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281. Evidence Summary: Vitamin, Mineral, and Multivitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/vitamin-supplementation-to-prevent-cvd-and-cancer-preventive-medication
     June 21, 2022 - Results: Eighty-four studies (N=739,803) were included. … Studies rated as poor quality were excluded. … Fifty-two of the included studies were newly identified since the last review. 12 The included studies … Most participants were White in studies conducted in the US (with data from 22 of 36 studies).An estimated … Homocysteine Studies Collaboration.

282. Final Research Plan: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening
     August 25, 2016 - of diagnostic accuracy are also eligible KQs 3, 5: Cohort studies with a concurrent control group … reviews c Quality Studies rated good or fair quality Studies rated poor quality Settings … of diagnostic accuracy are also eligible KQs 3, 5: Cohort studies with a concurrent control group … reviews c Quality Studies rated good or fair quality Studies rated poor quality Settings … The USPSTF clarified that studies enrolling older adults that focused on screening for or treatment of

283. Screening for HIV: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/3qpQqeeozW8nV3a4_BWntp
     June 20, 2019 - Although earlier studies reported high suicide rates after a positive test result (75–78), no studies … None Not applicable No controlled studies or observational studies link screening directly to health … Cohort studies Fair Large observational studies that controlled for lead-time bias consistently found … ), 2-drug vs. 1-drug therapy (16 studies), and 3-drug versus 2-drug therapy (9 studies). … / 17. exp Epidemiologic Studies/ 18.

284. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/cmJ4Bm9BysHuBX2Wy8MQbc
     December 07, 2005 - Nine studies conducted in English speaking populations,36-44 and 7 studies from non- English speaking … ,45, 48 and 1 of 2 studies evaluating male gender.51 Three of 4 non-English language studies, … A Cochrane systematic review of 45 studies, including most of the studies cited above, summarized the … No studies addressed this question. … Although children in the studies ranged from 18 to 75 months old, most studies included children age

285. Final Research Plan: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/food-insecurity-preventive-services
     July 28, 2022 - with a contemporaneous control or comparison, quasiexperimental studies (e.g., pre-post studies) Minimum … 12-week followup KQ 2: Diagnostic test accuracy or risk assessment studies KQs 3, 5: Randomized … or clinically controlled trials, nonrandomized studies, and quasiexperimental studies KQs 1, 4: Randomized … or clinically controlled 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

286. 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 - with a contemporaneous control or comparison, quasiexperimental studies (e.g., pre-post studies) Minimum … 12-week followup KQ 2: Diagnostic test accuracy or risk assessment studies KQs 3, 5: Randomized … or clinically controlled trials, nonrandomized studies, and quasiexperimental studies KQs 1, 4: Randomized … or clinically controlled 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

287. Grade Definitions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 01, 2018 - These studies assess the effects of the preventive service on health outcomes. … This conclusion is therefore unlikely to be strongly affected by the results of future studies. … Inconsistency of findings across individual studies. … Evidence is insufficient because of: The limited number or size of studies. … Inconsistency of findings across individual studies. Gaps in the chain of evidence.

288. Screening for HIV in Pregnant Women: Systematic Review to Update the 2005 USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - , consistency of results between studies, and directness of evidence (13). … No studies No studies Not applicable No studies No studies No studies No study compared clinical outcomes … No studies No studies Not applicable No studies No studies No studies No study evaluated the yield … Not applicable No studies No studies No studies No new studies evaluated effects of prenatal antiretroviral … Reference 40 was a randomized trial; all other studies were cohort studies. † Percentage of study population

289. Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/colorectal-cancer-screening
     June 15, 2016 - Although several potentially relevant new studies were identified, 7-9 none of these studies would substantively … Studies whose design was subject to a high risk of bias were generally excluded, including studies that … Because of the limited number of studies and the clinical heterogeneity of studies, the analyses were … These studies included 14 studies of screening programs using stool testing or SIG, 55 studies of colonoscopy … Empirical studies, trials, or well-designed cohort studies with average-risk populations are still needed

290. Archived: Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     June 15, 2016 - Although several potentially relevant new studies were identified, 7-9 none of these studies would substantively … Studies whose design was subject to a high risk of bias were generally excluded, including studies that … Because of the limited number of studies and the clinical heterogeneity of studies, the analyses were … These studies included 14 studies of screening programs using stool testing or SIG, 55 studies of colonoscopy … Empirical studies, trials, or well-designed cohort studies with average-risk populations are still needed

