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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/impaired-visual-acuity-screening-older-adults
May 24, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Two investigators independently assessed study quality. … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2022. AHRQ publication 21-05285-EF-1. 8. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2009. AHRQ publication 09-05135-EF-1. 73.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
November 15, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular events, type 2 diabetes, cognitive impairment, decreased quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2011. AHRQ publication No. 11-EHC052. 3. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2022. AHRQ publication 22-05292-EF-1. 16. … Quality measure for screening for adult obstructive sleep apnea by primary care physicians.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/genital-herpes-serologic-screening
February 14, 2023 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … used, in whole or in part, as the basis for the development of clinical practice guidelines and other quality … We identified 1 new diagnostic test accuracy study (KQ2), which was excluded because of poor study quality … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2023. AHRQ publication 22-05296-EF-1.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vitamin-d-calcium-combined-supplementation-primary-prevention-falls-fractures-communitydwelling-adults
April 06, 2023 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … All-cause mortality
Disability as measured by instrumental activities of daily life
Quality of life … Morphometric vertebral fractures; BMD; laboratory or functional measures of bone or muscle strength or quality … Quality
Fair or good quality according to design-specific criteria. … Poor quality according to design-specific criteria.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/syphilis-infection-pregnant-persons
December 01, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … editorials, and case reports
Publication Language
English
Non-English studies
Study Quality … Good- or fair-quality studies
Poor-quality studies
Abbreviation: KQ = key question.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
November 15, 2022 - 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 … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2011. AHRQ publication No. 11-EHC052. 3. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2022. AHRQ publication 22-05292-EF-1. 16. … Quality measure for screening for adult obstructive sleep apnea by primary care physicians.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pregnant-nonpregnant-adults
November 30, 2023 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … in asymptomatic, nonpregnant adolescents and adults on mortality, AIDS and opportunistic infections, quality … of CD4 count vs. treatment based on CD4 threshold on mortality, AIDS and opportunistic infections, quality … KQs 1–5: Studies conducted in non-very high Human Development Index countries, unless fair- or good-quality … RPV/TAF or TDF/FTC †
Outcomes
KQs 1–4: Mortality; AIDS and opportunistic infections; quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening-adults
October 12, 2023 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … long-term prostate cancer mortality, incidence of metastatic prostate cancer, all-cause mortality, quality … using a prebiopsy prostate cancer risk calculator or MRI on prostate cancer morbidity and mortality, quality … waiting on prostate cancer mortality, incidence of metastatic prostate cancer, all-cause mortality, quality … prostate cancer–specific morbidity (i.e., bone pain from metastases, urinary obstruction); functioning, quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/skin-cancer-screening
March 25, 2021 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … or skin cancer)
Outcomes
KQs 1, 4: Morbidity associated with skin cancer, including quality … (e.g., skin self-examination, sun protective behaviors) or measures of doctor-patient relationship quality … cancer type (melanoma vs. nonmelanoma skin cancers)
Study design
All KQs: Fair- and good-quality … database; observational studies; cohort studies; and systematically selected case series
All KQs: Poor-quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/drug-use-illicit-screening
June 09, 2020 - Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological quality … Eight trials were rated good quality and the remainder were rated fair quality. … Two studies were rated good quality and the remainder were rated fair quality. … Three studies were rated good quality and the remainder were rated fair quality. … Quality: Study was poor quality.
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Table 1.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertension-in-adults-screening
April 27, 2021 - Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological quality … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … an experimental study of effects on blood pressure and quality of life. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. Report 13-05194-EF-1. 130. … Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality.
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May 01, 2021 - cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular
events, type 2 diabetes, cognitive impairment, decreased quality … in both general health-related and sleep-related quality of life. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2011.
AHRQ publication 11-EHC052.
3. … Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality; 2022. AHRQ publication 22-
05292-EF-1.
16. … Quality measure for
screening for adult obstructive sleep apnea by
primary care physicians.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
May 02, 2019 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … not relevant or referable to primary care in the United States
Study Design
All KQs: Good-quality … screening harms), case reports, small uncontrolled observational trials, and case studies
Study Quality … Fair- and good-quality studies based on USPSTF criteria
Poor-quality studies
Abbreviations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prevention-of-dental-caries-in-children-younger-than-age-5-years-screening-and-interventions1
January 02, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Outcomes
KQs 1, 3 (screening) and KQs 2–5 (preventive interventions): Dental caries, morbidity, quality … ; uncontrolled intervention studies
All KQs: Opinions, editorials, or case reports
Study Quality … Good or fair quality
Poor quality
Response to Public Comment
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
March 17, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … cervical cancer (squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma)
Mortality (all-cause or cervical cancer)
Quality … U.S. clinical settings or populations
Language
English only
Non-English publications
Quality … Fair- or good-quality, according to USPSTF design-specific criteria
Poor-quality, according to USPSTF
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/R3y9LSud52CGL8mG4wvxoT
June 09, 2020 - Data Extraction and Quality Assessment
Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological quality … Quality: Study was poor quality. … Eight trials were rated good quality and the remainder were
rated fair quality. … Two studies were rated good quality and the remainder were
rated fair quality. … Three studies were rated good quality and the remainder were
rated fair quality.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening-adults
December 21, 2023 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … long-term prostate cancer mortality, incidence of metastatic prostate cancer, all-cause mortality, quality … in combination with a positive PSA-based screening test on prostate cancer morbidity and mortality, quality … waiting on prostate cancer mortality, incidence of metastatic prostate cancer, all-cause mortality, quality … prostate cancer–specific morbidity (i.e., bone pain from metastases and urinary obstruction); functioning, quality
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/folic-acid-for-the-prevention-of-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication
October 21, 2021 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … United Nations Development Programme in 2020)
All other countries
Sample size
All
None
Quality … Good and fair quality
Poor quality
Language
English
Non-English studies
Abbreviations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-pregnant-persons
March 02, 2023 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … reviews, editorials, and case reports
Publication Language
English
Non-English studies
Quality … Good- or fair-quality studies
Poor-quality studies
Abbreviations: HIV=human immunodeficiency
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening
March 02, 2023 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … reviews, editorials, and case reports
Publication Language
English
Non-English studies
Quality … Good- or fair-quality studies
Poor-quality studies
Abbreviations: HIV=human immunodeficiency