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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review46/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-2004
February 15, 2004 - question of whether routine screening of asymptomatic persons in the clinical setting is an effective method
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August 21, 2018 - Further
details are available in the USPSTF
procedure manual.10
USPSTF Report: Screening for Cervical … Most women referred to colpos-
copy underwent the procedure (93.6% in the intervention group,
90.6% in … Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, et al; Methods
Work Group, Third US Preventive Services Task
Force. … Current methods of the US Preventive
Services Task Force: a review of the process. … US Preventive
Services Task Force Procedure Manual.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan105/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
September 25, 2014 - Do these harms differ by screening method or strategy?
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/brief-evidence-summary/bladder-cancer-screening-2004
June 07, 2004 - with "randomized controlled trial" and then combined those results with "single-blind or double-blind method
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan105/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
September 25, 2014 - Do these harms differ by screening method or strategy?
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/decision-modeling-for-uspstf_0.pdf
July 01, 2016 - RecommendationTopic Year Grade Year Grade Reference
Colorectal cancer 2008 A
recommendation
Assess screening method … recommendation
Assess screening interval
Assess ages at which to
begin and end screening
Assess screening method … A more detailed description of the ap-
proach is available in the USPSTF procedure manual
(15). … Procedure Manual. Rock-
ville, MD: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; 2015.
16. … Guide to the
Methods of Technology Appraisal.
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November 01, 2004 - with randomized controlled trial
and then combined those results with single-blind
or double-blind method
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September 14, 2021 - Methods
Scope of the Review
Detailed methods and additional information about included stud-
ies are … For additional
information see the USPSTF
Procedure Manual.16
Screening Effectiveness
Key Question … false-positive rates were similarly low (<1% across
sites).19,29 No study reported rates by collection method … for chlamydial and gonococcal infections are accurate regardless of
anatomical site or collection method … Procedure Manual. US Preventive Services Task
Force. Published 2018. Accessed July 13, 2021.
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July 22, 2024 - document/final-research-plan/iron-deficiency-anemia-during-pregnancy-screening-supplementation) and Procedure … Manual
(https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual … iron-deficiency-anemia-during-pregnancy-screening-supplementation
https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes … /procedure-manual
2
Research Gap
Key
Questions* or
Contextual
Questions
Direct/
Indirect … (https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual
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April 05, 2021 - Procedure Manual Section 2. … The procedure for a reaffirmation evidence update is discussed in Section 4.7 . … another organization (e.g., the CDC's Community Preventive Services Task Force, ACIP) with evidence-based methods … The procedure for referring to other organizations is discussed in Section 2.5 .
2.1.2 Inactive Topics … The Topic Prioritization Workgroup reviews the recommendations and review methods of the chosen organization
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July 01, 2009 - Methods: The USPSTF reviewed evidence published since its last
review on screening adults 65 years or … Screening Tests
A visual acuity test (for example, the Snellen eye chart)
is the usual method for screening … Issues with the study methods include failure
to report allocation concealment, lack of intention-to-treat … photocoagulation for wet AMD is associated
with an increased risk for acute visual acuity loss (3 months
after the procedure … factors include:
Screening Tests Visual acuity testing (e.g., by the Snellen eye chart) is the usual method
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-dyslipidemia/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
November 13, 2016 - investigator to abstract details about each article's study design, patient population, setting, screening method … Procedure manual. 2016. … This appendix describes the criteria relating to internal validity and the procedures that topic teams … and controls, with exclusion criteria applied equally to both
Response rate
Diagnostic testing procedures … exclusion criteria applied equally to cases and controls; response rate of 80% or greater; diagnostic procedures
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November 13, 2016 - investigator to abstract details about each article's study design, patient population, setting, screening method … Procedure manual. 2016. … This appendix describes the criteria relating to internal validity and the procedures that topic teams … and controls, with exclusion criteria applied equally to both
Response rate
Diagnostic testing procedures … exclusion criteria applied equally to cases and controls; response rate of 80% or greater; diagnostic procedures
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/falls-prevention-community-dwelling-older-adults-interventions
June 04, 2024 - US Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. Published 2021. Accessed April 24, 2024. … https://uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/aboutuspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual … outperforms the standard DerSimonian-Laird method. … Comparison of two methods to detect publication bias in meta-analysis. … For additional details, see the USPSTF Procedure Manual. 3
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January 01, 2001 - PII: S0749-3797(01)00261-6
Current Methods of the U.S. … , so too have the methods of the USPSTF. … are lacking, the third Task Force
formed a methods subcommittee (Methods Work
Group). … cases/controls with exclusion criteria applied equally to both
● Response rate
● Diagnostic testing procedures … Recommendations, which
cross the line from science into policy, are based on
formal voting procedures
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October 11, 2019 - is insufficient because of
the limited number or size of studies.
important flaws in study design or methods … The USPSTF does not recommend screening for pancreatic cancer in the general population using any method … Imaging-based
methods, such as the computed tomography scan, magnetic resonance imaging, and endoscopic … Treatment and
Interventions
Surgery (pancreaticoduodenectomy [known as the Whipple procedure] or total … Tests
The USPSTF does not recommend screening for pancreatic cancer
in the general population using any method
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening
September 24, 2019 - Urine culture is currently recommended for screening in pregnancy and is the established method for diagnosis … Procedure Manual. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Name/procedure-manual . …
Pregnant Persons
Nonpregnant Adults
Detection
Urine culture is the established method
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan11/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
December 15, 2012 - comprehensive evaluation of familial risk for inherited disorders using kindred analysis and other methods … What is the accuracy of methods to assess familial cancer risk for BRCA-related cancer when performed … The Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention [EGAPP] Initiative: methods of the … Screening (KQs 1–3)
Studies of risk assessment methods, outcomes of genetic counseling and testing … KQs 2a and 3a: Accuracy of various risk assessment methods.
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September 24, 2019 - Urine culture is currently recommended for screening in pregnancy and is the established method for diagnosis … Procedure Manual. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Name/procedure-manual . …
Pregnant Persons
Nonpregnant Adults
Detection
Urine culture is the established method
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October 01, 2016 - METHODS
Scope of the Review
Using established methods (16, 17), the USPSTF
determined the scope, key … investigator to abstract details
about each article's study design, patient population,
setting, screening method … Procedure manual. 2016. … This appendix describes the criteria relating to in-
ternal validity and the procedures that topic teams … and controls, with ex-
clusion criteria applied equally to both
Response rate
Diagnostic testing procedures