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201. Archived: Final Research Plan: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan102/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening-2016
     May 15, 2014 - Does treatment for asymptomatic adults identified with mild to moderate COPD through screening improve … What are the adverse effects of COPD treatment in this population? … offered to symptomatic patients, oxygen therapy, surgical therapies, lung transplant, pulmonary rehabilitation … these patients will not be considered in the evidence review (i.e., pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen therapy … , surgical treatment to reduce lung volume, and lung transplantation).

202. Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Screening and Supplementation for Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/PJJXJEVA9oaAwep5x3ZvRn
     August 01, 2024 - values as proxies of iron deficiency anemia), and an abnormal screening test result may be followed by treatment … with iron therapy

203. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
     March 01, 2016 - Treatment and Interventions Treatments include corrective lenses for refractive error; surgical removal … Effective treatments are available for uncorrected refractive error, cataracts, and AMD. … The overall harms are small; however, many of the treatments carry a small risk of serious complications … Although treatments that entail little harm can correct impaired visual acuity, limited evidence is available … Photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

204. Archived: Final Research Plan: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan16/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
     August 15, 2013 - Links in the chain of indirect evidence include the effectiveness of screening and treatments in reducing … the incidence of future health outcomes and the harms associated with screening and treatments. … to identify individuals who have the disease; it is also necessary to show that there are effective treatments … quality of life KQ 2: Labeling, anxiety, false-positive results KQ 4: Serious side effects from treatments … clarified that the decision to only include large studies is intended for the key question on harms of treatment

205. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     January 14, 2025 - The US Food and Drug Administration has approved several drug therapies for the treatment or prevention … Evidence on harms of drug therapies in men is limited.1 Current Practice Data on how frequently men … for fracture risk with the Canadian FRAX tool to facilitate shared decision-making about pharmaco- therapy … The clinician’s guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. … Fracture risk and zoledronic acid therapy in men with osteoporosis.

206. Tenth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/tenth-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
     January 01, 2020 - Evaluate screening for major depressive disorder in children age 11 years or younger Evaluate combined treatments … interventions might be effective in individuals at average or high risk, so we can understand whether tailored therapies … studies that: Are larger and have more children as participants Examine longer-term effects of treatment

207. First Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/first-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
     December 01, 2011 - populations and age groups that deserve further research: Screening for Osteoporosis in Men Screening and Treatment

208. Screening for Food Insecurity: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/99YKN27_cW9CRosq9RUMnv
     March 11, 2025 - Benefits of early detection and intervention and treatment • Inadequate direct evidence about screening … Harms of early detection and intervention and treatment Inadequate evidence on the harms of screening … more.17-19 It is derived from, and validated against, the USDA Household Food Security Survey.19 Treatment … (eg, primary interest in other outcomes or comparative effectiveness).3,33 Harms of Screening and Treatment … Primary care– based and primary care–referrable interventions generally offer only limited “treatment

209. Archived: Final Research Plan: Child Maltreatment: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions-november-2018
     August 18, 2016 - Health Organization defines child maltreatment as including "all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment … , sexual abuse, neglect, or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual

210. Archived: Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Population-Based Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Evidence Synthesis: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/cost-effectiveness-analyses-of-population-based-screening-for-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-evidence-synthesis/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
     February 15, 2005 - How will differences in treatment effectiveness affect cost-effectiveness estimates for AAA screening … Downstream costs post-treatment were included. … How will differences in treatment effectiveness affect cost-effectiveness estimates for AAA screening … None considered patient-incurred burdens of time and money related to AAA screening and treatment. … How will differences in treatment effectiveness affect cost-effectiveness estimates for AAA screening

211. Recommendation: Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation
     August 20, 2024 - with iron therapy. … with iron therapy. 1 To establish the presence of iron deficiency or iron deficiency anemia, levels … (whether or not successfully treated) with persons not taking iron therapy was not reported, limiting … assessment of the association between iron therapy and improvement in health outcomes. 1 , 17 Additional … The impact of response to iron therapy on maternal and neonatal outcomes among pregnant women with anemia

