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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/document/draft-research-plan/tobacco-smoking-cessation-in-adults-including-pregnant-women-interventions
March 15, 2018 - ; cotinine–creatinine ratio; thiocyanate)
Population-based smoking rates (i.e., not based on study sample
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/latent-tuberculosis-infection-adults
November 22, 2022 - derivative and interpret the response 48 to 72 hours later. 25 , 27 IGRA requires a single venous blood sample … Screening with an IGRA requires obtaining a single venous blood sample, and patients do not need to return
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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
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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/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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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/obstructive-sleep-apnea-adults-screening
December 17, 2020 - KQ 2: Questionnaires, tools, and tests not validated in a group of participants separate from the sample
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vitamin-supplementation-to-prevent-cvd-and-cancer-preventive-medication
September 05, 2019 - adverse events based on self-report or objective measurements, reported by at least 5% of the study 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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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/evidence-summary/breast-cancer--brca-testing-ovarian-cancer-screeni
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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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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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/hypertension-in-adults-screening
June 07, 2018 - , case series, case reports, case-control studies, and simulation studies
KQ 3: Studies with a sample
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November 23, 2020 - Screening for Colorectal Cancer Draft Recommendation Statement Frequently Asked Questions
1 October 2020
Screening for Colorectal Cancer
Draft Recommendation Statement
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Task Force recommending?
In this…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review48/hepatitis-b-in-pregnant-women-screening
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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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/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
May 02, 2023 - The IGRA requires a single venous blood sample that measures the CD4 T-cell response to specific Mycobacterium … derivative and interpret the response 48 to 72 hours later. 25 , 27 The IGRA requires a single venous blood sample … Screening with an IGRA requires obtaining a single venous blood sample, and patients do not need to return
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/tobacco-cessation-adults-interventions
February 27, 2025 - cotinine–creatinine ratio; thiocyanate)
Population-based smoking rates (i.e., not based on study sample