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July 10, 2017 - A Primer for Systematic Reviewers on the Measurement of Functional Status and Health-Related Quality … Challenges in Synthesizing and Interpreting the Evidence From a Systematic Review of Multifactorial Interventions … Methods guide for authors of systematic reviews of medical tests: a collaboration between the Agency
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary94/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
May 15, 2009 - Data Sources: MEDLINE® searches from 1 January 2003 through 31 July 2008, recent systematic reviews, … Randomized, controlled trials; meta-analyses; systematic reviews; cohort studies; and ecologic studies … Randomized, controlled trials; meta-analyses; systematic reviews; cohort studies; case-control studies … reviews. … reviews; cohort studies; case-control studies; and large case series.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/skin-cancer-counseling-2003
October 06, 2003 - In addition, to identify systematic reviews related to questions 1 to 4, we searched Database of Abstracts … of Reviews of Effects (DARE), the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and ACP Journal Club using … Synthesis
For questions 1 and 2, we summarized the results of the major recent systematic reviews and … For all the systematic reviews and original scientific articles included in this report, we used the … With respect to malignant melanoma, several good-quality systematic reviews have sought to integrate
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June 01, 2012 - Reviews (fourth quarter of 2011) for relevant English-
language studies and systematic reviews. … reviews (31, 73). … Systematic reviews of nine UK
National Screening Committee criteria. … Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy.
Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:889-97. … reviews.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-aspirin-to-prevent-cancer/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
April 11, 2016 - Purpose: To conduct systematic reviews of aspirin and 1) total cancer mortality and incidence in … This article summarizes 2 concurrent systematic reviews that addressed the effects of aspirin use on … used in conjunction with systematic reviews on CVD events 14 and harms associated with aspirin use … reviews with AMSTAR (A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews). 24 Good-quality studies met … Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews.
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May 02, 2014 - The final Research Plan is used to guide a systematic … associated with drug treatment
Study design
RCTs, CCTs, cohort studies, high-quality systematic … reviews
Other study designs
Settings
Publication date of 2008 to present … Study designs
RCTs, CCTs, and controlled cohort studies without publication date limitations; systematic … reviews published in or after 2008
Other study designs (e.g., case-control, case series)
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June 21, 2025 - Recommendations
7.1.1 All recommendations are based on a body of scientific evidence that is derived from systematic … evidence reviews and can use modeling to inform the process and make decisions after full consideration … The Task Force is particularly interested in receiving comments on the sufficiency of the systematic … expert opinion and clinical experience cannot substitute for the body of evidence that the Task Force reviews … through a systematic process.
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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 - The final Research Plan is used to guide a systematic … Figure 1 is the analytic framework that depicts the four Key Questions (KQs) to be addressed in the systematic … flexibility outcomes
Less than 6 months or 60% followup
Study Designs
KQs 1–3: Systematic … reviews, randomized controlled trials, controlled clinical trials (prior to 2001: randomized controlled … trials only)
KQ 4: Systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, controlled clinical trials
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December 07, 2021 - Reviews (to September 2020); surveillance through July 23, 2021. … review on risk of fluorosis included in prior USPSTF reviews. … Reviews were searched from 2013 through September 2020 (see the JAMA Supplement for search strategies … Searches were supplemented by reference list review of relevant systematic reviews; studies from the … Prior USPSTF reviews found dietary fluoride supplementation associated with reduced caries incidence
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July 24, 2025 - studies; case-control studies
KQ 4: Randomized, controlled trials
Case reports, case series, systematic … reviews, and all other study designs not listed as eligible; systematic reviews containing potentially
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
September 14, 2021 - Data Sources: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews … This systematic review was conducted to update prior reviews on this topic for the USPSTF, 12-14 to … Reference list review of relevant systematic reviews supplemented the searches. … Preventive Services Task Force Evidence Syntheses, formerly Systematic Evidence Reviews. 2001. … Screening for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia: Systematic Review to Update 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 - The USPSTF reviewed evidence from 4 systematic reviews on pharmacotherapy that reported smoking cessation … Three systematic reviews (1 on internet-based interventions, another on incentives, and 1 on hypnotherapy … The USPSTF identified 4 systematic reviews on NRT that reported on harms 13 : 3 reviews compared harms … reviews on varenicline in unselected smokers, 4 systematic reviews of varenicline among persons with … reviews. 13
Combinations of behavioral counseling interventions and pharmacotherapy.
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June 15, 2013 - Expand All
Panel 1
The final Research Plan is used to guide a systematic review … reviews
Benefits: Randomized, controlled trials, controlled observational trials
Harms: … In response to comments, the USPSTF clarified that the systematic review would address screening for … For the systematic review on screening in pregnant women, reduced transmission and acquisition of disease … Treatment harms will be discussed in the background section of the systematic review.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-statins/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication-november-2016
November 13, 2016 - For all-cause mortality, the point estimate was very similar to those from recent systematic reviews, … These findings are generally consistent with those from recent systematic reviews, some of which also … Language of publication restrictions in systematic reviews gave different results depending on whether … Emerging risk factors for coronary heart disease: a summary of systematic reviews conducted for the U.S … Reviews.
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April 01, 2012 - Selection: For the literature on benefits of screening, we included controlled trials as well
as systematic … reviews and meta-analyses. … reviews and meta-analyses. … For the literature on benefits of screening, we included controlled trials as well as systematic
reviews … reviews and meta-analyses.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary8/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-2014
January 15, 2014 - Data Synthesis: Reviews of 4 RCTs involving 137,214 participants demonstrated that 1-time invitation … We also reviewed reference lists of relevant systematic reviews and meta-analyses. … Familial abdominal aortic aneurysm: a systematic review of a genetic background. … reviews. … Reviews, and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects.
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April 27, 2021 - reviews and individual patient–data
meta-analyses.13-15 ClinicalTrials.gov and the World Health Organiza … using the approach described in the Methods Guide for Effective-
ness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews … Cardiovascular Outcome (n = 4997) and other systematic reviews
of confirmation, even though other reviews … reviews have sug-
gested that, on average, mean AOBP and ABPM values in terms of
mm Hg are similar; … a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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April 01, 2016 - Reviews. … reviews. … Prior systematic
reviews that have pooled 3 to 6 trials in populations or
subpopulations with diabetes … Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.
Chichester, UK: J Wiley; 2009.
29. … Aspirin for the prevention of cancer incidence and mor-
tality: systematic evidence reviews for the U.S
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June 15, 2008 - Data Sources: MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library for relevant studies and systematic reviews published … We evaluated all studies included in relevant systematic reviews for potential inclusion. … We used good-quality systematic reviews to assess the adverse effects of treatment. … We rated systematic reviews on the basis of established criteria, and we included only good-quality reviews … Systematic reviews. 111-113 , 115-124 , 126-136
Reviews were almost entirely based on trials of short
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March 17, 2022 - depression/anxiety)
Study designs
KQs 1, 3:
Individual patient data meta-analyses and systematic … reviews
Randomized, controlled trials; controlled clinical trials
Nonrandomized studies with unbiased … Pre-post studies
Nonrandomized studies with historical controls
Case reports
Case series
Narrative reviews