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December 01, 2010 - primary care interventions used alone or in combination in community-dwelling older adults reduce risk or rate
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May 13, 2025 - During follow-up, screening uptake increased from 89.8% to 97.2%, and the congenital syphilis case rate
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March 01, 2004 - monotherapy (P ≤0.01).122,123 One of these trials also
found a higher sustained virologic response rate … Sustained Number Needed to
Virologic Response Treat for One Sustained
Rate 6 Months Virologic Response … N/A No direct evidence regarding
reduce the risk for or rate benefits of screening in the
of harm and … Prevalence and clinical course of chronic hepatitis
C virus (HCV) infection and rate of HCV vertical … KQ 7: a) How well does antiviral treatment reduce the rate of viremia, improve aminotransferase levels
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - Colorectal cancer is the second most common form of cancer in the U.S. and has the second highest mortality rate … only about 2-11% for carcinoma and 20-30% for adenomas. 6 , 5 , 9 , 18-20 Assuming a false-positive rate … Due to the high false-positive rate, about one third of the entire screened population of asymptomatic … family practice setting, 53 but it is unclear whether the added length substantially increases the rate … , 21 , 32 , 80 Although there are fewer data available on flexible sigmoidoscopy, the complication rate
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March 02, 2020 - regimens to 8 to 12 weeks. 1 In DAA trials (33 trials; n = 7167) with adverse event data, the pooled rate … The rate of any adverse event was 27% in 1 trial and 71% to 84% in 4 trials.
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January 01, 2010 - probability of outcome
(initiation, short-term duration, or long-term
duration) and Ci is the control group rate … then fit a second model using all
studies to allow for a linear association between the
control group rate … greater effectiveness of educational
sessions in populations where the preintervention
breastfeeding rate … Before the intervention, the
breastfeeding rate of the intervention group was lower
than that of the
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June 03, 2019 - We did
not find the faults severe enough to rate the study as poor
quality and rated it as fair, which … What is the contribution of CBE to these reductions
in mortality rate? … /
10 000
Women
Deaths Partici-
pants
Life-Years Rate/
10 000
Women
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CNBSS
Miller, unpublished … /
10 000
Women
Deaths Partici-
pants
Life-Years Rate/
10 000
Women
y n n
Tabár et al., 1989 (28) … Mammography Screening: Mortality Rate Reduction and Screen-
ing Interval.
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February 01, 2023 - the low predictive value of the widely
available serologic screening tests and the expected high rate
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary10/aspirin-for-the-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication-2009
March 15, 2009 - underlying cause of death in 1 of every 2.7 deaths, accounting for roughly 2.5 million deaths; the mortality rate … reported end points, analyses were completed by using an intention-to-treat process, and the follow-up rate … We assigned the study a fair-quality rating because the crossover rate was high and the original randomization … Nonbiased selection of cases/controls with exclusion criteria applied equally to both Response rate … of case and control participants, exclusion criteria applied equally to cases and controls, response rate
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October 25, 2016 - The breastfeeding initiation rate was relatively high in these studies, ranging from 53.1% to 98.7%. … among adults. 37 , 39 , 75 , 80
System-Level Support
There was no consistent association with the rate … One large observational study (n = 25,327) found a statistically significant higher rate of breastfeeding … minimizing mother and baby separation postdelivery, and restricting or delaying pacifier use) and the rate … One large observational study (n = 25,327) found a statistically significant higher rate of breastfeeding
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-2005
July 05, 2005 - settings indicated that 7% to 51% of HIV-positive patients reported no risk factors. 26 , 29-36 The rate … risk, 0.5 [CI, 0.1 to 0.9]). 160 An epidemiologic study estimated that the annual HIV transmission rate … Methods for Calculating 3-Year Risk for Cardiovascular Complications
The background rate (cases per … For example, if the estimate was a rate or proportion, the logit of the rate or proportion was sampled … Response rate.
