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1201. Archived: Evidence Summary: Statins for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-statins/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication-november-2016
      November 13, 2016 - Relative benefits appeared consistent in demographic and clinical subgroups, including populations without … Although the trials evaluated diverse populations, findings were generally consistent for all-cause mortality … Given similar relative risk estimates, the absolute benefits of statin therapy will be greater in populations … results from two population-based cohorts of women. … Articles were excluded due to wrong population (34), wrong population due to >10% history of cardiovascular

1202. Archived: Evidence Summary: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/dementia-older-adults-screening-2003
      June 03, 2003 - systematic review of the literature regarding the benefits and the harms of screening primary care populations … Three studies in primary care populations aged 65 years and older compared the frequency of dementia … widely accepted in the United States and will be used as the standard in this review. 83 Third, the populations … Test, 95 , 96 and the 7-Minute Screen 97 , 98 are promising but need further testing in primary care populations … Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in a community population of older persons.

1203. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening-2002
      December 01, 2002 - Recommendation Grade Asymptomatic male population The U.S. … If early detection improves health outcomes, the population most likely to benefit from screening will … The yield of screening varies with the age of the population, screening history, and screening protocol … In studies of generally unscreened populations of men aged 45 to 80, 7‐13 percent had a PSA >4 ng/ml; … Evidence includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative populations

1204. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003
      November 03, 2003 - The effectiveness of the interventions is less well established in other populations, including the elderly … these interventions may be used with obese men, physiologically mature older adolescents, and diverse populations … Mortality and optimal body mass index in a sample of the US population. … A prospective population study. Eur Heart J 1999;20(4):269-77. 16. … Recommend: General Population. Revision 5.3, August 2002.

1205. Archived: Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan93/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
      September 27, 2014 - framework, which is a visual pathway outlining the evidence areas covered in the review, including population … On the left side of the framework, the population includes men and women ages 65 and older without vision … Include Exclude Populations KQs 1–3: Asymptomatic adults age 65 years and older without

1206. Archived: Evidence Summary: Folic Acid for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/folic-acid-for-the-prevention-of-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-january-2017
      January 10, 2017 - inform an updated recommendation, the evidence on benefits and harms of folic acid supplementation in populations … addition, it did not evaluate systematically the effect of folic acid supplementation among high-risk populations … framework that outlines the key questions addressed and the evidence covered in this report, including populations … On the left, the population of interest is specified as women of childbearing age. … Wrong population: study was not conducted in an eligible population.

1207. 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 - Data Extraction: Investigators extracted data about study populations, designs, and outcomes and rated … We included research that was done in the United States or in similar populations that receive services … A total of 602 full-text articles were excluded for the following reasons: wrong populations, including … Note that the search results include abstracts for child, adult, and elderly populations; studies of … adults and elderly populations are included in a separate report

1208. Archived: Final Research Plan: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan16/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
      August 15, 2013 - depicts the analytic framework, which outlines the evidence areas covered in the review, including the population … On the left side of the framework, the population includes nonpregnant adults who are asymptomatic for … Category Include Exclude Populations KQs 1, 2: Asymptomatic, nonpregnant adults … clarification on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, analytic framework, and key questions related to populations

1209. Primary Care Screening and Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/abTWXPvJyAMcqN9KcEt-vt
      September 06, 2016 - prevalence of 4.7% (95% CI, 3.4%-6.3%) for the overall US population and 20.5% (95% CI, 16.1%-25.8%) … Studies in which more than 25% of the study population were younger than 18 years or were known to be … Do these harms differ by population? … Do these harms differ by population? No eligible studies were identified. … healthy populations with low TB risk for specificity).

