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December 15, 2012 - This figure depicts the key questions. … Key Questions to be Systematically Reviewed … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs).
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August 24, 2017 - to Recommendation
Table of Contents
Analytic Framework
Key Questions … Return to Table of Contents
Key Questions to Be Systematically Reviewed … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs).
… interventions KQs 1–3: Women with known pathogenic BRCA mutations, unless the study is designed to address questions
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March 01, 2016 - Scope of the Review
Using established methods, 11 the USPSTF determined the scope and key questions … The analytic framework and key questions (KQs) used to guide the review are shown in Figure 1 . … We included studies of diagnostic accuracy of vision screening tests, questions, or questionnaires performed … Analytic Framework and Key Questions … Poor
Key question 3: Accuracy of screening
Four studies found screening questions are not accurate
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August 01, 2016 - Analytic Framework and Key Questions
Key questions
5 a. … the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) use an
analytic framework to visually display the key questions … The questions are depicted by linkages that relate
interventions and outcomes. … b Key question 7 will be addressed only if there is insufficient literature for key
questions 1 and 5 … Therefore, the literature that might establish an indi-
rect chain of evidence from multiple questions
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May 01, 2013 - For questions related to harms and benefits of screen-
ing or treatment, we included randomized and nonran … For key questions 4 and 5 only, we conducted
random-effects meta-analyses to estimate the effect size … We in-
cluded 7 trials that addressed screening (key questions 1, 2,
and 3): 1 examined short-term benefits … We included 49 trials that addressed the
benefits of treatment (key questions 4 and 5)—36 were
conducted … The
Table summarizes the evidence from this review for all key
questions.
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May 01, 2005 - Conclusions: Recent evidence only addresses key questions about risk factors and new tests. … These include:
Key Questions: Asymptomatic Men and women including adolescents
1A. … Key Questions: Pregnant women
1A. … Key Questions: Newborn chemoprophylaxis
1. … No new evidence
was identified to address key questions for pregnant women and newborns.
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August 20, 2024 - clinical trials (RCTs) of supplementation, observational studies were only included for the association questions … Screening for Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy
No studies addressed key questions … The questions are depicted by linkages that relate interventions and outcomes. … Analytic Framework and Key Questions for Screening for Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During … The questions are depicted by linkages that relate interventions and outcomes.
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August 01, 2008 - harms and of the natural history of screening-detected cancer
were selected to answer the following questions … The analytic framework that guided the previous
USPSTF evidence review (Figure) (12) included 8 key
questions … These evidence gaps
produced 3 new key questions for this update:
1. … Data from the 2002
USPSTF review (12) relevant to key questions 1 and 2 are
included to facilitate an … mostly
college-
educated
6 wk, 6 mo, and
1 y after testing:
survey
developed in
focus groups
with questions
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December 15, 2009 - Analytic framework and key questions
Appendix Figure 2. … This article discusses methods and results for key questions 1, 1a, and 4. … Detailed methods and results for the remaining key questions are in the full report 16 . … Articles for key questions 1 and 1a were limited to randomized and controlled clinical trials that were … Outcomes for these 2 questions were focused on depression response and remission.
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May 15, 2012 - Analytic framework and key questions
Appendix Figure 2. … For key questions 1 to 3, we included randomized or controlled clinical trials evaluating behavioral … Two investigators independently screened 6132 abstracts, 73 articles for key questions 1 to 3, and 309 … articles for key questions 4 and 5. … in key questions 1 and 2, we found no evidence for harms of counseling to prevent skin cancer.
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March 11, 2025 - Methods
Scope of Review
Figure 1 shows the analytic framework and key questions (KQs) that
guided the … Analytic Framework: Preventive Services for Food Insecurity
Key questions
Does identifying food insecurity … The questions are depicted by linkages that relate
interventions and outcomes. … One fair-quality RCT (n = 789) examined the impact of screen-
ing for food insecurity, using questions … The most impor-
tant research questions, which are beyond the typical scope of the
USPSTF review, may
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August 02, 2018 - Key Questions to Be Systematically Reviewed … Contextual Questions
The … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs).
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August 27, 2020 - Framework
Key Questions … Contextual Questions
Contextual … questions will not be systematically reviewed and are not shown in the Analytic Framework. … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions.
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September 03, 2020 - Framework
Key Questions … Contextual Questions
Contextual … questions will not be systematically reviewed and are not shown in the Analytic Framework. … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions.
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June 15, 2013 - With the input of members of the USPSTF, we developed an analytic framework (">Figure 1) and key questions … Therefore, the remainder of the analytic framework (key questions 2 through 7) evaluates the chain of … randomized controlled trials, nonrandomized controlled clinical trials, and cohort studies for all key questions … We found few or no randomized trials for a number of key questions.
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June 22, 2025 - Have Questions?
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January 01, 2024 - Nicholson, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., USPSTF Chair
MORE scientifc research is needed to answer outstanding questions
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January 26, 2016 - The analytic framework and key questions (KQs) to guide the portion of our review related to pregnant … Diagnostic accuracy of case-finding questions to identify perinatal depression. … This figure is the analytic framework that depicts the five Key Questions (KQs) to be addressed by the … The full-text of 455 citations were examined for inclusion for one or more of the five Key Questions. … Benefits of Screening Programs: Depression Prevalence Reported Within 1 Year (Key Questions 1 and 1a)
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September 05, 2017 - Figure 1 shows the analytic framework and key questions (KQs) that guided the review. … Analytic Framework and Key Questions … Key questions
Does screening for amblyopia, its risk factors, and refractive error in … The questions are depicted by linkages that relate interventions and outcomes. … This figure is the analytic framework depicting the five key questions and the research approach that
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February 01, 2004 - controlled
trials (RCTs), meta-analyses, systematic reviews,
editorials, and commentaries concerning the key
questions … Only 1 article directly
addressed 1 of the key questions.
Key Questions and Results
1.