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June 21, 2025 - Prevention TaskForce App Communications Toolkit
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Communications Toolkit The Prevention TaskForce (formerly ePSS) is an application designed to help primary care clinicians…
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April 01, 2019 - 1
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Literature Surveillance Report
Title: Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Aged 5 Years or Younger
Literature Surveillance Date: April 2019
Recommendation Summary: In 2015, the USPSTF concluded that the current evidence was insuffic…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary10/aspirin-for-the-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication-2009
March 15, 2009 - although not best standard, interprets reference standard independent of screening test, moderate sample size … screening test improperly administered, biased ascertainment of reference standard, or very small sample size … Handles indeterminate result in a reasonable manner Spectrum of patients included in study Sample size … best standard, interprets reference standard independent of screening test, includes moderate sample size … screening test improperly administered, biased ascertainment of reference standard, or very small sample size
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March 01, 2009 - although not best standard, interprets reference standard independent of screening test,
moderate sample size … screening test improperly administered, biased ascertainment of reference standard,
or very small sample size … test
Handles indeterminate result in a reasonable manner
Spectrum of patients included in study
Sample size … best standard, interprets reference standard independent of screening test,
includes moderate sample size … screening test improperly administered, biased ascertainment of reference standard, or
very small sample size
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary26/tobacco-use-in-children-and-adolescents-primary-care-interventions-2013
December 11, 2012 - important study characteristics to identify the range of results and potential associations with effect size … Within each group, we qualitatively explored patterns of association between effect size and several … We conducted random-effects meta-analyses to estimate the effect size of interventions for trials reporting … All of the studies differed widely in terms of sample size, the types of interventions tested, and primary … Although no factors were clearly related to effect size in the included trials, high variability in the
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/healthy-lifestyle-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
July 26, 2022 - Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews , 19 based on the number, quality, and size … of studies as well as the consistency (similarity of effect direction and size) and precision (degree … social determinants of health at play (eg, food insecurity, low-income status) that may affect the size … Methods to calculate uncertainty in the estimated overall effect size from a random-effects meta-analysis … study
33 (29)
Good-quality rating
23 (20)
Conducted in the US
60 (53)
Sample size
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pregnant-nonpregnant-adults
November 30, 2023 - large (n≥1,000) controlled observational studies KQ 5: Randomized, controlled trials and large (sample size
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November 24, 2020 - population,
or intervention characteristics at the study level that were associ-
ated with effect size … effect size showed a statistically significant association only for the
composite outcome of any CVD … Size of data markers indicates weight of each study
in the analysis. … (number of sessions, total estimated minutes of contact) and
effect size. … Weight loss
trials tended to be smaller (mean sample size, 461, compared with
585 in non–weight loss
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June 22, 2025 - Task Force at a Glance
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force works to improve the health of people nationwide. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/anxiety-adults-screening
June 20, 2023 - The overall pooled effect size for all 22 studies was statistically significant, in favor of the intervention … supported a benefit of psychological treatment among primary care patients, albeit with a smaller effect size … 0.63 to −0.15) for primary care patients with depression or anxiety treated with CBT. 88 This effect size … Key Question 4)
The size
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-study/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
June 15, 2016 - The models also differed in the distribution of the size of the largest adenoma ( Table 3 ). … simulate adenoma histology, largely because it is correlated with size. … Fifth, it was assumed that, conditional on size, colonoscopy sensitivity is the same for each adenoma … Predictors of presence, multiplicity, size and dysplasia of colorectal adenomas: a necropsy study in … The CRC-SPIN model simulates continuous adenoma size.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-6-methods-arriving-recommendation
July 06, 2017 - significant limitations, such as the appropriateness of study design, quality of studies, number and size … The Task Force uses the evidence to estimate the size of the population that would benefit from implementation … The Task Force uses the evidence to estimate the size of the population that would be harmed from implementation … targeted health outcomes, but confidence in the estimate is constrained by factors such as: The number, size … Evidence is insufficient because of: The very limited number or size of studies Inconsistency of direction
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/cost-effectiveness-analyses-of-population-based-screening-for-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-evidence-synthesis/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
February 15, 2005 - publication date, screening intervention, screening interval, study time horizon, baseline group, AAA size … Also the distribution of AAA size in screened patients was significantly skewed toward larger size AAAs … Key Question
Author (Year)
Intervention
Interval
Time Horizon
Baseline Group
AAA Size
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening
April 28, 2016 - studies have primarily detected early-stage cancer (90% to 96% of cancers detected). 2 , 3
‡ Sample size
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
October 15, 2010 - by the presence of more poorly differentiated cells and other histopathologic features; the number, size … , fair, or poor) by using methods developed by the USPSTF, on the basis of the number, quality, and size … Handles indeterminate results in a reasonable manner
Spectrum of patients included in study
Sample size … standard; interprets a reference standard independent of the screening test; includes a moderate sample size … administered; has a biased ascertainment of the reference standard; and includes a very small sample size
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pregnant-nonpregnant-adults
February 22, 2024 - large (n≥1,000) controlled observational studies KQ 5: Randomized, controlled trials and large (sample size
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-women-and-elderly-adults/intimate-partner-violence-and-elderly-abuse-screening-2004
March 08, 2004 - 11 items, (modified CTS)
Internally consistent (Cronbach's alpha = 0.82)
Fair
Small sample size … ; P <0.001); CASE scores correlated with HSEAST ( r = 0.26; P <0.025)
Fair
Small sample size … correctly classified 67%-74% of cases; 6 items were strongly related to abuse
Fair
Small sample size … Adequate sample size.
Administration of reliable screening test. … not the best standard; interprets reference standard independent of screening test; moderate sample size
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review41/diet-behavioral-counseling-primary-care-adults-2003
January 15, 2003 - For fiber we defined a small effect size as a net difference of less than 2.0 g per day of fiber, medium … intensity, we could find no clear relationship between the risk status of the patients and the effect size … Net Difference in Change b or Difference at Final Followup
P -value
Relative Change c
Effect Size … Net Difference in Change a or Difference at Final Followup
P -value
Relative Change b
Effect Size … Net Difference in Change a or Difference at Final Followup
P -value
Relative Change b
Effect Size
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March 01, 2004 - Suburban 1) Partner Internally Fair
199749 age: mean 38 family practice Abuse consistent Small sample size … Scores distinguished Fair
199160 age: mean 77 elders: 15 items abused from non-abused Small sample size … 1) HSEAST, Scores for abused and Fair
et al, age: ≥ 60 sample 15 items non-abused were Small sample size … • Adequate sample size.
• Administration of reliable screening test. … not the best standard;
interprets reference standard independent of
screening test; moderate sample size
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September 05, 2017 - 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. … )
HOTV eye test Identification of letters HOTV; letters gradually decrease in size
Snellen Letter … or number identification; letters or numbers gradually decrease in size
Tumbling E Identification of … the direction of arms of the letter E; letters gradually decrease in size
Stereoacuity test Contour