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61. Draft Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 16, 2025 - For key questions, we will describe the population characteristics of the included studies to assess … Depending on the study design and timing of studies, descriptions of study populations vary in their … Category Included Excluded Aim Studies targeting sexual behavior change to prevent STIs … Studies aimed solely at targeting behavior change to prevent unintended pregnancy or to change behaviors … Poor-quality studies (according to design-specific USPSTF criteria) Abbreviations : AIDS =

62. Draft Research Plan: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/perinatal-depression-interventions-to-prevent
    February 23, 2023 - plan to describe the population, risk assessment, and intervention characteristics of the included studies … Studies restricted to screening for and treatment of depression during pregnancy or in the postpartum … partners Studies limited to individuals in institutions (e.g., psychiatric inpatients, prison inmates … , juvenile detention centers, foster homes, or group homes) Studies limited to persons in long-term … care or residential facilities Studies in mixed populations that include >50% of any of the above

63. 9Nrlvtcmyqjyvf7Xba3Z28 (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2019 - A 2012 systematic review included studies published through March 2011 that evaluated the diagnostic … that met inclusion criteria.2 Primary Studies We found no randomized, controlled trials or controlled … observational studies reporting health outcomes or harms of screening for bladder cancer and no studies … All studies of urine tests for bladder cancer retrieved in our search were conducted in either symptomatic … No randomized, controlled trials or controlled observational studies compared the benefits or harms of

64. Final Research Plan: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breastfeeding-interventions
    July 14, 2022 - When adequately delineated in source studies, precise language (feeding at the breast or feeding expressed … Study design Randomized, controlled trials. § Nonrandomized studies of interventions. … Language Studies published in English. … Studies published in any language other than English. … Quality rating Fair or good-quality studies. Poor-quality studies.

65. Skin Cancer Screening: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    April 18, 2023 - Poor-quality studies were excluded. … (29 articles) were included, comprising 3 studies from the previous review16 and 17 new studies, after … Three studies (10 articles)17-26 were included for KQ1; 6 studies (7 articles)27-33 for KQ2; 2 studies … Characteristics of Included Studies Characteristic No. of studies No. of people analyzedc Reporting … All studies included for KQ4 focused on melanoma; no included studies contributed data for keratinocyte

66. Evidence Summary: Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-eating-disorders-adolescents-adults
    March 15, 2022 - Meta-analysis of test accuracy studies and intervention trials. … Seventeen studies (n = 6804) evaluated screening test accuracy. … No relevant studies were identified. … In studies of adults (10 studies, n = 4348), the SCOFF questionnaire (cut point ≥2) had a pooled sensitivity … (4 studies), 33 , 35 , 37 topiramate (2 studies), 44 , 48 fluoxetine (2 studies), 38 , 43 and escitalopram

67. Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    September 24, 2019 - RESULTS Nineteen studies (N = 8443) meeting inclusion criteria were identified. … No studies examined screening in nonpregnant populations. … as well as registry studies. … Comparator: Ineligible comparator, including comparative effectiveness studies. … Two studies of adult women recruited in- dividuals from medical centers,21,32 with 1 of these studies

68. Draft Research Plan: Anal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 08, 2022 - sex with men, persons engaging in anoreceptive intercourse, and immunocompromised persons) KQ 2: Studies … without a comparison group; comparative effectiveness studies (head-to-head studies comparing treatments … evaluating accuracy are also eligible KQs 3, 5 (harms): Prospective cohort studies and case-control … studies are also eligible All other study designs Study duration Any length   Settings … Published in or after 2000 Published before 2000 Countries Studies conducted in countries

69. Draft Research Plan: Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 07, 2022 - ; and other controlled observational studies KQ 2: Studies from KQ 1 and large uncontrolled observational … studies KQ 1: Uncontrolled studies Abbreviation: KQ=key question. … outcomes   Study designs KQs 1 and 3: Randomized, controlled trials; controlled cohort studies … ; and other controlled observational studies KQs 2 and 4: Studies included from other KQs and large … uncontrolled observational studies KQ 5: Association studies KQ 1 and 3: Uncontrolled studies

70. Draft Research Plan: Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 25, 2020 - disorder, based on DSM-5 criteria or other valid diagnostic criteria (e.g., DSM-IV ) KQs 4, 5: Studies … identity, or mental health comorbidity) and populations selected based on high BMI KQs 2, 4, 5: Studies … limited to participants undergoing evaluation for bariatric surgery; studies limited to individuals … of screening test accuracy are also eligible KQs 3, 5: Cohort studies with a concurrent control group … reviews; and others Quality Studies rated good or fair quality Studies rated poor quality

71. Final Research Plan: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
    June 09, 2022 - , RCTs, and nonrandomized, controlled trials KQs 2: Cross-sectional or cohort studies KQ 4, 5: … RCTs Case-control studies, case reports, case series, or systematic reviews Country Studies … rated fair or good quality Studies rated poor quality Language of published study English … Non-English * Age criteria for studies of treatment includes children as old as age 6 years … Studies enrolling an unselected population may include children with conditions listed as excluded who

