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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-women-and-elderly-adults/intimate-partner-violence-and-elderly-abuse-screening-2004
March 08, 2004 - Study Quality Rating Criteria
Appendix 3. … From each included study, we abstracted the study design, number of participants, setting, length and … Neither study had a nonintervention control group. 64 , 65
In 1 study, 329 pregnant Hispanic women … Comparison of domestic violence screening methods: a pilot study. … Spectrum of patients included in study.
Adequate sample size.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
August 23, 2022 - One study estimated that 10.7 million adults 75 years or older were taking a statin in 2013 to 2014, … Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk), which enrolled persons aged 70 to 82 years (mean age, … Ridker PM, Danielson E, Fonseca FA, et al; JUPITER Study Group. … Shepherd J, Blauw GJ, Murphy MB; PROSPER Study Group. … Shepherd J, Cobbe SM, Ford I, et al; West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study Group.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-screening
August 10, 2021 - In all studies, the entire study population that had a screening test (regardless of test result) was … with risk-based and 1 study with universal screening strategies) found benefits in outcomes such as … No study measured the effects of treatment of gestational diabetes on quality of life, cardiovascular … Metzger BE, Lowe LP, Dyer AR, et al; HAPO Study Cooperative Research Group. … Lowe WL Jr, Scholtens DM, Kuang A, et al; HAPO Follow-up Study Cooperative Research Group.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions-october-2016
October 25, 2016 - Kramer MS, Matush L, Vanilovich I, et al; PROBIT Study Group. … Relevance: Study aim was not relevant. … Design: Study did not use an included design. … Population: Study was not conducted in an included population. … Publication type: The study design was not an included type. Quality: Study was poor quality.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/ovarian-cancer-screening
February 13, 2018 - Across all trials, incidence did not differ by study group. … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … A randomized study of screening for ovarian cancer: a multicenter study in Japan. … a Reasons for exclusion:
Aim: Study aim was not relevant. … Population: Study was not conducted in an included population.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
April 11, 2016 - comparisons over between-study comparisons. … Steering Committee of the Physicians' Health Study Research Group. … Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study report 14. ETDRS Investigators. … HOT Study Group. Lancet . 1998;351:1755-62. [PMID: 9635947]
35. … ASCEND: A Study of Cardiovascular Events iN Diabetes [clinical trial].
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
January 23, 2024 - For example, a nationally representative US cohort study found that by age 8 years, the prevalence of … The median prevalence of speech and language disorders in the study populations was 16% (range, 4%-59% … was replicated by a study using the same intervention and reporting similar measures. … No study reported benefit for improving function or quality of life among children. 6 , 21
Harms of … Children’s language ability and psychosocial development: a 29-year follow-up study.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/published-comment-and-response-do-lipid-lowering-agents-provide-a-greater-reduction-in-cardiovascular-events-among-patients-with-diabetes/diabetes-mellitus-type-2-in-adults-screening-2008
November 15, 2008 - For example, in the Heart Protection Study, the absolute reduction in coronary events for participants … with and without diabetes: 3.2% and 3.0%, respectively (calculated from data in the Heart Protection Study … Heart Protection Study Collaborative Group. … MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol-lowering with simvastatin in 5963 people with diabetes:
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January 23, 2024 - In the
same study, approximately 10% of children identified as non-
Hispanic Black were affected compared … For example, a nationally represen-
tative US cohort study found that by age 8 years, the prevalence … The median prevalence of speech and language disor-
ders in the study populations was 16% (range, 4%- … was replicated by a study using
the same intervention and reporting similar measures. … Children’s
language ability and psychosocial development:
a 29-year follow-up study.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-cholesterol-other-lipid-abnormalities-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - Imperial Cancer Research Fund OXCHECK Study Group. … Family Heart Study Group. … Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study Group. … Results of a randomized feasibility study of a low-fat diet. … An ancillary study in the Helsinki Heart Disease Study frame population.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening
November 18, 2021 - The Research Approach identifies the study … Adults age 40 years or older with osteoporosis, osteopenia, or increased fracture risk (as defined by study … and treatment harms): Any length of followup
Timing that does not meet inclusion criteria
Study … KQ 2: Predictive accuracy: studies in single countries with high or low fracture incidence
Study … quality as determined by standard risk of bias instruments and existing USPSTF criteria tailored to study
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
January 24, 2017 - Using data from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, 1 study found that a 10% increase in weight was associated … Burden of sleep apnea: rationale, design and major findings of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort study. … Longitudinal study of moderate weight change and sleep-disordered breathing. … Young T, Shahar E, Nieto FJ, et al; Sleep Heart Health Study Research Group. … A Norwegian population-based study on the risk and prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/cost-effectiveness-analyses-of-population-based-screening-for-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-evidence-synthesis/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
February 15, 2005 - Is the study conducted from the societal perspective? … Is the time horizon clinically appropriate and relevant to the study question? … We determined that 1 good-quality study (the Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study 6 [MASS]) and 2 fair-quality … No study (including MASS) was conducted from the societal perspective. … Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study Group.
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November 01, 2014 - Al-
though study patients were required to be recently asymp-
tomatic for the carotid artery under study … One cohort study on harms from CAAS, the
CREST lead-in study, found a stroke or death rate of 3.8%
(CI … Ischemic stroke subtypes: a population-based study of incidence and risk
factors. … The
CASANOVA Study Group. Stroke. 1991;22:1229-35. [PMID: 1926232]
15. … Mayo Asymptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Study
Group. Mayo Clin Proc. 1992;67:513-8.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation
July 07, 2022 - The Research Approach identifies the study … settings
Timing
KQ 1: Long-term outcomes
KQ 2: Short- or long-term outcomes
Study … Timing
KQs 1, 3: Long-term outcomes
KQs 2, 4, 5: Short- or long-term outcomes
Study
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-testing
January 18, 2024 - The proposed Research Approach identifies the study … life); and ethical, legal, and social implications
Other outcomes not listed, including cost
Study … observational 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.
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December 31, 2014 - Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening
(UKCTOCS) and Shizuoka Cohort Study of Ovarian Cancer … Cases were identified by study questionnaire, cancer registry linkage where possible, and
linkages … For this study, ovarian cancer cases included primary ovarian or fallopian tube cancer but
excluded … First, detection of cancer
increased over the study period. … A randomized study of screening for ovarian
cancer: a multicenter study in Japan.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003
December 15, 2003 - Study Selection. … A prospective population study. Eur Heart J 1999;20:269-77.
44. … CELL Study Group. BMJ 1995;310:1105-9.
80. Imperial Cancer Research Fund OXCHECK Study Group. … Muls E, Kolanowski J, Scheen A, Van Gaal L; ObelHyx Study Group. … The Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study—rationale and results.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
June 09, 2022 - The Research Approach identifies the study … of interventions, including overdiagnosis, labeling, stigma, and others
All other outcomes
Study … Rating
Studies rated fair or good quality
Studies rated poor quality
Language of published study
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/unhealthy-alcohol-use-adolescents-adults-behavioral-counseling-interventions
August 05, 2025 - 0.74 to 0.84) to 0.86 (95% CI, 0.78 to 0.91). 1 The author-reported optimal cutoff varied, with one study … conditions such alcohol abuse, dependence, or heavy drinking problems limiting generalizability of study … screening instruments detecting non-standard alcohol use conditions including the largest included study … One study (N=1871) reported fewer alcohol-related diagnoses in the electronic medical record after 7 … routine SBIRT (OR, 0.69 [95% CI, 0.51 to 0.94], p=0.017; 4.8% in the IG vs. 7.8% in the CG). 1 This study