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June 15, 2008 - Box 6:
Included studies for KQ1 (screening and outcomes):
Research studies ( n = 3)
Modeling studies … ):
Research studies (in 25 articles) ( n = 11)
Modeling studies (in 8 articles) ( n = 6)
Box … Case-control and cross-sectional studies. 40-42
Data were limited; studies considered microvascular … Studies were consistent. … KQ4: adverse effects of screening
8 studies
Cohort and cross-sectional studies. 98-100 , 103-105
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July 15, 2008 - New Studies on the Benefits of Screening and Treatment for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
References … Data Sources: English-language studies of adults (age >18 years) indexed in PubMed and the Cochrane … ; case-control studies; and case series of large multisite databases were included. … studies, and case series of large multisite databases. … These 3 new studies are discussed in the next sections ( Table ).
1.
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June 01, 2014 - However, no studies provided information on this effect. … Studies on self-
administered instruments were also reviewed. … The other instruments were stud-
ied in far fewer studies (4 to 7 studies each), had limited
reproducibility … Few studies reported outcomes
beyond 6 months. … Longer-term studies were generally con-
sistent with studies of shorter duration and demonstrated
statistically
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May 01, 2004 - The
USPSTF found no studies that directly address the
harms of screening and treatment for suicide risk … Their review
did not include studies of populations with chronic
psychiatric illnesses because people … No studies were found that
evaluated treatment for suicide risk in the geriatric
population. … The studies comprising the evidence base
have 3 primary limitations: first, studies tend to be
underpowered … No studies recruited
patients from primary care settings.
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April 28, 2016 - Can adjunctive screening strategies (e.g., urine or genomic testing, advanced imaging studies) performed … ; uncontrolled observational studies of harms ‡
Other study designs
Study quality
Good- and … fair-quality studies
Poor-quality studies
Language
English
Non-English
Timeframe … ; and larger uncontrolled studies are not available … That is, the evidence review will primarily search for new studies or updates of previous trials but
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July 15, 2007 - 232 Studies used RCT, open-label trial, and observational designs. … Studies evaluating risk factors are also limited. … No studies addressed the frequency and optimal age for testing. … The Lipid Research Clinics Population Studies Data Book. Vol 1. … Good quality studies with fair external validity for drug therapy.
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June 24, 2025 - interventions for abuse, cohort studies reporting harms. … Results: Thirty-five studies were included (N = 18,58). … -36 Most (15 studies) were included in the 2018 review of this topic, and 2 studies new to this update … Included studies assessed heterogeneous interventions (eTable 4 in the Supplement). … , 56-58 but no eligible studies were identified that externally validated these tools.
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January 15, 2003 - We considered trials that examined multiple nutrients as separate studies for these analyses. … body of literature, 17 studies addressed changes in consumption of dietary fat, 10 studies addressed … Intervention Characteristics
Eight studies were performed in primary care settings. … produced larger effect sizes than studies using lower intensity interventions. … care counseling but smaller than those found in research-clinic based studies.
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June 24, 2025 - Studies
Figure 1. … -36 Most (15 studies) were in-
cluded in the 2018 review of this topic, and 2 studies new to this up- … included
for KQ1
2 Studies (2 articles)
included for KQ2
5 Studies (7 articles)
included for KQ5 … 13 Studies (17 articles)
included for KQ4
2 Studies (2 articles)
included for KQ3
3 Studies (4 articles … review
2 Studies (2 articles) included for abuse
of older and vulnerable adults KQs
33 Studies (38
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April 11, 2025 - studies. … Just more than one-third of studies took place in the United States (33); the remaining studies took … place in settings in Europe (23 studies), Asia (17 studies), Australia or New Zealand (10 studies), or … Canada (7 studies). … facility (29 studies).
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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.
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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).
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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
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October 12, 2023 - plan to describe the participant characteristics and major intervention components of the included studies … with concurrent control group and adjustment for confounders §
KQs 2, 4b, 5, and 6: Cohort studies … of harms ¶
KQs 3 and 4: Cross-sectional and cohort studies reporting diagnostic accuracy
Other … ¶ Sample size of at least 1,000; uncontrolled studies only eligible if randomized, controlled trials … and cohort studies are not available.
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February 25, 2020 - No new studies were
identified. … Case-control studies and studies that selectively recruited
patients with known or clinically suspected … and the consistency and precision
of results between studies. … More than 260 studies were identified that
addressed these questions; more than one-fourth of those studies … Vascular dementia: diagnostic criteria for research
studies.
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October 21, 2021 - Evidence-based Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies … Harms (KQ 2): RCTs, controlled clinical trials, or observational studies (case-control, cohort, registry … None
Quality
Good and fair quality
Poor quality
Language
English
Non-English studies … Specifically, the USPSTF excluded studies in which all participants were taking antiseizure medications … , restricted inclusion to studies conducted in countries with a “Very High” Human Development Index,
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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
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December 01, 2020 - A Cochrane review (search through February 2015, includes 61 studies) addressing daily oral iron
supplementation … date of the previous USPSTF review.1 Another review (search through February 2016,
includes seven studies … ) did not include any relevant studies that were not addressed in the previous
USPSTF review.2 A 2016 … addressed the risk of gestational diabetes, a potential harm of oral iron supplementation.3
Primary Studies … No new studies related to screening for iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women were identified.
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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
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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