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121. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 11, 2025 - 22 Studies (28 articles) included for KQ2b 5 Studies (5 articles) included for KQ2d 43 Studies (54 … bSensitivity analysis was conducted limiting to studies reporting clinical vertebral fractures (4 studies … ) Hip: 25.0% to 66.7% (5 studies) Specificity: MOF: 70.9% to 95.4% (3 studies) Hip: 88.6% to 94.0% ( … fair quality; evidence dominated by 3 larger studies; 5 studies had 0 events in at least 1 study group … , randomization in 4 studies, and attrition and masking in 2 studies; not large enough or long enough

122. Evidence Summary: Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Screening With Electrocardiography | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/cardiovascular-disease-risk-screening-with-electrocardiography
     June 12, 2018 - Within the studies of resting ECG, results were stratified by whether studies evaluated the addition … a The sum of the number of studies per KQ exceeds the total number of studies because some studies were … <10 y d (4 studies), reclassification NR (4 studies); unknown masking of outcome assessors (4 studies … ); not reporting both discrimination and calibration (3 studies); model development studies (2 studies … 5 studies), model development studies (4 studies), amount of missing data NR (2 studies), and mean duration

123. Final Research Plan: Promotion of a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 04, 2020 - arthritis) Populations Adults age >18 years without known CVD risk factors † Includes studies … i.e., based on age, sex, race/ethnicity, family history, or excess weight [BMI ≥25.0 kg/m 2 ]) Studies … and as defined by the United Nations Development Programme) Studies conducted in or recruited … Observational study designs (including prospective and retrospective cohort studies, before-after … studies, interrupted time series studies, repeated measures studies, case-control studies, and case series

124. Final Research Plan: 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/document/final-research-plan/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-cvd-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     June 04, 2020 - arthritis) Populations Adults age >18 years without known CVD risk factors † Includes studies … i.e., based on age, sex, race/ethnicity, family history, or excess weight [BMI ≥25.0 kg/m 2 ]) Studies … and as defined by the United Nations Development Programme) Studies conducted in or recruited … Observational study designs (including prospective and retrospective cohort studies, before-after … studies, interrupted time series studies, repeated measures studies, case-control studies, and case series

125. Final Research Plan: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/healthy-lifestyle-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     June 04, 2020 - arthritis) Populations Adults age >18 years without known CVD risk factors † Includes studies … i.e., based on age, sex, race/ethnicity, family history, or excess weight [BMI ≥25.0 kg/m 2 ]) Studies … and as defined by the United Nations Development Programme) Studies conducted in or recruited … Observational study designs (including prospective and retrospective cohort studies, before-after … studies, interrupted time series studies, repeated measures studies, case-control studies, and case series

126. Final Research Plan: High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 01, 2018 - with a comparison group (e.g., comparative cohort and case-control studies), and systematic reviews … KQ 2: Studies of diagnostic test accuracy KQs 3, 8: Randomized controlled trials, controlled … clinical trials, observational studies with a comparison group (e.g., cohort and case-control studies … ), and systematic reviews; if none identified, will accept uncontrolled before-after studies KQ 4: … studies with a comparison group (e.g., large [sample size >1,000] cohort and case-control studies),

127. Final Research Plan: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 06, 2023 - , we will describe the population and intervention characteristics of the included studies. … Children or adolescents age 18 years or younger; pregnant or lactating persons; studies for which patient … KQ 2: RCTs; prospective cohort studies with contemporaneous comparison groups with a primary study aim … Study designs not listed as specifically included (e.g., case reports, case series, case-control studies … , or studies without a comparison group).

128. Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     April 13, 2021 - , cohort studies, and case-control studies were also eligible for selection. … Twenty-seven studies of treatment benefits (KQ3)15-59 and 36 studies evaluating the harms of treatment … Two studies used a high ini- tial loading dose, followed by lower monthly doses26,54; 1 of these studies … No studies specified adverse events as primary outcomes. … were fair quality, outcome ascertainment methods variable across studies Low for no benefit Two studies

129. Depression and Suicide Risk Screening: Updated Evidence Summary and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     September 09, 2021 - RESULTS For depression, 105 studies were included: 32 original studies (N=385 607) and 73 systematic … were considered KQ1 studies. … ) included for KQ1b 39 Articles (37 studies) included for KQ2b 2 Articles (2 studies) included for … New primary evidence includes 3 studies for KQ1 evidence, 25 studies for KQ2 evidence, 0 studies for … KQ3 evidence, 45 studies for KQ4 evidence, and 9 studies for KQ5 evidence.

