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241. Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 21, 2022 - Efficacy Scale Function measures (e.g., Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment, Timed Get Up & Go Test … , 6-meter timed walk, Functional Reach Test, and Berg Balance Scale) KQ 2: Minor adverse events

242. Clinical Summary: Screening for HIV Infection (pdf file)
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     indeterminate (or if acute HIV infection or recent exposure is suspected or reported), an HIV-1 nucleic acid test … is recommended to differentiate acute HIV-1 infection from a false-positive test result.

243. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - Detection The USPSTF found convincing evidence that screening with a vi- sual acuity test can identify … Evidence on the use of other tests for vision screening in primary care, such as the pinhole test (a … test for refractive error), the Amsler grid (a test of central vision to detect AMD), genetic testing … A visual acuity test (such as the Snellen eye chart) is the usual method for screening for visual acuity … Compared with a detailed ophthalmological examination, no vi- sual acuity screening test has both high

244. Recommendation: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 14, 2023 - reviewed evidence comparing accuracy of HerpeSelect (Focus Diagnostics) and the Biokit HSV-2 Rapid Test … HSV-2 based on Western blot. 6 In 10 studies (n = 6537) using a cut point of 1.1, the HerpeSelect test … may be as low as 75% and as low as 50% for the HerpeSelect test for predicting true seropositivity. … declines in HSV-2 seroprevalence in the US population (since the 2016 review) likely further limit test … Studies assessing screening test accuracy and predictive value in primary care settings in the US that

245. ahrq29a - Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), we focus on whether it is useful to test for anti-HCV antibodies … of the screening test.81–86 The tenth study, a study of RIBA in 51 patients receiving hemodialysis, … What are the test Studies of Fair Using viremia as the reference characteristics of HCV diagnostic test … KQ 3: What are the test characteristics of HCV antibody testing? … KQ 5: a) What are the test characteristics of the work-up for active disease?

246. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 08, 2004 - What are the test characteristics of HCV antibody testing? … Studies of diagnostic test characteristics. … What are the test characteristics of the work-up for treatable disease? … KQ 3: What are the test characteristics of HCV antibody testing? … KQ 5: a) What are the test characteristics of the work-up for active disease?         

247. peds20151711 1..8 (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2015 - LDS, the CDI, the Speech and Language Parent Questionnaire, and the Ward Infant Language Screening Test … Texas, the Denver Articulation Screening Exam, DENVER II (formerly the Denver Developmental Screening Test … Screening Test, the Structured Screening Test (formerly known as the Hackney Early Language Screening … Test), and Rigby’s trial speech screening test. … Test performance characteristics varied widely.

248. Screening for Prostate Cancer: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2008 - and cross-sectional studies of the psychological harms of false-positive prostate-specific antigen test … pain and discom- fort associated with prostate biopsy and psychological ef- fects of false-positive test … Screening Tests The PSA test is more sensitive than the digital rectal examination for detecting prostate … Thus, the accuracy of the PSA test for detecting clinically important prostate cancer cases cannot be … The conventional PSA test cut-point of 4.0 g/L m isses som e early cancer.

249. Draft Research Plan: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 12, 2023 - calculator or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), in combination with a positive PSA-based screening test … a prior diagnosis of prostate cancer KQ 4: Asymptomatic men with a positive PSA-based screening test … cancer) KQ 2: Physical or psychological harms of screening or biopsy; overdiagnosis KQs 3, 4: Test

250. Archived: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2008 - of urine, of a single uropathogen, and in a midstream clean-catch specimen is considered a positive test … of urine, of a single uropathogen, and in a midstream clean-catch specimen is considered a positive test … negative predictive value in pregnant women to replace the urine culture as the preferred screening test … Research is also needed to develop a screening test that could reduce the use of urine culture, which

251. Screening for Prostate Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2018 - Men with a positive PSA test result may undergo a transrectal ultrasound-guided core- needle biopsy of … Men with a positive PSA test result may undergo a transrectal ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy of … Overall, 34% of invited men received a valid PSA screening test. … The false-positive rate for the PSA test depends on the PSA threshold used. … Recommendations on screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test.

252. Final Evidence Summary: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 09, 2020 - Heterogeneity between studies was evaluated by the χ2 test and I 2 statistics. … A single-question screening test for drug use in primary care. … Properties of the Cannabis Abuse Screening Test (CAST) in the general population. … Empirical validation of the CRAFFT abuse screening test in a Spanish sample. … Diagnostic accuracy of a two-item Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-2).

253. Screening for Breast Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - Most positive adjunctive breast cancer screening test results are false positive. … results, and false reassur- ance from false-negative test results). … Most positive adjunctive breast cancer screening test results are false positive. … As such, es- timates of its test performance are subject to change with additional research. … Cancer screening test use—United States, 2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015;64:464-8.

254. Archived: Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 17, 2014 - What are the test performance characteristics of tomosynthesis (3-D mammography) as a primary screening … What are the test performance characteristics of newer technologies f for breast cancer screening when … Test Characteristics KQs 7, 8: Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative … Test Characteristics KQs 7, 8: Diagnostic accuracy studies with reference standard, meta-analyses … The Research Approach was expanded to include information on the test characteristics of newer screening

255. Archived: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 15, 2006 - Research on the test characteristics of brief, formal screening instruments has a number of limitations … Evaluation of a structured test and a parent led method for screening for speech and language problems … Uses of the Levett- Muir Language Screening Test. Health Visitor . 1983;56(12):454-6. Stokes SF. … The Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test: a population-based validation study using … Preschool speech and language screening: further validation of the sentence repetition screening test

256. Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2022 - Study Selection: English-language studies of screening test accuracy, randomized clinical trials (RCTs … measures of discrimination for the MVAP score followed by an unattended home sleep test compared with … 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.

257. Archived: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 22, 2014 - The same specimen can be used to test for chlamydia and gonorrhea 7 . … screen patients whose sexual history reveals new or persistent risk factors since the last negative test … In pregnant women, a test of cure to document eradication of chlamydial infection 3 weeks after treatment … False-positive test results may occur more frequently among low-prevalence populations. … Performance of the cobas CT/NG test compared to the Aptima AC2 and Viper CTQ/GCQ assays for detection

258. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2008 - with FPG, defines diabetes as FPG ≥ 126 mg/dL, and recommends confirmation with a repeated screening test … However, if the calculated risk was 10% without diabetes and 15% with diabetes, then the screening test … The American Diabetes Association has recommended the fasting plasma glucose test for screening because … plasma glucose level of 126 mg/dL or greater and recommends confirmation with a repeated screening test … , 126 mg/dL or greater; 2-hour postload plasma glucose test, 200 mg/dL or greater; or hemoglobin A 1c

259. Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 04, 2020 - negative predictive values, areas under the receiver operating curve, and other measures of diagnostic test … screening) KQ 3, 4: Studies evaluating diagnostic accuracy of a screening question or diagnostic test

260. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 06, 2017 - For screening, the sensitivity and expected positive predictive value of the screening test (i.e., the … degree to which the test will detect the subtype of the condition that would potentially cause health … The sensitivity of the screening test (i.e., the degree to which the test or a given threshold to define … predictive value may be low and false-positive test results will be expected. … Harms are often measured using metrics such as the false-positive screening test rate, overdiagnosis,