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21. Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or 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
    June 24, 2025 - standard. … were similar in terms of populations, intervention types, screening tests, time frame of exposure, reference … standards, and outcomes. … standard) of 10% to 29%. … AHRQ does not mandate national standards of clinical practice or quality health care standards.

22. 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 - consider medicolegal issues or the cost or coverage of services in making recommendations, or set clinical standards … To be consistent with the standards of the National Guidelines Clearinghouse™ ( https://www.guideline.gov … body of literature about clinical preventive services, the USPSTF must balance its rigorous scientific standards

23. Draft Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/vision-screening-children-ages-6-months-5-years
    April 24, 2025 - b Determination of refractive error will be based on age-appropriate standards.   … studies will be hand-searched for eligible articles KQ 2: Studies that do not attempt to perform the reference … standard in all participants or a random sample of participants Language and Publication status

24. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-2002
    September 03, 2002 - refer patients to mammography screening centers with proper accreditation and quality assurance standards

25. Screening for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Where Is the Evidence? (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/7K93Ldpe86aLuGS65CPKYp
    July 01, 2005 - What are appropriate standards for overweight in children/adolescents and what is the prevalence of overweight … What are appropriate standards for overweight in children/adolescents and what is the prevalence of overweight

26. 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 - medicolegal issues or the cost or coverage of services in making recommenda- tions, or set clinical standards … To be consistent with the standards of the National Guidelines Clearing- house (www.ngc.gov), the process … Topics in this category are well-established, evidence-based standards of care in current medicine practice … of literature about clinical preventive services, the USPSTF must bal- ance its rigorous scientific standards

27. Procedure Manual Appendix VIII. Standardization of Outcome Tables | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-viii-standardization-outcome-tables
    July 01, 2017 - Standardization of Outcome Tables Share to Facebook Share to X Share … Standardization of Outcome Tables . U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. July 2017.

28. Screening Women for Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review to Update teh 2004 USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/MjwZ4vRLZDVUSnfMA6SrDo
    June 01, 2012 - We excluded studies that lacked a vali- dated reference standard or assessed instruments not feasi- ble … Structured (51) and semistructured interviews (46) were used as reference standards in 2 studies (Appen … All studies applied their reference standards to all participants, although only 2 (44, 51) indicated … that reference standards were independently interpreted. … ** The sampling method was not random or consecutive or not described. †† The reference standard was

29. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-2009
    December 15, 2009 - Screening Tests Standardization of film mammography has led to improved quality. … Refer patients to facilities certified under the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA), listed at … No standard approach or reporting standards are in place. … Standardization of mammography practices enacted by the Mammography Quality Standards Act have led to … Clinicians should refer patients to Mammography Quality Standards Act-certified facilities, a listing

30. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary47/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-2006
    February 15, 2006 - No "gold standard" has been developed and tested for screening, reference standards varied across studies … No gold standard has been developed and tested for screening, reference standards varied across studies … Study uses a credible reference standard, performed regardless of test results. … Reference standard interpreted independently of screening test. … standard; interprets reference standard independently of screening test; reliability of test assessed

31. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and for Caregiver Abuse of Older and Vulnerable Adults: An Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/RrE4_peSk5zVH3cCf77at3
    June 24, 2025 - of screening tools designed to detect exposure to IPV or caregiver abuse compared with an acceptable reference … standard. … were similar in terms of popu- lations, intervention types, screening tests, time frame of exposure, reference … standards, and outcomes. … AHRQ does not mandate national standards of clinical practice or quality health care standards.

32. Methods and Processes | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes
    June 01, 2019 - Read the Procedure Manual   Standards for Guideline Development Learn how the Task Force’s processes

33. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/cmJ4Bm9BysHuBX2Wy8MQbc
    December 07, 2005 - No “gold standard” has been developed and tested for screening, reference standards varied across studies … Results of instruments were compared with those of a variety of reference standards and no gold standard … No gold standard has been developed and tested for screening, reference standards varied across studies … standard, performed regardless of test results • Reference standard interpreted independently of screening … standard; interprets reference standard independently of screening test; reliability of test assessed

34. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
    February 15, 2005 - Suggested standards for reporting on arterial aneurysms. … Subcommittee on Reporting Standards for Arterial Aneurysms, Ad Hoc Committee on Reporting Standards,

35. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/p8bwnFstpfy9KoDSJhT7m5
    February 01, 2005 - Suggested standards for reporting on arterial aneurysms. … Subcommittee on Reporting Standards for Arterial Aneurysms, Ad Hoc Committee on Reporting Standards,

36. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary4/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
    October 15, 2008 - standards, we excluded studies of test accuracy that incompletely applied a valid reference standard … Studies on the accuracy of CT colonography have generally used an enhanced reference standard, which … standards, we excluded studies of test accuracy that incompletely applied a valid reference standard … Credible reference standard used, performed regardless of test results.     … Reference standard interpreted independently of screening test.    

37. Archived: Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan95/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
    September 18, 2014 - definitions of increased risk and true disease status will be determined by the available studies, that gold standards

38. Procedure Manual Appendix VI. Criteria for Assessing Internal Validity of Individual Studies | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-vi-criteria-assessing-internal-validity-individual-studies
    July 01, 2017 - standard, performed regardless of test results Reference standard interpreted independently of screening … standard; interprets reference standard independently of screening test; assesses reliability of test … standard independent of screening test; has moderate sample size (50 to 100 subjects) and a "medium" … Poor: Has a fatal flaw, such as: uses inappropriate reference standard; improperly administers screening … test; biased ascertainment of reference standard; has very small sample size or very narrow selected

39. Final Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vision-in-children-ages-6-months-to-5-years-screening
    December 17, 2015 - † Determination of refractive error will be based on age-appropriate standards. … all other study designs not listed as eligible KQ 2: Studies that do not attempt to perform the reference … standard in all participants or a random sample of participants Language and Publication status

40. 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-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
    October 20, 2016 - management Comparators KQs 1, 3: No screening or usual care KQ 2: Comparison with reference … standard (i.e., structured or semistructured clinical interview) KQs 4, 5: No intervention … stratifying analyses based on alcohol use severity, noting the need for specificity when describing reference … standards used in instrument accuracy studies) were noted but did not change the scope of the review