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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening-adults
October 12, 2023 - Proposed Contextual Questions … Contextual questions will not be systematically reviewed and are not shown in the Analytic Framework … Can patient- or physician-level interventions (e.g., decision aids) successfully align prostate cancer … screening and treatment decisions with patients’ informed personal preferences? … Additionally, the proposed Contextual Questions 1 to 4 are designed to address other important health
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
October 28, 2021 - Proposed Contextual Questions … Contextual questions will not be systematically reviewed and are not shown in the Analytic Framework … labeling, partner discord, depression/anxiety)
Study Designs
KQs 1, 3:
Individual patient
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan104/skin-cancer-screening-july-2016
July 17, 2014 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … e.g., dermatoscopy, whole body photography)
Diagnostic skin examinations in response to patient … examination to other risk behaviors (e.g., self-screening, sun protective behaviors) or measures of doctor-patient
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis-june-2019
July 26, 2017 - right of the population is an arrow corresponding to key question 2, which represents assessment of patients … What is the diagnostic accuracy of provider or patient risk assessment tools in identifying persons at … Contextual Questions
Contextual … † Measures of adherence include patient diaries or self-report, pill counts, adherence monitoring … adherence to the PrEP regimens, and that diagnostic accuracy will focus on risk assessment tools used by patients
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan109/preeclampsia-screening-april-2017
August 14, 2014 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … KQs 2, 3: Identification of women at high risk for preeclampsia using information obtained from patient … overtreatment (e.g., failed induction, Cesarean section, induced preterm birth, hypermagnesemia), and patient … United Nations Development Program)
Clinics and study sites treating only high risk maternity patients
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vision-in-children-ages-6-months-to-5-years-screening
December 17, 2015 - The framework starts on the left with the patient population of interest: children ages 6 months to 5 … Contextual Question
Contextual … The USPSTF also added the term “clinically meaningful” to the contextual question and added children
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-older-adults
March 06, 2025 - Does screening for cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults improve decision making, patient … Proposed Contextual Question … Contextual questions will not be systematically reviewed and are not shown in the Analytic Framework … Does a diagnosis of cognitive impairment improve patient, family/caregiver, or clinician decision making … nonpharmacologic interventions:
Nonpharmacologic interventions aimed primarily at the patient:
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening
January 28, 2021 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … to have current syphilis infection, including persons who are infected with other STIs
Symptomatic patients
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
August 06, 2015 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … risk for transmission
KQs 5, 6: Behavioral counseling interventions, including the following: patient … 6: Behavioral counseling interventions vs. attention controls or usual care (e.g., provision of a patient … The USPSTF also added four new Contextual Questions to explore issues related to the epidemiology of
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening-adults
December 21, 2023 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … Can patient- or physician-level interventions (e.g., decision aids) successfully align prostate cancer … screening and treatment decisions with patients’ informed personal preferences? … Additionally, the proposed Contextual Questions 1–4 are designed to address other important health equity
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening
November 30, 2017 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … If a patient has a computed tomography scan for another purpose and no AAA is identified, is that considered … adequate screening for AAA, or should the patient be rescreened with ultrasound? … Asymptomatic adult population with small AAAs (i.e., aortic diameter of 3.0 to 5.4 cm)
KQs 1–3: Patients … experiencing symptoms related to AAA
KQs 4, 5: Patients experiencing symptoms related to AAA; populations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan44/depression-in-adults-screening
July 03, 2014 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … What is the acceptability of primary care depression screening to providers and patients? … is the patient to receive a full therapeutic dose of treatment)? … What is the acceptability of depression treatment to patients and providers? … To address these factors more fully, the USPSTF broadened one contextual question.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
May 02, 2019 - Contextual Questions
The … contextual questions will not be systematically reviewed and are not shown in the Analytic Framework. … in reducing rates of reinfection or acquisition of chlamydial or gonococcal infections in the index patient … with symptoms of chlamydial or gonococcal infections; patients with current or recent diagnosis of any … acute sexually transmitted infection; patients undergoing management for HIV infection; children (age
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan153/ovarian-cancer-screening
March 03, 2016 - Contextual Questions
Is … ovarian cancer in selected high-risk populations, such as women who are BRCA gene mutation carriers or patients … Additionally, the USPSTF added a contextual question to address the yield or accuracy of newer screening
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/gestational-diabetes-screening
June 06, 2019 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … Exposure
KQs 1–3: Screening using one- or two-step strategies, * followed by intention-to-treat patients … FPG or OGTT (using any GDM criteria)
Screening strategies may vary the timing of screening based on patient … characteristics (e.g., early screening for patients with risk factors vs. later screening for those … The USPSTF revised Contextual Questions 3 and 4 to focus on specific outcomes of interest.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/anxiety-adults-screening
August 27, 2020 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … known/highly likely depressed patients). … Deterioration in patient-provider relationship. … If evidence in these patients is limited, evidence in patients recruited from other low-acuity outpatient … known/highly likely depressed patients).
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
September 03, 2020 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … known/highly likely depressed patients). … Deterioration in patient-provider relationship. … If evidence in these patients is limited, evidence in patients recruited from other low-acuity outpatient … known/highly likely depressed patients).
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan6/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
September 15, 2013 - Does the rescreening interval vary by patient characteristics (e.g., age, sex, race/ethnicity, cardiovascular … Contextual Questions
Contextual … with underlying causes of high blood pressure, and highly selected groups of patients (e.g., patients … assessment in which blood pressure elevation is the initial and sole factor that determines whether a patient … treatment questions that this review will not address, minor clarifications, or potentially important contextual
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
September 26, 2019 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … Are there new evidence-based approaches for identifying patients at risk for preeclampsia in clinical
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening
December 28, 2017 - Contextual Questions
Contextual … have a catheter, urinary stent, or nephrostomy tube; recipients of a kidney or other organ transplant; patients … KQs 3, 4: Treatment (e.g., antibiotics) or interventions to prevent urinary tract infection in patients … Several comments suggested that screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria may be important for patients