Diagnostic testing procedures applied equally to each group.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/ocular-prophylaxis-for-gonococcal-ophthalmia-neonatorum-preventive-medication
January 29, 2019 - Rationale
Importance
In the United States, the rate … Several comments questioned the continued need for universal prophylaxis given the relative low rate
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-september-2018
September 04, 2018 - The USPSTF found no studies comparing the false-positive rate of the traditional screening algorithm … In 2016, the case rate had increased to 1.9 cases of primary and secondary syphilis infection per 100,000 … During follow-up, screening uptake increased from 89.8% to 97.2%, and the congenital syphilis case rate … The USPSTF found no studies that reported on the false-positive rate of the traditional or reverse sequence
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December 20, 2016 - its low speci-
ficity, the lack of widely available confirmatory testing, and its high
false-positive rate … Intervention
Based on evidence on potential harms from a small number of trials,
the high false-positive rate … its low specificity, the lack of widely available confirmatory testing, and its high false-positive rate … found 76 cases of neonatal HSV infection among approximately
571 000 infants—an estimated incidence rate … given the current lack of accurate, widely available sero-
logic screening tests and the expected high rate
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December 15, 2009 - Summary of Rate of Suicide and Related Behavior or Ideation From Systematic Reviews
Appendix Table … Summary of Rate of Suicide and Related Behavior Reported in Cohort Studies*
Table. … per 10 000 Persons
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Events/ Persons, n/n
Rate per 10 000 … Persons
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Events/ Persons, n/n
Rate per 10 000 Persons … a Includes 95% CI around event rate if no comparison.
b Calculated.
c Nonfatal harms.
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October 15, 2018 - Rationale
Importance
In the United States, the rate of gonococcal ophthalmia neonato-
rum was an estimated … its deliberation of the evidence, the USPSTF considers whether
IMPORTANCE In the United States, the rate … Several comments questioned the continued
need for universal prophylaxis given the relative low rate
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/article/prostate-cancer-screening-2008
August 05, 2008 - cancer in 2006. 2 After peaking in 1991 (29.4 deaths per 100,000 men), the prostate cancer mortality rate … the 2 groups (for example, referral vs. primary care patient population) and a lower survey response rate … the study enrollment period) and the absence of a standardized PSA-based threshold (absolute value or rate … cancer; 10 deaths in 7348 men who received screening; 74 deaths in 14,231 unscreened men; 62% lower rate … of case and control participants; exclusion criteria applied equally to cases and controls; response rate
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August 01, 2008 - After peaking in 1991 (29.4 deaths per
100 000 men), the prostate cancer mortality rate has grad-
ually … cancer; 10 deaths in
7348 men who
received screening;
74 deaths in 14 231
unscreened men;
62% lower rate … 2 groups (for example, referral vs. pri-
mary care patient population) and a lower survey response
rate … study enrollment period) and
the absence of a standardized PSA-based threshold (abso-
lute value or rate … case and control participants; exclusion criteria applied equally to cases and controls;
response rate
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May 10, 2022 - However, over the last 20 years, the age-adjusted death rate has been declining in men while remaining … symptomatic moderate COPD (eg, mean FEV1 ≈60% predicted) that LABAs, ICS, or LABAs + ICS reduced the annual rate … The percent reduction in the annual rate of moderate to severe exacerbations was higher for LABAs + ICS … proportion of persons with exacerbations compared with placebo at 48 months (48% vs 54%, respectively; rate
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March 01, 2009 - underlying cause
of death in 1 of every 2.7 deaths, accounting for roughly
2.5 million deaths; the mortality rate … reported end points, analyses were
completed by using an intention-to-treat process, and the
follow-up rate … We assigned the study a fair-
quality rating because the crossover rate was high and the
original randomization … cases
Nonbiased selection of cases/controls with exclusion criteria applied equally to both
Response rate … case and control participants, exclusion criteria applied equally to cases and controls,
response rate