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261. Archived: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     September 06, 2016 - Read the Full Recommendation Download  JAMA  PDF Recommendation Summary Population … B Clinician Summary Expand All Population Asymptomatic adults at increased … Clinical Considerations Patient Population … on the type of screening test used, the TST threshold used to define the presence of LTBI, and the population … Approximately one-third of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis; in 2014, 9.6 million

262. Screening for Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adults in Primary Care: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - Population: This recommendation applies to adolescents, adults, and older adults in the general population … Persons who attempt suicide and survive and those who die by suicide are overlapping populations. … Treatment studies in populations with screen-detected suicide risk in all age groups are needed. … Of these, 2 were conducted in adolescent populations that were considered to be at in- creased risk. … Study populations primarily consisted of participants at high risk for suicide, most with recent suicide

263. Procedure Manual Section 5. Modeling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 05, 2017 - The purpose of either of these is to estimate the population impact of a given preventive service. … apply evidence from the systematic review alone to estimate the number of persons in a hypothetical population … When necessary, a decision model can link natural history, population characteristics, and screening … consider the potential for enhancing benefit through extending the preventive service to unstudied populations … the desired approach (e.g., type of model, one model or comparative models), scenarios to be modeled, populations

264. Final Evidence Summary: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/drug-use-illicit-screening
     June 09, 2020 - Effects were generally greater in treatment-seeking populations than in screen-detected populations, … Population: Children younger than 12 years or populations otherwise out of scope (eg, psychotic disorder … Screen-detected population 8 RR, 1.28 (0.97 to 1.84) 57 0.05 Treatment-seeking population … Screen-detected population 7 RR, 1.17 (0.99 to 1.41) 2 0.26 Treatment-seeking population … Screen-detected population 9 MD, −0.10 (−0.31 to 0.12) 46 0.02 Treatment-seeking population

265. Screening for Skin Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 26, 2016 - includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative primary care populations … Clinical Considerations Patient Population Under Consideration This recommendation applies to asymptomatic … At present, there is insufficient evidence for any population that regular visual skin examination by … re- duce skin cancer–related morbidity and mortality; the USPSTF agrees that targeted research among populations … Skin biopsy rates and incidence of melanoma: population based ecological study.

266. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening-july-2016
     July 26, 2016 - Read the Full Recommendation Download  JAMA  PDF Recommendation Summary Population … I Clinician Summary Expand All Population Asymptomatic adults … At present, there is insufficient evidence for any population that regular visual skin examination … reduce skin cancer–related morbidity and mortality; the USPSTF agrees that targeted research among populations … Skin biopsy rates and incidence of melanoma: population based ecological study.

267. Archived: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2012 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-counseling-2012
     May 15, 2012 - Read the Full Recommendation Download  JAMA  PDF Recommendation Summary Population … Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Population Children, adolescents, and … Most studies of interventions to increase sun-protective behaviors have been limited to populations with … preventive behaviors (such as covering up, using shade, or avoiding the sun during peak UV hours) among populations … appearance-focused messages (that stress the aging effect of UV radiation on the skin) were effective in certain populations

268. Primary Care Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     December 10, 2019 - Population: Study was not conducted in an included population. … outcomes, the screening trials reported ruptures and emergency operations among primarily male study populations … declines in AAA preva- lence in men over the past 2 decades.67,89-91 However, limiting screen-eligible populations … to only “high-risk” populations inher- ently results in missed cases. … Overall, because there is no direct trial evidence evaluating screening effectiveness in sub- populations

269. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hepatitis-c-screening
     December 21, 2017 - Based on population level estimates, what are recent trends in the epidemiology, prevalence, and incidence … Included Excluded Screening in nonpregnant adolescents and adults (KQs 1a, 2–4) Populations … Pregnant adolescents and adults with HCV infection Other populations Interventions Mode … Association between improvements in sustained virologic response and clinical outcomes (KQ 9) Populations … infection, such as depression and diabetes; health outcomes include perinatal HCV transmission; and the population

270. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence - Table 1 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/update-on-methods-insufficient-evidence---table-1
     February 01, 2009 - Insufficient Evidence Statements for Screening of Large Population Sub-groups From the USPSTF  Pocket … Guide to Clinical Preventive Services Task Force, 2008  6 Topic Type of Service Population … Prostate Cancer Screening Men Skin Cancer Screening using total body examination General population

