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361. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - However, the studies for which all of these estimates are based reported small numbers of cancer cases … false-positive rates of 0.1% to 0.6% based on 3 studies.15,16,18 All these estimates were based on small

362. Archived: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions-october-2016
     October 25, 2016 - evidence to bound the potential harms of interventions to support breastfeeding as no greater than small … support breastfeeding change behavior and that the harms of these interventions are no greater than small

363. Screening For Illicit Drug Use: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 15, 2008 - Only a small minority of Americans use hallucinogens, inhalants, heroin, or illicitly manufactured … There is moderate or high certainty that the net benefit is small.

364. Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     October 15, 2018 - There is at least moderate certainty that the net benefit is small. … is effective in pre- venting gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum and related ocular con- ditions, with small

365. Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 13, 2018 - did not converge, a restricted maximum likelihood analysis with the Knapp-Hartung cor- rection for small … Small-studies effects were not de- tected for either of these outcomes. … A pooled analysis showed a statistically significant, but very small, standardized mean difference in … This effect size (Hedges g) can be interpreted as a Cohen d, where a small effect is typically considered … Helstrom AW, Ingram E, Wang W, Small D, Klaus J, Oslin D.

366. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 08, 2004 - material obtained was inadequate for diagnosis in 1.5 percent to 5 percent of cases. 107,108 Two small … Small studies suggest that ultrasound-guided biopsies may be associated with fewer complications than … , good-quality randomized controlled trials involving 1,121 and 1,530 patients, and the other was a small … affected by recall bias or patients' unwillingness to admit to current heavy alcohol use. 139 One small … Surprisingly small effect of antiviral treatment in patients with hepatitis C.

367. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast and Ovarian Cancer: BRCA Genetic Testing, September 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 15, 2005 - risks for ovarian and breast cancer with prophylactic oophorectomy, although numbers of cases were small … effect was present only among BRCA1 mutation carriers, although the number of BRCA2 carriers was small … standard, improperly administered screening test, biased ascertainment of reference standard, or very small … relevant information Cost Exclude Not applicable to U.S. primary care setting Study limitations (small … Genetics Laboratories model ( BRCA1 ) Shattuck-Eidens et al., 1997 23 Questions Families with small

368. Vision Screening in Children Aged 6Months to 5 Years: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     September 05, 2017 - When qualitatively evaluating LRs, positive LRs indicated a mini­ mal (>1-2), small (>2-5), moderate … Negative LRs indicated a minimal (0.5-<1), small (0.2-<0.5), moderate (0.1-<0.2), or large (<0.1) decrease … .49,51,55,57,58,65,66,70,72-74,77,78,84,88,91 Overall, most studies found moderate positive LRs and small … the Supplement).56,59,67-69,73,75-78,81,85 Overall, most studies found moderate positive LRs and small … ).50 Overall, the trials indicated that treatments for amblyopia or its risk factors resulted in small

369. Ykjvkfmv5Jf8Bl3Rbx8Bp7 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - adequate evi- dence that the harms of lifestyle interventions to reduce the incidence of diabetes are small … The harms of drug therapy for the prevention of diabetes are small to moderate, depending on the drug … initiating lifestyle modifications that include healthy eating behaviors and increased physical activity are small … There is at least moderate certainty that the net benefit is small.

370. Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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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 gen- erally 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

371. Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 26, 2022 - Conclusions and Relevance: Low-dose aspirin was associated with small absolute risk reductions in major … cardiovascular disease events and small absolute increases in major bleeding. … review conducted for the USPSTF 11 as well as several other recent meta-analyses, in demonstrating that small … Low-dose aspirin was associated with small … absolute risk reductions in major cardiovascular disease events and small absolute increases in major

372. Screening, Referral, Behavioral Counseling, and Preventive Interventions for Oral Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 07, 2023 - small study effects was not performed because the meta-analyses had fewer than 10 studies.17 Results … dura- tion, or age and effects of supplements on DMFT/DFT increment, although analyses were limited by small … Super- vised administration of fluoride supplements in school was associ- ated with a small decrease … abstracts and did not formally assess for publication bias with graphical or statistical methods for small … sample effects when conducting meta-analysis, due to small numbers of studies with serious methodological

373. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - pressure was significantly associated with reduced blood pressure; however, the difference was relatively small … In contrast, the second study assessing the Berlin Questionnaire25 included a small (n = 43) but unselected … Form Health Survey; SMD, standardized mean difference. a An SMD between 0.2 and 0.4 is considered a small … Because of unknown consistency, im- precision, and very small numbers of events, findings were insuffi … bias due to attrition bias and spectrum bias, and 1 (enrolling US adults with type 2 diabetes) with small

374. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions-october-2016
     October 25, 2016 - Because of the small number of studies available for system-level interventions, those results are reported … To evaluate small-study effects, funnel plots were generated and the Peters test was run to assess statistical … than 3 months and at 6 months revealed asymmetric patterns, and the results of the Peters test for small-study … years of follow-up. 90-93 In addition, 2 of the funnel plots presented asymmetry, and the tests for small-study … Indication of small-study effects for exclusive breastfeeding for less than 3 mo and at 6 mo.

375. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening and Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - , 25-27 Persons with poor tanning ability, freckles, or light skin, hair, and eye color may have a small … keratosis and who cannot avoid sun exposure, in order to prevent additional solar keratoses, which have a small … Diagnosis of small pigmented skin lesions and early detection of malignant melanoma.

376. Archived: Evidence Summary: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 26, 2014 - limitations for these fair-quality studies included a lack of reporting of details around randomization, small … Overall, the differences in effect sizes, as modified by these variables, were very small and likely … Guidelines for Americans report [31, 92], focusing on low-impact activities and increasing activity in small … Our review focused narrowly on persons with risk factors for CVD; therefore, it is only a small subset

377. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Dental Caries in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/dental-caries-in-preschool-children-screening-2004
     April 15, 2004 - Because of the small number of studies identified that involved primary care clinicians, we pursued our … Only small proportions of physicians ever reported using water sample analyses to determine fluoride … milliliters), the amount of fluoride varies from 0.3 milligrams to 11.3 milligrams. 45 Because only a small … varies, but 3 used random assignment to treatment group, and sample loss to followup was generally small

378. Archived: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - In a single measure of bone density, there is a small risk of inaccurate values, and there is no value … The net benefit of screening may be small if high-risk women do not continue long-term therapy, or if

379. Archived: Final Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan34/sexually-transmitted-infections-behavioral-counseling-september-2014
     May 15, 2013 - as connected to the health care system by the participant How delivered: To individuals or in small

380. Recommendation: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 14, 2021 - PID compared with usual care (relative risk, 0.6 [95% CI, 0.4-1.0]), but the absolute difference was small … benefit of screening for gonorrhea in pregnant women who are not at increased risk for infection is small … Adequate evidence to bound the harms of screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea in both women and men as small