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221. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - The associated harms are deemed no greater than small. … However, for most individuals without signs or symptoms, there is likely to be only a small benefit from … IPV screen- ing suggests that the harms of screening elderly and vulner- able adults might also be small … The overall associated harms were deemed no greater than small. … Taft AJ, Small R, Hegarty KL, Watson LF, Gold L, Lumley JA.

222. Recommendation: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 05, 2017 - evidence to bound the potential harms of vision screening and treatment in children aged 3 to 5 years as small … Generally, most studies reported moderate positive LRs and small negative LRs. 1 Many of the studies … Positive LRs were generally in the moderate range and negative LRs were in the small to minimal range … Testability generally exceeded 80% to 90% in children aged 3 years, with small increases through age … The USPSTF found adequate evidence to bound the potential harms of treatment as small.

223. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2016 - benefit of screening for colorectal cancer in adults aged 76 to 85 y who have been previously screened is small … of early detection of and intervention for colorectal cancer in adults 86 years and older is at most small … Early Intervention The harms of screening for colorectal cancer in adults aged 50 to 75 years are small … screening for colorectal cancer in adults aged 76 to 85 years who have been previously screened is small … Research Needs and Gaps Higher-quality data are needed about the natural history of small (<10 mm)

224. Draft Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 19, 2024 - For treatment harms, one small study (n=39) reported that 5.1% of patients receiving penicillin therapy … experienced Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions. 33 A second small study (n=91) evaluated an algorithm to … However, the USPSTF concluded that these harms are no greater than small.

225. Evidence Summary: Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 20, 2023 - A pooled estimate from trials used for US Food and Drug Administration approval suggested a very small … to these population. 66 For antidepressant medications, pooled effects consistently demonstrated small … example, fluoxetine, which had the largest body of evidence with 117 studies, was associated with a small … dialectical and cognitive behavioral therapy) on suicide deaths could not be determined due to the small … number of events Although there was a small statistically significant benefit for depression symptom

226. Screening for Breast Cancer Background (pdf file)
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     o For average-risk women ages 40 to 49 years, the net benefit of mammography screening is small.

227. Screening for Breast Cancer Background (pdf file)
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     o For average-risk women ages 40 to 49 years, the net benefit of mammography screening is small.

228. Evidence Summary: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 24, 2020 - Behavioral counseling interventions were associated with small, statistically significant reductions … Measurement of diet and physical activity was heterogeneous, and evidence suggested small improvements … for multiple intervention groups were combined because the absolute number of events was generally small … In addition, small-study effects were evaluated using funnel plots and the Egger test. 23 Stata version … First, only a small proportion of trials had sufficient sample size and follow-up time to evaluate CVD

229. Recommendation: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 24, 2020 - Most findings favored the intervention group; however, group differences were generally very small and … Overall, behavioral counseling resulted in small, statistically significant improvements in saturated … evidence to determine the harms of counseling interventions, although they can be bound as no greater than small … A small number of trials included family members as well as the individual with CVD risk factors.

230. Final Research Plan: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 02, 2019 - trials Uncontrolled observational trials (except for evidence on screening harms), case reports, small

231. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2017 - There is at least moderate certainty that the net benefit is small. … early detection of and inter­ vention for colorectal cancer in adults 86 years and older is at most small … and Early Intervention Theharmsof screening for colorectal cancer in adults aged50 to75 years are small … of screening for colorectal cancer in adults aged 76 to 85 y who have been previously screened is small … Research Needs and Gaps Higher-quality data are needed about the natural history of small (<10 mm)

232. Archived: Breastfeeding: Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2008 - bounded the potential harms of interventions to promote and support breastfeeding as no greater than small … potential harms of these interventions, the USPSTF estimated these potential harms to be no greater than small

233. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
     January 11, 2016 - of screening mammography in the general population of women aged 40 to 49 years, while positive, is small … annually. 2 , 3 Regardless of the starting age for screening, the models consistently predict a small … Three small studies of MRI in high-risk women found that its sensitivity to detect breast cancer ranged … screening in this age group; it signifies moderate certainty of a net benefit for screening that is small … The USPSTF found in 2009 and again in 2016 that there is moderate certainty of a small net benefit to

234. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 10, 2022 - Bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids can reduce COPD exacerbations in persons with moderate COPD In a small … a range of nonpharmacologic interventions observed across multiple outcomes Trials were generally small … While no consistent benefit was seen among these trials it is unclear if and how small sample sizes,

235. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     September 18, 2018 - behavioral interventions (including weight loss maintenance interventions) in adults with obesity are small … There is at least moderate certainty that the net benefit is small. … ie, behavior- based weight loss and weight loss maintenance interventions) in adults with obesity as small … are difficult to interpret because of high dropout rates (�35% in half of the included trials), the small … behavioral interventions (including weight loss maintenance interventions) in adults with obesity are small

236. Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - A small percentage of patients will be harmed by the angio- graphic procedure itself. … We excluded the MACE study because of its small number of participants and strokes and lack of aspi- … Although the percentage of all strokes that could be re- duced by screening for CAS is relatively small … A small increase inperioperative strokesordeathcouldcounter- act the benefits. … In addition, the absolute risk reduction in the carotid endarterectomy trials is rela- tively small (

237. Recommendation: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 09, 2021 - resection is generally considered the current treatment of choice for patients with stage I or II non–small … which collectively comprises adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and large cell carcinoma, and small … Screening is aimed at early detection of NSCLC rather than small cell lung cancer because the latter … Return to Table of Contents References Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment (PDQ® … https://www.cancer.gov/types/lung/hp/non-small-cell-lung-treatment-pdq Cancer Stat Facts: lung and

238. Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 20, 2018 - There were small to moderate increases in sun protection behavior in pediatric populations (6 trials … [n = 4252]) and adults (12 trials [n = 13,099]) and small increases in skin self-examination in adults … Pooled estimates were not provided, given the small number of contributing studies and variability in … Supplement). 23 , 25 , 26 A trial of tailored mailings for parents of 6-year-olds (n = 867) found a small … Small to moderate effects of behavioral interventions on increased sun protection behaviors were observed

239. Screening for Skin Cancer: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - prospective study demonstrated that risk assessment by limited physical exam identified a relatively small … Both self-assessment of risk factors or clinician examination can classify a small proportion of patients … is the strongest predictor of prognosis.6 In general, melanomas less than 1 mm in depth have a very small … melanoma, but one well-done prospective study demonstrated that this strategy could identify a relatively small … Many of these studies were small and used convenience samples of attending physicians at academic medical

240. Archived: Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 15, 2013 - observational studies; large, uncontrolled observational studies with long-term followup Very small