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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/screening-depression-anxiety-suicide-risk-adults
May 07, 2020 - Included studies may address these conditions individually or in combination. … Studies of physician-assisted suicide in patients who are terminally ill. … after identified systematic reviews that include observational studies. … KQ 2 : If unable to limit to existing systematic reviews, case-control studies will be used (i.e., studies … Poor-quality studies
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
May 07, 2020 - Included studies may address these conditions individually or in combination. … Studies of physician-assisted suicide in patients who are terminally ill. … after identified systematic reviews that include observational studies. … KQ 2 : If unable to limit to existing systematic reviews, case-control studies will be used (i.e., studies … Poor-quality studies
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/anxiety-adults-screening
May 07, 2020 - Included studies may address these conditions individually or in combination. … Studies of physician-assisted suicide in patients who are terminally ill. … after identified systematic reviews that include observational studies. … KQ 2 : If unable to limit to existing systematic reviews, case-control studies will be used (i.e., studies … Poor-quality studies
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening
September 27, 2022 - We excluded studies conducted exclusively in populations with HIV and studies conducted in low- to middle-income … No studies reported on other outcomes of interest, such as acquisition or transmission of other STIs … (no studies identified in the prior review)
KQ2: Performance of risk assessment instruments or … , NHLBI tool for pre-post studies). … All poor-quality studies were excluded from this review.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening
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.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening
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.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary3/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
September 23, 2014 - Inclusion criteria were less restrictive for effectiveness studies than diagnostic accuracy studies because … in 3 studies 24 , 26 , 27 . … Studies were lacking for most key questions, and the number, quality, and applicability of studies varied … ; previous reviews cited descriptive studies predating the searches
No studies
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NA … No studies met inclusion criteria.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary3/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
September 23, 2014 - Inclusion criteria were less restrictive for effectiveness studies than diagnostic accuracy studies because … in 3 studies 24 , 26 , 27 . … Studies were lacking for most key questions, and the number, quality, and applicability of studies varied … ; previous reviews cited descriptive studies predating the searches
No studies
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NA … No studies met inclusion criteria.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/breastfeeding-interventions
March 10, 2022 - plan to describe the participant characteristics and major intervention components of the included studies … of gestation or low or very low birth weight [<2,500 g]), because of their special feeding needs
Studies … of interventions
Study geography
Studies that primarily take place in countries categorized … Poor-quality studies
* We acknowledge that studies on breastfeeding vary in precision when … We will aim to accurately describe the gender composition of the studies underlying the included evidence
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan54/colorectal-cancer-screening
April 17, 2014 - (e.g., small studies aimed at evaluating new endoscopy technologies, studies with operator or resource … ; or case-control studies
KQ 2: Systematic reviews (of included study designs), trials, cohort or … well-conducted nested case-control diagnostic accuracy studies, screening registry studies
KQ 3: … ; cohort studies; systematically selected case series
Poor-quality studies with a fatal flaw … Diagnostic accuracy studies without colonoscopy as a reference standard, diagnostic accuracy studies
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan54/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
April 17, 2014 - (e.g., small studies aimed at evaluating new endoscopy technologies, studies with operator or resource … ; or case-control studies
KQ 2: Systematic reviews (of included study designs), trials, cohort or … well-conducted nested case-control diagnostic accuracy studies, screening registry studies
KQ 3: … ; cohort studies; systematically selected case series
Poor-quality studies with a fatal flaw … Diagnostic accuracy studies without colonoscopy as a reference standard, diagnostic accuracy studies
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/unhealthy-alcohol-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
October 20, 2016 - Population
All KQs: Adolescents and adults (age ≥12 years)
KQs 1–3: Studies whose participants … are not selected on the basis of alcohol use or a related behavior or condition
KQs 4, 5: Studies … , case control studies, time series studies, before-after studies with no comparison group, cross-sectional … studies, case studies, case series, and editorials/commentaries
Country
Studies conducted in … While screening studies may screen for all levels of unhealthy alcohol use, interventions targeted at
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
January 23, 2024 - Study Selection: English-language studies of screening test accuracy, trials or cohort studies comparing … Results: Thirty-eight studies in 41 articles were included (N = 9006). … ClinicalTrials.gov was searched for unpublished studies. … Few studies reported on race or ethnicity; in 3 studies set in the US, populations were described as … per KQ exceeds the total number of studies because some studies were applicable to multiple KQs.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/impaired-visual-acuity-glaucoma-in-adults-screening
February 13, 2020 - 7: RCTs comparing treatment with no treatment (including sham injection); controlled observational studies … conducted in high-income countries applicable to U.S. practice; includes studies performed in primary … for harms of treatment if RCTs not available; studies of diagnostic accuracy; and high-quality systematic … reviews
Case series, case reports, and case-control studies
Study Quality
Fair- or good-quality … studies
Poor-quality studies
Abbreviations: FDA = U.S.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening-prevent-fractures
August 12, 2021 - What is the evidence from modeling studies about the effectiveness of risk-screening strategies that … or older with osteoporosis, osteopenia, or increased fracture risk (as defined by study authors)
Studies … All KQs: Studies that exclusively enroll adults younger than age 40 years
KQs 1–3: Studies that exclusively … Cohort studies and systematic reviews of cohort studies are also eligible for KQ 3 only. … accuracy (for identification of osteoporosis), comparative studies where a single group is treated as
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening
August 31, 2017 - or adult women, at any time during pregnancy, who are not known to have syphilis infection
KQ 3: Studies … in women living with HIV
KQ 3: Studies of penicillin treatment in nonpregnant women or men; studies … on psychosocial harms; studies on screening test inaccuracy must define their criteria for false-positive … Programme)
Study design
KQ 1: Randomized, controlled trials; before-after and ecologic studies … ; case-control studies; diagnostic accuracy studies; large case series; systematic reviews and meta-analyses
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/gestational-diabetes-screening
August 10, 2021 - Study Selection: English-language intervention studies for screening and treatment; observational studies … intervention studies [n = 190] 56 observational studies [n = 261,678]). … Twenty-three studies were carried over from the prior USPSTF review and 52 new studies were added. … Studies were conducted in 25 countries. … (2 studies) or a gestational diabetes diagnosis (5 studies) was limited but suggested that undergoing
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/perinatal-depression-preventive-interventions
February 12, 2019 - Large cohort studies were considered for harms of antidepressant use only. … Results: Fifty studies (N = 22,385) that met inclusion criteria were identified. … Studies were required to have a primary or secondary aim to prevent perinatal depression. … for this treatment in the included studies. … There were a number of limitations in the studies underlying this review.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-screening
September 02, 2021 - and postpartum persons, including those at increased risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Studies … over the course of pregnancy and in the postpartum period (up to 8 weeks after delivery), including studies … Study Designs
Randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical trials; and nonrandomized 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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/atrial-fibrillation-screening-with-electrocardiography-august-2018
July 14, 2016 - , and large prospective cohort studies are also eligible
All other designs, narrative reviews, case … reports, case series, editorials, letters, cross-sectional studies, case-control studies, and retrospective … cohort studies
Setting
KQs 4–6: Studies performed in primary care settings
KQs 7, 8: Studies … performed in primary care or specialty settings
KQs 4–6: Studies performed in specialty settings … , studies of patients undergoing preoperative evaluation, and inpatient settings
KQs 7, 8: Studies