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181. Overview of Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - benefit on values and/or preferences for various health states, and the net benefit of screening for populations … Estimates of overdiagnosis are dependent on many factors that can vary across populations (e.g., natural … only three modeling studies that examined the impact of risk-stratified PSA screening in specific populations … colleagues separately estimated the effect of prostate cancer screening on QALYs for general and AA populations … Author, Year Publication Title Over- diagnosis Strategies to Mitigate Harms Utilities Sub- populations

182. Archived: Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 22, 2015 - Trials conducted exclusively in populations living in special settings outside of the community (e.g. … rehabilitation centers, or other long-term care facilities) Trials conducted exclusively in special populations … generalizable to primary care (e.g., worksites, university classrooms, institutional settings); in a population … with pre-existing social ties (e.g., from the same worksite or church); in a setting with a population … not comparable to a community-dwelling, primary care population (e.g., hospital, rehabilitation center

183. Evidence Summary: Anxiety Disorders in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/anxiety-adults-screening
     June 20, 2023 - (ie, not limited to primary care populations). … Study inclusion criteria, population characteristics, intervention or screening tool details, comparators … The epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in Quebec’s older adult population. … Screening instruments for a population of older adults: the 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale … Population: Study was not conducted in an average-risk population.

184. Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary29/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
     November 15, 2022 - The final sample enrolled a population with a mean age of 48 years, 45% were women, the mean BMI was … reflect sparse evidence on female populations compared with male populations. … A Norwegian population-based study on the risk and prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea: the Akershus … The 518 were a subset of the larger study population of 16,302 who completed the Berlin Questionnaire … and populations with resistant hypertension; low for blood pressure in nonsleepy populations Referral

185. Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2023 - POPULATION Asymptomatic adults 19 years or older, including pregnant and postpartum persons. … jamanetworkopen.com RECOMMENDATION The USPSTF recommends screening for depression in the adult population … insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for suicide risk in the adult population … Summary of Recommendations Population Recommendation Grade Adults, including pregnant and postpartum … The USPSTF recommended screening for MDD in in the general adult population, including pregnant and

186. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary4/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
     October 15, 2008 - Colorectal cancer screening adherence in a general population. … Disparities in colon cancer screening in the Medicare population. … Colorectal cancer test use among Hispanic and non-Hispanic U.S. populations. … Population was older (75% >65 y) than usual CRC screening population; panel test evaluated has been replaced … All studies conducted in average-risk screening populations.

187. 827Cwgymvawpvovg Syjpf (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - Rates may be higher in low-income and mi- nority populations (1, 2). … Higher doses (60 to 100 mg of elemental iron per day) are sometimes prescribed in populations at increased … A few comments requested more information on which populations are at increased risk for iron deficiency … anemia and to which population the recommendation applies. … Serum ferritin concentrations for the assessment of iron status and iron deficiency in populations.

188. Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 13, 2018 - Across all populations (68 studies [n = 36 528]), counseling interventions were associated with a decrease … years), general adult populations (≈18 years or older), older adults (≈65 years or older), and pregnant … Population: Study was not conducted in an included population. … Other adult populations (young adults, older adults, pregnant women) had results in similar ranges. … Older trials were also primarily conducted among general adult populations in primary care settings,

189. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - POPULATION Asymptomatic adults who do not recognize or report respiratory symptoms. … Population Recommendation Grade USPSTF indicates US Preventive Services Task Force Clinical Review … uses to determine the net benefit, see the USPSTF Procedure Manual.11 Practice Considerations Patient Population … .13 Screening Tests Although the USPSTF does not recommend routine screening for COPD in the general population … Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Population

190. Final Research Plan: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 25, 2016 - The population of interest is specified as adults and adolescents without recognized signs or symptoms … The population of interest is specified as older and vulnerable adults without recognized signs or symptoms … Elder Abuse and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults   Include Exclude Populations Studies … enrolling older adult (age ≥60 years) and vulnerable a adult (age ≥18 years) populations presenting … The USPSTF expanded the population inclusion criteria to search for evidence on important subgroups of

