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381. Archived: Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
     June 07, 2016 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Three fair-quality observational studies from the same health center in Australia 20-22 and 1 fair-quality … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2004. 13. Procedure manual.

382. Recommendation: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 05, 2017 - 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 … No available studies evaluated school performance, other functional outcomes, or quality of life. … One fair-quality trial and 2 good-quality trials (n=417) assessed treatment harms 1 , 37-40 and did … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2017.

383. Final Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vision-in-children-ages-6-months-to-5-years-screening
     December 17, 2015 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … outcomes, such as visual acuity, reduced long-term amblyopia, school performance, functioning, and quality … years reduce long-term amblyopia or improve visual acuity, school performance, functioning, and/or quality … ages 6 months to 5 years reduce long-term amblyopia or improve school performance, functioning, and/or quality … 1, 4: Reduced long-term amblyopia and improved visual acuity, school performance, functioning, and quality

384. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
     February 15, 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 … The absence of quality assurance is likely to lower test accuracy. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2005. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2005.

385. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
     January 24, 2017 - Two independent investigators assessed the quality of studies as good, fair, or poor. … Individual study quality ratings are reported in eTables 4 through 12 in the Supplement. … Thirteen RCTs assessed sleep-related quality of life—6 using the Sleep Apnea Quality of Life Index (SAQLI … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … a All 3 studies in table were of fair quality.

386. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-cancer-screening-2002
     September 03, 2002 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Data Extraction: Predefined criteria were used to assess the quality of each study. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2002. 47. … The quality and interpretation of mammographic screening trials for women ages 40-49.

387. Archived: Evidence Summary: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/preeclampsia-screening-april-2017
     April 25, 2017 - Quality Assessment and Data Extraction Two investigators independently assessed the quality of all … Good-quality studies met all or most of the assessment criteria; fair quality studies met only some of … Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality. … Force. 14 For Rhode et al, 50 quality was assessed using the Before-After Quality Assessment Tool. … a Quality assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS) tool. 23

388. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2008 - Preventive Services Task Force, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. … They should not be construed as an official posi- tion of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2003. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005. AHRQ publication no. 05-E017-2. 5. … Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be

389. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - Individual studies will continue to be judged as being of “good,” “fair,” or “poor” quality. … Evidence may be considered con- vincing when derived from several high-quality studies with consistent … When evidence is conflicting or the studies are of poor quality individually or in aggregate, the evidence … To what extent are the existing studies of high quality? (i.e., what is the internal validity?) 3. … Barton, MD, MPP, of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Primary Care, Prevention

390. Archived: Lung Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lung-cancer-screening-2004
     May 15, 2004 - 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 … uses an explicit process in which the balance of benefits and harms is determined exclusively by the quality … (Executive Director, National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, Boston, MA); Mark S. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2004.

391. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     August 22, 2018 - DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Dual review of titles and abstracts, full-text articles, and study quality … Quality: Study was poor quality. … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2004. 10. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2012. 11.

392. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity: Counseling for CVD Prevention in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary27/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-for-cvd-prevention-in-adults-2012
     December 15, 2010 - Articles were rated as good, fair, or poor quality. … Good-quality studies met all of the specified quality criteria, whereas fair-quality studies did not … Poor-quality studies were excluded from this review. … Some fair-quality trials, as opposed to good-quality trials, had higher attrition (for example, >20%) … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2008.

393. 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 - Only studies rated as good or fair quality were included. … Individual study quality ratings are provided in the Supplement (eTables 4-7). … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … Measuring health-related quality of life in persons with genital herpes. … a Quality of evidence was fair for all studies in this table.

394. Screening and Interventions for Childhood Overweight: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2005 - Two investigators quality rated all included articles and those excluded for quality reasons, using … SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE QUALITY Table 6 summarizes the overall quality of evidence, according to USPSTF … Rockville, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Question Study Hierarchy Overall USPSTF Quality 1. … One good quality trial in adolescents. 4,5. Surgery - Poor. 6.

395. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Primary Funding Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … The impact of diagnosis of hepatitis C virus on quality of life. Hepatology. 1999;30:1299-301. … Stigmatization and the quality of life of patients with hepatitis C.

396. Archived: Evidence Summary: Drug Use, Illicit: Primary Care Interventions for Children and Adolescents | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary24/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents-march-2014
     March 11, 2014 - Data Extraction and Quality Assessment Two independent investigators rated the quality of all included … We excluded poor-quality trials. … validity (see the full report for more detail on study quality). … We rated 2 of these studies as good-quality 14 , 19 and the third as fair-quality 18 . … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2008.

397. Zr66Ep5Abbqcuqy7Ktdetn (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2014 - Two trials were rated as good quality; most of the remaining trials were rated as fair quality. … One trial was rated as good quality, and the remaining trials were rated as fair quality (1). … Association Between Intermediate and Clinical Outcomes Seven fair-quality and 3 poor-quality observational … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. 2. … Rock- ville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2004. 20.

398. Archived: Oral Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/oral-cancer-screening-2004
     February 04, 2004 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rationale: The USPSTF found no new good-quality evidence that screening for oral cancer leads to improved … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2004.

399. 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 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The remaining outcomes (people transitioning to institutionalized care, people hospitalized, quality … Incident fractures and quality of life were rarely reported, and no studies reported disability. … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2010. 5.

400. Archived: Breastfeeding: Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breastfeeding-counseling-2008
     October 15, 2008 - 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 … 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 … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2007.