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141. Recommendation: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 02, 2023 - In the absence of evidence, a reasonable approach is to repeat screening based on specific risk factors … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision-making to the specific patient or … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision-making to the specific patient or … Currently available TST and IGRA screening tests are moderately sensitive and highly specific for LTBI … More research is needed to inform which screening strategies are more effective for specific patient

142. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: Clinician Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or

143. Screening for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2022 - Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient

144. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - Clinicians should understand the evidence but 1 individualize decision making to the specific patient … Clinicians should understand the evidence but 2 individualize decision making to the specific patient

145. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan141/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
     February 12, 2015 - If so, how much improvement (e.g., weight loss, reduction in age- and sex-specific body mass index [BMI … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs).   … comparable populations KQs 3–5 (interventions): Either: The entire sample has an age- and sex-specific … maintenance of weight loss/improved weight trajectory or ≥50% of the sample has an age- and sex-specific … English Languages other than English Study quality Fair or good Poor, according to design-specific

146. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary47/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-2006
     February 15, 2006 - Instruments designed for specific communication domains include the McArthur Communicative Development … words and sounds, used unconventional methods, or targeted a specific deficit. … Epidemiology of specific language impairment: Prenatal and perinatal risk factors. … Epidemiology and prognosis of specific disorders of language and scholastic skills. … The influence of peer models on the play scripts of children with specific language impairment.

147. Draft Research Plan: Healthy Diet, Physical Activity, and/or Weight Loss to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 18, 2023 - Further, we will characterize the extent to which interventions are tailored to meet the needs of specific … We will also analyze the benefits and harms of interventions by specific populations to the extent that … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the Key Questions.  

148. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     December 07, 2005 - The use of risk factors for selective screening has not been evaluated, and a list of specific risk … words and sounds, used unconventional methods, or targeted a specific deficit. … Familial aggregation in specific language impairment. … Epidemiology of specific language impairment: Prenatal and perinatal risk factors. … Epidemiology and prognosis of specific disorders of language and scholastic skills.

149. Overdiagnosis in Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - Preventive Services Task Force on the magnitude of overdiagnosis using prostate-specific antigen screening … As early as the 1980’s, before the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) for early detection of prostate … Publications about overdiagnosis based on modeling should provide specific guidance to reconcile the … Overdetection, overtreatment and costs in prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer. … Quality-of-life effects of prostate-specific antigen screening. N Engl J Med. 2012;367(7):595-605.

150. Ninth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 01, 2019 - population, but there are important evidence gaps that prevent the USPSTF from making recommendations for specific … , the Task Force calls for more research in areas where evidence is lacking, including evidence for specific

151. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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     Risk Assessment All children and adolescents are at risk for obesity and should be screened; specific … Obesity is defined as an age- and sex- specific BMI in the 95th percentile or greater.

152. Summary of USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community Dwelling Adults (pdf file)
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     January 21, 2025 - focuses only on preventing falls and fractures in people who are not taking vitamin D or calcium for specific … calcium, to prevent falls and fractures in older adults who are not taking these supplements for other specific

153. Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 11, 2024 - assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing reduce the incidence of BRCA-related cancer and cause-specific … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the Key Questions. … approaches Other comparisons Outcomes KQs 1, 4: Incidence of BRCA1/2 -related cancer; disease-specific

154. Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children 5 Years or Younger: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     December 02, 2023 - to be completed by parents vs trained examiners, and to screen for global (any) language problems vs specific … Specific- ity was less variable, ranging between 73% and 95% (median, 79%). … In contrast, both sensitivity and specificity of the 3 parent- reported instruments of specific skills … Eight RCTs assessed interventions specific to children with delayed expressive language (“late talkers … The influence of peer models on the play scripts of children with specific language impairment.

155. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
     June 20, 2017 - Risk Assessment All children and adolescents are at risk for obesity and should be screened; specific … Obesity is defined as an age- and sex-specific BMI in the 95th percentile or greater. … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) makes recommendations about the effectiveness of specific clinical … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or … Further investigations to determine the specific effective components of behavioral interventions are

156. Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2022 - Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient

157. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient

158. Screening for Unhealthy Drug Use: Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2020 - Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or

159. Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 28, 2021 - What is the effectiveness of specific screening intervals and screening among population subgroups (e.g … Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs).  

160. Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or