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July 01, 2017 - All topic teams use initial exclusion criteria to select studies for review that deal most directly with … Recognizing that the methodology of systematic reviews are continuously evolving, the USPSTF allows the … Systematic Reviews
Criteria:
Comprehensiveness of sources considered/search strategy used
Standard … Fair: Recent, relevant review that is not clearly biased but lacks comprehensive sources and search … Poor: Outdated, irrelevant, or biased review without systematic search for studies, explicit selection
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary21/depression-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2009
March 15, 2009 - Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in childhood depression: systematic review of published versus … evidence review of antidepressant efficacy by Bridge et al. 26 Numerous systematic evidence reviews … KQ4 includes 1 systematic review and 18 trials reported in 22 articles, 3 of which were included in the … The final published systematic evidence review was revised on the basis of comments from these external … review Systematic review used as source document only Non-English
Additional exclusion criteria specific
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July 26, 2022 - Additional studies were
sought by reviewing reference lists of other systematic reviews. … review
585 Relevant studies identified
from other relevant USPSTF
systematic reviews
44 Citations … effect esti-
mates found in the updated systematic review are consistent in
magnitude with those from … Review for
the U.S. … Review for the U.S.
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June 24, 2025 - In a recent systematic review, individual factors that consistently increased the risk of IPV included … The USPSTF commissioned a systematic review 1 to evaluate the benefits and harms of screening for … The scope of this review is similar to that of the prior systematic review. … Intimate partner violence in transgender populations: systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence … Elder abuse: systematic review and implications for practice.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan138/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions
December 18, 2014 - Recommendation
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Panel 1
The final Research Plan is used to guide a systematic … review of the evidence by researchers at an Evidence-based Practice Center. … Figure 1 is the analytic framework that depicts the three Key Questions to be addressed in the systematic … review. … and health system interventions (e.g., the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative * , provider training)
Systematic
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December 18, 2014 - Expand All
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The final Research Plan is used to guide a systematic review … The resulting Evidence Review will form the basis of the USPSTF Recommendation Statement on this topic … Figure 1 is the analytic framework that depicts the three Key Questions to be addressed in the systematic … review. … and health system interventions (e.g., the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative * , provider training)
Systematic
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August 11, 2016 - Expand All
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The final Research Plan will be used to guide a systematic … review of the evidence by researchers at an Evidence-based Practice Center. … Figure 1 is the analytic framework that depicts the two Key Questions to be addressed in the systematic … review. … Study Designs
KQ 1: Randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical trials
KQ 2: Systematic
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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 - The current systematic review updates the evidence on the benefits of aspirin for the primary prevention … Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S … A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. … An updated systematic evidence review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. … Credibility of claims of subgroup effects in randomised controlled trials: systematic review.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/osteoporosis-screening
November 18, 2021 - Cohort studies and systematic reviews of cohort studies are also eligible for KQ 3 only. … KQ 2 (Accuracy): Recent (published in the last 5 years) systematic reviews of cohort or test accuracy … assess risk of bias; unpublished data; editorials; commentaries; narrative reviews
KQs 4, and 5: Systematic … † This review is not intended as a comprehensive review of all available pharmacologic therapies. … A systematic review of hip fracture incidence and probability of fracture worldwide.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening
May 10, 2022 - Objective: To conduct a targeted systematic review to update the evidence on the effectiveness of screening … findings of this targeted evidence update are generally consistent with the findings of the previous systematic … Detailed methods and results of this systematic review are available in the full evidence report. 6 … findings of this targeted evidence update are generally consistent with the findings of the previous systematic … Screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: evidence report and systematic review for the US
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan17/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd-august-2014
