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61. Draft Research Plan: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/perinatal-depression-interventions-to-prevent
    February 23, 2023 - To the extent possible, we plan to describe the population, risk assessment, and intervention … Data on population characteristics will help us to explore the degree to which the findings are representative … of different populations of persons at risk for perinatal depression. … are effective in those populations. … restricted to screening for and treatment of depression during pregnancy or in the postpartum period Population

62. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Research Gaps for Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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    Questions* or Contextual Questions Direct/ Indirect Pathway† Type of Gap‡ Study Characteristics Population … Questions* or Contextual Questions Direct/ Indirect Pathway† Type of Gap‡ Study Characteristics Population … Questions* or Contextual Questions Direct/ Indirect Pathway† Type of Gap‡ Study Characteristics Population … Questions* or Contextual Questions Direct/ Indirect Pathway† Type of Gap‡ Study Characteristics Population … targeted screening or preventive intervention that adequately measure the desired health outcomes in the population

63. Final Research Plan: Anxiety Disorders in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/anxiety-adults-screening
    August 27, 2020 - Population KQs 1–3: Adults (age ≥19 years), including pregnant and postpartum persons. … Trials may include: Unselected primary care population. … Other comparable broad-based population recruited from a health care setting. … Trials in which >50% of the population are age ≤18 years will be excluded. … Randomized, controlled trials of anxiety interventions in primary care populations.

64. Final Research Plan: Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
    September 03, 2020 - Population KQs 1–3: Adults (age ≥19 years), including pregnant and postpartum persons. … Trials may include: Unselected primary care population. … Other comparable broad-based population recruited from a health care setting. … Trials in which >50% of the population are age ≤18 years will be excluded. … Randomized, controlled trials of anxiety interventions in primary care populations.

65. Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/8YfPLRoMwTeaDgxJdYnYbb
    September 24, 2019 - No studies examined screening in nonpregnant populations. … Population: Study conducted in an ineligible population, including studies conducted in individuals who … asymptomatic bacteriuria in the general adult population. … bacteriuria in the general adult population. … Summary of Evidence by Key Question and Population Population Studies, Study Designs Summary of Findings

66. Recommendation: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening
    December 10, 2019 - Some comments urged more research in diverse populations. … Some comments suggested expanding the populations for whom screening is recommended. … The USPSTF did not expand the scope of its recommendation beyond the populations justified by its review … screening trials to the current US population. … Studies examining the efficacy of screening and treatment in diverse populations (eg, older adults, women

67. Archived: Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/update-on-the-methods-of-the-us-preventive-services-task-force-estimating-certainty-and-magnitude-of-net-bene%EF%AC%81t/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
    December 15, 2007 - Frequently, studies are conducted in highly selected populations under special conditions. … The Task Force must consider differences between the general primary care population and the populations … , the generalizability of treatment effectiveness estimates based on RCTs conducted in selected populations … on the basis of population prevalence, screening accuracy, and treatment benefit. … includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative primary care populations

68. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/JcwfLrEqaaxP6DPEQvxgUs
    February 18, 2020 - includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative primary care populations … of the risk spectrum.14 Although other risk prediction tools are available, they address vary- ing populations … US-based CVD risk prediction tool that has published external validation stud- ies in other US-based populations … -0.71]), and a compos- ite cardiovascular outcome (RR, 0.70 [95% CI, 0.63-0.78]).6 Among the study populations … Accumulating evidence on the role of statins in preventing CVD events across different populations led

69. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-screening-2004
    July 15, 2004 - Prevalence of syphilis infection varies widely among communities and patient populations. … ) and by ethnicity (the prevalence of syphilis infection is higher in Hispanic and African American populations … than it is in the white population). … , as well as in high-risk populations and in pregnant women. 3 The USPSTF found no direct evidence that … screening for syphilis infection in the general population or in high-risk populations reduces morbidity

70. Evidence Summary: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening
    December 10, 2019 - outcomes, the screening trials reported ruptures and emergency operations among primarily male study populations … given declines prevalence in men over the past 2 decades. 67 , 89-91 However, limiting screen-eligible populations … to only “high-risk” populations inherently results in missed cases. … Any attempt to expand screened populations (eg, extending to all men regardless of smoking history, increasing … Population: Study was not conducted in an included population.

71. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/StNCYDfuKfxc2LpwtaN8et
    February 01, 2004 - limited evidence that screening and immunizing persons at high risk reduces the transmission or the population … The populations considered were pregnant women, infants, asymptomatic individuals, and high- risk, asymptomatic … Studies were excluded if they did not meet the inclusion criteria or if they did not pertain to populations … No new RCTs, meta-analyses, or systematic reviews of the evidence for screening in the general population … Is there new evidence that screening and immunizing the general population for HBV infection, or that

72. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review46/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-2004
    February 15, 2004 - limited evidence that screening and immunizing persons at high risk reduces the transmission or the population … The populations considered were pregnant women, infants, asymptomatic individuals, and high-risk, asymptomatic … Studies were excluded if they did not meet the inclusion criteria or if they did not pertain to populations … No new RCTs, meta-analyses, or systematic reviews of the evidence for screening in the general population … Chang et al., 5 in a retrospective population study using a national cancer registry, showed that the

73. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/4y3P9DxovKMEjNmVd2mrPp
    December 01, 2007 - For example, the Mul- ticentre Aneurysm Screening Study (3) was a population- based RCT of screening … Frequently, studies are conducted in highly selected populations under special conditions. … The Task Force must consider differences between the general primary care population and the populations … , the generalizability of treatment effectiveness estimates based on RCTs con- ducted in selected populations … includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative primary care populations

74. Archived: Final Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan98/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication-november-2016
    May 02, 2014 - depicts the analytic framework, which outlines the evidence areas covered in the review, including the population … The population includes adults ages 21 to 39 years without prior CVD events. … An arrow from the population indicates screening for dyslipidemia, resulting in identification of persons … The population includes adults age 40 years and older without prior CVD events. … on 10-year or lifetime individualized CVD risk level or presence of specific CVD risk factors Populations

75. Procedure Manual Section 7. Formulation of Task Force Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    may come from indirect evidence in the analytic framework, but ultimately the complete chain (linking populations … Inferences about supporting evidence can include generalizations from one population to other subgroups … Judgments about tradeoffs between benefits and harms are generally made at the population level. … Persons living in the United States are the target population for all recommendation statements. … The evidence reviews and recommendations may be useful in other countries, but may not apply to populations

76. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: A Targeted Evidence Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/CVoJ9fc9nv2Zsgs8R8XabH
    September 01, 2022 - No studies were conducted specifically in adolescent populations. … 100,000 population), and the Midwest (7.4 cases per 100,000 population).7 Between 2018 to 2019, the … The median age of the population was 33 years (range 25-52 years). … -based primary care population. … • Was the study population clearly specified and defined?

77. Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/breast-cancer-screening
    April 30, 2024 - We included English-language studies of asymptomatic screening populations not at high risk for breast … trials included in this review were conducted outside of the US and enrolled mostly White European populations … mammogram, as reported in a large US health system study. 55 , 63 Rigorous studies that enroll screening populations … Population: Study was not conducted in an average-risk population. … includes individuals who were likely included in more than 1 of the studies that analyzed screening populations

78. Archived: Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gonorrhea-screening-2005
    May 15, 2005 - that potential harms of screening (ie, false-positive test results and labeling) in low-prevalence populations … Prevalence of gonorrhea infection varies widely among communities and patient populations. … Local public health authorities provide guidance to clinicians to help identify populations who are at … Additional research is needed to determine optimal screening intervals for these populations as well … presumptive evidence of infection and consider additional testing when screening in low prevalence populations

79. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    April 27, 2021 - been conducted in coun- tries rated as “very high” on the 2015 Human Development Index.16 Eligible populations … for KQ2 (initial screening) were unselected based on blood pressure, whereas KQ3 populations (confirmatory … Population: Highly selected populations who do not represent a primary screening populations and populations … of treated and untreated individuals and populations with and without previous elevated OBPMs.14,15,108 … Prevalence, treatment, and control rates of conventional and ambulatory hypertension across 10 populations

80. Evidence Summary: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/falls-prevention-community-dwelling-older-adults-interventions
    June 04, 2024 - Only minor changes were made to clarify the included populations and interventions. … These absolute benefits would be greater in populations at higher risk for falls. … Exercise Interventions Study and Population Characteristics. … exercise trial populations. … Population: Study was not conducted in a general primary care representative population or included age