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October 23, 2023 - IMPORTANCE An estimated 1.2 million persons in the US currently have HIV, and more than
760 000 persons … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more con-
siderations than evidence alone. … The
USPSTF recognizes that race, ethnicity, and gender are all social rather
than biological constructs … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … No trial enrolled
pregnant persons or persons younger than 18 years.
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review55/genital-herpes-screening-2005
March 15, 2005 - Screening pregnant women and their partners resulted in more tests for the same benefit than screening … HSV-1 was found significantly more often in initial than in recurrent lesions (odds ratio [OR], 2.3; … months (OR, 2.8; 95% CI, 1.9-4.3) significantly increased the odds that initial infections were HSV-1 rather … than HSV-2. … Prevention recommend against surveillance viral cultures for HSV in asymptomatic pregnant women. 13 , 55  Rather
                                     
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March 01, 2005 - HSV-1 was found significantly more
often in initial than in recurrent lesions (odds ratio
[OR], 2.3; … The proportion of isolates from initial lesions
that were HSV-1 was greater for MSM (46.9%)
than for … months (OR, 2.8; 95% CI, 1.9–4.3)
significantly increased the odds that initial
infections were HSV-1 rather … than HSV-2. … Prevention
recommend against surveillance viral cultures for
HSV in asymptomatic pregnant women.13,55 Rather
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/2022-annual-report-to-congress.pdf
January 01, 2022 - promote healthy weight gain in 
populations of pregnant people of advanced maternal age (i.e., older than … Screening and Interventions for the Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than Age 5 
Years … The Task Force does not conduct research studies, but 
rather reviews and assesses published research … “Representing the interests of more than 355,000 nurse 
practitioners (NPs) licensed to practice in … Oral Health 
Screening and Interventions for the Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than
                                     
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March 09, 2021 - aged 80 years with 20 pack-years
or more of smoking exposure was estimated to result in more benefits than … 100 000 individuals alive at aged 45 years (in-
cluding both screened and unscreened individuals), rather … than per
the screened population so that the outcomes are comparable
across scenarios. … The patterns were
similar but show less variability among strategies than for deaths
averted. … for men and larger
for non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska
Native persons than
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/anxiety-adults-screening
June 20, 2023 - the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) GAD-2 and GAD-7 screening instruments were evaluated by more than … with the method of DerSimonian and Laird. 13  Point estimates were deemphasized when pooling fewer than … In general, the GAD-7 performed as well as or better than the GAD-2. 
 Harms of Screening 
 KQ3. … More than doubling the clinical benefit of each hour of therapist time: a randomised controlled trial … fully control for important confounders, and study on suicide used only prescription as an exposure (rather
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary2/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd-august-2014
August 26, 2014 - 12 months, intermediate term was 12 to 24 months, and long term was greater than 24 months). … 30 minutes of total contact, medium was 30 to 360 minutes, and high was more than 360 minutes), number … More than one third of participants were nonwhite in 12 of the U.S.-based trials. … Most of these interventions were medium-intensity (8 trials) rather than high-intensity (2 trials) interventions … Based on our review's estimates, even in populations with lower rates of progression to diabetes than
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
June 07, 2016 - including those with previous syphilis infection, an infected sexual partner, HIV infection, or more than … sequence testing with an initial automated treponemal test yielded more false reactive test results than … studies of HIV-positive men 20 ,  23  concerned testing for syphilis as part of HIV disease monitoring rather … than screening. … Some studies may have addressed more than one Key Question. A total of 9 studies were included.
                                     
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November 16, 2020 - Substances
other than tobacco can also be used to smoke or vape. … outcomes from trial evidence is mixed, although most studies
reported findings in the direction of benefit rather … than harm. … cessation,1,12,47 most of the research on interventions for smoking
cessation focuses on cessation (rather … than health outcomes) as a
primary outcome.
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
January 24, 2017 - An AUC less than 0.70 has been considered to indicate inadequate discrimination. 31 , 32  Both studies … The meta-analyses found that MADs were associated with greater improvement in AHI than sham devices ( … guidelines was generally on diagnostic testing (of adults with symptoms suggestive of disordered sleep) rather … than on screening (of asymptomatic people or those with unrecognized symptoms). … Rather, the focus was on the CPAP vs sham data.
                                     
