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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd
September 13, 2018 - Together, these two reviews will serve as the basis for the USPSTF recommendation on behavioral counseling … controlled clinical trials (prior to 2001, randomized, controlled trials only)
KQ 4: Systematic reviews … expressed the need for consistency in the use of terms related to behavioral counseling across the evidence reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/skin-cancer-counseling
June 30, 2016 - cohort studies
Case-control studies, cross-sectional designs, case series, case reports, narrative reviews … * The USPSTF will continue to consider and use evidence that was included in its prior systematic reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/wdxHdZ2U5ggjuNW-nwun8n
October 01, 2009 - Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: A Summary of Systematic Reviews Conducted for the U.S … Purpose: To summarize the results of 9 systematic reviews of novel
risk factors to help the U.S. … Data Synthesis: 9 systematic reviews were conducted. … The details of several of these reviews
are published elsewhere (20–23). … The systematic
reviews were originally conducted for literature searches
through 2006.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/ericka-gibson-md-mph
January 01, 2025 - of race-stratified data and the incorporation of the use of discrimination evaluation tools in case reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/specific-populations
June 01, 2018 - USPSTF does this in several ways, including:
Developing research plans and conducting evidence reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vision-screening-children-ages-6-months-5-years
July 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-evidence-summary94/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
May 15, 2009 - Data Sources: MEDLINE® searches from 1 January 2003 through 31 July 2008, recent systematic reviews, … Randomized, controlled trials; meta-analyses; systematic reviews; cohort studies; and ecologic studies … Randomized, controlled trials; meta-analyses; systematic reviews; cohort studies; case-control studies … We supplemented these searches by reviewing reference lists of important articles and recent reviews … We excluded editorials, narrative reviews, case studies, and guideline reports.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-03/uspstf-who-we-are-how-we-work-2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - The Recommendation Development Process
The Task Force does not conduct original research studies; it reviews … Center (EPC), an
academic or research organization with expertise in conducting systematic evidence reviews … All final recommendation statements and evidence reviews are posted on the Task Force’s website.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/W-9TArc9nkw6Pe4sfddMKZ
July 01, 2013 - , Database of
Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Global Health, EMBASE,
Pascal CINAHL Plus with Full Text … We evaluated the reference lists of relevant
reviews and included studies. … Our results are consistent
with other systematic reviews on this topic that included
studies before 1995 … Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of
Interventions Version 5.1.0. … tw.
108. or/101-107
109. meta analysis.mp,pt.
110. review.pt.
111. search:.tw.
112. or/109-111 [Reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/k-btyK4W2-v9KnemTK8WDx
September 14, 2021 - content
DATA SOURCES Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews … This systematic review was con-
ducted to update prior reviews on this topic for the USPSTF,12-14 to … Ref-
erence list review of relevant systematic reviews supplemented
the searches. … the prior USPSTF review.17 How-
ever, since the scope, KQs, and inclusion criteria differ from prior
reviews … Preventive
Services Task Force Evidence Syntheses, formerly
Systematic Evidence Reviews. 2001.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-01/understanding-how-uspstf-works-tf101-2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - on rigorous review of existing
peer-reviewed evidence
• Does not conduct the research studies, but reviews … Review Topic Nominations
• Anyone can nominate a new topic for review at any
time
• USPSTF reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-06/understanding-how-USPSTF-works_TF101_Updated-2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - on rigorous review of existing
peer-reviewed evidence
• Does not conduct the research studies, but reviews … Review Topic Nominations
• Anyone can nominate a new topic for review at any
time
• USPSTF reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-06/understanding-how-uspstf-works-tf101-updated_2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - on rigorous review of existing
peer-reviewed evidence
• Does not conduct the research studies, but reviews … Review Topic Nominations
• Anyone can nominate a new topic for review at any
time
• USPSTF reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/q_zxLD9JZFGoSPCrEHNk2g
June 11, 2019 - MEDLINE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials,
and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews … RESULTS Eighteen new studies (5 RCTs, 11 cohort studies, and 2 systematic reviews;
N = 266 563) were … MEDLINE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials,
and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews … Harms of
screeninga
3
HIV-negative
HIV-positive Viral load and CD4
cell count testing
Evidence reviews … Searches were supplemented by
review of reference lists from relevant systematic reviews and prior
USPSTF
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary25/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
April 13, 2015 - Study Selection: Randomized, controlled trials; controlled, observational studies; and systematic reviews … In diabetes that was not specifically screen-detected, 9 systematic reviews found that intensive glucose … searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews … * Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. … Good-Quality Systematic Reviews of Intensive vs.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-aspirin-to-prevent-cancer/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
April 11, 2016 - Purpose: To conduct systematic reviews of aspirin and 1) total cancer mortality and incidence in … This article summarizes 2 concurrent systematic reviews that addressed the effects of aspirin use on … total cancer incidence and mortality and on CRC incidence and mortality. 12 , 13 These reviews were … used in conjunction with systematic reviews on CVD events 14 and harms associated with aspirin use … We also reviewed bibliographies of previous and concurrent USPSTF reviews and other recent relevant reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/methupd.pdf
July 01, 2007 - All recommendations and com-
plete evidence reviews are available on the Agency for
Healthcare Research … The medical literature has seen an explosion in the
number of systematic reviews published in the past … The advancing methodology of systematic reviews
draws attention to the fact that there may be important … An important development in the field of making rec-
ommendations from systematic reviews is reflected … Note that Annals reviewers whose reviews are returned on time
and are judged satisfactory by the Editors
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-iii-uspstf-litwatch-process
April 01, 2019 - papillomavirus or a new breakthrough), community interventions, or general review articles (except systematic reviews
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Z6Rfj-qwfoMbuLp-hBmhzS
May 01, 2021 - In 3 systematic reviews, positive airway
pressure was significantly associated with reduced blood pressure … Four systematic reviews comparing positive airway pressure or
MADs with inactive control for reducing … included by
the reviews. … This is similar to the approach used in pre-
vious systematic reviews. … Cochrane
Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.
Version 6.3. Cochrane. Published 2022.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-03/uspstf-value-primary-care-fact-sheet-2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - The Task Force reviews findings
from thousands of scientific studies every year on a range of
preventive