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January 23, 2024 - Study Selection: English-language studies of screening test accuracy, trials or cohort studies comparing … Results: Thirty-eight studies in 41 articles were included (N = 9006). … ClinicalTrials.gov was searched for unpublished studies. … Few studies reported on race or ethnicity; in 3 studies set in the US, populations were described as … per KQ exceeds the total number of studies because some studies were applicable to multiple KQs.
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September 02, 2021 - and postpartum persons, including those at increased risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Studies … over the course of pregnancy and in the postpartum period (up to 8 weeks after delivery), including studies … Study Designs
Randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical trials; and nonrandomized studies … comparing screening programs (e.g., comparisons over time or between settings, population cohort studies … , nested case-control studies)
Studies that do not represent the spectrum of disease (e.g., case-control
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May 06, 2021 - younger women or women from racial/ethnic groups that are historically under-represented in research studies …
Setting
Settings and populations of women applicable to U.S. primary care settings
Studies … data meta-analyses
Randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical trials
Prospective cohort studies … and cross-sectional studies from included trials or large population-based studies
Narrative reviews … have data from at least two rounds of screening, include certain types of nonrandomized studies for
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April 25, 2024 - For Key Questions, we will describe the population characteristics of the included studies to assess … For risk prediction studies, we will abstract model performance outcomes by race and ethnicity and compare … treatment interventions by specific populations to the extent that this is reported in the included studies … KQs 3, 5: RCTs, CCTs, large cohort studies with contemporaneous control, single-arm cohort studies … for estimation of radiation exposure or incidental findings, and case-control studies for rare events
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June 30, 2022 - plan to describe the major intervention components and participant characteristics of the included studies … We will evaluate statistical heterogeneity among studies using standard chi-squared tests and estimate … Include
Exclude
Condition definition
Studies identifying children with higher BMI, using measures … of interventions, defined as quantitative studies estimating the harms of an intervention that does … to patients’ choices
All other study designs
Country
Studies that take place in countries
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February 25, 2021 - KQs 4, 5: Children younger than age 6 years (<72 months) with clinically diagnosed ASD
KQs 1–3: Studies … of ASD, or for whom concerns of ASD have been raised by their parents or a clinician
KQs 4, 5: Studies … KQs 1, 3–5: Case-control studies; single case reports or single case design
KQ 2: Case-control … studies, single case design
Study geography
Studies that primarily take place in countries … Poor-quality studies
Abbreviations: ASD=autism spectrum disorder; KQ=key question.
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May 02, 2023 - No additional studies were identified. … In addition to studies identified in the update searches, studies included in the previous review for … For KQ5, prospective cohort studies and case-control studies were also eligible. … Thirty-two studies reported on TST (eTables 10 and 12 in the JAMA Supplement). 18-49 Among studies … 0.46-0.74); 9 studies (1004 participants); pooled specificity, 0.99 (95% CI, 0.98-0.99); 10 studies (
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September 28, 2021 - The last surveillance on January 22, 2021, identified no new studies. … Studies rated as poor quality were excluded from the review. … Effects were consistent across the included studies; all but 2 small studies reported effects in the … Studies rated as poor quality were also excluded from analysis. … Excluded 3 studies with 0 events in both groups.
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February 12, 2019 - Large cohort
studies were considered for harms of antidepressant use only. … RESULTS Fifty studies (N = 22 385) that met inclusion criteria were identified. … Studies were rated as poor quality
Figure 1. … b Studies may appear in more than 1 KQ. … for this treatment in the included studies.
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March 19, 2024 - Almost one-third of the studies re-
cruited young mothers (age <20 years). … All but 2 studies evaluated home-visiting interventions. … All but 3 studies compared interventions with usual care.17,25,29
These 3 studies compared child maltreatment–specific … Two studies did not report statistically significant adverse
events between study groups. … ), and total count of hospital stays (2 studies).