191. Individualizing Cancer Screening in Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 01, 2021 - general—and screening in particular—is always in the patient's best interest. 11  In young healthy populations … In older populations, mortality benefits may be less than for younger counterparts, screening tests themselves … The screening goal in an asymptomatic population is to detect disease (true positives) at a preclinical … However, the population has aged and become more heterogeneous, screening complexities have increased … the public health message for decades, though it is largely based on screening outcomes in younger populations

192. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 21, 2024 - Approach to Assessing Health Equity and Variation in Evidence Across Populations … Data on population characteristics will help us explore the degree to which the findings are broadly … representative of the U.S. population eligible for the breast cancer risk-reducing medications. … or prevention of other outcomes (e.g., breast cancer reoccurrence, treatment of osteoporosis) Populations

193. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 07, 2016 - Accurate screening tests are available to identify syphilis infection in populations at increased risk … includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative primary care populations … Screening for syphilis in nonpregnant populations is an important public health approach to preventing … Studies in adolescent populations are particularly needed. … A few comments sought clarification on which populations were considered to be at increased risk.

194. Clinical Practice Update: Notable USPSTF 2024 FINAL Recommendations (pdf file)
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     January 16, 2025 - Population: Women at average risk of breast cancer, as well as those with a family history of breast … Population: Children and adolescents age 6 and older with a high BMI. … Population: Adults 65 years who live at home and not in a nursing home or other institutional care

195. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast and Ovarian Cancer: BRCA Genetic Testing, September 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 15, 2005 - psychological outcomes, and counseling improved distress and risk perception in the highly selected populations … BRCA mutations, genetic heterogeneity, and moderating factors; studies conducted in highly selected populations … and BRCA2 mutations together. 21 Additional prevalence estimates for individuals from referral populations … psychological outcomes, and counseling improved distress and risk perception in the highly selected populations … Validated in populations with families with breast cancer.

196. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 05, 2016 - includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative primary care populations … .3 Screening with pulmonary function tests (without bronchodilators) was studied in primary care populations … corticosteroids and LABAs.3 No treatment trials were conducted in asymptomatic or screen- detected populations … ; all were conducted in populations with mod- erate COPD. … in persons with mild to moderate COPD, it is unclear how these results would apply to asymptomatic populations

197. Overview of Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - benefit on values and/or preferences for various health states, and the net benefit of screening for populations … Estimates of overdiagnosis are dependent on many factors that can vary across populations (e.g., natural … only three modeling studies that examined the impact of risk-stratified PSA screening in specific populations … colleagues separately estimated the effect of prostate cancer screening on QALYs for general and AA populations … Author, Year Publication Title Over- diagnosis Strategies to Mitigate Harms Utilities Sub- populations

198. Final Research Plan: 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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     September 13, 2018 - Include Exclude Condition definition Populations at increased risk of CVD due to hypertension … at increased risk of CVD solely due to prediabetes (trials in this population will be included in a … CVD risk ≥7.5% based on a CVD risk assessment tool, or trial inclusion criteria specifies that the population … Systematic reviews; randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical trials; comparative cohorts; and population-based … Additionally, the USPSTF removed the subsidiary KQs focused on population and intervention characteristics

199. Preventive Services for Food Insecurity: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2025 - Population: Study was not conducted in an included population. … the studies re- cruited families with children,38,40,41,43,45,54 and the remainder fo- cused on adult populations … The 23 studies among adults covered a range of populations, including broad-based or low-income adult … populations,29,33,34,36,42,44,46,49 pregnant women,31 adults with chronic conditions or deemed at risk … Core indicators of nutritional state for difficult-to-sample populations.

200. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 08, 2004 - Conclusions: Antiviral treatment can successfully eradicate HCV, but data on long-term outcomes in populations … Although the proportion of screened patients found to have chronic HCV in selected high-risk populations … Understudied populations with hepatitis C. Hepatology 2002;36:S226-36. 146. … Because of concerns about false-positive tests, particularly in low-prevalence populations (such as blood … . 23 , 177-180 In addition, these populations have generally been excluded from large trials of treatment