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421. Primary Care Screening for and Treatment of Depression in Pregnant and Postpartum Women: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     January 26, 2016 - These same studies were also examined for harms of treat- ment (KQ5). … clinical trials, and large comparative observational studies were in- cluded. … 2 for diagnostic accuracy studies,17 the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale18 for observational studies, or A Measurement … Results were mixed in the studies conducted in the Figure 8. … While these data were limited to obser- vational studies, many were very large, population-based studies

422. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2007 - Family history definitions vary substantially among studies as do lipid detection thresholds; those … On the basis of the evidence from 23 prospective cohort studies, correlations have been found to be … Studies have shown no increases in anxiety among screened children and adolescents.2 Fair-quality … evidence on the harms of treatment is based on 81 controlled and non-controlled studies of treatment … Population studies data book.vol I. The prevalence study.

423. Screening for Preeclampsia US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2017 - 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. … Twelve studies assessed the protein to creatinine ratio urine test, 2 studies assessed the albumin to … creatinine ratio urine test, and 4 studies as- sessed the urine protein dipstick test. … = 91.8%; 11 studies).

424. 4Zmynqjxlv8G4Lzlrrddrm (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - In a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies of women at low/ … Preeclampsia incidence in women at increased risk ranged from 8% to 30% across studies. … Heterogeneity was moderate across studies (I2 � 40.5%). … 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.

425. Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote Physical Activity - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Existing studies limit the conclusions that can be drawn about efficacy, effectiveness, and feasibility … Most studies have tested brief, minimal, and low-intensity primary care interventions, such as 3 to 5 … Scientific Evidence Epidemiology and Clinical Consequences Observational studies show that sedentary … Few studies included efforts to verify or validate self- reported behavioral outcomes. … Several such studies are in progress.

426. PII: S0749-3797(01)00261-6 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - The second Task Force reviewed studies published through 1995. … , RCTs, cohort studies, and diagnostic accuracy studies (Table 3). … Even well-designed and well-conducted studies may not supply the evidence needed if the studies examine … Few studies provide useful information on adverse outcomes. … Evidence could be insufficient because no studies existed, available studies were of poor qual- ity,

427. Screening for Breast Cancer: An Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2009 - Few studies evaluate the effect of negative mammography results. … The studies are too heterogeneous to combine statistically. … ways; most studies are descriptive. … : 3 studies Overdiagnosis: 9 studies + 1 SR Anxiety, distress: 2 SRs Personal cost: 1 study Key question … 2a: mammography harms 3 studies Key question 2b: CBE harms 3 studies Key question 2c: BSE harms

428. Archived: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 18, 2014 - However, no studies provided information on this effect. … The other instruments were studied in far fewer studies (4 to 7 studies each), had limited reproducibility … Sensitivity and specificity ranged widely in these studies. … Few studies reported outcomes beyond 6 months. … Longer-term studies were generally consistent with studies of shorter duration and demonstrated statistically

429. Final Recommendation Statement: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 16, 2016 - Although there are studies suggesting treatment benefit in older children identified through family, … Treatment studies were generally very small, few were randomized trials, most included children who were … Good-quality studies are needed to better understand the intermediate and long-term health outcomes of … The review focused on studies of screening in children younger than 3 years who were unselected (ie, … Studies were very small (most enrolled 20–40 children), and study quality was generally fair.

430. Archived: Suicide Risk: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2004 - The USPSTF found no studies that directly address the harms of screening and treatment for suicide risk … 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 … is a lack of stratification based on age and age ranges are inconsistent across studies. … No studies recruited patients from primary care settings.

431. Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 13, 2018 - In general, when at least 5 similar studies were available or when there were fewer studies but statistical … Overall, 0 studies were in- cluded for KQ1, 45 studies (56 articles) for KQ2, 0 studies for KQ3, 68 studies … Most studies were fair quality (28/45 [62%]). … In most studies, the range of sensitivities was 0.73 to 0.97 for female participants (5 studies [n = … For the AUDIT, when using the recommended score cutoff of 8 or higher, studies (7 studies [n = 8852])

432. T6Tquunynv3Twm65Bfash2 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - Al- though findings suggested a benefit, there were too few studies and the studies were too heterogeneous … Based on a smaller number of studies (14 studies; n = 6166), a 2012 systematic review (27) found that … Four studies evaluated bupropion SR versus vareni- cline; although not all of the studies found a significant … Most studies (27 of 38) offered NRT alone as the pharmacotherapy. … These studies assess the effects of the preventive service on health outcomes.

433. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1–5 Years: Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2011 - treat- ments, and studies of diagnostic accuracy of screening tests. … 31 diagnostic accuracy studies No studies 1 RCT 1 retrospective cohort study 1 RCT 1 prospective … Nineteen studies evaluated children recruited from pediatric ophthalmol- ogy clinics.* In these studies … 4 studies Overall quality rating: fair Limited numbers of studies with some inconsistency Some inconstancy … Second, there were too few studies to assess for publication bias.

434. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - , and 33 cohort studies, with a total of 179 230 participants, were included. … Seven studies were included in 2 pooled analyses,95,96 and there were 3 additional studies (reported … reported no deaths, and the remaining 10 studies reported 17 deaths (0.4% overall. … patients with genotype 1, and 3 studies enrolled mixed genotypes. … Causality cannot be con- cluded from such studies.

435. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - Individual studies will continue to be judged as being of “good,” “fair,” or “poor” quality. … Do the studies have the appropriate research design to answer the key question(s)? 2. … How many studies have been conducted that address the key question(s)? How large are the studies? … How consistent are the results of the studies? 6. … These studies assess the effects of the preventive service on health outcomes.

436. 85-Vhmwwoglhd8Mvajt6Gq (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - Although many older observational studies, including uncontrolled and cross-sectional studies, have shown … When good- and fair-quality studies were available, poor-quality studies were ex- cluded. … Due to methodolog- ical shortcomings in the studies and differences across studies in design, interventions … KQ2: No studies KQ3: No studies KQ4: No studies KQ5: No studies KQ1§: Maternal clinical outcomes … or inability to pool studies.

437. Final Research Plan: Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 12, 2017 - Evidence-based Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies … including cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, pipes, and ENDS (including electronic cigarettes) Studies … systematic reviews No minimum followup required KQs 1–3: All other study designs KQs 1, 2: Studies … than 6 months (or 24 weeks) of followup postbaseline Study Quality Fair- or good-quality studies … The USPSTF added pregnant adolescents as an included population, as well as studies in subgroups of adolescents

438. Archived: Final Research Plan: Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Age 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2012 - Evidence-based Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies … Study Designs KQs on benefits include randomized, controlled trials, cohort studies, and systematic … KQs on harms include randomized, controlled trials, cohort studies, and case-control studies. … KQ on diagnostic accuracy includes studies that compare accuracy of primary care clinician examination … KQ on risk prediction includes studies that evaluate the predictive utility of risk-prediction instruments

439. Final Research Plan: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 03, 2015 - Evidence-based Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies … attention (e.g., major bleeding, development of diabetes); exposure to radiation Countries Studies … and CCTs KQ 2: Systematic reviews of trials, RCTs, CCTs; well-designed large prospective cohort studies … ; risk prediction studies KQs 3, 5: Systematic reviews, RCTs, CCTs, well-designed large prospective … or retrospective cohort studies, well-designed case-control studies (only for rare events) Publication

440. 6Ngc3Byq9Jeby Pwyvd6Or (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - We included studies that fo- cused on asymptomatic adults with CAS and studies that analyzed the asymptomatic … Poor-quality studies are de- scribed in the full report (14). … We did not include poor- quality studies in our analyses. … We found no eligible studies that compared CAAS with medical therapy and no studies that compared CEA … Negative RDs favor CEA. ‡ Analyses did not have small numbers of studies.