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81. Final Research Plan: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/food-insecurity-screening
    July 28, 2022 - KQs 1, 4: Control group (can include historical control, active control/comparator) § KQ 2: Any reference … standard KQs 3, 5: No comparator required if explicitly addresses harms KQs 1, 4: No control … /comparator KQ 2: No reference standard Outcomes KQs 1, 4: Food and nutrition security … trials, nonrandomized studies with less than 12-week followup KQ 2: Test performance studies without reference … standard KQs 3, 5: Case series, case reports, or editorials Study quality Fair to good

82. Evidence Summary: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing
    August 20, 2019 - standards; risk factors included in the models; and performance measures of the models. … Most studies used results of BRCA1/2 mutation testing as the reference standard, although 2 studies … Cancer Program Standards 2016. ACS website. … Relatives With Breast or Ovarian Cancer Other Factors Comparison With Other Models Reference Standard … , 0.93 AUC, 0.71 Myriad II as reference standard (≥10% mutation probability): sensitivity,

83. Evidence Summary: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/food-insecurity-screening
    March 11, 2025 - standard, potentially overstating the accuracy. … standard. … full reference standard (referred to as “embedded” administrations). … Quality: Study did not meet quality standards. … from the reference standard Moderate (adequate for detection) Eight of 10 studies conducted in or

84. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Screening for IPV and Caregiver Abuse in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    reported a gender that differs from their sex Screening instruments compared with an acceptable reference … standard (verified or self-reported abuse or validated screening instrument for abuse) Sensitivity … vulnerable adults (age 18 years or older) Eligible instruments must be compared with an acceptable reference … standard (verified or self-reported abuse or validated screening instrument for abuse) Sensitivity

85. Archived: Evidence Summary: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary17/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
    December 15, 2013 - However, reference standards and study designs varied, and some models have been evaluated only in single … Practice standards for screening have preceded supporting evidence despite known harms of overscreening … Additional Risk Factors in Model Accuracy Studies Study, Year (Reference) Population Reference … Standard Sensitivity, % Specificity, % PPV NPV FHAT Clinical scoring tool; referral … Models Used as Reference Standards to Estimate Individual Risks for BRCA Mutations

86. Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis in the General Population: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2022 - staff provided project oversight, reviewed the report to ensure that the analysis met methodological standards

87. Archived: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
    July 07, 2015 - Included studies used well-regarded instruments used by speech-language pathologists as reference standards … ; however, individual studies used different reference standards.

88. JAMA (pdf file)
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    May 13, 2025 - provided project oversight, reviewed the evidence review to ensure that the analysis met methodological standards

89. Archived: Screening and Interventions for Childhood Obesity: Where Is the Evidence? A Commentary by the Childhood Obesity Working Group of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/screening-and-interventions-for-childhood-obesity-where-is-t/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2005
    July 11, 2005 - What are appropriate standards for overweight in childhood and what is prevalence of overweight based

90. Draft Research Plan: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
    October 28, 2021 - assay or both; mode of collection or interval of testing KQ 2: Clinician-collected hrHPV sample Reference … standard No screening Outcomes KQ 1: Precancerous lesions (i.e., CIN2+, CIN3+) Invasive … Case series Narrative reviews Editorials KQ 2: Diagnostic test accuracy studies without a reference … standard Setting Primary care (e.g., internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology

91. 3W8Wr9Wwayaqujwmjo Bl- (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2014 - arising during the project; and review the final report to ensure that it met basic methodological standards … However, reference standards and study designs var- ied, and some models have been evaluated only in … risk for BRCA mutations 8 studies of 5 models; no studies of adverse effects Diagnostic accuracy Reference … standards and study designs varied; risk was based on self-reported information Consistent High Good … Prac- tice standards for screening have preceded supporting evi- dence despite known harms of overscreening

92. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Women and Elderly Adults: Intimate Partner Violence and Elderly Abuse: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-women-and-elderly-adults/intimate-partner-violence-and-elderly-abuse-screening-2004
    March 08, 2004 - 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 … Poor: Has important limitations such as: uses inappropriate reference standard; screening test improperly … administered; biased ascertainment of reference standard; small sample size of narrow selected spectrum

93. Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening
    September 27, 2022 - staff provided project oversight, reviewed the report to ensure that the analysis met methodological standards

94. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1–5 Years: Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/r_MgZHrtyHRn7rZoCPS6MT
    February 01, 2011 - preschool vision screening tests (Tables 6 and 7).27–58 Cycloplegic refraction was in- cluded in the reference-standard … standard (ie, cy- cloplegic refraction) ● Exclude studies that do not attempt to perform the reference … standard, performed regardless of test results ● Reference standard interpreted in- dependently of … Standard Reference Standard Applied to All Screened Patients Same Reference Standard Applied to All … Patients Reference Standard and Screening Examination Interpreted Independently High Rate of Uninterpretable

95. Final Research Plan: Anxiety Disorders in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/anxiety-adults-screening
    August 27, 2020 - KQ 2 (Diagnostic accuracy): Reference standard (structured or semistructured diagnostic interview … KQ 2: Maximum of 2 weeks between screening and reference standard.  

96. Final Research Plan: Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
    September 03, 2020 - KQ 2 (Diagnostic accuracy): Reference standard (structured or semistructured diagnostic interview … KQ 2: Maximum of 2 weeks between screening and reference standard.  

97. 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 - Pharmacotherapy 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 Usual

98. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary5/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2011
    January 15, 2011 - standard (ie, cycloplegic refraction) Exclude studies that do not attempt to perform the reference … standard, performed regardless of test results Reference standard interpreted independently of screening … screening test; uses a credible reference standard; interprets reference standard independently of screening … standard; screening test improperly administered; biased ascertainment of reference standard; very small … Standard Reference Standard Applied to All Screened Patients Same Reference Standard Applied to

99. Screening Women and Elderly Adults for Family and Intimate Partner Violence: A Review of the Evidence (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/SvB6EjoVaaQxQr4vpCRtWp
    March 01, 2004 - Vol 1-Standards. 1992. … • 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 … administered; biased ascertainment of reference standard; small sample size of narrow selected spectrum

100. Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/5W2k4HLBPLPgHov6sSvuMH
     July 24, 2018 - staff provided project oversight, reviewed the report to ensure that the analysis met methodological standards