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321. Archived: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-2006
     February 15, 2006 - Specific groups of children who already have been identified as at higher than average risk for speech … Untreated speech and language delay in children younger than 5 years of age has shown variable persistence … months); many studies have evaluated screening instruments that were designed for diagnostic assessment rather … than screening.

322. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Breastfeeding: Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary10/breastfeeding-counseling-2008
     October 15, 2008 - Conclusion:  Evidence suggests that breastfeeding interventions are more effective than usual care in … 100% and quantifies the proportion of between-study variability that is attributed to heterogeneity rather … than chance. … Cluster RCTs allow random assignment of groups (such as families or primary care practices) rather than … used to implement the random allocation sequence, specifying that allocation was based on clusters rather

323. Interventions in Primary Care to Promote Breastfeeding: An Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Conclusion: Evidence suggests that breastfeeding interventions are more effective than usual care in … 100% and quantifies the proportion of between-study variability that is attributed to heterogeneity rather … than chance. … Cluster RCTs allow random assignment of groups (such as families or primary care practices) rather than … used to implement the random allocation sequence, specifying that allocation was based on clusters rather

324. Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Support Breastfeeding: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 08, 2025 - formula companies11,12; and societal messag- ing that emphasizes the use of breasts for sexual purposes rather … than nutrition.8-10 Studies have shown that Hispanic and Latina com- munities may have a perception … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … Variables associated with lower breastfeeding rates include Black race, being younger than 30 years, … Over- all, at any given time point, risk ratios for exclusive breastfeeding were higher than they were

325. Evidence Summary: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/lung-cancer-screening
     March 09, 2021 - Participants were more likely to benefit than the US screening-eligible population (eg, based on life … 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

326. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2006 - • Specific groups of children who already have been identified as at higher than average risk … Untreated speech and language delay in children younger than 5 years of age has shown variable persistence … months); many studies have evaluated screening instruments that were designed for diagnostic assessment rather … than screening.

327. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Women and Elderly Adults: Intimate Partner Violence and Elderly Abuse: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-women-and-elderly-adults/intimate-partner-violence-and-elderly-abuse-screening-2004
     March 08, 2004 - for intimate partner violence in health care settings found that screening detected more abused women than … the 10-item Women's Experience with Battering (WEB) Scale had a higher detection rate (16 percent) than … The previously validated AAS was modified to detect ongoing abuse, rather than abuse within the previous … These studies reported higher detection rates with questionnaires than with interviews. … This study also indicated that a 9-item model, rather than 15, performed as well as the longer version

328. Screening Women and Elderly Adults for Family and Intimate Partner Violence: A Review of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - for intimate partner violence in health care settings found that screening detected more abused women than … The previously validated AAS was modified to detect ongoing abuse, rather than abuse within the previous … These studies reported higher detection rates with questionnaires than with interviews. … clinic using 4 questions, rates of reported abuse were higher on a nurse-conducted interview (29%) than … This study also indicated that a 9-item model, rather than 15, performed as well as the longer version

329. Archived: Evidence Summary: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-counseling-2004
     April 06, 2004 - assumption, and most epidemiologic evidence relates health outcomes to existing drinking behaviors rather … than to changes in drinking behaviors. … Generally, thresholds for risky alcohol consumption were lower for women than men. … These specifications are not meant to be rigid rules but rather are intended to be general guidelines … ., 1989 108 Adults age 18–64 y in Sweden Poor quality: Randomization process was not simple but rather

330. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/annlrpt2013%20(4).pdf
     November 01, 2013 - It does not conduct research studies, but rather it reviews and assesses published research. … age 65 and one in 13 will be older than age 85. … This is an important gap because although hip fractures are less common in men than in women, more than … age 70 compared to those younger than age 60. … Clinicians may choose to selectively counsel patients rather than incorporate counseling into the care

331. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 05, 2016 - Specificity (range, 90%-95%) and PPV (range, 63%-75%) appeared better than questionnaires. … For the threshold of less than 16.5 for screen negatives, and limiting to studies in which fewer than … groups underwent spirometry, so the trial actually tested the method of communicating spirometry results rather … Fewer than 5 trials Table 6. … control groups Inconsistent Studies tested incremental value of adding spirometry to counseling alone rather

332. Screening for Skin Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 26, 2016 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … Assessment of Risk Skin cancer of any type occurs more commonly in men than in women and among persons … Skin cancer occurs more commonly in men than in women and among persons with a fair complexion, persons … pattern strongly suggested that screening efforts in the United States were generating overdiagno- sis, rather … than depicting a true increase in the occurrence of melanoma.8 Estimate of Magnitude of Net Benefit

333. Use of Medications to Reduce Risk for Primary Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review of the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - women younger than 50 years. … Most models performed only slightly better than age alone as a risk predictor (91, 94). … Uterine effects of 3-year raloxifene therapy in postmenopausal women younger than age 60. … treatment group using conjugated equine estrogen. � 3-y study period. ¶ Reported completion of “study” rather … calibration varies from Gail by 1 ordinal value for 1 variable; another varies by using categorical rather

334. Modeling Study: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-study/lung-cancer-screening
     March 09, 2021 - aged 80 years with 20 pack-years or more of smoking exposure was estimated to result in more benefits than … per 100,000 individuals alive at aged 45 years (including 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

335. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2018 - Services Task Force IMPORTANCE By 2020, approximately 12.3 million individuals in the United States older than … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more con- siderations than evidence alone. … or equal to 6 for SCORE, greater than or equal to 9 for ORAI, less than 1 for OSIRIS, and less than … Treatment trials that focus on or include men and report on fracture out- comes (rather than BMD) as … It also recommends BMD testing in postmenopausal women younger than 65 years and men younger than 70

336. Screening, Referral, Behavioral Counseling, and Preventive Interventions for Oral Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 07, 2023 - separately10 and previously addressed screening and prevention of dental car- ies in children younger than … small study effects was not performed because the meta-analyses had fewer than 10 studies.17 Results … with serious methodological limitations.17 Third, previously published systematic reviews were used, rather … than re- lying exclusively on primary studies. … Rather, the review ad- dressed the effectiveness of oral health counseling, which includes counseling

337. Overdiagnosis in Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/KT7vaWK_JSDNNvEmUAjN8d
     May 01, 2018 - Many publications use more than one metric to report overdiagnosis. … time and prognosis, the frequency of overdiagnosis will be greater in a population with a shorter rather … than longer life expectancy. … PSA screening through 2000 Analytic model that does not conceptualize natural history of cancer, rather … at stage T2, w hich is higher than at stage T3.

338. Ztmgupsekcuuupvpegum45 (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … The incidence of HCV infec- tion was more than 200 000 cases per year in the 1980s but decreased to 25 … the cause of the abnormality often includes testing for HCV infection and is considered case finding rather … than screening; therefore, it is outside the scope of this recommendation. … compli- cations were found in 0.3% to 1.0% of more than 62 000 patients who had liver biopsy (1).

339. Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
     September 03, 2019 - Studies reporting only intermediate outcomes rather than health outcomes, such as bone density rather … than fractures, were not included. … Most methods performed only slightly better than age alone as a risk predictor. … Uterine effects of 3-year raloxifene therapy in postmenopausal women younger than age 60. … a Forty-six studies in 82 publications provided data; some addressed more than 1 KQ.

340. Z8Avschjezubsjtdsx424H (pdf file)
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     May 23, 2019 - assump- tion, and most epidemiologic evidence relates health out- comes to existing drinking behaviors rather … than to changes in drinking behaviors. … These specifications are not meant to be rigid rules but rather are intended to be general guidelines … All but 3 trials (51, 54, 59) involved more than 300 participants. … al., 1989 (108) Adults age 18–64 y in Sweden Poor quality: Randomization process was not simple but rather