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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-vi-criteria-assessing-internal-validity-individual-studies
July 01, 2017 - Systematic Reviews
Criteria:
Comprehensiveness of sources considered/search strategy used
Standard … , performed regardless of test results
Reference standard interpreted independently of screening test … ; interprets reference standard independently of screening test; assesses reliability of test; has few … reference standard independent of screening test; has moderate sample size (50 to 100 subjects) and … test; biased ascertainment of reference standard; has very small sample size or very narrow selected
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/Clinical%20Practice%20Guidelines%202011%20Insert_0.pdf
March 14, 2011 - STANDARD 1
Establishing transparency
1.1 The processes by which a CPG is developed and
funded should … STANDARD 2
Management of conflict of interest (COI)
2.1 Prior to selection of the Guideline Development … STANDARD 3
Guideline development group composition
3.1 The GDG should be multidisciplinary and balanced … STANDARD 5
Establishing evidence foundations for and rating strength
of recommendations
5.1 For each … STANDARD 8
Updating
8.1 The CPG publication date, date of pertinent sys-
tematic evidence review,
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/standards-guideline-dev%20(1).pdf
January 08, 2016 - Preventive Services Task Force Compliance
With Standard
1.1. … Preventive Services Task Force Compliance
With Standard
2. … Preventive Services Task Force Compliance
With Standard
3. … Preventive Services Task Force Compliance
With Standard
5. … Preventive Services Task Force Compliance
With Standard
7. External review
7.1.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary48/suicide-risk-screening
May 15, 2004 - Prior Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Comparing Problem-solving Therapy vs Standard Aftercare … For screening studies, inclusion required comparison with a gold standard. … Standard care in many instances may be a successful intervention; it may be "good enough." … However, the components of standard care are poorly described in the existing literature and probably … Subsequent research could address this shortcoming by more carefully monitoring and defining standard
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary48/suicide-risk-screening-2004
May 15, 2004 - Prior Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Comparing Problem-solving Therapy vs Standard Aftercare … For screening studies, inclusion required comparison with a gold standard. … Standard care in many instances may be a successful intervention; it may be "good enough." … However, the components of standard care are poorly described in the existing literature and probably … Subsequent research could address this shortcoming by more carefully monitoring and defining standard
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/cJSpoZqW2M7czx_-GeTdtE
May 01, 2004 - For screening studies, inclusion required
comparison with a gold standard. … Intensive care plus outreach versus standard
aftercare (6 studies)42–47 produced a summary OR
of 0.83 … Aftercare
Psychoanalytically Oriented Partial Hospitalization vs Standard Aftercare
Emergency Care … vs Standard Aftercare
Brief Contact By Letter vs Standard Aftercare
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Screening for Suicide Risk … Standard care in many instances
may be a successful intervention; it may be “good
enough.”
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
May 02, 2019 - KQs 1, 2: Screening vs. no screening or alternate screening strategies or methods
KQ 3: Gold standard … (nucleic acid amplification testing) or other reference standard (if study does not use nucleic acid … amplification testing), specific to anatomic site or sites where gold standard sample is collected, … anatomic site–specific testing, and the included risk groups and risk behaviors; clarified the gold standard
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary10/aspirin-for-the-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication
March 15, 2009 - , interprets reference standard independently of screening test, reliability of test assessed, has few … reference standard independent of screening test, moderate sample size (50-100 subjects) and a "medium … , performed regardless of test results Reference standard interpreted independently of screening … , interprets reference standard independently of screening test, reliability of test assessed, has few … reference standard independent of screening test, includes moderate sample size (50-100 subjects) and
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary10/aspirin-for-the-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication-2009
March 15, 2009 - , interprets reference standard independently of screening test, reliability of test assessed, has few … reference standard independent of screening test, moderate sample size (50-100 subjects) and a "medium … , performed regardless of test results Reference standard interpreted independently of screening … , interprets reference standard independently of screening test, reliability of test assessed, has few … reference standard independent of screening test, includes moderate sample size (50-100 subjects) and
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/t6yV6ZMHngeWgmTsoMMefM