291. Screening for Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnant Persons to Prevent Preterm Delivery: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 07, 2020 - and 2 large meta-analyses of observational studies on the use of metronidazole during pregnancy for … were conducted in non- pregnant and symptomatic women; only 2 studies were conducted exclusively in … asymptomatic pregnant women, and 2 additional studies were conducted in symptomatic pregnant women. … Pooled sensitivity and specific- ity from 14 of those studies were 0.76 (95% CI, 0.63-0.85) and 0.95 … The studies included in this body of evidence dated back to the 1960s to 1990s; the 3 observational studies

292. Recommendation: Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hearing-loss-in-older-adults-screening
     March 23, 2021 - , 11 studies evaluated a hearing questionnaire (eg, HHIE-S), and 10 studies evaluated a handheld or mobile-based … Many studies assessed multiple screening tools. 8 , 27 Most studies included community-dwelling older … Among the studies that reported age, the median age of study participants was 69 years. 8 , 27 Few studies … Eleven studies assessed the accuracy of screening questionnaires, 8 of which assessed the accuracy of … Research Needs and Gaps More studies are needed that address the following areas.

293. Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/2tx5cUH8vcEk_PhzHVVzdn
     March 23, 2021 - , 11 studies evaluated a hearing questionnaire (eg, HHIE-S), and 10 studies evaluated a handheld or mobile-based … Many studies assessed multiple screening tools.8,27 Most studies included community-dwelling older adults … Among the studies that reported age, the median age of study par- ticipants was 69 years.8,27 Few studies … Many studies reported on the accuracy of screening tests to de- tect hearing loss defined by multiple … thresholds (eg, >25 dB, >40 dB) averaged over different frequencies; however, studies used slightly

294. Final Research Plan: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/adolescent-idiopathic-scoliosis-screening
     January 07, 2016 - Comparison KQs 1, 2, 5: Usual care KQs 3, 6: Observation, usual care KQs 1, 2, 5: Studies … with no comparator KQs 3, 6: Comparative effectiveness studies Harms KQ 5: Any screening … KQs 5, 6: Randomized, controlled trials; controlled trials; cohort studies; case series All … KQs: Studies rated as poor quality KQs 1–4: Case series, cost effectiveness studies, qualitative … Finally, the USPSTF removed studies assessing “selective screening” from the list of excluded screening

295. Draft Research Plan: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/skin-cancer-screening-1
     January 07, 2021 - Evidence-based Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies … (melanoma vs. non-melanoma skin cancers) Study design All KQs: Fair- and good-quality studies … 1, 2, 4: Randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical trials; observational or nonrandomized studies … controlled trials; controlled clinical trials; large screening registry or database; observational studies … ; cohort studies; and systematically selected case series All KQs: Poor-quality studies KQs 1, 2

296. 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 - Evidence-based Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies … Included Excluded Aim Studies targeting cervical cancer screening Use of HPV or cytology … with contemporaneous controls Population-based nested case-control studies KQ 2: Diagnostic … studies Case reports Case series Narrative reviews Editorials KQ 2: Diagnostic test … accuracy studies without a reference standard Setting Primary care (e.g., internal medicine

297. Screening for Cardiovascular Disease Risk With Resting or Exercise Electrocardiography: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/RRALFxUMfP7TXazQY32ZbG
     June 12, 2018 - For KQ3 (harms), prospective cohort studies, large retrospec- tive cohort studies, and well-designed … per KQ exceeds the total number of studies because some studies were applicable to multiple KQs. … <10 yd (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

298. Evidence Summary: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions
     October 25, 2016 - Thirty-one studies were newly identified, and 21 studies were carried forward from the previous review … included poor-quality studies). … Consistent High applicability for studies of policy changes (3 studies). … Moderate applicability for studies of maintaining mother-baby contact following delivery (3 studies). … Low applicability for studies of restricted pacifier use (3 studies).

299. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review49/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
     November 15, 2012 - Limitations:  Modeling studies were not examined. … For screening, we included randomized trials, cohort studies, case–control studies, and cross-sectional … , consistency between studies, precision of estimates, and directness of evidence. … No evidence No studies No studies No studies No studies No studies No study compared clinical … No evidence No studies No studies No studies No studies No studies No study compared clinical

300. untitled (pdf file)
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     January 03, 2017 - Evidence was obtained from 2 systematic reviews and 19 additional studies.1 Most studies evaluated type … The USPSTF reviewed evidence from 3 studies (n = 160) on type II portable monitors, 21 studies (n = 1691 … Few studies reported on the effect of treatment with MADs (6 studies; n = 510) or upper airway surgery … (4 studies; n = 187) on any health outcomes. … Fewer studies reported on the harms of treatment.