmitted … Commentary: methods women can use that may prevent sexually transmitted disease, including HIV. … Stein Z HIV prevention: an update on the status of methods that women can use.

184. Recommendation: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/breastfeeding-interventions
     October 15, 2024 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

185. Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/syphilis-infection-pregnant-persons
     November 12, 2024 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

186. Screening Women for Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review to Update teh 2004 USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/MjwZ4vRLZDVUSnfMA6SrDo
     June 01, 2012 - questions in a comfortable manner, although there is no consensus about the optimal screening setting or method … METHODS We developed and followed a standard protocol. … Method- ological limitations included narrow patient spectrums with limited applicability to the target … ** The sampling method was not random or consecutive or not described. †† The reference standard was … follow-up was high or differential. § Intention-to-treat analysis was not used. � The randomization method

187. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary21/depression-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2009
     March 15, 2009 - Good-quality trials typically used a multigated screening procedure, including a clinical assessment, … did not exclude trials on the basis of quality criteria, and some did not report any quality-rating procedure … tricyclic antidepressants, atypical antidepressants, MAOIs, electroconvulsive therapy, or other medications/procedures … tricyclic antidepressants, atypical antidepressants, MAOIs, electroconvulsive therapy, or other medications/procedures … Response rate The same exclusion criteria are used for both cases and controls Diagnostic testing procedures

188. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary4/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
     October 15, 2008 - from the previous 2002 evidence report found that double-contrast barium enema used as a surveillance method … The analysis was performed by using the NLMIXED procedure in SAS software, version 9.1 (SAS Institute … procedures). … (CI, 1.0-6.1 procedures) … procedures)

189. Recommendation: Healthy Diet, Physical Activity, and/or Weight Loss to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/behavioral-counseling-interventions-promote-healthy-diet-physical-activity-weight-loss-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-adults
     October 27, 2023 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

190. Screening and Routine for Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/g-b8KbTXYe2vnW2zJKGoPU
     April 01, 2015 - METHODS Detailed methods and data for this review (including search strategies, inclusion criteria, … Details about the study design, patient population, setting, screening method, interventions, analysis … We did not pool the results because of the heterogeneity of the studies in terms of supplementation method … US Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. AHRQ Publication No. 08-05118-EF, July 2008. … Available at: www. uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/ uspstf08/methods/procmanual.htm.

191. Txncztmvpe5Ftseqts6Obm (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2015 - Methods: The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the diagnostic accuracy of different methods for confirming … The USPSTF found convincing evidence that ABPM is the best method for diagnosing hypertension. … Home blood pres- sure monitoring using appropriate protocols is an alter- native method of confirmation … Research Needs and Gaps Most of the evidence supports ABPM as the best method for confirming a diagnosis … Home blood pressure monitoring may also be a reasonable confirmatory method but has less evidence to

192. Archived: Evidence Summary: Child Maltreatment: Counseling, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/child-maltreatment-counseling-2004
     March 09, 2004 - Included studies described the study sample, the screening instrument or procedure, the abuse or neglect … Best results were achieved when screening involved a 2-step method, however, these strategies have not … Diagnostic testing procedures applied equally to each group? … Best results were achieved when screening involved a 2-step method, however, these strategies have not … The 2-step procedure had 89% sensitivity and 28% specificity at 6-months followup.

193. Recommendation: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
     December 03, 2024 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

194. Recommendation: Chronic Kidney Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/chronic-kidney-disease-screening
     July 07, 2023 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

195. Recommendation: Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/intimate-partner-violence-abuse-older-vulnerable-adults
     October 29, 2024 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

196. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary13/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions-2013
     January 15, 2013 - for inclusion if they enrolled children without obvious signs or symptoms of abuse or neglect, used a method … investigator abstracted data about study design and setting; participant characteristics; data collection procedures … ; numbers enrolled and lost to follow-up; methods of exposure and outcome ascertainment; analytic methods … Current methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process. … baseline or follow-up. § Inclusion/exclusion criteria were inadequate or not described. a Randomization method

197. Recommendation: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/autism-spectrum-disorder-young-children-1
     June 04, 2021 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

198. Recommendation: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/vitamin-d-calcium-combined-supplementation-primary-prevention-falls-fractures-communitydwelling-adults
     December 17, 2024 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

199. Recommendation: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/unhealthy-alcohol-use-adolescents-adults-behavioral-counseling-interventions
     July 29, 2025 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

200. Lsbrgfwsvekvzhcxwjtuxv (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2016 - for this review by using established methods (10, 11). … The long case accrual method counts all breast cancer cases contributing to breast cancer deaths. … In this method, the case accrual time is equiva- lent to or close to the follow-up time. … In this method, the case accrual time is equivalent to or close to the follow-up time. … Procedure Manual. Rock- ville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2011. 12.