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161. Modeling Study: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 21, 2018 - emerged, contributing to the US Food and Drug Administration approval of the first stand-alone hrHPV test … Sensitivity analyses assessed the effect of test performance characteristics on the main results. … Test Characteristic a Screening Test Sensitivity Analysis Base-Case Value Source … Name b Test Interval, y Start Age, y Test Interval, y Start Age, y 1 CYTO-3Y, 21 … b Strategy name indicates SCREENING TEST 1–interval (years), start age (years)/SCREENING TEST 2–interval

162. Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 13, 2018 - STUDY SELECTION Test accuracy studies and randomized clinical trials of screening and counseling to reduce … For screening test accuracy (KQ2), studies of test accuracy reporting sensitivity and specificity compared … year on which a certain amount of drinks (4-6, depending on the test) were consumed in 1 day. … Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test. … Validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in college students.

163. Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Clinician Summary (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2021 - NAATs can test for infection at urogenital and extragenital sites, including urine, endocervical, vaginal … Abbreviations: NAAT, nucleic acid amplification test; STI, sexually transmitted infection, USPSTF, US

164. Recommendation: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 02, 2023 - Two types of screening tests for LTBI are currently available in the US: the tuberculin skin test (TST … apparent symptoms, do not feel sick, cannot spread TB to others, and usually have a positive TB skin test … or positive TB blood test reaction. … Test. … result or positive tuberculosis blood test reaction.

165. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2009 - Screening questions are not as accurate as a visual acuity test. … There is convincing evidence that screening with a visual acuity test identifies persons with refractive … These costs would include opportunity costs for time spent administering the visual acuity test; costs … However, compared with a visual acuity test or ophthalmologic examination, they are not accurate for … acuity is the usual test for identifying the presence of vision impairment.

166. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - The guaiac test can also produce false-positive results, however. … False-negative results of Hemoccult test in colorectal cancer. … "Hemoccult" (TM) test-reversal of false-negative results due to storage. … test for colorectal cancer. … Initial mass screening for colorectal cancer with fecal occult blood test.

167. Archived: Evidence Summary: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 22, 2013 - Test ( k = 7), Mini-Cog ( k = 4), Memory Impairment Screen ( k = 5), Abbreviated Mental Test ( k … Forty-six studies provided the test performance for detection of dementia. … Benton Orientation Test, Delayed Recall Test, and Short Concord Informant Dementia Scale all had greater … Association Test, General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition, ADL/IADL, Benton Orientation Test, Delayed … 7MS = 7-Minute Screen; AMT = Abbreviated Mental Test; CDT = Clock Drawing Test; FCSRT = Free and Cued

168. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Screening Test Intervals Intervals for recommended screening … Practice shared decision-making; discussions with patients should incorporate information on test quality

169. Screening for HIV: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests The conventional serum test for diagnosing HIV infection is repeatedly reactive immunoassay … Conventional HIV test results are available within 1 to 2 days from most commercial laboratories.

170. Recommendation: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 13, 2018 - Depending on the type of screening test used, the magnitude of harm ranges from moderate to substantial … results consists of repeat testing with the same or a different test and often surgical removal (by … Abnormal test results were managed by the participant's personal health care practitioner. … CA-125 testing was 9.6% across all 6 screening rounds. 3 Surgery to investigate positive screening test … difference in cancer worry was found between study groups, the trial found that women with abnormal test

171. Screening for Ovarian Cancer - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - prevalence of ovarian cancer and the invasive nature of diagnostic testing after a positive screening test … The great majority of women with a positive screening test will not have ovarian cancer (ie, they will … Screening for Ovarian Cancer: USPSTF Recommendations value of an abnormal screening test is, at best … , approximately 2% (ie, 98% of women with positive test results will not have ovarian cancer) … • The positive predictive value of an initially positive screening test would be more favorable for

172. Screening for Gonorrhea: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Potential harms of screening and treatment for gonorrhea include false-positive test results, anxiety … Potential harms of screening and treatment for gonorrhea include false-positive test results, anxiety … Thus, the USPSTF concludes that potential harms of screening (ie, false-positive test results and labeling … • Vaginal culture remains an accurate screening test when transport conditions are suitable. … Nucleic acid probes may also be used to test for gonorrhea and chlamydia in a single specimen and may

173. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - STUDY SELECTION English-language studies of screening test accuracy, randomized clinical trials (RCTs … Multivariable Apnea Pre- diction (MVAP) score—alone and when followed by an unattended home sleep test … subgroup variation in diagnostic test evaluation. … Spectrum bias—why clinicians need to be cautious when applying diagnostic test studies. … test and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale: failure of the MSLT as a gold standard.

174. Screening for Syphilis: A Brief Update (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2004 - Reactive nontreponemal tests require confirmation with a treponemal test. 1. … The ICS test was found to be more sensitive than the RPR test, giving positive test results for a number … ICS test reactivity did not appear to correlate with RPR titers. Line immunoassay (LIA). … RPR card and rapid syphilis test (RST). … Evaluation of INNO-LIA syphilis assay as a confirmatory test for syphilis.

175. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2009 - Harms include testing and follow-up for false-positive test results and adverse effects from penicillin … Diagnostic accuracy of a point-of-care syphilis test when used among pregnant women in Bolivia. … Finger-stick POC test using Abbott Determine Syphilis TP test (Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois … ; TPPA= Treponema pallidum particle agglutination test; TRUST= toluidine red unheated serum test; VDRL … = Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test; WHO = World Health Organization.

176. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     August 21, 2018 - Two women with CIN 3 were detected only by the hrHPV test. Key Question 1b. … more intensive follow-up, were considered test-positive. … test positivity, whereas in others it is the rate of hrHPV+ with ASCUS+. … Variable risk of cervical precancer and cancer after a human papillomavirus-positive test. … Protecting the underscreened women in developed countries: the value of HPV test.

177. Archived: Evidence Summary: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 03, 2003 - the Modified Mini-Mental Status Test, 40 , 93 the Mini-Cog, 94 the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test, 95 … Chula Mental Test: A screening test for elderly people in less developed countries. … Psychometric properties of Clock Drawing Test and MMSE or Short Performance Test (SKT) in dementia screening … The clinical utility of the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test as a screening test for mild dementia. … The Hopkins Verbal Learning Test and screening for dementia.

178. Kbjjfcap9Xvhkp43U-7B9Q (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2014 - for overall effect: Z = 8.04 (P < 0.001) Test for subgroup differences: chi-square = 1.28 (P = 0.53 … for overall effect: Z = 5.06 (P < 0.001) Test for subgroup differences: chi-square = 3.98 (P = 0.26 … for overall effect: Z = 4.76 (P < 0.001) Test for subgroup differences: chi-square = 7.19 (P = 0.07 … for overall effect: Z = 2.36 (P = 0.02) Test for subgroup differences: chi-square = 0.29 (P = 0.86) … for overall effect: Z = 1.83 (P = 0.07) Test for subgroup differences: chi-square = 1.25 (P = 0.53)

179. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnancy: Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2009 - Detection The principal screening test for detecting maternal HBV infection is the serologic identification … Pregnant women who test positive for HBsAg should be referred to an appropriate case-management program … settings must es- tablish effective systems for the accurate and timely transfer of maternal HBsAg test … R efer w om en w ho test positive for counseling and m edical m anagem ent. … Im plem entation Establish system s for tim ely transfer of m aternal H BsA g test results to the

180. USPSTF Analytic Framework for Child and Adolescent Health Topics | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 01, 2017 - screening (for example, identifying low- and high-risk populations, or recording normal and abnormal test … What are the harms of the screening test?