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261. 4Nuuvs6Nmztdbgjbg3Elke (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - METHODS Detailed methods, including search strategies; detailed inclusion criteria; and excluded studies … We did random-effects meta-analyses for 5 or more studies using the DerSimonian–Laird method to estimate … We used the DerSimonian–Laird method for random-effects meta-analyses, which has known limita- tions … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. 2008. … Stat Methods Med Res. 2012;21:409-26.

262. Evidence Summary: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions
     March 19, 2024 - quantitative synthesis was performed using random-effects models with the inverse-variance weighted method … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/ procedure-manual … Procedure manual appendix VI: criteria for assessing internal validity of individual studies. … https://www. uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/ methods-and-processes/procedure-manual … /procedure-manual-appendix-vi-criteria-assessinginternal- validity-individual-studies 12.

263. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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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

264. Archived: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-2006
     February 15, 2006 - Despite an extensive literature evaluating a wide variety of instruments, the optimal method of testing … failure to consider potential confounders, the reporting of short-term outcomes, and heterogeneous methods … Evaluation of a structured test and a parent led method for screening for speech and language problems

265. Specific Populations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 01, 2018 - evidence-based clinical preventive services for specific populations Articles and resources on USPSTF methods

266. USPSTF: Who We Are & How We Work (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - We use gold standard methods to review the evidence and are transparent at each step of the recommendation … We Disseminate Our Work The Task Force disseminates its recommendations to audiences through many methods … The website also includes information about members, methods, partners, and more.

267. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     April 27, 2021 - Studies mostly used mercury sphygmomanometers with blood pressure measured by the manual auscultatory method … HBPM Four studies (n = 1001) examined HBPM as a confirmatory method.25,65,66,69 In these studies, participants … Procedure Manual. US Preventive Services Task Force. Published 2018. … / procedure-manual 19. … Blood pressure in different ethnic groups (BP-Eth): a mixed methods study.

268. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - the effectiveness of sigmoidoscopic screening is the potential iatrogenic risk associated with the procedure … introduction of flexible fiberoptic instruments has made sigmoidoscopy more acceptable to patients, 102 the procedure … study in which sigmoidoscopy was recommended repeatedly, only 31% of participants consented to the procedure … Effective methods include FOBT and sigmoidoscopy. … Methods and population. Prev Med . 1973;2:197–206. [ PubMed ] 73.

269. Archived: Evidence Summary: Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary26/tobacco-use-in-children-and-adolescents-primary-care-interventions-2013
     December 11, 2012 - We assessed the validity of the randomization and measurement procedures, comparability of the groups … The fair-quality trials frequently did not report specific randomization procedures, potentially leading … Rating Focus Age Range (Mean), y Location Intervention Setting Method … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. Rockville, MD: U.S. … Regression methods to detect publication and other bias in meta-analysis.

270. Recommendation: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 27, 2021 - For more details on the methods the USPSTF uses to determine the net benefit, see the USPSTF Procedure … of OBPM for initial screening, and the accuracy of various confirmatory blood pressure measurement methods … Identification of feasible methods for early detection of masked hypertension. … Procedure Manual. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Published 2018. Accessed March 10, 2021. … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual 4.

271. Recommendation: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 24, 2020 - exercise specialists, physical therapists, masters- and doctoral-level counselors trained in behavioral methods … For more details on the methods the USPSTF uses to determine the net benefit, see the USPSTF Procedure … exercise specialists, physical therapists, masters- and doctoral-level counselors trained in behavioral methods … For more information about risk assessment methods and behavioral counseling interventions, see the Additional … Procedure Manual. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual .

272. Draft Recommendation: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 22, 2025 - Many of these same interventions have been proposed as a method to prevent perinatal depression when … For more details on the methods the USPSTF uses to determine the net benefit, see the USPSTF Procedure … Procedure Manual. Accessed January 17, 2025. … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual

273. Z8Avschjezubsjtdsx424H (pdf file)
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     May 23, 2019 - 43 (P � 0.048) Good: high, differential attribution (34% and 22%) addressed by multiple imputation procedure … Methods Used To Identify Risky and Harmful Alcohol Users In the 12 trials reviewed, methods to identify … APPENDIX Methods Analytic Framework and Key Questions Using methods of the U.S. … In the third, the randomization method was not described. … alcohol use; RCT � randomized, controlled trial; RN � registered nurse; TLFB � timeline followback procedure

274. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Syphilis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review93/syphilis-infection-screening-2004
     July 15, 2004 - Table of Contents Preface Background Previous USPSTF Recommendation Methods … examinations and direct fluorescent antibody tests of lesion exudates or tissues are the definitive methods … Is there new information on screening tests and methods? … of umbilical cord blood at delivery to screen for syphilis; however, none compared this with other methods … Is there new information on screening tests and methods?

275. 11th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - The Task Force has a long- standing commitment to, and specific methods for, evaluating the evidence … More details are available on the “About the USPSTF” and “Methods and Processes” pages. … The Task Force has a long-standing commitment to, and specific methods for, evaluating the evidence … Preventive Services Task Force policies and procedures. Am J Prev Med. 2018;54(1S1):S70-S80. 2. … Addressing Racism in Preventive Services: A Methods Project for the U.S.

276. Evidence Summary: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening
     December 10, 2019 - The Peto method was used to pool odds ratios (ORs) for AAA-related mortality, rupture, and operations … The Peto method was used to pool odds ratios (ORs) for AAA-related mortality, rupture, and emergency … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. … Quantitative Synthesis—An Update: Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness. … The UK Small Aneurysm Trial: design, methods and progress.

277. Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     September 28, 2021 - For additional details see the USPSTF Procedure Manual.16 Clinical Review & Education US Preventive … A variety of study procedures and criteria were used to iden- tify populations of pregnant persons at … The most com- mon method was examination of participant characteristics and personal or family medical … USPSTF Procedure Manual. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015. 17. … Res Synth Methods. 2019;10(1):23-43. doi:10.1002/jrsm.1319 23.

278. Screening for HIV: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2019 - newer testing and sampling methods. … event) or death and to cause 1 cardiovascular event (myocardial infarction, invasive cardiovascular procedure … Bucher and colleagues (268) proposed a method for indirect treatment comparisons to estimate odds ra- … Diagnostic testing procedures applied equally to each group. 5. … Background rate of cardio- or cerebrovascular (myocardial infarction, stroke, or invasive cardiovascular procedure

279. Archived: Hepatitis B in Pregnant Women: Screening, February 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 15, 2004 - Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, Lohr KN, Mulrow CD, Teutsch SM, Atkins D, for the Methods Word Group, … Current methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process.

280. Evidence Summary: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-screening
     September 19, 2023 - Recommendation Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Methods … articles met the review inclusion criteria and rated the risk of bias of included studies following USPSTF procedures … US Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. US Preventive Services Task Force. … https://uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual … Further details are available in the USPSTF Procedure Manual. 22 Return to Table of Contents