May 15, 2013 - review of the evidence by researchers at an Evidence-based Practice Center. … Figure 1 is the analytic framework that depicts the four Key Questions (KQs) to be addressed in the systematic … review. … trials, controlled clinical trials (prior to 2001: randomized controlled trials only)
KQ 4: Systematic … This review will not include those interventions, as they were included in the review on screening for
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January 26, 2016 - Care Screening for and Treatment of Depression in Pregnant and Postpartum Women: Evidence Report and Systematic … Study included in
systematic evidence review (SER): study was included in existing SER that was
included … Screening for Depression in Adults and Older Adults
in Primary Care: An Updated Systematic Review:
Evidence … Screening for Depression in Adults: An Updated
Systematic Evidence Review for the US Preventive
Services … Using existing systematic reviews in
complex systematic reviews.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan105/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
September 25, 2014 - review of the evidence by researchers at an Evidence-based Practice Center. … The resulting Evidence Review will form the basis of the USPSTF Recommendation Statement on this topic … reviews
KQ 3: RCTs
KQ 4: Systematic reviews; RCTs and prospective cohort studies published … after the time period covered by included systematic reviews
KQ 5: RCTs, prospective cohort studies … The USPSTF received many comments requesting it broaden the scope of the review to include public health
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-dyslipidemia/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication-november-2016
November 13, 2016 - Data Sources: The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Database of Systematic … Screening for Dyslipidemia in Younger Adults: A Systematic Review to Update the 2008 U.S. … Statin Use for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: A Systematic Review for the U.S. … Draft Evidence Review: Lipid Screening in Childhood for Detection of Multifactorial Dyslipidemia: A Systematic … Review for the U.S.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions
January 19, 2021 - Another systematic review published in 2017 that pooled 13 trials (n = 4395) also found that participants … Another systematic review, 67 which pooled analyses of 65 studies (n = 23,331), found that cessation … Based on a systematic review from 2017, 68 the USPSTF found that behavioral counseling interventions … The same systematic review also assessed the association of behavioral counseling interventions with … A systematic review and meta-analysis of one hundred and twenty studies involving 177,390 individuals
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December 01, 2007 - Key question 4 was the only key question for which
the USPSTF requested a systematic evidence review. … We identified 1 in-process RCT by its inclusion
in a systematic review, and we included it once it was … For key question 4, the initial literature search for the
systematic review returned 397 titles. … A recent good-quality
systematic review that used comprehensive data sources
and a standard appraisal … Systematic review
of computed tomographic angiography for assessment of carotid artery disease.
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February 11, 2019 - Screening for Hepatitis B Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review … RESEARCH LETTER
Screening for Hepatitis B Infection in Pregnant
Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic … Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is transmitted through contact … Methods | A literature search of MEDLINE, PubMed Publisher-
Supplied Records, the Cochrane Database of Systematic … It did not
undergo additional peer review after submission to JAMA.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/tobacco-cessation-adults-interventions
July 17, 2025 - publications and to determine whether identified studies should be included or excluded from the Evidence Review … design
Pharmacotherapy and behavioral interventions in adults:
Existing Cochrane Collaboration systematic … reviews Primary studies: Fair- and good-quality studies
Reviews: Very low-credibility existing systematic … In response to public comments, we clarified that this review focuses specifically on commercial tobacco … additional therapies or devices become FDA-approved for tobacco or smoking cessation over the course of this review
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/intimate-partner-violence-abuse-older-vulnerable-adults
October 29, 2024 - The USPSTF commissioned a systematic review 1 to evaluate the benefits and harms of screening for … The scope of this review is similar to that of the prior systematic review. … Intimate partner violence in transgender populations: systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence … Elder abuse: systematic review and implications for practice. … Elder abuse and psychological well-being: a systematic review and implications for research and policy
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
March 01, 2016 - Although there appears to be benefit in longer-term outcomes, a systematic review found that treatment … To update this I statement, the USPSTF commissioned a systematic review to focus on evidence published … A systematic review from 2006 reported that antioxidants were effective for slowing the progression of … Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: A Systematic Review to Update the 2009 U.S. … Screening for Visual Impairment in Older Adults: Systematic Review to Update the 1996 U.S.