1210. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Rm4E5SooP2GnqJ_HVRA5M4
      January 01, 2017 - USPSTF), the evidence on test accuracy and benefits and harms of screening and treatment for OSA in populations … were required to enroll asymptomatic adults or persons with unrecognized symptoms of OSA; referral populations … were also eligible (in addition to the populations eligible for KQ1 and KQ2). … Populations with high prevalence of OSA and OSAS; studies included Medicare recipients and adults with … Those suspected of having OSA; referral populations Small total sample size (type II), missing data

1211. Archived: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
      June 15, 2013 - Read the Full Recommendation Download  JAMA  PDF Recommendation Summary Population … B Clinician Summary Expand All   Population Persons at … Large population-based studies report an independent association between high-risk sexual behaviors ( … adjusted HR estimates for hepatocellular carcinoma were 0.24 (95% CI, 0.18 to 0.31) in the general HCV population … evidence obtained from observational data, whether results from the cohort studies reflected a “screened population

1212. Evidence Summary: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
      October 15, 2010 - The target population was asymptomatic persons older than 50 years. … Data Abstraction and Quality Assessment We abstracted details on patient population, study design … Early results of bladder-cancer screening in a high-risk population of heavy smokers. … The diagram starts on the left with the screening population, "asymptomatic adults." … Populations Includes adults ≥50 y.

1213. Archived: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions-october-2016
      October 25, 2016 - B Clinician Summary Expand All Population Pregnant women, new mothers … To better understand the effects of different interventions and patient populations, future research … should include adequate sample sizes, clear descriptions of the included populations and comparators, … Studies in populations with low breastfeeding rates are especially needed, and more research is needed … there was little evidence that the effects of individual-level interventions vary across different populations

1214. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/TmzUNhP6dAtun5nLBKqrRv
      Screening for Skin Cancer Screening for Depression in Adults: Clinical Summary Population Adults … Balance of Benefits and Harms The net benefit of screening for depression in the general adult population

1215. Preeclampsia Screening Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/LgA7neX9UurPQRh3pJaYXY
      April 25, 2017 - There were no studies of urine screening test performance conducted in asymptomatic primary care populations … vs an unscreened population (KQ1). … Studies of current prenatal care populations, with a higher prevalence of obesity and other preeclampsia … Evidence on test performance in general prenatal care populations with repeat testing, and comparative … No studies assessing the accuracy of urine protein testing in general prenatal care populations or of

1216. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/9Tse2TwVFQgYb-aNCq4Ngv
      September 04, 2018 - KQ1 6 Articles (6 studies) included for KQ2 32 Articles excluded for KQ1 25 Relevance 1 Setting 0 Population … testing with RPR and TPPA 65/11 640 (0.56) 35/65 (53.8) Fair Wang et al,14 2016 (China) General population … 1/318 (0.31) 0/1 (0) Treponemal-specific EIA Henrich and Yawetz,16 2011 (United States) General population … Results (%) Quality Reported Harm: False-Negative Results RPR Liu et al,18 2014 (China) General population … testing (ie, CIA or EIA) and a negative RPR and TPPA result in low-risk patients or low- prevalence populations

1217. Archived: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-counseling-2004
      April 06, 2004 - Read the Full Recommendation Download  JAMA  PDF Recommendation Summary Population … counseling to reduce alcohol consumption during pregnancy is limited; however, studies in the general adult population … assess the potential benefits and harms of screening and behavioral counseling interventions in this population … during pregnancy. 10 Clinicians can choose screening strategies that are appropriate for their clinical population … screening adolescents for substance abuse in the primary care setting. 19 The benefits of screening this population

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      September 01, 2013 - Population: This recommendation applies to all asymptomatic adults without known liver disease or functional … PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Recommendation Treatment Balance of Benefits … CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS Patient Population Under Consideration This recommendation applies to all asymptomatic … Large population-based studies report an independent association between high-risk sexual behaviors ( … is defined as benefit minus harm of the preventive service as implemented in a general primary care population

1219. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services Improving the Health of Women Through Research (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/2015annlrpt%20(4)_0.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - unanswered questions in women’s health has a broader population impact, and in so doing, can advance … Effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation in diverse populations Osteoporosis 1. … high-risk populations would be helpful. … Evidence Gaps Relating to Specific Population and Age Groups That Deserve Further Research: 1. … He is a practicing pediatrician at Group Health, where he is medical director for population health

1220. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services Improving the Health of Women Through Research (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/2015annlrpt%20(4).pdf
      January 01, 2016 - unanswered questions in women’s health has a broader population impact, and in so doing, can advance … Effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation in diverse populations Osteoporosis 1. … high-risk populations would be helpful. … Evidence Gaps Relating to Specific Population and Age Groups That Deserve Further Research: 1. … He is a practicing pediatrician at Group Health, where he is medical director for population health