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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/anxiety-adults-screening
August 27, 2020 - Sample must include an estimated 50% or more of participants with an included disorder but may also include … existing systematic reviews, case-control studies will be used (i.e., studies that limit the study sample
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
September 03, 2020 - Sample must include an estimated 50% or more of participants with an included disorder but may also include … existing systematic reviews, case-control studies will be used (i.e., studies that limit the study sample
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary34/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-2007
July 15, 2007 - In the LRC sample, TC levels increased from birth and stabilized at approximately 2 years of age. … 75th percentile), and specificities were 93% (LRC defined) and 87% (sample defined). 34 A TC > 215 … Body mass index as a predictor of systolic blood pressure in a multiracial sample of US schoolchildren … Response rates, representativeness of the sample, and stability of lipid and lipoprotein levels. … Sample size.
Administration of reliable screening test.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/article/prostate-cancer-screening-2008
August 05, 2008 - Three fair-quality cohort studies with small-to-medium sample sizes, highly self-selected elderly patients … reasonable although not best standard; interprets reference standard independent of screening test; moderate sample … standard; screening test improperly administered; biased ascertainment of reference standard; very small sample … indeterminate result in a reasonable manner
Spectrum of patients included in study
Sample … standard; screening test improperly administered; biased ascertainment of reference standard; very small sample
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August 01, 2008 - Three fair-quality cohort studies with small-to-
medium sample sizes, highly self-selected elderly patients … reasonable although not best standard; interprets reference standard independent of screening test;
moderate sample … standard; screening test improperly administered; biased ascertainment of reference standard; very
small sample … screening test
Handles indeterminate result in a reasonable manner
Spectrum of patients included in study
Sample … standard; screening test improperly administered; biased ascertainment of reference standard; very
small sample
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/suicide-risk-in-adolescents-adults-and-older-adults-screening
May 20, 2014 - was that they each applied the same reference standard to all screened participants and recruited the sample … of suicide attempts and ideation; however, the study involved education and training of a volunteer sample … of general practitioners, who may have been more motivated to improve their practice than a random sample … The sole enhanced usual care study in adolescents also had a sample of high-risk patients, all of whom … The trial, however, had a relatively small sample ( n = 443) and limited power.
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March 01, 2004 - these, the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey III (NHANES III), a
good-quality nationwide sample … markers for
intravenous drug use (Table 1).3 Many other
3
Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Sample … married, married
years) • Education or widowed: 1.00
Population-based • Urban residence
household sample … C Virus Antibody
HCV = hepatitis C virus
continue
4
Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Sample … Heterosexual transmission of hepatitis C, hepatitis
B, and HIV-1 in a sample of inner city women.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary23/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-young-children-screening
March 30, 2015 - Enrolled sample sizes ranged from 24 to 493, except for 1 larger study of 1798 children; many studies … Only 1 study analyzed children on an intention-to-treat basis; 29 the proportion of the sample available … 28 , 30 , 31 In addition, studies may be underpowered; although 7 studies reported some power or sample … Most sample sizes varied from 70 to 428, with 1 study including 1657 children. … ferritin concentrations. 22–32
Some of the variation in findings may have been due to inadequate sample
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/vision-screening-children-ages-6-months-5-years
April 24, 2025 - KQ 2: Studies that do not attempt to perform the reference standard in all participants or a random sample
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003
December 15, 2003 - Two reviewers independently abstracted data on study design, population, sample size, treatment, outcomes … When sample size was not reported with variance, 32 , 33 baseline sample was used. … In addition, aggregate values of their findings do not reflect variations in RCT sample size, length … Mortality and optimal body mass index in a sample of the US population. … Weight, weight change, mortality in a random sample of older community-dwelling women.
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April 01, 2009 - were conducted in primary
care or school-based health clinics, 1 study was con-
ducted in a community sample … younger children tended to
have poorer performance.43,49,50 The single study that
involved a community sample … Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen
for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample … evidence from
RCTs preferentially, then well-designed non-RCTs and high-quality
observational studies with sample … patients included in study The test and gold standard are measured
independently (blind) of each other
Sample
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February 01, 2011 - (sample description must be
reported)
Exclude Persons with syndromes that substantially increase risk … and Skin Cancer (SCC, BCC, or Melanoma)
Study, Year (Reference);
Quality Rating
Design; Setting;
Sample … 3
W
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3
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Study, Year (Reference);
Quality Rating
Design; Setting;
Sample … 3
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5
Appendix Table 2—Continued
Study, Year (Reference);
Quality Rating
Design; Setting;
Sample … 3
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7
Appendix Table 2—Continued
Study, Year (Reference);
Quality Rating
Design; Setting;
Sample
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-and-ovarian-cancer-brca-testing-screening-2005
September 15, 2005 - BRCA1 mutations in a population-based sample of young women with breast cancer. … Frequency of BRCA1 / BRCA2 mutations in a population-based sample of young breast carcinoma cases. … Sample size.
Administration of reliable screening test. … although not best standard; interprets reference standard independently of screening test; has moderate sample … , improperly administered screening test, biased ascertainment of reference standard, or very small sample
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June 01, 2009 - We deter-
mined generalizability of the study sample by consensus
after discussing differences between … Data Extraction
One reviewer abstracted information on study design,
sample size, entry criteria, demographic
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review48/hepatitis-b-in-pregnant-women-screening-2009
June 15, 2009 - We determined generalizability of the study sample by consensus after discussing differences between … Data Extraction
One reviewer abstracted information on study design, sample size, entry criteria,
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003
November 03, 2003 - In addition, studies were limited by small sample sizes, high drop-out rates, potential for selection … Although several trials were of good quality, most were judged only fair, with limitations such as small sample … Mortality and optimal body mass index in a sample of the US population.
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April 01, 2015 - Enrolled sample sizes ranged from 24
to 493, except for 1 larger study of
1798 children; many studies … Only 1 study analyzed children on an
intention-to-treat basis29; the
proportion of the sample available … .24,27,28,30,31 In addition, studies
may be underpowered; although
7 studies reported some power or
sample … Most sample sizes varied
from 70 to 428, with 1 study
including 1657 children. … serum ferritin
concentrations.22–32
Some of the variation in findings may
have been due to inadequate sample
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January 01, 2017 - Sample sizes
ranged from 32123 to 67.124 Overall, the trials provided limited evi-
dence and found no … Three studies evaluated the association between AHI and car-
diovascular mortality.12,150,151 Sample … Those suspected of
having OSA; referral
populations
Small total sample size
(type II), missing data … Singe
studies and small sample
sizes for surgical
interventions and weight
loss programs. … across subgroups and studies preferentially sample (intentionally or
unintentionally) from a subgroup
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary15/blood-pressure-in-adults-hypertension-screening-2007
October 15, 2007 - For harms of early treatment, 2 reviewers abstracted information on sample size, entry criteria, demographic … studies in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom; included a predominantly white, male patient sample … Author, Year (Reference)
Study Objective
Sample
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August 01, 2016 - Studies Assessing the Accuracy of Serologic Screening Tests for HSV-2 (Key Question 2)
Source
Analytic
Sample … Assessing the Accuracy of Serologic Screening Tests for HSV-2 (Key Question 2) (continued)
Source
Analytic
Sample … diagnosed (or confirmed)
by Western blot
Studies assessed different
medications over a short
duration; sample … Western blot
Incidence was
self-reported; outcomes
were measured over a
relatively short duration;
sample