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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/autism-spectrum-disorder-in-young-children-screening
February 16, 2016 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be … Studies were very small (most enrolled 20–40 children), and study quality was generally fair. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015. 3.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-harms-of-screening-for-breast-cancer/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
January 11, 2016 - Primary Funding Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … with designs for which quality rating criteria are not available. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2009. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016.
5. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016.
6.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary19/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
December 22, 2014 - criteria. 17–19 We rated study quality as good, fair, or poor and excluded all poor-quality studies … Diagnostic Accuracy of OBPM
We identified 4 good-quality 24–27 and 3 fair-quality 28–30 studies examining … 34–39 and 5 fair-quality 40–44 studies. … 32 , 49–53 and 21 fair-quality 31 , 33 , 40 , 54–71 studies. … One good-quality 72 and 3 fair-quality 73–75 trials found no statistically significant differences
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/individualizing-cancer-screening-older-adults-figure-1
October 01, 2012 - older adults are highlighted: older adults often have competing morbidity and decreased health-related quality … treatment due to decreased life expectancy; and that treatment could potentially improve health-related quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/6XMRch-R3m4UMVoBMcv43f
December 01, 2007 - To update its recom-
mendation, the USPSTF examined high-quality evidence
on the natural history of CAS … Effectiveness of Early Detection and Treatment
Two good-quality RCTs, the ACAS (Asymptomatic
Carotid … Preventive Services Task Force, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality; December 2007. … Kizer, MD, MPH (National
Quality Forum, Washington, DC); Michael L.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2005
July 11, 2005 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … One good-quality, longitudinal study controlling for adult BMI eliminated the association of childhood … Changes in mean BMI-z scores were not different between groups ( p < 0.09). 33
A fair-quality RCT … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2005.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/autism-spectrum-disorder-in-young-children-screening
February 16, 2016 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be … Among the behavioral interventions, those based on applied behavior analysis have the highest-quality … Studies were very small (most enrolled 20–40 children), and study quality was generally fair. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015. 3.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2008
December 30, 2013 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … There is good quality evidence on the harms of drug therapy. … Kizer, MD, MPH (President and CEO, National Quality Forum, Washington, DC); Michael L. … Rockville, Maryland: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2001. … Rockville, Maryland: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2003.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-in-pregnant-women-screening
November 09, 2017 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … management program
Language
English-language only
Languages other than English
Study Quality … Fair- or good-quality studies
Poor-quality studies
Publication Dates
1986 to the present
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary4/lung-cancer-screening-december-2013
July 30, 2013 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Two reviewers rated study quality using established criteria. … Primary Funding Source : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Two European trials (1 fair-quality 60 and 1 poor-quality 57 in lower-risk and younger patients showed … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2013.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ngSKuH6MP9L_BSuX-Pp2K6
January 01, 2010 - Controlled trials of physical activity counseling in adult
primary care patients were of variable quality … Medical Officer, Center for Practice and Technology
Assessment, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The USPSTF found 8 fair to good quality
controlled trials (7 randomized,6,10-15 and 1 not
randomized16 … Most fair to good
quality trials followed participants for at least 6 to 12
months and had follow-up … Homer, MD, MPH
(Executive Director, National
Initiative for Children’s Healthcare
Quality, Boston, MA
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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 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Individual studies will continue to be judged as being of "good," "fair," or "poor" quality. … Evidence may be considered convincing when derived from several high-quality studies with consistent, … Whereas individual study quality will continue to be characterized as good, fair, or poor, the term … To what extent are the existing studies of high quality? (i.e., what is the internal validity?)
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
December 15, 2007 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … To update its recommendation, the USPSTF examined high-quality evidence on the natural history of CAS … Kizer, MD, MPH (President and CEO, National Quality Forum, Washington, DC); Michael L. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2007.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan109/preeclampsia-screening-april-2017
August 14, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … eligible studies identified through a bridge search
Studies published before 1990
Study quality … Good and fair quality
Poor quality
Language
English
Non-English
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/MjwZ4vRLZDVUSnfMA6SrDo
June 01, 2012 - Primary Funding Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality. … Three studies were rated as good quality (45, 51, 52)
and 12 as fair quality (40–44, 46–50, 53, 54). … Rockville, MD: Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality; 2004. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality 2012.
33. … Rockville, MD:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2010.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions-2018
October 22, 2015 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … or high risk for falls, used alone or in combination, reduce falls or falls-related injury, improve quality … fracture injuries
Disability (activities of daily life and/or instrumental activities of daily life)
Quality … injuries other than fractures that do not lead to an emergency department visit or hospitalization
Quality … 2014 Human Development Index
Language
English only
Non-English language publications
Quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/R33bUm6oyjhWnbw96pJHwE
April 01, 2009 - Two reviewers quality-graded each article. … No single study stood out as being of good quality. … 9 were of
fair quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality; 2004
86. … Quality
We excluded studies that met criteria for “poor” quality in the USPSTF design-
specific criteria
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/UCajZVxQEKLCgs59HV7ddE
November 01, 2008 - Quality Assessment and Data Abstraction
Two investigators critically appraised and quality-rated
all … Poor-
quality studies were excluded. … ASGE/
ACG Taskforce on Quality in Endoscopy. Quality indicators for colonoscopy. … Quality Assessment and Data Abstraction
Two investigators critically appraised and quality-rated all … Only good-quality systematic reviews were used as sources
for primary articles, and all poor-quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
August 06, 2015 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Previous systematic reviews will be included if they are recent (published within 5 years), of good quality … If no recent, good-quality systematic reviews are identified, all eligible primary studies that address … However, for systematic reviews, only recent (published within the past 5 years) reviews rated as good quality … If a recent good-quality systematic review is identified, relevant primary studies published since the
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening
April 28, 2016 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … symptoms related to pain, bony metastases, complications due to late-stage disease, and health-related quality … or biopsy; psychological harms; overdiagnosis
KQs 3, 4: Mortality (overall and disease-specific); quality … ; cohort studies; uncontrolled observational studies of harms ‡
Other study designs
Study quality … Good- and fair-quality studies
Poor-quality studies
Language
English
Non-English