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121. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2022 - the past 20 years, HSV-1 and HSV-2 estimated seroprev- alence has steadily declined,1 yet specific populations … Preventive Services Task Force. a When direct evidence is limited, absent, or restricted to select populations … Over the past 20 years, HSV-1 and HSV-2 estimated seroprevalence has steadily declined, yet certain populations … .6 Most studies enrolled populations with seropositivity greater than 40% for HSV-2 based on Western … • Studies that enroll enough participants from populations dispro- portionately affected by HSV (based

122. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2022 - • There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against screening for OSA in the general adult population … screening for OSA, as well as screening tools that can accurately detect persons in the general adult population … intermediate outcomes (ie, apnea-hypopnea index, Epworth Sleepiness Scale score, and blood pressure) in populations … However, the applicability of this evidence to screen-detected populations is limited.

123. Draft Research Plan: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pregnant-nonpregnant-adults
     November 30, 2023 - the effectiveness of primary care interventions to increase uptake of HIV screening in underscreened 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 … Index countries, unless fair- or good-quality studies from the United States are not available Populations … Index countries, unless fair- or good-quality studies in the United States are not available Populations

124. Final Research Plan: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pregnant-nonpregnant-adults
     February 22, 2024 - the effectiveness of primary care interventions to increase uptake of HIV screening in underscreened 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 … Index countries, unless fair- or good-quality studies from the United States are not available Populations … In response to comments, the USPSTF clarified that the population addressed by the evidence review on

125. Final Research Plan: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 30, 2017 - What are the harms of treatment in an asymptomatic, screen-detected population with small AAAs (i.e., … Does screening yield differ based on screening strategy (e.g., high-risk vs. low-risk populations)? … Included Excluded Populations KQs 1–3: Asymptomatic adult population KQs 4, 5: Asymptomatic … symptoms related to AAA KQs 4, 5: Patients experiencing symptoms related to AAA; populations with … to primary care (e.g., general unselected population for screening [KQs 1, 3])   Disease/condition

126. Archived: Evidence Summary: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-latent-tuberculosis/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     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%) … Do these harms differ by population? No eligible studies were identified. … TB , in a population with a low prevalence of tuberculosis. … Do these harms differ by population? … The framework begins on the left with our population of interest: asymptomatic adults belonging to populations

127. Final Research Plan: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 14, 2019 - Included Excluded Populations KQs 1, 2: Unselected or community-dwelling, generally asymptomatic … The USPSTF received comments regarding the selection of outcomes, the importance of high-risk populations … The USPSTF recognizes the importance of assessing the benefits and harms of screening in high-risk populations

128. 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.

129. Draft Research Plan: Chronic Kidney Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     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

130. Final Research Plan: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan150/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-young-children-screening
     July 18, 2013 - This analytic framework outlines the evidence areas covered in the review, including the population, … On the left side of the framework, the population includes all children ages 6 to 24 months. … This analytic framework outlines the evidence areas covered in the review, including the population, … On the left side of the framework, the population includes all children ages 6 to 24 months. … Include Exclude Routine Iron Supplementation in Children Populations Children

131. Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
     January 23, 2024 - not from screen-detected populations. … Validity of an observation screening instrument in a multicultural population. … The Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test: a population-based validation study using … Outcomes of population based language promotion for slow to talk toddlers at ages 2 and 3 years: Let’ … Randomized trial of a population-based, home-delivered intervention for preschool language delay.

132. Evidence Summary: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/unhealthy-alcohol-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
     November 13, 2018 - Across all populations (68 studies [n = 36,528]), counseling interventions were associated with a decrease … 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, … Population: Study was not conducted in an included population. … ; therefore, the sum of the rows does not add up to the “all populations” totals.

133. Archived: Tuberculosis Infection, Including Bacille Calmette-Guérin Immunization: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 11, 2014 - Screening (2023) Read the Full Recommendation Recommendation Summary Population … Two-step testing has become more common in screening health care workers 21   and other population groups … Epidemiologic calculations suggest that the annual incidence of TB in a low-risk population is less than … The risk varies with the type of vaccine used, the population, and the methods used to measure complications … Inadequate sensitivity of tuberculin tine test for screening employee populations.

134. Archived: Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan23/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
     March 15, 2013 - infection: detectable hepatitis B surface antigen in serum for >6 months Acute HBV infection Populations … Symptomatic patients, children and pregnant women, HIV(+) or hepatitis C virus(+) persons or other special populations … care settings serving injection drug users, men who have sex with men, or sexually transmitted disease populations … clarification on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, analytic framework, and key questions related to populations

135. Screening for Syphilis Infection - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2004 - Clinical Considerations • Populations at increased risk for syphilis infection (as determined by incident … Prevalence of syphilis infection varies widely among communities and patient 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

136. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 06, 2017 - It includes an assessment of the concordance between populations, interventions, and outcomes in the … As part of coherence, USPSTF members assess the applicability of the body of evidence to populations, … Biological plausibility and clinical relevance of extrapolating from the body of evidence to large populations … for the preventive intervention; this happens when recommendations are made for high-risk populations … (male smokers) to populations at lower risk (male nonsmokers and female smokers and nonsmokers). 6.5.5

137. Archived: Final Research Plan: Aspirin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 07, 2013 - Secondary and tertiary prevention of MI, stroke, death from MI or stroke, or all-cause mortality Populations … Adults age 40 years and older without known cardiovascular disease Nonhuman populations; other selected … nongeneralizable populations; patients with an existing cardiovascular disease diagnosis or history … The age range for the population of interest was changed from persons age 18 years and older to persons … age 40 years and older to better reflect the potential target population for the intervention.

138. 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

139. Screening for Child and Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - Most conservative estimates from the FDA analysis indicate that treating any pediatric population with … A longitudinal study of depression in an urban Spanish pubertal population. … One primary reviewer abstracted relevant information such as study setting, population, screening method … APPENDIX 3 Exclusion Criteria for KQs Exclusion criteria applied to all KQs Population Focuses on adults … Conducted in non-Westernized population Setting Not conducted in primary care, school-based clinics

140. Final Recommendation Statement: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 28, 2021 - Considerations Patient Population … This approach may help to identify a patient population with an absolute risk for preeclampsia of at … participants at increased risk for preeclampsia used a variety of approaches to identify the study population … Stratified comparisons did not show consistent evidence for effect differences related to intervention or population … Preeclampsia incidence would likely be at least 8% in a population of pregnant individuals having 1 of