271. Eighth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 01, 2018 - The report also calls for more research in populations who are disproportionally affected by these conditions … In some cases, clinical preventive services have been well studied for the general population, but there … are important evidence gaps that prevent the USPSTF from making recommendations for specific populations … Report to Congress, the Task Force calls for more research in those areas where evidence for specific populations … Cancer Prevention Screening for Cervical Cancer, Especially Among Diverse Populations Screening

272. Draft Research Plan: Chronic Kidney Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/chronic-kidney-disease-screening
     January 19, 2023 - How does diagnostic accuracy vary in populations defined by race, ethnicity, age, and sex? … Proposed 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, including individuals across age; sex and gender; racial, ethnic … Category Included Excluded Populations Adults age 18 years or older KQs 1–3: Asymptomatic

273. Archived: Oral Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Screening (2013) Read the Full Recommendation Recommendation Summary Population … The annual incidence of oral cancer in the U.S. is about 11/100,000 population, with a male/female ratio … these studies, and it is unclear how these findings relate to the very different, lower prevalence population … performing a complete mouth examination and detecting early-stage oral cancer. 11 Older Americans, the population … , might be feasible in high-risk populations in which the incidence of oral cancer is substantially greater

274. Archived: Evidence Summary: Bleeding Risks With Aspirin Use: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-bleeding-risks-with-aspirin-use/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
     April 11, 2016 - These reviews all share a clinical focus on populations eligible for CVD primary prevention. … For major GI bleeding, the best estimate with very-low-dose aspirin use in CVD primary prevention populations … Nonetheless, given the known differences between CVD primary and secondary prevention populations in … Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: incidence, etiology and outcomes in a population-based setting. … Proton pump inhibitor usage and the risk of myocardial infarction in the general population.

275. Archived: Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
     December 20, 2016 - Use of this test at the manufacturer's cutpoint in a population of 100,000 with a prevalence of HSV-2 … Results in both populations were heterogeneous and inconsistent. … Eligible populations could be symptomatic, asymptomatic, or a combination of both. … Most studies (8) enrolled a population with HSV-2 prevalence greater than 40% based on Western blot ( … Harms of HSV-2 Serologic Screening in Asymptomatic Populations KeyQuestion 3a.

276. Archived: Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults and Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/suicide-risk-in-adolescents-adults-and-older-adults-screening
     May 20, 2014 - primary care screening or similar methods; most evidence for treatment effectiveness is in high-risk populations … Persons who attempt suicide and survive and those who die by suicide are overlapping populations. … Treatment studies in populations with screen-detected suicide risk in all age groups are needed. … Of these, 2 were conducted in adolescent populations that were considered to be at increased risk. … Study populations primarily consisted of participants at high risk for suicide, most with recent suicide

277. Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - The RCTs of carotid end- arterectomy versus medical treatment were conducted in selected populations … In a low-preva- lence population, the number of false-positive test results is high. … These calculations are based on many assumptions that may limit the widespread applicability to certain populations … rather than the ultrasonography-based prevalence) of clinically important CAS in usual primary care populations … Ischemic stroke subtypes: a population-based study of incidence and risk factors.

278. Final Research Plan: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan153/ovarian-cancer-screening
     March 03, 2016 - setting (alone or as part of a clinical examination) Screening for ovarian cancer in selected high-risk populations … women who are  BRCA gene mutation carriers or patients of a specialty practice, such as oncology Populations … The USPSTF received several comments about the population under consideration, particularly an interest … Considerations for these populations are generally outside the scope of a review of a broad screening … program among asymptomatic women at average risk; therefore, the included population for this topic

279. Evaluating Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/behavintr.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - in the General Population. … in the General Population. … Sick individuals and sick populations. Int J Epidemiol. 1985;14(1):32-38. 66. Hollis JF. … in the General Population. … in the General Population.

280. 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 - clinical risk factors or measurements associated with higher disease incidence than in the general population … Most trials enrolled majority White populations selected based on a range of risk factors. … population risk). … Population: Population not at increased risk (eg, nulliparous women). … Association between preeclampsia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a population-based and