212. Screening for Syphilis: A Brief Update (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/USPSTF_Admin/Home/GetFile/1/996/syphilup/pdf
     July 01, 2004 - are effective and rarely harmful, and prenatal antibiotic therapy is effective in preventing congenital … reported that ceftriaxone is used clinically for treating syphilis in the U.S.36 Value of augmented therapy … A multicenter RCT assessed 2 treatments for early syphilis: both groups received 2.4 million units of … A number of small studies on alternative treatments such as oral azithromycin have been published and … A randomized trial of enhanced therapy for early syphilis in patients with and without human immunodeficiency

213. Screening for Depression in Children and Adolescents: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - For treatment of MDD, research needs include well-designed studies of psychotherapy and combined treatments … , as well as studies of the benefits and harms of other treatments (such as non-SSRI medications and … Annals of Internal Medicine • Vol. 164 No. 5 • 1 March 2016 365 removes the mention of specific therapies … Recognising and re- sponding to adolescent depression in general practice: developing and implementing the Therapeutic … Fluoxetine, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and their combination for adolescents with depression: Treatment

214. Final Research Plan: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-in-older-adults-screening
     October 19, 2017 - Nonpharmacologic interventions aimed primarily at the caregiver or caregiver-patient dyad Treatments … ., tacrine) Herbal supplements (e.g., ginkgo biloba) Medical foods or fluids or nutrition therapy … (e.g., meal replacement therapy) Experimental or emerging therapies (e.g., amyloid disease-modifying … treatments) Interventions aimed at noncognitive symptom management (e.g., music, light, pet, reminiscence … , or psychodynamic interpersonal therapy; nighttime home monitoring systems; Snoezelen® multisensory

215. Current Processes of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Refining Evidence-Based Recommendation Development (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/currprocess.pdf
     July 01, 2007 - screening, pen- etrance is poorly understood (but probably low), the incre- mental benefit of earlier treatment … is uncertain, and there are important harms to screening and treatment.

216. Archived: Depression: Screening 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-screening-2002
     May 07, 2002 - reliability of screening tests in children and adolescents and limited evidence on the effectiveness of therapy … therapy or brief psychosocial counseling), alone or in combination). … The existing literature suggests that screening tests perform reasonably well in adolescents and that treatments … Effectiveness of Early Treatment Effective treatments are available for patients with depressive illnesses … treating adolescents comes from school and community settings where SSRIs and cognitive-behavioral therapy

217. Screening for Depression - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/FExZhpEq2337V-hwkaPQ8y
     May 01, 2002 - reliability of screening tests in children and adolescents and limited evidence on the effectiveness of therapy … therapy or brief psychosocial counseling), alone or in combination … The existing literature suggests that screening tests perform reasonably well in adolescents and that treatments … Effectiveness of Early Treatment Effective treatments are available for patients with depressive illnesses … treating adolescents comes from school and community settings where SSRIs and cognitive-behavioral therapy

218. How to Read the New Recommendation Statement: Methods Update (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/methupd.pdf
     July 01, 2007 - working group is developing a system that will apply to many areas, including public health, diagnostic, treatment … In addition, decisions about the screening and treatment of individuals and policy decisions should include … impor- tance of the condition, detection of the condition, benefits and harms of early detection and treatment … , periodicity, ages for starting or stopping the service, risk factors, shared decision making, and treatment

219. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Screening and Supplementation for Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/aRJ-3-AWuVvmC_kmoGCVHp
     deficiency anemia to assess whether changes in maternal iron status (e.g., because of supplementation or treatment … include overdiagnosis, anxiety, and labeling Research is needed to assess the benefits and harms of treatment … deficiency/iron KQs 3,4: Oral or intravenous iron supplementation, iron-fortified foods vs. no treatment

220. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Research Gaps for Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/d8DVjQhw6JgjWaBtED97s6
     American/Alaska Native, and non- Hispanic Black children and adolescents) Outcomes: KQ4: Serious treatment … intervention (e.g., GI- related harms, medical issues requiring hospitalization or urgent medical treatment … certain ages in childhood and adolescence when interventions might provide a higher likelihood of treatment