March 01, 2009 - , interprets reference standard independently of screening test,
reliability of test assessed, has few … reference standard independent of screening test,
moderate sample size (50–100 subjects) and a “medium … , performed regardless of test results
Reference standard interpreted independently of screening test … , interprets reference standard independently of screening test, reliability
of test assessed, has few … reference standard independent of screening test,
includes moderate sample size (50–100 subjects) and
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/food-insecurity-preventive-services
February 24, 2022 - Comparators
KQs 1, 4: Control group (can include active control/comparator)
KQ 2: Any reference standard … comparator required if explicitly addresses harms
KQs 1, 4: No control/comparator
KQ 2: No reference standard … nonrandomized studies with less than 12- week followup
KQ 2: Test performance studies without reference standard
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/food-insecurity-screening
February 24, 2022 - Comparators
KQs 1, 4: Control group (can include active control/comparator)
KQ 2: Any reference standard … comparator required if explicitly addresses harms
KQs 1, 4: No control/comparator
KQ 2: No reference standard … nonrandomized studies with less than 12- week followup
KQ 2: Test performance studies without reference standard
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March 21, 2007 - Five A’s
Change Concept
Patient Level
(patient-provider
interaction)
Office Environment
(standard … Five A’s
Change Concept
Patient Level
(patient-provider
interaction)
Office Environment
(standard … Five A’s
Change Concept
Patient Level
(patient-provider
interaction)
Office Environment
(standard … Five A’s
Change Concept
Patient Level
(patient-provider
interaction)
Office Environment
(standard … Five A’s
Change Concept
Patient Level
(patient-provider
interaction)
Office Environment
(standard
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September 06, 2013 - * The Department of Health and Human Services, in implementing the Affordable Care Act under the standard … No standard approach or reporting
standards are in place. … * The Department of Health and Human Services, in implementing the Affordable Care Act under the standard
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary25/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes
April 13, 2015 - Intensive: DBP ≤75
Standard: DBP 80 to 89
Achieved
Intensive: 132/78
Standard: … SBP <120
Standard: SBP <140
Achieved
Intensive: 119/64
Standard: 134/71
6% … : DBP ≤80
Standard: DBP ≤85 or 90
Achieved
Intensive: 140/81
Standard: 143/84 … Target
Intensive:
Standard:
Achieved
Intensive: 143/79
Standard: 152 … Standard care (n=645)
Patients with IGT or IFG
A vs.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary25/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
April 13, 2015 - Intensive: DBP ≤75
Standard: DBP 80 to 89
Achieved
Intensive: 132/78
Standard: … SBP <120
Standard: SBP <140
Achieved
Intensive: 119/64
Standard: 134/71
6% … : DBP ≤80
Standard: DBP ≤85 or 90
Achieved
Intensive: 140/81
Standard: 143/84 … Target
Intensive:
Standard:
Achieved
Intensive: 143/79
Standard: 152 … Standard care (n=645)
Patients with IGT or IFG
A vs.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertension-in-adults-screening
April 27, 2021 - for screening and confirmatory measurements (ambulatory blood pressure monitoring as the reference standard … The selection of the ABPM reference standard was based on a 2015 systematic review conducted for the … was associated with cardiovascular events independently of OBPM and thus could serve as a reference standard … and KQ3a, included studies reported accuracy of protocol variations compared with an ABPM reference standard … Comparator: Study did not use ambulatory blood pressure monitoring reference standard (KQ2, KQ3).
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/public-comment-draft-research-plan-screening-hiv
January 03, 2024 - Note the public comment period has been extended from the standard four weeks to five weeks to account
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/glaucoma-screening-2013
July 15, 2013 - Evidence is limited by the lack of an established gold standard against which individual screening tests … In addition, no single standard exists to define and measure progression of visual field defects. … Evaluating the evidence on screening tests is complicated by the lack of an established standard for … the diagnosis of glaucoma and a consequent lack of an established gold standard to evaluate accuracy. … A few comments disagreed that there is no accepted gold standard for screening for glaucoma.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary25/folic-acid-to-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication
May 15, 2009 - We used standard USPSTF methodology on internal and external validity to quality-rate the articles for … , interprets reference standard independently of screening test, reliability of test assessed, has few … , interprets reference standard independent of screening test, moderate sample size (50-100 subjects) … , interprets reference standard independently of screening test, reliability of test assessed, has few … , interprets reference standard independently of screening test, moderate sample size (50-100 subjects