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October 22, 2015 - Study Designs
KQ 1: Randomized, controlled trials
KQ 2 (vitamin D): Systematic evidence reviews … Randomized, controlled trials identified from KQ 1
All KQs: Editorials, letters, nonsystematic reviews … Consistent with other USPSTF systematic evidence reviews, this review will include interventions that … screening and treatment are not included in this review because they are evaluated in other USPSTF reviews
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February 01, 2014 - multiple, sometimes disparate, components may be difficult to synthesize into the systematic evidence reviews … recommendations, accepts nominations for new topics, and makes decisions about whether to update its reviews … in older adults when using a more traditional disease-specific analytic framework for its systematic reviews … Future work by the USPSTF will seek ways to conduct rigorous reviews of interrelated geriatric topics … Using existing systematic reviews in complex systematic reviews. Ann Intern Med . 2008;148:776-82.
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August 31, 2017 - of implementing a widespread screening program with historical or geographic comparator; systematic reviews … trials; cohort studies; case-control studies; diagnostic accuracy studies; large case series; systematic reviews … and meta-analyses (of included study designs)
Narrative reviews, editorials, and case reports
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September 03, 2015 - as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Study designs
KQs 1, 4: Systematic reviews … of trials, RCTs, and CCTs
KQ 2: Systematic reviews of trials, RCTs, CCTs; well-designed large prospective … cohort studies; risk prediction studies
KQs 3, 5: Systematic reviews, RCTs, CCTs, well-designed large
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September 25, 2014 - outcomes not specified in inclusion criteria
Study designs
KQ 1: RCTs §
KQ 2: Systematic reviews … cross-sectional studies, and cohort studies published after the time period covered by included systematic reviews … KQ 3: RCTs
KQ 4: Systematic reviews; RCTs and prospective cohort studies published after the … time period covered by included systematic reviews
KQ 5: RCTs, prospective cohort studies, and … , 4: Primary studies of any design published during the time period covered by included systematic reviews
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November 13, 2016 - Our findings are in accordance with prior USPSTF reviews, 11 , 13 which also found no direct evidence … Systematic Reviews
Criteria
Comprehensiveness of sources considered or the search strategy used … or/18-21
and (17 or 22)
limit 23 to evidence based medicine reviews
limit 24 to (English language … and humans)
limit 25 to yr="2008 - 2016"
Database: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews … limit 2 to full systematic reviews
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Appendix Table 2.
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January 01, 1998 - EPCs), which are academic or research
organizations with expertise in conducting systematic evidence reviews … The EPCs work with the Task Force to develop research
plans and conduct the evidence reviews that the
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January 01, 1998 - EPCs), which are academic or research organizations with
expertise in conducting systematic evidence reviews … The EPCs work with the Task Force to develop research plans and conduct the
evidence reviews that the
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January 28, 2021 - community settings, and correctional facilities)
Study Design
All KQs: Good-quality systematic reviews … KQs 1, 3: Observational studies without comparison groups or historical comparators; narrative reviews
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November 07, 2023 - xylitol; for other preventive interventions, pooled estimates were used from good-quality systematic reviews … Systematic reviews measured caries burden based on the prevented fraction (caries index in control group … However, the systematic reviews were assessed as good-quality, and review findings were supplemented … Using existing systematic reviews in complex systematic reviews. … SDF indicates silver diamine fluoride. a Fifty-four trials included in the systematic reviews (in 53
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July 01, 2017 - Recognizing that the methodology of systematic reviews are continuously evolving, the USPSTF allows the … Systematic Reviews
Criteria:
Comprehensiveness of sources considered/search strategy used
Standard … included studies
Validity of conclusions
Recency and relevance (especially important for systematic reviews
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March 01, 2007 - For
harms, systematic reviews were sought. … The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Data-
base of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) … ; we chose to identify reviews be-
cause of the large number of reviews on harms of aspirin
already performed … All-cause mortality
was reported in all the reviews. … Seven reviews reported the risk for acute MI with as-
pirin use (3, 44–47, 49, 57).
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December 01, 2014 - Purpose: To update the 2005 and 2007 systematic reviews for the
U.S. … This systematic review is an update of previous reviews
for the USPSTF (1–3). … On the basis of evi-
dence gaps identified from previous reviews (1–3), the
USPSTF and AHRQ determined … Although this update
was intended to evaluate studies published since the previ-
ous USPSTF reviews, … the scope, key questions, and inclu-
sion criteria differ across reviews, resulting in the inclusion
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November 07, 2023 - SOURCES MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews … xylitol; for other preventive interventions,
pooled estimates were used from good-quality systematic reviews … System-
atic reviews measured caries burden based on the prevented frac-
tion (caries index in control … SDF indicates silver diamine fluoride.
a Fifty-four trials included in the systematic reviews (in 53 … Using existing systematic reviews in
complex systematic reviews.
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October 07, 2013 - Study Design
KQs 1–5:
Randomized, controlled trials
Controlled clinical trials
Systematic reviews … benefits
KQs 6, 7:
Randomized, controlled trials
Controlled clinical trials
Systematic reviews … placebo group is not reported separately
Observational studies
Commentaries
Editorials
Narrative reviews … studies
Small or retrospective cohort studies
Case series
Commentaries
Editorials
Narrative reviews
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July 26, 2018 - Study quality
Fair or good
Poor (according to design-specific USPSTF criteria)
* Systematic reviews … 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 the database searches
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February 09, 2023 - also eligible
All other study designs, including case series, case-control studies, and systematic reviews … e.g., physical injuries) will have evaluations outside the scope of screening. ‡ Relevant systematic reviews … also eligible
All other study designs, including case series, case-control studies, and systematic reviews … ‡ Relevant systematic reviews will be identified in database searches and used in handsearches to ensure
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April 15, 2004 - Summary of Systematic Reviews of the Effectiveness of Oral Health Promotion and Education
References … They summarize the more detailed Systematic Evidence Reviews, which are used by the U.S. … Reviews of the dental literature identified fair evidence supporting the effectiveness of both fluoride … Our approach was to base the appraisal of the evidence on existing systematic and traditional reviews … NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of New York. September, 2000.
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March 15, 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. … to incorporating these reviews is described in Appendix 2 . … We excluded 2 SSRI trials because of poor methodologic quality. 79 , 80 Authors of previous reviews … We used these reviews as source documents and bridged their searches for SSRI treatment and harms.
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January 26, 2016 - were identified that served as foundational reviews for 1 or more KQs. … These reviews were chosen based on relevance (ie, inclusion and exclusion criteria that were at least … . 12 , 13 All studies included in each of these 2 foundational reviews were evaluated against our a … Using existing systematic reviews in complex systematic reviews. … (AMSTAR) for systematic reviews. 19
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Table 5.