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August 01, 2023 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more con-
siderations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that race, ethnicity, and gender are all social
rather than biological constructs … This study reported no statistically sig-
nificant associations between daily or less than daily folic … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone.
                                     
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April 17, 2018 - found
adequate evidence to bound the harms of exercise and multifactorial interventions as no
greater than … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more
considerations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF found adequate evidence to
bound the harms of exercise as no greater than small. … further consideration, vitamin D supplementation in these
populations would be considered treatment rather … than preven-
tion.
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary12/cervical-cancer-screening-2012
October 18, 2011 - fair- to good-quality diagnostic accuracy studies showed that 1-time HPV screening was more sensitive than … treatment threshold, it is heterogeneous, equivocal in cancer potential, and more likely to regress than … In these RCTs, results were generally reported for women screened (rather than an intention-to-screen … This test, however, used a lower threshold for immediate colposcopy than the other trials. … Eligibility (other than age) was not clear.
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/folic-acid-for-the-prevention-of-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-january-2017
January 10, 2017 - periconceptional period, variation in benefits by risk factors, and supplementation benefits other than … Rather than using a daily 400-μg dosage to define adequate intake, another approach is to set the threshold … 6 wk and no later than 24 mo after the expected date of delivery 39 
 
 
 
 
 Agopian et al, 5 … 6 weeks and no later than 24 mo after the expected date of delivery delivery 39 
 
 
 Werler et al, … h  Compared with malformations other than NTDs or "other major malformations."
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-pregnant-women-young-children-screening-supplementation-1996
January 01, 1996 - especially useful for infant testing, results obtained from capillary blood specimens are less reliable than … fortification of formula and cereal on healthy, nonanemic infants have focused primarily on laboratory rather … than clinical outcomes. … effect, however by 8 months of age, 92% of study infants and 85% of controls were drinking cow's milk rather … than study formula.
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/cervical-cancer-screening
August 21, 2018 - is readily transmitted through sexual contact 1 , 2  and is recognized as a causative agent in more than … Cohort studies including fewer than 10,000 women were excluded, unless they addressed a subpopulation … Results were based on a “number of women screened” denominator, rather than intention-to-treat calculations … 35 years than for women older than 35 years (range, 0.2% 23  to 0.5% 13 , 19 , 21 , 22 ). … g  Range, less than 0.1 to 7.7 years. 
 
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March 09, 2021 - Participants were more likely to benefit than the US
screening-eligible population (eg, based on life … the NLST, 91% were White, less than 5% were Black, and less than
2% were Hispanic or Latino. … studies that
apply risk prediction models to cohorts or representative samples
of the US population rather … than simulated populations. … Third, for
accuracy, some included studies did not report accuracy metrics;
rather, when sufficient data
                                     
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October 01, 2015 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions in-
volve more considerations than evidence alone. … Using 2 types
of NRT has been found to be more effective than using
a single type. … However, it has been suggested that NRT may be safer
than smoking during pregnancy (4, 11). … cessation (1, 9), most of the research on inter-
ventions for smoking cessation focuses on cessation
(rather … than health outcomes) as a primary outcome.
                                     
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
June 20, 2023 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that race, ethnicity, and gender are all social rather than biological constructs … Adequate evidence that harms of pharmacotherapy are likely no greater than moderate. … No instrument was addressed in more than 1 study.
                                     
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October 01, 2010 - The positive
predictive value of screening is less than 10% in asymptomatic
persons, including higher-risk … carci-
noma, and less than 2% is adenocarcinoma (7–9). … The target population was asymptomatic persons older
than 50 years. … for recurrent bladder cancer or in pa-
tients with gross hematuria or lower urinary tract symp-
toms, rather … than in asymptomatic persons relevant for
screening.