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301. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review of the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2018 - Trials solely recruiting participants with specific medical diag- noses (eg, neurologic diagnoses such … Trials solely recruiting participants with vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency, as deter- mined by … Most trials reported that they directly offered or referred participants to a supervised single or serial … The majority of trials were conducted in Europe, with number of trial participants ranging from 55 to … The mean age ranged from 68 to 88 years, and in all but 1 trial the majority or all participants were

302. T6Tquunynv3Twm65Bfash2 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - A 2012 systematic review on NRT (117 studies; n = 51 265) (25) found that 17.3% of participants taking … any form of NRT achieved abstinence at 6 months or more compared with 10.3% of participants receiving … Abstinence rates among participants us- ing NRT versus bupropion SR at 6 months or more did not significantly … Compared with con- trol participants (most often defined as usual care or less intensive interventions … It found 10 reported cases of seizures among 13 000 study participants.

303. Exercise Tolerance Testing To Screen for Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review for the Technical Support for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2019 - In the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial Research study, high-risk male participants were randomly … Among participants with an abnor- mal baseline result on exercise tolerance testing, those who received … To be eligible, studies had to have been performed in participants with no history of cardiovascular … A portion of the participants with a positive result on exercise tolerance testing in each study (1% … Army Reserve at moderate to high risk by Framingham Risk score; mean age NR, but all participants � 40

304. Vitamin and Mineral Supplements for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     June 21, 2022 - An es- timated 65.1% of all participants were women. … Most participants were White in studies conducted in the US (with data from 22 of 36 studies). … An estimated 19.6% of participants were Black, among stud- ies reporting race and ethnicity. … The vitamin D trials had, on aver- age, greater representation of Black participants. … The mean age was 66 years, and an estimated 75% of participants in all trials were women.

305. Final Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 30, 2014 - review and whether it is consistent with the review Prospective cohort studies that follow participants … diagnostic tests KQ 8: RCTs for all interventions; prospective cohort studies with at least 100 participants … All other designs KQs 2, 3: Questionnaires, tools, and tests not validated in a group of participants

306. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 30, 2014 - review and whether it is consistent with the review Prospective cohort studies that follow participants … diagnostic tests KQ 8: RCTs for all interventions; prospective cohort studies with at least 100 participants … All other designs KQs 2, 3: Questionnaires, tools, and tests not validated in a group of participants

307. Final Research Plan: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 20, 2016 - Population All KQs: Adolescents and adults (age ≥12 years) KQs 1–3: Studies whose participants … Screening to identify eligible participants must take place in a broad-based, general setting comparable … interventions targeted at persons with dependent alcohol use will not be included (or studies in which >50% of participants

308. Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Perspectives | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 01, 2014 - studies was that some constructed inclusion and exclusion criteria to limit the number of potential participants … with alcohol dependence, whereas others did not collect or report data on whether any participants met … complicating considerations of population comparability. 15 Failure to report the proportions of study participants … Studies with mixed populations were included if no more than 50% of trial participants had relevant diagnoses … increase in risk factors (such as blood pressure or cholesterol level) for as much as 10% of study participants

309. Primary Care Screening and Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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     September 06, 2016 - Pooled Estimate (95% CI) I2, % No. of Studies Participants, No. … One open- label trial randomized 847 participants to 4 months of rifampin or 9 months of isoniazid to … Data were obtained from the CDC for the subset of participants most directly relevant for this review … Overall mortality was similar for the 2 groups (30 partici- pants vs 34 participants, respectively; P … to the same 2 treatments.95 Participants in both studies were 18 years or older with documented LTBI

310. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: An Updated Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - Baseline Characteristics of Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial Participants  Table 3. … Pilot study used a single cutpoint level to refer participants to further evaluation (CA-125 > 30 u/ … The only significant effect observed in participants was a higher level of cancer worry after 2 years … Our review focused on intention-to-treat analysis of all participants, since these findings are most … Study enrolled few nonwhite participants Annual screening with CA-125 testing and transvaginal

