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461. Archived: Problem Drinking: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/problem-drinking-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - In one study, drinking 12 or more drinks a week was specific (92%) but insensitive (50%) for patients … The 25-question Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) 49 is relatively sensitive and specific for … Abbreviated 10- and 13-item versions are easier to use but are less sensitive and specific in primary … Brief screening tests may be less sensitive or less specific in young persons: sensitivity of the CAGE … Although laboratory tests such as GGT are not sufficiently sensitive or specific for routine screening

462. Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening
     October 23, 2018 - asymptomatic populations in primary care settings for abuse, future studies could assess whether screening specific … b Each session focused on the specific risk factors identified during prenatal screening (not IPV alone … counseling intervention may be related to counseling for other risks (smoking, depression) and not specific

463. Archived: Ovarian Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/ovarian-cancer-screening-2004
     May 04, 2004 - evidence that detecting earlier-stage tumors through screening leads to a decrease in ovarian cancer-specific

464. Archived: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/healthful-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cardiovascular-disease-prevention-in-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling-july-2017
     July 11, 2017 - healthful diet and physical activity have a small net benefit in adults without obesity who do not have specific … The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) makes recommendations about the effectiveness of specific … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or … to promote a healthful diet and physical activity among adults without obesity who do not have these specific … and physical activity that include a combination of 2 or more of the following strategies: setting specific

465. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary21/depression-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2009
     March 15, 2009 - Not all specific selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, however, seem to be efficacious. … Data based on direct observation or provider and/or patient report after specific clinical encounters … Inclusion and exclusion criteria specific to each question are detailed in  Appendices 2  and  3 . … abstracts against a set of inclusion/exclusion criteria, including independent review using design-specific … Two investigators independently reviewed articles against inclusion/exclusion criteria specific for each

466. Screening for Bladder Cancer: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/NZcLsqV-5K7hyfot-qHQp9
     November 01, 2004 - asymptomatic individuals and concludes that there is insufficient evidence for or against screening in specific

467. Archived: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/dementia-older-adults-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - The inability to recall the correct date or place is reasonably specific (92-100%), but highly insensitive … disorders, and impaired stereognosis, are usually late findings and are not sufficiently sensitive or specific … Mental Status Questionnaire 41 and the Clock Drawing Test 42 seem to be reasonably sensitive and specific … status. 47 Because nondementing illnesses also interfere with daily activities, neither screen is specific … Age-specific incidence of Alzheimer's disease in a community population.

468. Fan-Qvpdgnjh8Krdf4Smmv (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - 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 … However, the USPSTF could not generalize the results of the WHI trial beyond the specific dose, preparation … Most cells contain specific receptors for the active form of vitamin D. … Neither organization has made rec- ommendations specific to fracture prevention.

469. Archived: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2012 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-counseling-2012
     May 15, 2012 - appearance-focused messages (such as stressing the aging effect of ultraviolet radiation on the skin) to reach specific … 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 … Successful counseling interventions used cancer prevention or appearance-focused messages to reach specific … behaviors (such as covering up, using shade, or avoiding the sun during peak UV hours) among populations in specific

470. Addendum to Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/QtuWfedsMmUb_sAuKWdsGg
     December 31, 2014 - found that screening with CA-125 testing and transvaginal ultrasonography did not improve cancer-specific … randomized, controlled trial conducted in the United States to determine the impact of screening on cause-specific

471. Archived: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cognitive-impairment-in-older-adults-screening-2014
     March 18, 2014 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) makes recommendations about the effectiveness of specific preventive … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or … screening is insufficient, there may be important reasons to identify early cognitive impairment in specific

472. Archived: Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary3/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
     September 23, 2014 - When a specimen-specific reference standard was used, sensitivities were similar to other studies (data

473. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     *These recommendations do not apply to individuals with specific inherited syndromes (Lynch Syndrome

474. Archived: Final Research Plan: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan154/healthful-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cardiovascular-disease-prevention-in-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling-july-2017
     May 14, 2015 - Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs).   … Publication language English Non-English Study quality Fair or good Poor (according to design-specific

475. Recommendation: Rh(D) Incompatibility: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/rh-d-incompatibility-screening
     February 15, 2004 - Rationale Specific … Specific Recommendations: The USPSTF recommends repeated Rh(D) antibody testing for all unsensitized

476. Screening for Skin Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/YFZy6kszQPq5tNGdZC25XC
     July 26, 2016 - T he US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) makes rec- ommendations about the effectiveness of specific … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or … Specific risk factors for melanoma include having a dysplastic nevus (atypical mole), having multiple … Specific risk factors for melanoma include having a dysplastic nevus (atypical mole), multiple (≥100) … challenge of conducting a definitive randomized clinical trial (RCT) on primary screening, with cause- specific

477. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
     December 15, 2007 - Clinicians and policymakers should understand the evidence but individualize decisionmaking to the specific … It is possible that the benefit from carotid endarterectomy is limited to a specific interval and does

478. Archived: Final Recommendation Statement: Intimate Partner Violence and Elderly Abuse: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/intimate-partner-violence-and-elderly-abuse-screening-2004
     March 08, 2004 - recommendationson screening for family and intimate partner volence based on the USPSTF’s examination of evidence specific …  edition. 1 In 1996, the USPSTF found insufficient evidence to recommend for or against the use of specific … Gynecologists (ACOG) 43 guidelines on domestic violence recommend that physicians routinely ask women direct, specific … ACOG and AMA 45 recommend that physicians routinely ask elderly patients direct, specific questions

479. Recommendation: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
     August 15, 2011 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) makes recommendations about the effectiveness of specific clinical … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decisionmaking to the specific patient or … screening for bladder cancer or treatment of screen-detected bladder cancer leads to improved disease-specific … persons with such tumors, while minimizing unnecessary treatments in those unlikely to have disease-specific

480. Screening for Breast Cancer: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/zESNSGqmKFpJWqNb573WXC
     November 01, 2009 - be an individual one and take into account patient context, including the patient’s values regarding specific … Clinicians and policymakers should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific … be an individual one and take patient context into account, including the patient’s values regarding specific … See Clinical Considerations for specific populations at increased risk and for suggestions for practice … PREVIOUS USPSTF RECOMMENDATION This recommendation updates the 2002 recommenda- tion by providing specific