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181. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review49/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
     November 15, 2012 - We also included large studies (sample size >1000 participants) reporting harms associated with diagnostic … Study, Year, Country (Reference) Study Design Sample Size

182. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-cancer-screening-2002
     September 03, 2002 - Cambridge, United Kingdom), we constructed a two-level Bayesian random-effects model to estimate the effect size … our review 12–23 varied in recruitment of participants, mammography protocol, control groups, and size … This is because nearly all empirical evidence of the impact of bias on effect size examined drug treatment … measures of the effect over time to estimate the relationship between length of follow- up and effect size … Sample sizes differed for different publications because different methods were used to estimate the size

183. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary32/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-2013
     May 08, 2012 - good, fair, or poor) by using methods developed by the USPSTF on the basis of the number, quality, and size

184. Screening Women for Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review to Update teh 2004 USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - good, fair, or poor) by using methods developed by the USPSTF on the basis of the number, quality, and size

185. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 04, 2024 - effect was accounted for by applying a design effect, which was based on an estimated average cluster size … small-study effects, and the Egger test was used to assess the statistical significance of imbalance in study size … Most trials were conducted in Europe; 4 took place in the United States.16,19,22,37 The size of the trials … risk of falling at the longest follow-up (6-28 months), with sub- stantial heterogeneity in the effect size

186. Effectiveness of Weight Management Interventions in Children: A Targeted Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2010 - a sta- tistical test of heterogeneity (I2), which measures the percentage of variability in effect size … compared with placebo at 12 months (P� .01 for FIGURE 3 Pooled analysis:short-term weight change effect size … included in study The test and gold standard are measured independently (blind) of each other Sample size

187. Preventive Services for Food Insecurity: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2025 - ReferralsMulti 6 Post vs PreGottlieb et al,40 2020 0.68 (0.52-0.89)88/225 (39.1)60/225 (26.7) The size … ies and therefore that these studies would add potentially valuable information, given their large size

188. Evidence Summary: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions
     April 11, 2025 - Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, 22 based on the number, quality, and size … of studies as well as the consistency (ie, similarity of effect direction and size) and precision (ie … Sample sizes for the included trials ranged from 39 to 9675 participants, and the median sample size

189. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-2014
     June 23, 2014 - Although the risk for rupture varies greatly by aneurysm size, the associated risk for death is as high … respectively), potentially because of issues with access to the iliac artery (that is, smaller artery size … However, the risk for AAA rupture varies substantially by the size of the aneurysm. … obtained by axial CT imaging is not in the transverse plane and therefore yields an overestimate of AAA size

190. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Review (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/cTa7Hs56-yj4kCr7yXLdRm
     July 01, 1994 - $ Summary estimates were calculated as an average weighted estimate ; according to sample size. … ultrasound, calculated by com­ bining published values using an average weighted on the basis of sample size … § Summary estimates were calculated as an average weighted estimate according to sample size. … The use of transvaginal ultrasonography for evaluation of postmenopausal ovarian size and morphology

191. Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     October 15, 2018 - on health outcomes, but confidence in the estimate is constrained by such factors as the number, size … Evidence is insufficient because of the limited number or size of studies. important flaws in study design

192. Screening for Skin Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2009 - on health outcomes, but confidence in the estimate is constrained by such factors as: the number, size … Evidence is insufficient because of: the limited number or size of studies important flaws in study

193. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ecWjjTgXCffjwPyqgNCEpR
     February 01, 2006 - include levels of parental education, specific childhood illnesses, birth order, and larger family size … that demonstrated improved speech and language outcomes had several limitations, such as small sample size

194. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/8U8tcAjprBFpANg2GVAJVp
     March 01, 2009 - on health outcomes, but confidence in the estimate is constrained by such factors as: the number, size … Evidence is insufficient because of: the limited number or size of studies important flaws in study design

195. Screening For Illicit Drug Use: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 15, 2008 - health outcomes, but confidence in the estimate is constrained by factors such as: - the number, size … Evidence is insufficient because of: - the limited number or size of studies; - important flaws in

196. Archived: Screening and Interventions for Childhood Obesity: Where Is the Evidence? A Commentary by the Childhood Obesity Working Group of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/screening-and-interventions-for-childhood-obesity-where-is-t/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2005
     July 11, 2005 - from a number of weaknesses that future studies should be designed to overcome, including small sample size

197. Screening for Breast Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/pth_4-Mnau_pZubaefDvUk
     January 01, 2020 - dis- ease” was defined by the most severe categories avail- able (stages III and IV disease, tumor size … showed an association between screening and re- duced lymph node–positive disease or smaller tumor size … Neither found significant differences in breast cancer size or node status at the time of diag- nosis … on health outcomes, but confidence in the estimate is constrained by such factors as: the number, size … Evidence is insufficient because of: the limited number or size of studies; important flaws in study

198. Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary29/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
     November 15, 2022 - The subgroup analysis by mean baseline ESS score found a similar but slightly larger effect size in trials … In studies with a mean baseline ESS score of less than 10, the effect size was smaller and the pooled … 114 , 115 or a 3- to 4-point change should be the clinically significant threshold for its sample size … Survey; SMD, standardized mean difference. a An SMD between 0.2 and 0.4 is considered a small effect size … attrition bias and spectrum bias, and 1 (enrolling US adults with type 2 diabetes) with small sample size

199. Screening for Lung Cancer With Low-Dose Computed Tomography: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ghbfx9e3A6jQEqVW26y8Jv
     March 09, 2021 - cancer with LDCT differ for various approaches to nodule classification (ie, those based on nodule size … cancer with LDCT differ for various approaches to nodule classification (ie, those based on nodule size … decreasing sensitivity and that increases in positive predictive value are seen with increasing nodule size … most likely because of differences in definitions of positive results, such as cutoffs for nod- ule size … First, non–English-language articles were excluded, as were studies with sample size less than 500 or

200. Final Research Plan: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 30, 2022 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Final Research Plan High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions June 30, 2022 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government…