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241. Final Research Plan: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening
     November 18, 2021 - Included Excluded Population KQs 1–3 (Screening benefits, accuracy, harms): Adults age … KQs 4, 5: Studies that exclusively enroll or in which the majority of the population has: Secondary … However, studies that exclusively enrolled populations who take hormone therapy that affects bone density … are excluded from this review, consistent with our criteria that exclude studies that focus on populations … For such populations, individualized clinical decisions about bone density testing in the context of

242. 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

243. AHRQ Seeks Nominations of New Members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/ahrq-seeks-nominations-new-members-us-preventive-services-task-force-0
     March 15, 2025 - diversity of perspectives, AHRQ particularly encourages nominations of women, members of underrepresented populations

244. Screening for and Treatment of Suicide Risk Relevant to Primary Care: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/vxPM4Bo9RXZGUDH6MWnDht
     May 01, 2013 - (or similar populations) of any age. … These results are generalizable only to high-risk populations. … Even in high-risk populations, suicide is compara- tively rare. … Do the harms vary by population characteristics*? … Do the harms vary by population characteristics*?

245. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/GcmKgXjw6uLFMcACGmv_tL
     May 01, 2009 - PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population All Pregnant Women Recommendation … Prevalence is higher in southern U.S. and in metropolitan areas and in Hispanic and African American populations

246. 2024 Report to Congress on Evidence Gaps | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/2024-report-congress-evidence-gaps
     January 01, 2024 - reinforces the USPSTF’s commitment to improving health equity by highlighting research gaps in underserved populations

247. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
     May 15, 2009 - Population All Pregnant Women Recommendation Screen for syphilis infection. … Prevalence is higher in southern U.S. and in metropolitan areas and in Hispanic and African American populations … is in the United States as a whole) and by ethnicity (it is higher in Hispanic and African-American populations … than in the white population). … Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2006: Special Populations .

248. Archived: Final Research Plan: Screening for Depression in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan44/depression-in-adults-screening
     July 03, 2014 - Do the harms vary by population characteristics * ? … Do the harms vary by population characteristics * ? … Adults, including older adults, age 18 years and older Nonhuman populations … screening Nonhuman populations Children and adolescents (age <18 years), except … nonbrief [>5 minutes] unstructured interview with mental health clinician) within 2 weeks of screening in populations

249. Recommendation: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
     January 23, 2024 - Recommendation in  JAMA  (FREE) Download  JAMA  PDF Recommendation Summary Population … Practice Considerations Patient Population … studies (10 studies) including a population with a mean age of 48.4 months or older. 6 , 21 The included … studies evaluated a diverse array of interventions that targeted different populations of children ( … language outcome measures. 6 , 21 Other interventions for language delay varied by delivery setting, population

250. Evidence Summary: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis
     August 22, 2023 - Abstraction and Quality Rating One investigator abstracted details about the study design, patient population … How do the benefits of PrEP differ by populations of interest (eg, defined by age, sex, gender identity … PrEP was effective across population subgroups defined by HIV risk category (persons at increased risk … in women at risk for acquiring HIV infection from receptive vaginal sex and is not approved in this population … Diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; The Fenway Institute; Departments of Medicine and Population

251. 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

252. Primary Care Screening and Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/abTWXPvJyAMcqN9KcEt-vt
     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%) … Studies in which more than 25% of the study population were younger than 18 years or were known to be … Do these harms differ by population? … Do these harms differ by population? No eligible studies were identified. … healthy populations with low TB risk for specificity).

253. Szn5Hhs8W5Sar6Bbpabsab (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2008 - Cross-sectional study: No significant differences between T2DM population and general Swedish population … Studies were representative of a primary care population, but results did not represent population-level … , primary care populations. … would most closely resemble screening-detected populations. … Cause-specific mortality in a population-based study of diabetes.

254. Recommendation: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
     August 15, 2011 - Read the Full Recommendation Download  JAMA  PDF Recommendation Summary Population … The USPSTF considered it reasonable to include these persons in the population under consideration for … Studies that compare the diagnostic accuracy of urine screening tests in representative populations are … In lower-prevalence populations, more patients are potentially exposed to unnecessary harms because of … a higher rate of false-positive results than in higher-prevalence populations.

255. Final Recommendation Statement: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
     August 23, 2022 - Considerations Patient Population … These populations are at very high risk for CVD, and considerations on the use of statins in these populations … Evidence from trials in the general adult population shows that statins are not associated with an increased … Some comments expressed concerns about the accuracy of the Pooled Cohort Equations across populations … Unintended effects of statins from observational studies in the general population: systematic review

256. Archived: Evidence Summary: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions-2018
     April 17, 2018 - Fall prevention interventions relevant for primary care populations can include exercise, medication … Minor changes were made to the inclusion and exclusion criteria to clarify the included populations, … Multifactorial Interventions Study and Population Characteristics Seven good-quality 21 , 23 , 25 … As such, the conclusions may not be applicable to those populations. … Preventing disability and falls in older adults: a population-based randomized trial.

257. Archived: Evidence Summary: Child Maltreatment: Counseling, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/child-maltreatment-counseling-2004
     March 09, 2004 - and have not been widely tested in other populations. … The target population for this review is children as victims of abuse or neglect directed towards them … making, and determination of what screening and intervention strategies are most effective for this population … Author, Year Type of Study N Population … Seventeen studies, using 13 unique populations, met inclusion criteria.

258. Screening for Depression in Adults: USPSTF Final Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/BnHj53HwgSBNXMvnyavxfS
     January 26, 2016 - METHODS The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for depression in adult populations … POPULATION This recommendation applies to adults 18 years and older. … includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative primary care populations … Among general adult populations, preva- lence rates vary by sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, marital … The optimum interval for screening for depression is also unknown; more evidence for all populations

259. USPSTF Analytic Framework for Child and Adolescent Health Topics | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/methods-and-processes/uspstf-analytic-framework-child-and-adolescent-health-topics
     October 01, 2017 - The population that is the focus of the evidence for a specific preventive service appears at the left-hand … Actions, such as screening (for example, identifying low- and high-risk populations, or recording normal … and abnormal test results) and treatment, appear as arrows linking the population to an outcome. … Each arrow is a linkage in the logical chain of evidence that connects the left side (population) and

260. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
     July 20, 2017 - Do the outcomes of using medications to reduce risk for primary breast cancer vary by population subgroups … Do they vary by population subgroups, including nonwhite women; premenopausal women; women with comorbid … Included Excluded Populations Women without preexisting breast cancer, including women … atypical hyperplasia) Women with preexisting breast cancer (invasive or ductal carcinoma in situ); men; populations … help them make informed decisions about risk-reducing medications, and how these tradeoffs vary by population