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121. 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 - All relevant outcomes are measured in a standard, valid, and reliable way What percentage of the … , performed regardless of test results The test is compared with an appropriate gold standard … Reference standard interpreted independently of screening test When no gold standard exists, a validated … reference standard is used as a comparator Handles indeterminate result in a reasonable manner … are measured independently (blind) of each other Sample size The test and gold standard are

122. Current Processes of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Refining Evidence-Based Recommendation Development (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/currprocess.pdf
     July 01, 2007 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel that has provided the gold standard for … follows a unique and explicit methodology to develop recommendations that pass a rigorous evidence- based standard … The USP- STF stands as an independent arbiter of the evidence and, as such, has set the standard for … this topic but has decided to refer to other organizations because 1) the recommended service is the standard … USPSTF recommendations are based, as well as the proposed recommendation statements, are re- viewed by a standard

123. Preventive Services for Food Insecurity: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/kGvn_HBPEEdfu2rs38VN8_
     March 11, 2025 - specificity above 82%, although most studies did not administer the screener separately from the reference standard … of the items embedded in this tool, without separate administration of the screener and ref- erence standard … sections of a single questionnaire.28 All of the remaining studies adminis- tered only the reference standard … without additional items, and examined the agreement of subsets of items with the full ref- erence standard … but was also the only instance of the screener being administered independently from the refer- ence standard

124. Final Research Plan: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/unhealthy-alcohol-use-adolescents-adults-behavioral-counseling-interventions
     May 16, 2024 - application in primary care in adolescents, and new versions of previously established instruments adapted to standard … school) Comparators KQs 1, 3: No screening or usual care KQ 2: Comparison with reference standard

125. Draft Research Plan: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pregnant-nonpregnant-adults
     November 30, 2023 - are already or were previously taking antiretroviral therapy Interventions KQs 1–3: Rapid or standard … hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, or tuberculosis coinfection Interventions KQs 1, 2: Rapid or standard

126. Task Force at a Glance | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/task-force-at-a-glance
     June 22, 2025 - How We Work The Task Force uses gold standard methods to systematically review the evidence on preventive

127. Archived: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-adults-screening-2004
     January 01, 2004 - Urine culture is the gold standard for detecting asymptomatic bacteriuria but is expensive for routine

128. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review11/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
     July 15, 2008 - is common, and screening for this condition in pregnant women is a well-established, evidence-based standard … The previous review relied on the standard definition of preterm delivery from the 1960s, birthweight … Although urine culture remains the gold standard … performed at routine prenatal visits if a leukocyte esterase-nitrite test result was positive; the gold standard

129. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/update-methods-insufficient-evidence
     March 04, 2021 - However, for the majority of clinical preventive services, this standard of evidence is unattainable. … behavioral counseling interventions are especially problematic, because the study interventions in gold-standard … for substance abuse. 7   They point out that requiring "fidelity" in treatment delivery in a "gold-standard … from non-RCT study designs (such as cohort, cross-sectional, case-control, or quasi-experimental) as a standard

130. How to Read the New Recommendation Statement: Methods Update (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/methupd.pdf
     July 01, 2007 - the format of the summary statement to specify what service is being recommended in what population; standard … This group comprises experts from around the world and is working to develop standard processes and language … forward to an ongoing dialogue with the GRADE working group, with the hope of coming to con- sensus on a standard … Other Considerations The Other Considerations section is a new part of the standard recommendation statement

131. Z8Avschjezubsjtdsx424H (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/z8AVsCHJEZUBSJtdSx424H
     May 23, 2019 - Maximum recommended consump- tion is 1 or less standard drink per day for adult women and for anyone … older than 65 years of age and 2 or fewer standard drinks per day for adult men. … We abstracted author, year published, type of trial, setting, and definition of a standard drink used … Maisto et al., 2001 (60) RCT in 12 primary care clinics United States Standard drink � 0.6 oz ETOH … Scott and Anderson, 1990 (59) RCT in 8 community-based primary care practices England Standard drink

132. Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/colorectal-cancer-screening
     May 18, 2021 - For KQ2, test accuracy studies that used colonoscopy as the reference standard were included. … Although studies evaluating stool-based tests using a colonoscopy reference standard for all persons … Based on 3 studies 111 , 128 , 138 (n = 2290) that compared colonoscopy to a reference standard of CT … (n = 3503) 3 Studies, registry reference standard (n = 15,969) CRC: Sensitivity range, 0.50 to … (n = 122,370) 18 Studies, registry reference standard (n = 2,824,358) CRC: c Sensitivity, 0.74

133. Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening
     January 28, 2021 - used in U.S. primary care settings Comparisons KQ 1, 3: No screening KQ 2: Reference standard

134. Celebrating 40 years of Prevention Guidance (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2024-06/USPSTF-40th-anniversary-timeline_0.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - report “Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust,” identifying the USPSTF as a leader and a reference standard

135. Final Research Plan: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pregnant-nonpregnant-adults
     February 22, 2024 - are already or were previously taking antiretroviral therapy Interventions KQs 1–3: Rapid or standard … hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, or tuberculosis coinfection Interventions KQs 1, 2: Rapid or standard

136. JAMA (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/eko8Cp28pZ3SHHfyvTXJW5
     May 13, 2025 - One study comparing a treponemal test with a non- standard, composite 2-step screening algorithm reported … participants, and 1 good-quality study (n = 91) reported that 2.5% of partici- pants had adverse reactions to standard

137. 40th Anniversary Timeline | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/40th-anniversary-timeline
     January 01, 2006 - report “ Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust ,” identifying the USPSTF as a leader and a reference standard

138. 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)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_GZ-JwUgQJykdbvhgpTNph
     January 21, 2025 - Please note the public comment period has been expanded from the standard four weeks to five weeks to

139. Screening for Child and Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/R33bUm6oyjhWnbw96pJHwE
     April 01, 2009 - the use of systematic screening improves identification, treatment, and outcomes of depression over standard … Relevance Does not focus on depression screening Does not use a credible reference standard or reports … , performed regardless of test results The test is compared with an appropriate gold standard Reference … standard interpreted independently of screening test When no gold standard exists, a validated reference … are measured independently (blind) of each other Sample size The test and gold standard are applied

140. Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/current-processes-refining-evidence-based-recommendation-development
     January 01, 2014 - follows a unique and explicit methodology to develop recommendations that pass a rigorous evidence-based standard … The USPSTF stands as an independent arbiter of the evidence and, as such, has set the standard for evidence-based … USPSTF recommendations are based, as well as the proposed recommendation statements, are reviewed by a standard