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321. Anxiety Screening: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2023 - original studies and systematic reviews of screening or treatment compared with control conditions and test … Where possible, quantitative syntheses of test accuracy and anxiety treatment studies were conducted … Does sending depression, anxiety, or suicide risk screening test results to providers (with or without … Does sending anxiety screening test results to providers (with or without additional care management … The GAD-2 needed a lower cutoff to obtain similar test accuracy to detect any anxiety disorder, with

322. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - certainty, however, because biopsies are generally not performed on patients with negative screening test … Only the positive predictive value (PPV) — the probability of cancer when the test is positive — can … DRE is the oldest screening test for prostate cancer. … Several techniques have been proposed to enhance the specificity and PPV of the PSA test. … Measurement of prostate-specific antigen in serum as a screening test for prostate cancer.

323. JAMA (pdf file)
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     November 12, 2019 - results, and when test results will aid in decision- making. … results, and when test results will aid in decision making. … Nine studies evaluated breast cancer worry or distress after genetic test- ing. … Genet Test. 2004; 8(3):240-247. doi:10.1089/gte.2004.8.240 113. … Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2009;13(3):325-330. doi:10.1089/gtmb.2008.0126 117.

324. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Grade: D Screening Tests The most widely used, currently available serologic screening test for

325. Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation RISK ASSESSMENT, GENETIC COUNSELING, AND GENETIC TESTING FOR BRCA-RELATED CANCER IN WOMEN CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Asymp…

326. Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 14, 2021 - studies used credible reference standards, adequately described the study population, defined positive test … Harms include labeling, anxiety, false-positive and false-negative test results, and other consequences … significantly associated with reduced repeat chlamydia infection within 6 weeks to 6 months of a positive test … 19 , 23 , 29-31 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 38   and unclear description of independent interpretation of index test … Assessment of best single sample for finding chlamydia in women with and without symptoms: a diagnostic test

327. Archived: Problem Drinking: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test: the quest for a new diagnostic instrument. … The Brief MAST: a shortened version of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test. … Use of the TWEAK test in screening for alcoholism/heavy drinking in three populations. … Detection of problem drinkers: the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). … The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a college sample.

328. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests A visual acuity test (such as the Snellen eye chart) is the usual method for screening

329. Archived: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 24, 2013 - results, and when test results will aid in decision making. … Test results for genetic mutations are reported as positive (that is, potentially harmful mutation detected … An uninformative-negative result occurs when a woman's test does not detect a potentially harmful mutation … Because of the complexity of BRCA test results, the USPSTF also suggests posttest counseling. … individuals with a personal or family history suggestive of an inherited cancer syndrome, when the test

330. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening, April 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 01, 2001 - database: type of screening study, study design, setting, population, patient recruitment, screening test … Five studies from mass screening programs reported the accuracy of skin examination as a screening test … For studies that reported test performance, we also recorded the definition of a suspicious lesion, the … A recent review summarized studies that used color slides (rather than actual patients) to test physicians … be considered include consequences of false negative and false positive tests, acceptability of the test

331. Screening for Skin Cancer: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - database: type of screening study, study design, setting, population, patient recruitment, screening test … For studies that reported test perfor- mance, we recorded the definition of a suspicious lesion, the … tion of disease, and the number of true positive, false positive, true negative, and false negative test … Five studies from mass screening programs reported the accuracy of skin examination as a screening test … For studies that reported test performance, we also recorded the definition of a suspi- cious lesion,

332. Screening for Gestational Diabetes: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     August 13, 2019 - accuracy, studies using 1-step (diagnostic test only) or 2-step (diagnostic test in women with a positive … , including different test thresholds. … Diagnostic Test Accuracy Key Question 4. … Treatment of women with an abnormal glucose challenge test (but a normal oral glucose tolerance test) … HbA1c: a useful screening test for gestational diabetes mellitus.

333. Archived: Gonorrhea (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Screening Tests The most sensitive and specific test … positives. 39 Urine dipstick for leukocyte esterase (LE) is an inexpensive, rapid, and noninvasive test … Urinary leukocyte esterase test: a screening method for the detection of asymptomatic chlamydial and … Urinary leukocyte esterase screening test for asymptomatic chlamydial and gonococcal infections in males … Comparison of DNA-probe test and culture for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in genital samples

334. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 01, 2002 - uncertainties and controversy surrounding prostate cancer screening, clinicians should not order the PSA test … Determining test characteristics of any screening test for prostate cancer is difficult because clinicians … 91 percent of patients who were diagnosed with "aggressive" cancers over the 2 years following the test … documented BPH. 3 Conditions such as prostatitis may also raise PSA levels. 3 Variations of the PSA test … have been developed, primarily to improve the specificity of the test (i.e., to reduce false positives

335. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2009 - Studies of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Table 4. Summary of Evidence Appendix Table 1. … Studies of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Appendix Table 6. … Quality Assessment of Studies of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Appendix Table 7. … To evaluate indirect evidence on screening, investigators included studies of diagnostic test accuracy … How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B.

336. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 11, 2016 - Most positive adjunctive breast cancer screening test results are false positive. … results, and false reassurance from false-negative test results). … Most positive adjunctive breast cancer screening test results are false positive. … As such, estimates of its test performance are subject to change with additional research. … Cancer screening test use—United States, 2013.

337. Screening for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - The most common potential harm of mammography is a false-positive test result, which occurs when the … When the evidence shows that a screening test may have benefit for some individuals, the Task Force … ultrasonography A test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create an image of structures inside … magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) A test that uses a magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy

338. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 09, 2017 - morbidity and mortality from perinatal hepatitis B virus infection KQ 2: Harms from the screening test … or receipt of test results KQ 4: Harms from management of screen-detected hepatitis B virus infection

339. Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2008 - of urine, of a single uropathogen, and in a midstream clean-catch specimen is considered a positive test … and negative predictive value in pregnant women to replace urine cul- ture as the preferred screening test … Research is also needed to de- velop a screening test that could reduce the use of urine culture, which … urine, of a single uropathogen, and in a m idstream clean-catch specim en is considered a positive test

340. Archived: Rh(D) Incompatibility: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - D-negative women at 24-28 weeks gestation Unless the father is known to be D-negative, a repeat D antibody test … highly sensitive and specific, but it is technically difficult to perform. 36 The erythrocyte rosette test … and need for neonatal therapy) in 94-99% of cases. 47 , 48 In the second trimester, however, this test … should be considered equivalent. 22 Unless the father is known to be D-negative, a repeat D antibody test … Use of the erythrocyte rosette test to screen for excessive fetomaternal hemorrhage in Rh-negative women