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161. Final Research Plan: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan138/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions
     December 18, 2014 - Hospital Initiative * , provider training) Systematic evidence reviews Observational studies … (except studies of hospital policies) Abstracts, editorials, or theses Study aim Studies … child and maternal health outcomes and/or initiation, duration, and exclusivity of breastfeeding Studies … secondary outcome, in which the intervention was not specifically targeted at breastfeeding (e.g., studies … to breast, bottle feeding mother’s expressed breast milk, and bottle feeding donated breast milk) Studies

162. Archived: Final Research Plan: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan138/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions-october-2016
     December 18, 2014 - Hospital Initiative * , provider training) Systematic evidence reviews Observational studies … (except studies of hospital policies) Abstracts, editorials, or theses Study aim Studies … child and maternal health outcomes and/or initiation, duration, and exclusivity of breastfeeding Studies … secondary outcome, in which the intervention was not specifically targeted at breastfeeding (e.g., studies … to breast, bottle feeding mother’s expressed breast milk, and bottle feeding donated breast milk) Studies

163. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - RESULTS Eighty-six studies were included (N = 11 051). … For KQ2, prospective cohort studies and cross-sectional studies assessing the accuracy of screening questionnaires … ) included for KQ6 87 Articles (73 studies) included for KQ5 4 Articles (4 studies) included for KQ4 … of studies because some studies were applicable to multiple KQs. … Second, studies that focused on the ben- efits and harms of treatment were limited to studies of interven

164. Archived: Screening for HIV in Adolescents and Adults: Evidence Summary: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/screening-for-hiv-in-adolescents-and-adults-evidence-summary/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-2013
     November 20, 2012 - Observational studies were included. … No evidence No studies - No studies No studies No studies No study directly compared clinical … No evidence No studies - No studies No studies No studies No study evaluated the yield of … No studies 1 systematic review (1 RCT and 7 observational studies) Good Only 1 RCT Consistent … Focus on studies conducted in the United States and other developed countries, unless studies are not

165. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 06, 2017 - Do the studies have the appropriate research design to answer the key question(s)? 2. … How consistent are the results of the studies? 6. … ; inconsistency or incoherence of results across studies; or other aspects of the studies that cloud … These studies assess the effects of the preventive service on the desired health outcomes. … Such studies are not always available.

166. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Dyslipidemia in Younger Adults: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-dyslipidemia/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication-november-2016
     November 13, 2016 - Study Selection: Randomized, controlled trials; cohort studies; and case-control studies on screening … Eligible studies were randomized trials, cohort studies, and case-control studies of lipid screening … No studies, however, met the inclusion criteria. … ; consistency of results among studies; and directness of evidence. 16 No studies, however, met the … Poor studies have at least 1 fatal flaw.

167. Evidence Summary: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-screening
     September 19, 2023 - Results: The review included 6 fair-quality studies (5 trials and 1 nonrandomized study; N = 10,165) … These searches were supplemented by examining reference lists of primary studies and reviews. … The studies compared usual screening with strategies involving home blood pressure measurement (2 studies … All studies were conducted during the prenatal period, with no studies examining screening for new onset … Few or none of the participants in the included studies were from these populations.

168. Archived: Final Research Plan: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan6/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
     September 15, 2013 - that are designed to assess devices versus blood pressure measurement standards KQ 3a:  Studies … , RCTs, CCTs, cohort studies KQ 3:  Diagnostic accuracy studies, RCTs, CCTs, cohort studies, case-control … studies KQ 4a:  Longitudinal cohort studies KQ 5:  RCTs, CCTs, cohort studies Before-after … studies, time series, case series, case reports; studies enrolling treated hypertension patients with … less than a 2-week washout period Country Studies in countries rated as “very high” on

169. Recommendation: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 18, 2021 - , no studies reported results of screening by race/ethnicity. 9 , 10 Few studies on screening accuracy … No other studies on harms reported results by race/ethnicity. … Seven studies (n = 5328) reported on accuracy of CT colonography. 9 , 10 The studies were heterogeneous … Twenty-three studies reported on differences in harms by age, and 21 studies included persons younger … 0.2 perforations per 10,000 sigmoidoscopies (95% CI, 0.1-0.4; 11 studies; n = 359,679).

170. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary94/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
     May 15, 2009 - Randomized, controlled trials; meta-analyses; systematic reviews; cohort studies; and ecologic studies … Randomized, controlled trials; meta-analyses; systematic reviews; cohort studies; case-control studies … We excluded studies in high-risk or special populations and studies in populations not generalizable … We specifically excluded studies in populations with high HIV rates, because these studies are thought … After we excluded studies on the basis of predetermined criteria ( Figure ), 5 studies remained ( Table

171. Vision Screening in Children Aged 6Months to 5 Years: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     September 05, 2017 - (16 studies), photoscreeners (11 studies), and retinal birefringence scanning (1 study).1 Fourteen … studies recruited participants from ophthalmology clinics and 17 studies recruited from Head Start, … , ophthalmologists, nurses, and Head Start staff.1 More than half of the studies (19 studies) were … (3 studies). … Generally, most studies reported moder­ ate positive LRs and small negative LRs.1 Many of the studies

172. Draft Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-testing
     January 18, 2024 - listed, including cost Study Design All KQs: Randomized, controlled trials; nonrandomized studies … studies of harms KQs 4, 5: Observational studies with or without comparison groups Other study designs … ; modeling studies Study Quality Good- and fair-quality studies according to U.S. … Preventive Services Task Force quality criteria Poor-quality studies Abbreviations: FDA=U.S … plan to describe the participant characteristics and major intervention components of the included studies

173. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2006 - Furthermore, no studies have assessed any additional benefits that may be gained by treating children … No studies have addressed the potential harms of screening or interventions for speech and language … The results of studies of other risk factors are inconsistent, so the USPSTF was unable to develop a … For preschool children 2 to 4.5 years of age, studies that evaluated combined speech and language … However, studies of risk factors have inconsistent results.

174. Recommendation: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 11, 2025 - Study settings included primary care (4 studies), primary care plus emergency department (2 studies), … Several other studies (27 studies) were found that did not contribute to the USPSTF assessment of the … The USPSTF did include studies of interventions to help facilitate enrollment in these programs. … studies or studies without comparison groups). … For this topic, the USPSTF also included nonrandomized studies and quasi-experimental studies in its

175. Screening for Food Insecurity: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2025 - Study settings included primary care (4 studies), primary care plus emergency department (2 studies), … Several other studies (27 studies) were found that did not con- tribute to the USPSTF assessment of the … The USPSTF did include studies of interventions to help facilitate enrollment in these programs. … evidence from a broader range of studies (eg, qualitative studies or studies without comparison groups … For this topic, the USPSTF also included nonrandomized studies and quasi-experimental studies in its

176. Archived: Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan105/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     September 25, 2014 - on close contacts of persons with active TB Setting Studies conducted in primary … , and cohort studies published after the time period covered by included systematic reviews KQ 3: … RCTs KQ 4: Systematic reviews; RCTs and prospective cohort studies published after the time period … covered by included systematic reviews KQ 5: RCTs, prospective cohort studies, and case-control … studies KQs 1, 3, 5: All other designs KQs 2, 4: Primary studies of any design published

177. Recommendation: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/vitamin-d-calcium-or-combined-supplementation-for-the-primary-prevention-of-fractures-in-adults-preventive-medication
     April 17, 2018 - In the 5 studies reporting race/ethnicity, 83% to 100% of participants were white; the remaining 3 studies … Four studies reported on the effect of vitamin D supplementation on fracture prevention. 1 Two studies … ), 3 studies reported on the harms of calcium supplementation alone (n=1292), and 3 studies (including … One study was conducted in men only, and 3 other studies included men (total of 5991 men across studies … Four of the studies were conducted in the United States; the other 5 studies were conducted in Finland

178. Final Evidence Summary: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/drug-use-illicit-screening
     June 09, 2020 - Case-control studies were excluded. … Eleven studies recruited adolescents, 12 studies recruited adults, and 5 studies recruited pregnant or … ) Adults (12 studies) Pregnant and postpartum persons (5 studies) No. analyzed Range No … Studies a Participants Sensitivity Specificity Studies a Participants Sensitivity Specificity … Low Most studies conducted in US-based primary care population, although included studies represented

179. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - Studies of people referred to sleep laboratories because of con- cern for OSA were excluded, and studies … No eligible studies were identified. … included for KQ1 3 Studies (3 articles) included for KQ2 21 Studies (22 articles) included for KQ3 … 76 Studies (88 articles) included for KQ4 50 Studies (58 articles) included for KQ5 11 Studies (12 … 22 years.145 Three studies included only men; half of the studies included between 45% and 56% women.

180. Archived: Evidence Summary: NSAIDs: Aspirin/NSAIDs for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-nsaids/aspirin-nsaids-for-prevention-of-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2007
     March 15, 2007 - The chemoprophylaxis of CRC was addressed in 10 case-control studies 22-31 and 3 cohort studies. 32- … For example, some studies defined specific dose levels, whereas in other studies, researchers reported … The quality of the included studies was good for 3 of the 4 RCTs, good to fair for the 5 cohort studies … Cohort Studies Three cohort studies assessed the effect of non-ASA NSAIDs on CRC incidence. 32-34 … Dose and Duration of Use In cohort studies 33 , 34 and case-control studies 22 , 30 , 31