72. Final Research Plan: Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vitamin-d-deficiency-screening
    January 24, 2019 - In observational studies, what is the association between vitamin D use or serum vitamin D levels and … based on a vitamin D deficiency <30 ng/mL; studies in which at least 90% of the study population have … will also be included Pregnant women Persons with clinical signs of vitamin D deficiency Studies … on the Human Development Index Study design KQs 1, 3: CCTs, RCTs, and nested case-control studies … (i.e., studies with low risk of bias or some concerns for bias) Poor-quality studies (i.e., studies

73. Draft Research Plan: Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 30, 2020 - Criteria Include Exclude Populations All KQs: Studies of participants without obvious symptoms … of diabetes (e.g., for KQ 1, studies of unselected populations that may include some participants with … and case-control studies are also eligible KQ 6: Controlled prospective cohort studies are also eligible … Modeling studies, systematic reviews, † case series, case reports, uncontrolled observational studies … , retrospective cohort studies, editorials, and all other study designs not mentioned Settings

74. Draft Research Plan: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 30, 2020 - Criteria Include Exclude Populations All KQs: Studies of participants without obvious symptoms … of diabetes (e.g., for KQ 1, studies of unselected populations that may include some participants with … and case-control studies are also eligible KQ 6: Controlled prospective cohort studies are also eligible … Modeling studies, systematic reviews, † case series, case reports, uncontrolled observational studies … , retrospective cohort studies, editorials, and all other study designs not mentioned Settings

75. Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/colorectal-cancer-screening
    May 18, 2021 - In observational studies, receipt of screening colonoscopy (2 studies, n = 436,927) or fecal immunochemical … Included studies were English-language studies of asymptomatic screening populations of individuals 40 … Studies whose design was subject to a high risk of bias were excluded, including those studies subject … Only 3 gFOBT studies included adults younger than 50 years at recruitment, and none of these studies … Of the studies evaluating CT colonography, 7 studies 102 , 105 , 117 , 138 , 202 , 203 , 253 (n = 3365

76. Final Research Plan: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/perinatal-depression-interventions-to-prevent
    June 01, 2023 - Category Included Excluded Aim/ Objective Studies with a primary aim to prevent perinatal … depression Studies restricted to screening for and treatment of depression during pregnancy or in … partners Studies limited to individuals in institutions (e.g., psychiatric inpatients, prison inmates … , juvenile detention centers, foster homes, or group homes) Studies limited to persons in long-term … care or residential facilities Studies in mixed populations that include >50% of any of the above

77. Evidence Summary: Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/vitamin-d-deficiency-screening
    April 13, 2021 - , cohort studies, and case-control studies were also eligible for selection. … Twenty-seven studies of treatment benefits (KQ3) 15-59 and 36 studies evaluating the harms of treatment … Two studies used a high initial loading dose, followed by lower monthly doses; 26 , 54 1 of these studies … Four studies exclusively enrolled Black participants. 60 , 61 , 74 , 82 Three studies evaluated vitamin … Seven studies reported no adverse events. 15 , 35 , 60 , 70 , 71 , 73 , 82 However, 1 of the studies

78. Research Gaps for Screening Breast Cancer: Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table (pdf file)
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    April 09, 2024 - Such studies would likely be informed by the results of the currently specified research gap. … Prospective cohort studies with contemporaneous comparison groups who are well- matched on baseline … Studies are needed that report health outcomes such as quality of life and breast cancer– associated … Preclinical studies; adult females; racial and ethnic groups representative of the U.S. … Prioritize studies in Black women, who are at higher risk of breast cancer mortality.

79. Evidence Summary: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 20, 2019 - = 43,813), 15 RCTs (n = 4132), 59 cohort studies (n = 41,300), 2 case-control studies (n = 481), 12 … Most studies used results of BRCA1/2 mutation testing as the reference standard, although 2 studies … Results of the 4 new studies 42 , 44 , 47 , 51 were consistent with the 10 previous studies 38-41 … Twenty observational studies (22 articles; n = 4322), including 6 new studies 82 , 89 , 93 , 95 , … Twelve observational studies (13 articles; n = 2684), including 8 new studies (n = 750), of surgical

80. Evidence Summary: Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
    June 20, 2023 - Results: For depression, 105 studies were included: 32 original studies (N = 385,607) and 73 systematic … (N = 385,607) and 73 systematic reviews (including ≈ 2138 studies [N ≈ 9.8 million]); 27 studies (n … , 28 these were considered KQ1 studies. … New primary evidence includes 3 studies for KQ1 evidence, 25 studies for KQ2 evidence, 0 studies for … KQ3 evidence, 45 studies for KQ4 evidence, and 9 studies for KQ5 evidence.