311. Archived: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 13, 2016 - Most participants enrolled in trials of statin use for the prevention of CVD had an LDL-C level of 130 … In the recent HOPE-3 trial, there was no difference in the effects of statins among participants with … Most of the trials, including the recently published HOPE-3 trial, 8 enrolled participants based on … Benefits of Statin Use Nineteen randomized trials (n=71,344 participants) evaluated the effects of … The majority of participants were men and white. 6 Most of the available trials relied on a composite

312. Evidence Summary: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 13, 2018 - follow-up scans and tests, which increased the risk of psychological morbidity in a subsample of UKCTOCS participants … The largest (n = 202,546), most recent trial is UKCTOCS, which enrolled participants through 13 National … Nearly all trial participants in the UKCTOCS trial were white women, and just 12% of women enrolled in … is a more centralized health system relative to the United States Study enrolled few nonwhite participants … and referral to community clinicians for women screening positive Majority white, non-Hispanic participants

313. Final Evidence Summary: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 09, 2020 - Twenty-eight studies 17-44 (reported in 37 publications 17-52 ) with 65,720 participants addressed the … number screened ranged from 100 to 42,923, with the majority (20/28 studies) screening fewer than 1000 participants … Study participants were predominantly men (proportion of women ranged from 25%-43%), and mean age ranged … Clinical profile of participants in a brief intervention program for cannabis use disorder. … Sensitivity Specificity Studies a Participants Sensitivity Specificity Studies a Participants

314. Procedure Manual Appendix XII. Summary of Evidence Table for Evidence Reviews | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 01, 2017 - No. of Studies (k), No. of Participants (n), Study Design (Second-Order Stratification) D. … The number of studies (k) and number of participants (n) for each study design should be described within

315. Procedure Manual Appendix XII. Summary of Evidence Table for Evidence Reviews | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 01, 2017 - No. of Studies (k), No. of Participants (n), Study Design (Second-Order Stratification) D. … The number of studies (k) and number of participants (n) for each study design should be described within

316. Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 30, 2024 - The study randomized participants aged 50 to 62 years to annual (n = 37,530) or triennial (n = 38,492 … Participants were randomized to the DBT intervention group or the digital mammography control group at … (Proteus Donna, 27 RETomo 42 ) and in 1 trial with DBT for all second-round participants (To-Be 33 … Notably, for participants aged 75 to 84 years, screening (and treatment) were not associated with lower … Twenty-seven participants (0.6% of the MRI group) reported a serious adverse event within 30 days of

317. Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2023 - various specialty outpa- tient clinics or research facilities).1,10 Most trials (41/50) included study participants … children.1,10 Most trials did not report on race or ethnicity or included pre- dominantly White study participants … .1,10 There was limited inclusion of Asian or Native American/Alaska Native participants. … In the included trials, 31% to 93% of participants completed all sessions. … had study sites in the US; the remaining trial was conducted in Germany.1,10 The majority of study participants

318. Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - exclusively in participants with diabetes, and 4 (30, 37, 43, 44) were subgroup analyses. … Three RCTs (31, 32, 35) that were conducted in participants with diabetes only and 3 subanalyses (37, … , 0.88 [CI, 0.67 to 1.15], and nondiabetic participants, 0.87 [CI, 0.79 to 0.96]). … A large ongoing trial of 19 000 participants aged 70 years or older may confirm this finding (50). … Thus, lack of age adjustment and that WHS participants were relatively young could have led to prior

319. Archived: Vitamin D Deficiency: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 24, 2014 - As noted previously, a 2013 study found that although African American study participants had lower total … serum 25-(OH)D levels than white study participants, both groups had similar concentrations of bioavailable … Study participants were predominantly women, although 2 studies were done exclusively in men. … The mean age of study participants ranged from 31 to 85 years, and most studies were conducted in Europe … versus 1.3% of control participants had hypercalcemia in trials that reported at least 1 case of hypercalcemia

320. Archived: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 22, 2014 - Many successful interventions used a targeted approach to the age, sex, and ethnicity of the participants … In all trials, most participants were not white, and most trials were limited to female participants. … This trial found a small but statistically significant reduction in the proportion of participants with … After an average of almost 15 months, 4.9% of intervention participants had an STI compared with 5.7% … of control group participants (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.91 [CI, 0.84 to 0.99]; unadjusted OR, 0.85 [