130. Final Research Plan: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening1
     October 08, 2020 - Evidence-based Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies … adults such as patients with mild (FEV1 ≥80% predicted) to moderate (FEV1 of 50% to 79%) COPD * ; or studies … of drug safety KQs 1, 2: Nonrandomized studies, including cohort studies, case-control studies, … and case series Study Quality Good- and fair-quality studies Poor-quality studies Language … English Non-English studies *Based on the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease

131. Final Research Plan: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 08, 2020 - adults such as patients with mild (FEV1 ≥80% predicted) to moderate (FEV1 of 50% to 79%) COPD * ; or studies … Change in FEV1 Study Designs KQs 1, 2: RCTs KQ 3: RCTS included for KQ2, large registry studies … of drug safety KQs 1, 2: Nonrandomized studies, including cohort studies, case-control studies, … and case series Study Quality Good- and fair-quality studies Poor-quality studies Language … English Non-English studies *Based on the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease

132. Research Gaps for Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table (pdf file)
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     May 23, 2024 - ambulatory adults age 65 years or older N/A Falls Settings applicable to U.S. primary care Studies … nursing or care homes, or other long-term care facilities) KQ 2: Harms outcomes as reported in studies … Studies are needed on the effectiveness and harms of interventions in different functional and risk … More studies are needed on the benefits and harms of educational and psychological interventions … Outcomes/ Timing Setting education via written materials, video, or lecture) or usual care Studies

133. Draft Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cardiovascular-disease-enhanced-risk-assessment-non-traditional-risk-factors
     April 25, 2024 - For Key Questions, we will describe the population characteristics of the included studies to assess … For risk prediction studies, we will abstract model performance outcomes by race and ethnicity and compare … treatment interventions by specific populations to the extent that this is reported in the included studies … KQs 3, 5: RCTs, CCTs, large cohort studies with contemporaneous control, single-arm cohort studies … for estimation of radiation exposure or incidental findings, and case-control studies for rare events

134. Final Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cardiovascular-disease-enhanced-risk-assessment-non-traditional-risk-factors
     September 26, 2024 - For key questions, we will describe the population characteristics of the included studies to assess … For risk prediction studies, we will abstract model performance outcomes by race and ethnicity and compare … treatment interventions by specific populations to the extent that this is reported in the included studies … KQs 3, 5: RCTs, CCTs, NRSIs with contemporaneous control, single-arm cohort studies for estimation … We have also expanded our inclusion criteria to include nonrandomized studies of interventions to evaluate

135. Final Research Plan: Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Screening With Electrocardiography | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 14, 2016 - For studies reporting rates of harms from exercise ECG or subsequent procedures/interventions, large … registries or multicenter studies without a control group that report rates of harms for asymptomatic … reviews, † case reports, case series, editorials, letters, cross-sectional studies Setting … Studies performed in primary care or occupational medicine settings, studies that recruit participants … from the general population Studies performed in specialty settings, studies of patients undergoing

136. Draft Research Plan: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-screening
     May 20, 2021 - Category Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria Populations Studies among pregnant persons … conditions managed in usual primary/prenatal care (e.g., chronic hypertension, diabetes mellitus) Studies … over the course of pregnancy and in the postpartum period (up to 8 weeks after delivery), including studies … comparing screening programs (e.g., comparisons over time or between settings, population cohort studies … , nested case-control studies) Studies that do not represent the spectrum of disease (e.g., case-control

137. Draft Research Plan: Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years: Screening and Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/prevention-of-dental-caries-in-children-younger-than-age-5-years-screening-and-interventions1
     September 19, 2019 - Evidence-based Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies … Included Excluded Populations Asymptomatic children younger than age 5 years Animal studies … interventions): Randomized, controlled trials; nonrandomized, controlled clinical trials; and cohort studies … ; case-control studies; and systematic reviews KQs 1, 2 (screening) and KQs 1–4 (preventive interventions … ): Case-control studies; uncontrolled intervention studies All KQs: Opinions, editorials, or case

138. 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 - inaccuracy) KQ 1: Outcomes that are not directly related to health outcomes (e.g., laboratory studies … All KQs: Good-quality systematic reviews KQs 1, 3: Randomized, controlled trials; observational studies … with contemporaneous control groups KQ 2: Risk prediction studies KQs 1, 3: Observational studies … Study Quality Good- and fair-quality Poor-quality Language English Non-English studies … Country Studies conducted in countries categorized as “High” or Very High” on the 2019 Human

139. Draft Research Plan: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/lung-cancer-screening1
     May 03, 2018 - Analytic Framework * The search for evidence on treatment in the systematic review will be limited to studies … without a comparison group KQs 6, 7: Comparative effectiveness studies (i.e., head-to-head studies … KQs 4, 5, 7 (harms): Prospective cohort studies and case-control studies KQ 6: Prospective cohort … 1–5, 7, 8: Studies of any length KQ 6: Studies with at least 5 years of followup KQ 6: Studies … with less than 5 years of followup Settings Studies published in or after 2001   Countries Studies

140. Recommendation: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 24, 2019 - Seven studies reported screening at the first prenatal visit, 2 studies reported the specific gestational … 2 studies were published in the 1960s or 1970s, with the most recent studies published in 1987 and 2015 … studies reported on the incidence of low birth weight. … Across all studies, 84% to 100% of participants were women. … The USPSTF recognizes that older studies have certain limitations.