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261. Recommendation: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 07, 2015 - Read the Full Recommendation Download  JAMA  PDF Recommendation Summary Population … I Clinician Summary Expand All Population Asymptomatic children ages … A few comments requested more information on which populations are at increased risk for iron deficiency … anemia and to which population the recommendation applies. … Some comments also requested separate analyses of certain high-risk populations.

262. 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.

263. Archived: Gonorrhea (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Clinicians may wish to consult local health authorities for guidance in identifying high-risk populations … where asymptomatic infection is highly prevalent in men (e.g., adolescent clinics serving high-risk populations … Routine screening of men or women is not recommended in the general population of low-risk adults ("D … The diagnosis of gonorrhea in a low-prevalence female population: enzyme immunoassay versus culture. … Effectiveness of Gonozyme for detection of gonorrhea in low-risk pregnant and gynecologic populations

264. Figure. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Clinical Summary Population … USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that initiating use of low- to moderate-dose statins in this population … USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that initiating use of low- to moderate-dose statins in this population … is insufficient to determine the balance of benefits and harms of initiating statin use in this population

265. Screening for Skin Cancer: Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2001 - (See Clinical Considerations for discussion of selected populations at high risk.) … Men aged .65 (5.2% of the U.S. population) are diagnosed with 22% of the new cases of malignant melanoma … each year; women aged .65 (7.4% of the population) are diag- nosed with 14% of new cases. … Yield of Screening Test While dependent on the population screened, rates of suspected melanoma in mass … : Evidence includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative populations

266. 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

267. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast and Ovarian Cancer: BRCA Genetic Testing, September 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-and-ovarian-cancer-brca-testing-screening-2005
     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.

268. Final Research Plan: Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 31, 2016 - predictive value of body mass index (BMI) for future mortality and health risks differ by specific population … definition Overweight or obesity, as defined by BMI or other weight-related measurements   Populations … , or impaired glucose tolerance/fasting glucose (i.e., prediabetes) Studies limited to: Populations … Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States) Studies conducted in countries with populations … The USPSTF chose to maintain the exclusion of studies specifically among population subgroups for whom

269. Methods and Processes | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 01, 2019 - General Methods Articles | Health Equity and Specific Populations Articles | Technical Briefs and … Preventive Services Task Force   Health Equity and Specific Populations Articles Read articles related … equity and systemic racism and articles relevant to the development of recommendations for specific populations … A summary of the Task Force's approach to specific populations is available on the Specific Populations … 4/18/2017 Developing Recommendations for Evidence-Based Clinical Preventive Services for Diverse Populations

270. Archived: Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-counseling-and-preventive-medication-2012
     May 15, 2012 - The heterogeneity of the populations and interventions in the studies led to substantial challenges in … adults who were vitamin D–deficient, and the effect of vitamin D supplementation was greater in these populations … The benefit was greater in high-risk populations (pooled RR, 0.84 [CI, 0.78 to 0.91]) than in low-risk … populations 1 , 2 . … Most studied populations were deemed high-risk on the basis of several factors, including history of

271. 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

272. Archived: Suicide Risk: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/suicide-risk-screening-2004
     May 15, 2004 - Recommendation Grade General Adult Population The USPSTF concludes that the evidence … Their review did not include studies of populations with chronic psychiatric illnesses because people … Little is known about screening instruments to assess suicide risk in primary care populations. … were found that assessed instruments for screening patients at high risk for suicide in primary care populations … No studies were found that evaluated treatment for suicide risk in the geriatric population.

273. Archived: Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Depression in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/depression-in-adults-screening
     January 26, 2016 - Among general adult populations, prevalence rates vary by sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, marital … The optimum interval for screening for depression is also unknown; more evidence for all populations … Services Task Force, which makes evidence-based recommendations on preventive services for community populations … which focused on the direct evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for depression in adult populations … that the evidence was sufficient to establish the benefits of treatment of depression in general adult populations

274. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/hepatitis-c-virus-infection-screening-2004
     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

275. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-2014
     June 23, 2014 - I Clinician Summary Expand All Population Men ages 65 to 75 years who … Population-based studies in adults older than 50 years have found that the prevalence of AAA is 3.9% … the harms associated with one-time screening for AAA with ultrasonography are at least small in all populations … decrease in emergency AAA repairs and a reduced 30-day mortality rate associated with emergency surgery in populations … due to a reduced rate of smoking and improved treatment of hypertension and hyperlipidemia in these populations

276. JAMA (pdf file)
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     July 11, 2022 - POPULATION Pregnant persons at high risk for preeclampsia who have no prior adverse effects with or contraindications … uses to determine the net benefit, see the USPSTF Procedure Manual.5 Practice Considerations Patient Population … Preeclampsia incidence would likely be at least 8% in a population of pregnant individuals having 1 of … This approach may help to identify a patient population with an absolute risk for preeclampsia of at … and what risk threshold and factors should be used to identify eligible patient populations

277. Evidence Summary: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/vitamin-d-calcium-or-combined-supplementation-for-the-primary-prevention-of-fractures-in-adults-preventive-medication
     April 17, 2018 - (ie, those with between 20% and 50% of the population having a history of prior fracture). … For applicability to primary care populations, the review was scoped to focus on community-dwelling populations … a Five RCTs (in 7 articles) that were excluded for ineligible study population were used in sensitivity … , 5 were excluded because of poor quality, and 1 was excluded for both ineligible population and poor … , 6 were excluded because of poor quality, and 1 was excluded for both ineligible population and poor

278. Archived: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/dementia-older-adults-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - The relative importance of vascular dementias is higher in populations where hypertension and stroke … predictive value of intermediate MMSE scores (21-25) appears to be low (21-44%) for dementia in most populations … A population-based study of dementia in 85-year-olds. … Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in a community population of older persons. … Age-specific incidence of Alzheimer's disease in a community population.

279. Individualizing Cancer Screening in Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/individualizing-cancer-screening-older-adults
     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

280. Archived: Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan54/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     April 17, 2014 - Include Exclude Populations Age ≥40 years, average-risk or unselected populations … ; screening populations (i.e., asymptomatic) Populations selected for personal or family history … syndrome, familial adenomatous polyposis), or personal history of inflammatory bowel disease; nonscreening populations … For example, a decision model can describe the expected population health outcomes of a clinical preventive