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141. Recommendation: Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/folic-acid-supplementation-prevent-neural-tube-defects
     February 14, 2023 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

142. Public Comment on Draft Research Plan: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/public-comment-draft-research-plan-ocular-prophylaxis-gonococcal-ophthalmia-neonatorum
     January 10, 2018 - The public comment period has been expanded from its standard 4 weeks to 5 weeks to account for the upcoming

143. Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/impaired-visual-acuity-adults-october-2022
     June 04, 2020 - refractive error and cataracts Comparisons KQs 1, 2: No screening KQs 3, 4: Reference standard … evaluating diagnostic accuracy of a screening question or diagnostic test compared with a reference standard

144. Recommendation: Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-cvd-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     January 11, 2022 - The Task Force uses gold standard methods to review the evidence and is transparent at each step of the

145. Evidence Summary: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/ocular-prophylaxis-for-gonococcal-ophthalmia-neonatorum-preventive-medication
     January 29, 2019 - Because ocular prophylaxis for GON represents a long-established standard … transmitted infections introduced in the 1970s is considered the most effective preventive strategy and the standard … States, where risk-based prenatal gonorrhea screening is recommended and ocular prophylaxis is the standard

146. Draft Research Plan: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/screening-atrial-fibrillation
     March 26, 2020 - Placebo, no treatment KQ 1, 2, 4 : No comparison, nonconcordant historical control KQ 3: No reference standard … , reference standard other than 12-lead ECG or continuous ambulatory ECG monitoring interpreted by one … cardiologist are excluded from KQ 3 (diagnostic accuracy) because these tests are considered the reference standard

147. Draft Research Plan: Atrial Fibrillation: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/atrial-fibrillation-with-ecg
     March 26, 2020 - Placebo, no treatment KQ 1, 2, 4 : No comparison, nonconcordant historical control KQ 3: No reference standard … , reference standard other than 12-lead ECG or continuous ambulatory ECG monitoring interpreted by one … cardiologist are excluded from KQ 3 (diagnostic accuracy) because these tests are considered the reference standard

148. Screening Adults Aged 50 Years or Older for Hearing Loss: A Review of the Evidence for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ERu8RYv5CbbB-3WKgRdXFg
     March 01, 2011 - For diagnostic ac- curacy, we included studies that compared a screening test with a reference standard … audiometer instead of standard audiometry (24, 34, 38, 40). … However, harms of screening are probably min- imal because screening tests and the reference standard … , performed regardless of test results Reference standard interpreted independently of screening test … Standard Applied to All Patients Reference Standard and Screening Examination Interpreted Independently

149. Final Evidence Summary: Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary29/hearing-loss-in-older-adults-screening
     August 15, 2012 - For diagnostic accuracy, we included studies that compared a screening test with a reference standard … audiometer instead of standard audiometry. 24 , 34 , 38 , 40 One study performed an audiometric … examination but used an audiologist assessment as the reference standard 41 . … However, harms of screening are probably minimal because screening tests and the reference standard ( … reference standard independent of screening test; moderate sample size (50 to 100 participants) and

150. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary29/hearing-loss-in-older-adults-screening-august-2012
     August 15, 2012 - For diagnostic accuracy, we included studies that compared a screening test with a reference standard … audiometer instead of standard audiometry. 24 , 34 , 38 , 40 One study performed an audiometric … examination but used an audiologist assessment as the reference standard 41 . … However, harms of screening are probably minimal because screening tests and the reference standard ( … reference standard independent of screening test; moderate sample size (50 to 100 participants) and

151. Archived: Final Research Plan: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/ResearchPlanFinal/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
     January 23, 2014 - endarterectomy (CEA) or carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAAS) provide incremental benefit beyond current standard … does the addition of medications (e.g., aspirin, statins) provide incremental benefit beyond current standard … KQ 6: Studies must compare the addition of one or more medications to current standard medical therapy … (that includes treatment of traditional risk factors) versus the addition of placebo to current standard

