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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan142/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
October 30, 2014 - evaluated screening questionnaires or clinical prediction tools
Previously published systematic reviews … questionnaires must be externally validated
KQ 3: Good-quality, recent (within 5 years) systematic reviews … and whether it is consistent with the review)
KQs 4, 5: RCTs; previously published systematic reviews … purposes of identifying existing studies)
KQ 6: Good-quality, recent (within 5 years) systematic reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
November 15, 2018 - eligible
KQ 8: Controlled prospective cohort studies are also eligible
Modeling studies, systematic reviews … glucose or impaired glucose tolerance and persons with an A1c level of 5.7% to 6.4%. ** Systematic reviews … from the evidence review; however, separate searches will be conducted to identify relevant systematic reviews … , and the citations of all studies included in those systematic reviews will be reviewed to ensure that
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-1
December 01, 2013 - Procedure Manual documents the methods used by the Task Force to ensure that its recommendations and the reviews … the USPSTF, and by AHRQ-designated Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), which develop the evidence reviews … publication, the Task Force began systematically using analytic frameworks to structure literature reviews … EPC evidence reviews serve as the scientific basis for USPSTF recommendations. … In addition, the USPSTF seeks feedback from the public on its draft research plans, evidence reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/Harris2001.pdf
January 01, 2001 - It focuses its reviews on the questions and evidence most critical to making a recommen-
dation. … Full-scale systematic reviews for every
topic considered are not possible. … Systematic reviews: synthesis of best evidence for
health care decisions. … Systematic reviews: synthesis of
best evidence for health care decisions. … Systematic
reviews: synthesis of best evidence for health care decisions.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary22/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation-september-2015
March 30, 2015 - We also searched reference lists of relevant systematic reviews to identify studies published before … 1996, the year that the prior reviews concluded. … * Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. … † Prior reports, reference lists of relevant articles, and systematic reviews. … – all KQs
Database: EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
1 iron deficiency
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/R33bUm6oyjhWnbw96pJHwE
April 01, 2009 - , the Cochrane Central Registry of Controlled Trials, PsycInfo, the
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews … , recent systematic reviews, experts, and
bibliographies from selected studies were the data sources. … of Effects
CDSR—Cochrane Database of Systematic
Reviews
AHRQ—Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality … of Effects (DARE), the Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Medline, and
PsycINFO from 1998 … to incorporating
these reviews is described in Appendix 2.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/uspstf-recommendations-development-process-graphic-overview
May 01, 2021 - USPSTF reviews nominated topics for relevance to and impact on prevention, primary care and public health
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/vision-screening-children-ages-6-months-5-years
April 24, 2025 - case-control studies
KQ 4: Randomized, controlled trials
Case reports, case series, systematic reviews … , and all other study designs not listed as eligible; systematic reviews containing potentially relevant
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
March 17, 2022 - anxiety)
Study designs
KQs 1, 3:
Individual patient data meta-analyses and systematic reviews … Pre-post studies
Nonrandomized studies with historical controls
Case reports
Case series
Narrative reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-nsaids/aspirin-nsaids-for-prevention-of-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2007
March 15, 2007 - Systematic reviews of harms were sought. … We sought existing systematic reviews to address the gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and renal harms … Two of the reviews 56 , 59 extracted cardiovascular harms of non-ASA NSAIDs. … Four reviews found no significant differences in death due to cardiovascular events with the use of a … Six reviews 54 , 56 , 58-61 reported on the risk for acute MI in patients taking COX-2 inhibitors
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-recommendations-dev-process-graphic-overview-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - • USPSTF reviews nominated topics for relevance to and impact on
prevention, primary care, and public
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/gestational-diabetes-screening
June 06, 2019 - treatment)
KQs 6, 7: RCTs, CCTs; controlled observational studies, if no trials exist
Systematic reviews … † Systematic reviews, identified from a preliminary search for reviews on GDM and from searches for
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/6-CojmU4NZFXUKggs-_YFU
January 01, 2010 - We also searched the Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews (CDSR) and the National Health
Service Centre … for Reviews and Dissemination
databases using the terms lactation and breastfeeding. … Quality Assessment Instrument
We assessed the quality of published systematic
reviews and controlled … There was 100% agreement between
reviewers in quality scoring of systematic reviews and
93% agreement … Databases
359
Full-text Articles Considered
for Inclusion
22 RCTS
8 Non-RCTs
5 Systematic Reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/REES__d2DxtDLhZCXQjpPW
July 01, 2007 - Additional articles were identified
by bibliographic reviews and discussions with experts. … Additional articles were found
through bibliographic reviews and discussion with experts. … Limited nonsystematic reviews were conducted for the
subsidiary questions. … Literature reviews for subsidiary ques-
tions included review articles and topic-specific searches of … Reviewers who provide timely, high-quality reviews also may get CME
credit.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-report-collaborative-modeling-of-us-breast-cancer-1/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
December 31, 2015 - In addition to the systematic reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/osteoporosis-screening
January 14, 2025 - ] for systematic reviews 13 ). … All of the systematic reviews were good quality; however, authors of the systematic reviews generally … ROBIS: a new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed. … Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. John Wiley & Sons; 2022. 16. … In: Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions . John Wiley & Sons; 2019. 19.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-october-2018
August 25, 2016 - also eligible
All other study designs, including case series, case-control studies, and systematic reviews … c Relevant systematic reviews will be identified in database searches and used for hand searches to … also eligible
All other study designs, including case series, case-control studies, and systematic reviews … c Relevant systematic reviews will be identified in database searches and used in hand searches to ensure … example of mental trauma, listing financial abuse and exploitation as a category of abuse for both reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-report-radiation-induced-breast-cancer-and-breast-c/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
April 20, 2015 - In addition to the systematic reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary4/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
October 15, 2008 - Data Sources: MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, expert suggestions, and bibliographic reviews. … (1999-2006) to support our review of all key questions. 26 We found 11 existing systematic reviews … Using existing systematic reviews in complex systematic reviews. Ann Intern Med 2008;148:776-82. … York, United Kingdom: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York; 2007. … Recency and relevance are especially important for systematic reviews.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/xXX8ZeqpmqtMURtJSfub56
April 01, 2004 - Our approach
was to base the appraisal of the evidence on
existing systematic and traditional reviews … Although
reviews on the topic were numerous, none included
the collection of studies that we thought … From the dental literature, we
examined 4 published systematic reviews of the
effectiveness of oral heath … Search
strategies and inclusion criteria differed across the
reviews, but the results were generally … The systematic reviews of the literature about oral
health promotion and dental health education
suggest