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December 07, 2021 - Results: Thirty-two studies (19 trials, 9 observational studies, and 4 nonrandomized clinical intervention … studies [total 106,694 participants] and 1 systematic review [19 studies]) were included. … Screening and diagnostic accuracy studies conducted in primary care settings were eligible. … Seventeen studies 15 , 16 , 18-22 , 34-45 , 48 were new for this update and 16 studies (including the … at the time of exposure
Consistent, precise
Observational studies; most studies relied on retrospective
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June 20, 2023 - numbers of studies was used.10,11 When studies included multiple
intervention groups, the single most … )
included for KQ1b
39 Articles (37 studies)
included for KQ2b
2 Articles (2 studies)
included for … New primary
evidence includes 2 studies for KQ1 evidence, 25 studies for KQ2, 0 studies for
KQ3 evidence … , 45 studies for KQ4 evidence, and 8 studies for KQ5 evidence. … Most studies used CBT-based interventions, and few
studies directly involved primary care clinicians
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September 05, 2023 - RESULTS Thirty-nine studies (N = 6065) were included. … Results
Thirty-nine studies (N = 6065) in 50 publications were eligible
(Figure 2), including 10 studies … ) included for anxiety topic
40 Articles (29 studies)
included for KQ4b
22 Articles (11 studies)
included … Treatment studies covered a wide range of ages, from
preschool through adolescence, although 4 studies … Few studies reported analyses for populations of interest.
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May 18, 2023 - For Key Questions, we will describe the population and intervention characteristics of the included studies … selected based on higher BMI (≥25 kg/m 2 ) or other adiposity measures (e.g., waist circumference)
Studies … or impaired glucose metabolism; postpartum women; persons with a history of cancer are included
Studies … ” in 2021 on the Human Development Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Programme)
Studies … published in English
Studies only published in languages other than English
Study quality
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January 02, 2020 - Evidence-based Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies … Included
Excluded
Populations
Asymptomatic children younger than age 5 years
Animal studies … ; or case-control studies (if data from randomized trials are lacking); and systematic reviews
KQs … 1, 2 (screening) and KQs 1–4 (preventive interventions): Case-control studies; uncontrolled intervention … studies
All KQs: Opinions, editorials, or case reports
Study Quality
Good or fair quality
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January 12, 2023 - , we will describe the population and intervention characteristics of the included studies. … Children or adolescents age 18 years or younger; pregnant or lactating persons; studies for which patient … KQ 2: RCTs; prospective cohort studies with contemporaneous comparison groups with a primary study aim … Study designs not listed as specifically included (e.g., case reports, case series, case-control studies … , studies without a comparison group).
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December 28, 2023 - High” on the Human Development Index
Study Design
KQ 1: RCTs
KQ 2: RCTs, nonrandomized studies … of interventions, or experiments with concurrent comparison groups
Cohort and case control studies … conducted using data from cohort studies, registries, or medical record databases
Other study designs … Language
English only
Non-English publications
Study Quality
Good- and fair-quality studies … , according to design-specific criteria
Poor-quality studies, according to design-specific criteria
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September 28, 2021 - ) included
for KQ1b
17 Previous review (15 studies)
10 Current review (3 studies)
24 Articles (16 studies … ) included
for KQ2b
14 Previous review (13 studies)
10 Current review (3 studies)
156 Articles excluded … ) included
for KQ3b
19 Previous review (17 studies)
12 Current review (4 studies)
183 Full-text articles … b Studies could be included for more
than 1 KQ. … Effects were
consistent across the included studies; all but 2 small studies
reported effects in the
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November 02, 2023 - For Key Questions, we will describe the population and intervention characteristics of the included studies … Include
Exclude
Populations
Adults age >18 years, including studies among:
Adults who … Studies limited to:
Children and adolescents
Persons with known CVD or diabetes mellitus
Persons … or cancer survivors, or chronic pain)
Pregnant women
Adults in institutions
Settings
Studies … published in English
Studies only published in languages other than English
Study quality
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January 23, 2024 - In the 16 studies that reported the sex of the participants, 47% were female. 6 Most studies did not … ), referrals to speech and language treatment centers (6 studies), via advertisements (4 studies), and … Few studies reported the race and ethnicity of the participants. … (10 studies) including a population with a mean age of 48.4 months or older. 6 , 21
The included studies … Standardization of outcome measurement across studies is needed.