152. Archived: Final Research Plan: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan36/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
     January 23, 2014 - endarterectomy (CEA) or carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAAS) provide incremental benefit beyond current standard … does the addition of medications (e.g., aspirin, statins) provide incremental benefit beyond current standard … KQ 6: Studies must compare the addition of one or more medications to current standard medical therapy … (that includes treatment of traditional risk factors) versus the addition of placebo to current standard

153. Public Comment on Two Draft Recommendation Statements and Draft Evidence Reviews: Screening for CVD Risk With ECG and Screening for Atrial Fibrillation With ECG | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/public-comment-two-draft-recommendation-statements-and-draft-evidence-reviews-screening-cvd-risk-ecg-and-screening-atrial-fibrillation
     January 22, 2018 - The public comment period has been expanded from its standard 4 weeks to 5 weeks to account for the upcoming

154. Screening: Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/-screening-evidence-summary/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening
     May 15, 2013 - Limitation: The lack of a gold standard for confirming GDM limits comparisons. … The absence of a universally accepted gold standard for the diagnosis of GDM has resulted in various … The lack of a gold standard to confirm a diagnosis of GDM limited our ability to compare the results … Ideally, the gold standard comparison for GDM screening tests would be a universally agreed-on set of … standard?.tw. protocol?.tw. or/101-107 meta analysis.mp,pt.

155. Archived: Screening: Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/-screening-evidence-summary/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
     May 15, 2013 - Limitation: The lack of a gold standard for confirming GDM limits comparisons. … The absence of a universally accepted gold standard for the diagnosis of GDM has resulted in various … The lack of a gold standard to confirm a diagnosis of GDM limited our ability to compare the results … Ideally, the gold standard comparison for GDM screening tests would be a universally agreed-on set of … standard?.tw. protocol?.tw. or/101-107 meta analysis.mp,pt.

156. Screening for Gonorrhea: Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Wezro6zTSfAWxCrneF-nxB
     May 01, 2005 - Prevalence w low to adequ determine tes performance standard. … Standard Discrepant/Confirm Farrell, 200161 260 men and women 1. … Standard Discrepant/Confirm Moncada, 200477 1,569 women 1. … • Study uses a credible reference standard, performed regardless of test results. … • Reference standard interpreted independently of screening test.

157. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-july-2014
     July 08, 2014 - carotid artery stenosis leads to any benefit from adding or increasing medication doses (beyond current standard … Studies comparing CEA or CAAS with current standard medical therapy are needed. … asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis with CEA or CAAS, the benefits from medications added to current standard … However, none of the studies used angiography as a gold standard, and only 2 studies involved patients … It is difficult to determine what effect current standard medical therapy would have on comparative outcomes

158. Evidence Summary: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
     October 15, 2010 - Studies of diagnostic accuracy that did not perform the reference standard in patients with negative … Excludes cystoscopy (except as gold standard examination). … Fair: Evaluates a relevant available screening test; uses a reasonable although not the best standard … ; interprets a reference standard independent of the screening test; includes a moderate sample size … Poor: Has an important limitation, such as use of an inappropriate reference standard; the screening

159. Final Research Plan: Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnant Persons to Prevent Preterm Delivery: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/bacterial-vaginosis-in-pregnancy-to-prevent-preterm-delivery-screening
     May 17, 2018 - with an active comparator group KQ 2: Screening interventions that do not include a reference standard … harms of fetal exposure, outcomes measured at any time point KQ 2: Screening test and reference standard … days of delivery, except for harms related to fetal exposure KQ 2: Screening test and reference standard

160. N3Veybr4Zdhzfqsw3Erlhe (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/N3VeYbr4ZdhZfqsw3ErLHE
     November 01, 2014 - asymptomatic CAS leads to any benefit from adding or increasing medi- cation doses (beyond current standard … Studies comparing CEA or CAAS with current standard medical therapy are needed. … treatment of asymptom- atic CAS with CEA or CAAS, the benefits from medica- tions added to current standard … However, none of the studies used angiography as a gold standard, and only 2 studies involved patients … It is difficult to determine what effect current standard medical therapy would have on comparative outcomes