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241. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary50/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening1
     July 15, 2009 - For diagnostic accuracy, we included studies that compared a screening test with a reference standard … Only 1 study clearly reported independent interpretation of the reference standard, 23 2 studies clearly … applied the reference standard to all patients, 23 , 24 and 1 study reported sufficient information … Used Reference Standard Applied to All Patients Screening Test Adequately Described … Reference Standard Interpreted Independently Quality Score Ariyasu et al,

242. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary50/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2009
     July 15, 2009 - For diagnostic accuracy, we included studies that compared a screening test with a reference standard … Only 1 study clearly reported independent interpretation of the reference standard, 23 2 studies clearly … applied the reference standard to all patients, 23 , 24 and 1 study reported sufficient information … Used Reference Standard Applied to All Patients Screening Test Adequately Described … Reference Standard Interpreted Independently Quality Score Ariyasu et al,

243. Screening Older Adults for Impaired Visual Acuity: A Review of the Evidence for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/7eLc5kBtomL_HKpYDwsFPf
     July 01, 2009 - A visual acuity test (for example, the Snellen eye chart) is the standard for screen- ing for vision … For diagnostic accuracy, we included studies that com- pared a screening test with a reference standard … applied the refer- ence standard to all patients (23, 24), and 1 study reported sufficient information … because it is often considered the clinical standard for evaluating visual acuity. … Used Reference Standard Applied to All Patients Screening Test Adequately Described Reference Standard

244. Archived: Evidence Summary: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary11/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

245. Ykjvkfmv5Jf8Bl3Rbx8Bp7 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - The evidence review assessed the benefits and harms of aspirin use and intensive versus standard control … Benefits of Intensive Versus Standard Control of Blood Glucose Levels, Blood Pressure, and Lipid Levels … intensive blood pressure control was associated with less cardiovascular mortality and morbidity than standard … However, a consistent benefit of stroke reduction was found in study groups with in- tensive versus standard … The USPSTF found no studies on the effects of in- tensive versus standard lipid control in persons with

246. Evidence Summary: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/unhealthy-alcohol-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
     November 13, 2018 - The conversion factor of 14 g of ethanol was used for 1 standard drink, since this is the definition … of a standard drink in the United States. … of 6 or more drinks per occasion tended to have lower sensitivity than the 5/4 or more drinks standard … Sensitivity was relatively high (0.82) in young adults at the standard score cutoff of 8 or higher, but … Use of the USAUDIT and USAUDIT-C, designed to use the United States’ standard drink size and to return

247. Evidence Summary: Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: Screening and Risk Assessment With the Ankle-Brachial Index | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/peripheral-artery-disease-in-adults-screening-with-the-ankle-brachial-index
     July 10, 2018 - A single diagnostic accuracy study of the ABI compared with magnetic resonance angiography gold-standard … of 306 older adults in Sweden used whole-body magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) as the reference standard … Did not use reference standard: for KQ2 and KQ3, the ABI was not compared with an eligible reference … standard. … a Of 307 participants randomized, only 306 were analyzed (1 participant did not complete gold standard

248. 6Ngc3Byq9Jeby Pwyvd6Or (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/6Ngc3byQ9jeBy_pwyvD6or
     September 01, 2014 - Incremental Benefit of Additional Medications Beyond Current Standard Medical Therapy We found no eligible … studies that assessed benefits of additional medications beyond current standard medical therapy. … Current standard therapy to reduce stroke risk in- cludes use of statins, antihypertensives (including … asymp- tomatic CAS who are at decreased or increased risk for stroke caused by CAS despite current standard … Changes in technology, standard medical therapy, surgical procedures, and stroke rates may not be reflected

249. Draft Research Plan: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/unhealthy-alcohol-use-adolescents-adults-behavioral-counseling-interventions
     February 01, 2024 - application in primary care in adolescents, and new versions of previously established instruments adapted to standard … Pharmacotherapy Comparators KQs 1, 3: No screening or usual care KQ 2: Comparison with reference standard

250. Draft Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity and Glaucoma in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/impaired-visual-acuity-glaucoma-in-adults-screening
     February 13, 2020 - Studies evaluating diagnostic accuracy of a screening question or diagnostic test compared to a reference standard … practice Comparisons KQs 1, 2: No screening KQ 3: No referral KQs 4, 5: Reference standard

251. Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
     June 17, 2021 - disease because of underlying immunosuppression or for whom LTBI screening and treatment would be part of standard … KQs 2, 4: TST using Mantoux method with intermediate strength dose of PPD and standard thresholds for

252. Draft Research Plan: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening-prevent-fractures
     August 12, 2021 - calibration slope, calibration plot, Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit, gradient of risk [risk ratio per standard … countries with high or low fracture incidence Study Quality Good or fair quality as determined by standard

253. Evidence Summary: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/food-insecurity-screening
     March 11, 2025 - specificity above 82%, although most studies did not administer the screener separately from the reference standard … sections of a single questionnaire. 28 All of the remaining studies administered only the reference standard … or without additional items, and examined the agreement of subsets of items with the full reference standard … but was also the only instance of the screener being administered independently from the reference standard … but was also the only instance of the screener being administered independently from the reference standard

254. Final Research Plan: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening-adults
     December 21, 2023 - of later-stage cancer) Comparisons KQs 1, 2: Usual care; no screening KQ 3: Reference standard … for prostate cancer KQ 4: Reference standard for clinically important prostate cancer KQs 4a, 4b

255. Screening for Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ANFp6KBU5kTPRMcMNhMpTj
     March 01, 2022 - • Current practice: Assessing weight, height, and body mass index is the standard of care in primary

256. Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Qpv8h6ZMbYLYzakVrNQoj2
     October 11, 2022 - The prevalence of MDD based on reference standard diagnos- tic clinical interviews ranged from 3% to … SRS).49 The prevalence of increased suicide risk ranged from 19% to 22%, depending on the reference standard … , and were 0.87 and 0.60 against another reference standard.49 Harms of Screening Key Question 3. … Depression The standard of evidence for test accuracy was rated as low to mod- erate for sensitivity … being used in practice Suicide: 1 study (n = 581) Sensitivity, 0.87 and 0.91 (varies by reference standard

257. Draft Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-1
     November 19, 2020 - used in U.S. primary care settings Comparisons KQ 1, 3: No screening KQ 2: Reference standard

258. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/GON-final-rs-bulletin.pdf
     January 29, 2019 - Fortunately, because ocular prophylaxis is the standard of care for all newborns in the United States

259. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/hepatitis-b-pregnant-women-draft-rec-bulletin-updated.pdf
     February 04, 2019 - Screening for hepatitis B in pregnancy has been a standard of care for more than 30 years, with an A

260. 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