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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions
April 11, 2025 - Additional studies were sought by reviewing reference lists of other systematic reviews and included … KQ using the approach described in the Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews … Nurse Family Partnership funded by US Medicare and individual State Health Departments. 151 Systematic reviews … Breastfeeding
Evidence reviews
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November 01, 2012 - The start date
was selected on the basis of the earliest publication date
found in previous reviews and … Formulating questions and locating primary studies for inclusion
in systematic reviews. … AHRQ EHCP Methods
Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews of Medical Interventions. … Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. … Systematic Reviews: CRD’s Guid-
ance for Undertaking Reviews in Healthcare.
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July 01, 2014 - January 2014), the Cochrane
Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews … January 2014), the Cochrane Central Register of
Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Database of Systematic
Reviews … trials
of vaccination of adolescents and adults without known
immunity to HBV and relevant systematic reviews … We excluded systematic reviews of antiviral therapies un-
less we were unable to abstract the primary … Like other
recent systematic reviews, we found limited evidence that
the currently recommended first-line
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January 01, 2010 - Two recent systematic reviews came to different
conclusions about the efficacy of counseling.7,8 One … Since these reviews were published, results of
several additional trials of counseling have been
made … We searched the Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews and Registry of Controlled Trials
through March … 2002 using the term “physical
activity” and found abstracts for 49 reviews and 966
controlled trials
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January 10, 2017 - Three systematic reviews found no consistent evidence of
increased risk of asthma (OR, 1.06 [95% CI, … trials
(RCTs), nonrandomized controlled trials, cohort studies, case-
control studies, and systematic reviews … Of the 32 good- or fair-quality articles on pri-
mary studies or systematic reviews, 205-24 addressed … effect
Generally
applicable to
primary care
Childhood
asthma,
wheezing,
allergy: 11
(3 systematic
reviews … ROBIS: a new tool to assess risk of bias in
systematic reviews was developed.
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October 01, 2011 - Central Register of Controlled
Trials, and PsycINFO from January 2005 to September 2010; sys-
tematic reviews … Data Sources and Searches
We relied on existing reviews to cover part of the
search window from the … The reviews’
search and selection strategies were judged acceptable to
substitute for ours through 2005 … We supplemented our search with relevant existing
systematic reviews identified through databases (Cochrane … Database of Systematic Reviews, the Database of Abstracts
of Reviews of Effects, and MEDLINE) and Web
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* Key questions are an integral part of the approach to conducting systematic reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/drug-use-illicit-screening
October 20, 2016 - , Including Pregnant Women" were also reviewed given the similar scope of the two proposed evidence reviews
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July 06, 2017 - Net Benefit 6.1 Overview The preceding sections have described the processes for systematic evidence reviews … on well-established, evidence-based benefits for key questions (often addressed in previous USPSTF reviews … Evidence on well-established, evidence-based harms for key questions (often addressed in previous USPSTF reviews
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January 26, 2016 - accuracy of screening tests in the general adult population was
established in the 2002 and 2009 USPSTF reviews … antidepressants and a 48% remission rate with psycho-
therapy after 10 to 16 weeks.11 Two systematic reviews … those who received placebo
(OR, 2.13 [95% CI, 1.61-2.86]).13 In addition, 2 good-quality sys-
tematic reviews
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December 01, 2007 - In this
article, the USPSTF updates and reviews the process by which it
evaluates evidence, determines … To accomplish this goal, the USPSTF systematically
reviews the evidence concerning both the benefits
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-september-2018
September 04, 2018 - In addition to these searches, reference lists of existing reviews and primary studies were scanned. … Framework
Evidence reviews
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May 01, 2013 - Scope of Review
The USPSTF used 2 systematic evidence reviews and
an updated meta-analysis on vitamin … The systematic reviews did not examine other health
outcomes, such as pregnancy complications, prevention
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2004
May 13, 2004 - recommendations on screening for visual impairment in children younger than age 5 years, drawing on systematic reviews … (96)
Database: Cochrane Library
- Controlled clinical trial registry (CCTR)
- Systematic reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions-2009
April 15, 2009 - inhaler, and nasal spray), sustained-release bupropion, and varenicline. 1
Useful Resources
Detailed reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/tfcongresstestimony%20(3).pdf
November 30, 2016 - Evidence-based Practice Centers located at universities around the country who conduct
the evidence reviews … We take these systematic
reviews of the evidence and use them to formulate a recommendation with a letter
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/benefit.pdf
December 01, 2007 - In this
article, the USPSTF updates and reviews the process by which it
evaluates evidence, determines … To accomplish this goal, the USPSTF systematically
reviews the evidence concerning both the benefits
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary5/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2011
January 15, 2011 - 2009 and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews … We supplemented electronic searches with reviews of reference lists and by consulting experts. … --Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
amblyopia.mp. … with populations not similar to that of the United States
Study Designs
Exclude systematic reviews … Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy. Ann Intern Med 2008;149(12):889-897.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
June 20, 2017 - Data Sources and Searches
In addition to evaluating all studies from the previous USPSTF reviews 11 … , 12 and selected studies from other reviews identified through an initial search for existing systematic … reviews, we searched for newly published literature in MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane Central Register … metformin drug approval package, because it is a generic name and the Food and Drug Administration reviews … Other reviews have reported similar favorable effects of lifestyle-based weight management interventions
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
June 15, 2016 - supplemented with expert suggestions and by reviewing reference lists from all other relevant systematic reviews … for Health and Care Excellence methodology checklists, 17 A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews … (AMSTAR) for systematic reviews, 18 Newcastle Ottawa Scales for cohort and case-control studies, 19 … Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. … QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included in systematic reviews