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Table 1 Characteristics of CTFPHC, UKNSC, and USPSTF guidelines that provide recommendations for questionnaire-based screening

From: Consistency and sources of divergence in recommendations on screening with questionnaires for presently experienced health problems or symptoms: a comparison of recommendations from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, UK National Screening Committee, and US Preventive Services Task Force

Guideline Organization Year

Condition

Target population for recommendation

Recommendation

Alcohol Misuse and Illicit Drug Use

 UKNSC 2011

Alcohol misuse

Adults

Screening program not recommended

 USPSTF 2013

Alcohol misuse

Adults

Recommends offering the service (B Grade)

 USPSTF 2013

Alcohol misuse

Adolescents aged 12–17 years

Insufficient evidence to assess balance of benefits and harms (I Grade)

 USPSTF 2008

Illicit drug use

Adults

Insufficient evidence to assess balance of benefits and harms (I Grade)

Depression and Psychiatric Illness

 CTFPHC 2013

Depression

Adults not at increased risk

Weak recommendation against

 CTFPHC 2013

Depression

Adults who may be at increased risk

Weak recommendation against

 UKNSC 2011

Depression

Women in postnatal period

Screening program not recommended

 UKNSC 2015

Depression

Adults

Screening program not recommended

 USPSTF 2016

Depression

Adults, including pregnant and postpartum women

Recommends offering the service (B Grade)

 USPSTF 2016

Depression

Adolescents aged 12–17 years

Recommends offering the service (B Grade)

 USPSTF 2016

Depression

Children aged 11 years or younger

Insufficient evidence to assess balance of benefits and harms (I Grade)

 UKNSC 2006

Psychiatric illness

Adults

Screening program not recommended

Developmental Delay, Behavioral Problems, and Speech and Language Delay, Autism

 UKNSC 2005

Developmental and behavioral problems

Children

Screening program not recommended

 CTFPHC 2016

Developmental delay

Children aged 1–4 years

Strong recommendation against

 USPSTF 2015

Speech and language delay and disorders

Children aged 5 years or younger

Insufficient evidence to assess balance of benefits and harms (I Grade)

 UKNSC 2012

Autism spectrum disorder

Children below age 5

Screening program not recommended

 USPSTF 2016

Autism spectrum disorder

Children aged 18–30 months

Insufficient evidence to assess balance of benefits and harms (I Grade)

Domestic Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults

 UKNSC 2006

Domestic violence

Pregnant women

Screening program not recommended

 UKNSC 2013

Domestic violence

Adult women

Screening program not recommended

 USPSTF 2013

Intimate partner violence

Adult women of childbearing age

Recommends offering the service (B Grade)

 USPSTF 2013

Abuse and neglect of elderly and vulnerable adults

Elderly and vulnerable adults (physical or mental)

Insufficient evidence to assess balance of benefits and harms (I Grade)

Suicide Risk

 USPSTF 2014

Suicide risk

Adolescents, adults, and older adults without an identified psychiatric disorder

Insufficient evidence to assess balance of benefits and harms (I Grade)

  1. CTFPHC Canadian Task Force on Preventive Healthcare, UKNSC United Kingdom National Screening Committee, USPSTF United States Preventive Services Task Force