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161. Archived: Evidence Summary: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary28/cognitive-impairment-in-older-adults-screening-2014
     October 22, 2013 - validation studies to establish reproducibility and to understand population and scoring differences … The CES-D Scale: A self-report depression scale for research in the general population. … Short screening tests for dementia in the elderly population. … Cholinesterase inhibitors and hospitalization for bradycardia: a population-based study. … Mild to moderate dementia and MCI; populations restricted to trial populations.

162. Procedure Manual Section 4. Evidence Review Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-4-evidence-review-development
     April 09, 2025 - based on settings, populations, and other intervention characteristics) Overall strength of evidence … Ecological studies usually make comparisons of outcomes in exposed and unexposed populations in one of … ; 2) known potential explanations and potential confounders are considered and adjusted for; 3) the populations … are comparable; 4) the populations and interventions are relevant to a primary care population; and … 4.5.4 Subgroup Analyses The Task Force is interested in targeting its recommendations to those populations

163. Procedure Manual Appendix XII. Summary of Evidence Table for Evidence Reviews | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-xii-summary-evidence-table-evidence-reviews
     July 01, 2017 - Separate Populations or Interventions (First-Order Stratification) C. … represent issues that led to low individual- or outcome-level study quality, such as concerns about populations … Applicability is a descriptive assessment of how well the overall body of evidence would apply to the U.S. population … based on settings; populations; and intervention characteristics, including accessibility, training,

164. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-medication-use-reduce-risk
     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

165. Final Recommendation Statement: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/autism-spectrum-disorder-in-young-children-screening
     February 16, 2016 - Considerations Patient Population … judgment to decide if screening in children without overt signs and symptoms is appropriate for the population … These studies are especially needed in populations with low socioeconomic status and minority populations … response, the USPSTF revised the recommendation statement to clarify the lack of treatment studies in the population … questions about ASD symptomatology. 21 The UK National Screening Committee does not recommend systematic population

166. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Highlights High-Priority Evidence Gaps in 2024 Report to Congress (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - reinforces its commitment to improving health equity by highlighting research gaps that are reflective of populations … “Importantly, we are calling attention to specific populations, such as those in underserved or high-risk … “As part of our commitment to improving health equity, our report shines a light on populations that

167. Final Research Plan: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/healthy-lifestyle-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     June 04, 2020 - Management of other diseases or conditions (e.g., managing symptoms associated with arthritis) Populations … Adults age >18 years without known CVD risk factors † Includes studies among the following populations … CVD based on a cardiovascular risk assessment tool; or trial inclusion criteria specifies that the population … Current smokers Persons with medical conditions limiting their generalizability to primary care–based populations … CVD based on a cardiovascular risk assessment tool; or trial inclusion criteria specifies that the population

168. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2022 - • It does not apply to populations at very high risk for COPD such as persons with a-1 antitrypsin … • COPD is most common in Native American/Alaska Native populations, likely due to the impact of societal

169. Ninth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/ninth-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
     November 01, 2019 - 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 population … Task Force calls for more research in areas where evidence is lacking, including evidence for specific population … adults Examine whether different screening strategies for alcohol use are more effective in diverse populations … outcomes complicates a clear overall assessment of whether these interventions work Include additional populations

170. 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

171. Recommendation: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
     September 28, 2021 - Recommendation in  JAMA  (FREE) Download  JAMA  PDF Recommendation Summary 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 … and what risk threshold and factors should be used to identify eligible patient populations. … Preeclampsia incidence would likely be at least 8% in a population of pregnant individuals having 1 of

172. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening
     March 14, 2019 - The target population is asymptomatic, nonpregnant adolescents and adults. … To the right of the population is an arrow that represents the yield and sensitivity of alternative HBV … Screening leads to populations that fall into one of the four following categories: chronic HBV infection … An arrow to the right of the chronic HBV infection population leads to the provision of education or … Chronic HBV infection, defined as detectable HBsAg in blood for >6 months Acute HBV infection Populations

173. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - compared with 2018 cases and a rate of 0.7 cases per 100 000 population among US-born persons.5 Estimating … Studies were excluded if more than 25% of the study population was younger than 18 years or known to … Do these harms differ by population? … Do these harms differ by population? No eligible studies were identified. … Evaluation of an interferon-gamma release assay, T-SPOT.TB, in a population with a low prevalence of

174. Screening for Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infections: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/k-btyK4W2-v9KnemTK8WDx
     September 14, 2021 - Randomized Clinical Trials of Screening for Chlamydia to Reduce Adverse Outcomes Source Population … may have implications for extragenital testing in other higher-risk populations. … - ing populations in the US. … , and transgender populations,44,45 but data are limited. … An assessment of population-based screening guidelines versus clinical prediction rules for chlamydia

175. Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening
     September 27, 2022 - In 2019, the reported incidence of syphilis was 39.7 cases per 100,000 population, increasing 75% from … We excluded studies conducted exclusively in populations with HIV and studies conducted in low- to middle-income … benefit from screening, and the effectiveness of specific screening intervals among different risk populations … No studies directly compared the effectiveness of syphilis screening in screened vs unscreened populations … observational studies evaluated detection rates using specific screening intervals in MSM or HIV-positive populations

176. Final Research Plan: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
     November 15, 2018 - accurately predict the risk of prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, and have been externally validated in U.S. populations … Category Include Exclude Populations All KQs: Studies of participants without obvious symptoms … of diabetes (e.g., for KQ 1, studies of unselected populations that may include some participants with … institution; other persons with medical conditions limiting their applicability to primary care–based populations

177. Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/genital-herpes-serologic-screening
     February 14, 2023 - harms associated with false-positive test results due to poor screening test accuracy, especially in populations … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends serologic screening for specific asymptomatic populations … HIV or other immunosuppressive conditions). 5 This current review, however, focused on the general population … of asymptomatic adolescents and adults and therefore may not be applicable to populations at higher

178. 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

179. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 05, 2016 - No relevant studies of COPD screening questionnaires in asymp- tomatic populations were identified that … Table 2 shows the trade-offs with missed cases and false- positive tests in populations with varying … Most of the subanalyses of patients with mild to moderate COPD in treatment trials included populations … Abso- lute treatment benefit estimates would be expected to be lower in screen-detected populations with … mostly mild disease compared with the populations in the trials available for this systematic re- view

180. Archived: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
     June 18, 2014 - The prevalence of HBV infection differs among various populations. … The USPSTF concludes that screening is of moderate benefit for populations at high risk for HBV infection … In the 2004 recommendation, the USPSTF focused only on the general population. … In the current recommendation, the USPSTF focused on high-risk populations as it considered new evidence … in Greenland North America Alaska natives and indigenous populations in northern Canada