Systematic Reviews and Protocols
In 2018, the Task Force launched a thematic series called Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care Evidence Reviews Collection within the journal Systematic Reviews. Going forward, the series will include all systematic review protocols and systematic evidence reviews conducted to support the development of Task Force guidelines. These evidence reviews cite and appraise available literature, provide a summary of findings based on the GRADE methodology and offer informative evaluations on the benefits and harms of screening for a given health topic.
Click the links below to visit each publication in the series:
Prostate Cancer (update)
Screening for prostate cancer: protocol for updating multiple systematic reviews to inform a Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline update [Systematic Reviews 2022 11:230]
(Click here to visit the guideline webpage for Prostate Cancer -update)
Potentially inappropriate prescriptions and over-the-counter medication use
Interventions to address potentially inappropriate prescriptions and over-the-counter medication use among adults 65 years and older in primary care settings: protocol for a systematic review [Systematic Reviews 2022 11:225]
(Click here to visit the guideline webpage for potentially inappropriate prescriptions and over-the-counter medication use)
Falls Prevention
Fall prevention interventions for older community-dwelling adults: systematic reviews on benefits, harms, and patient values and preferences [Systematic Reviews 2021 10:18]
(Click here to visit the guideline webpage for Falls Prevention)
Depression in Children and Adolescents
Screening for depression in children and adolescents: a protocol for a systematic review update [Systematic Reviews 2021 10:24]
(Click here to visit the Task Force guideline webpage for Depression in Children and Adolescents)
Tobacco Smoking in Adults
Effectiveness of stop smoking interventions among adults: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews and an updated systematic review [Systematic Reviews 2019 8:28]
(Click here to visit the Task Force guideline webpage for Tobacco Smoking in Adults)
Depression in Pregnancy and Postpartum and in the General Adult Population
Screening for depression in women during pregnancy or the first year postpartum and in the general adult population: a protocol for two systematic reviews to update a guideline of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care [Systematic Reviews 2019 8:27]
Screening for depression among the general adult population and in women during pregnancy or the first-year postpartum: two systematic reviews to inform a guideline of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care [Systematic Reviews 2022 11:176]
(Click here to visit the Task Force guideline webpage for Adult Depression update)
(Click here to visit the Task Force guideline webpage for Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression)
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
Screening for chlamydia and/or gonorrhea in primary health care: protocol for systematic review [Systematic Reviews 2018 7:248]
(Click here to visit the guideline webpage for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea)
Fragility Fractures
Screening to prevent fragility fractures among adults 40 years and older in primary care: protocol for a systematic review [Systematic Reviews 2019 8:216]
Screening for the primary prevention of fragility fractures among adults aged 40 years and older in primary care: systematic reviews of the effects and acceptability of screening and treatment, and the accuracy of risk prediction tools [Systematic Reviews 2023 12:51]
(Click here to visit the Task Force guideline webpage for Fragility Fractures)
Asymptomatic Thyroid Dysfunction
Screening for thyroid dysfunction and treatment of screen-detected thyroid dysfunction in asymptomatic, community-dwelling adults: a systematic review [Systematic Reviews 2019 8:260]
(Click here to visit the Task Force guideline webpage for Asymptomatic Thyroid Dysfunction)
Esophageal Cancer
(Click here to visit the Task Force guideline webpage for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma)
Cervical Cancer
Screening for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer: protocol for systematic reviews to inform Canadian recommendations [Systematic Reviews 2021 10:2]
(Click here to visit the guideline webpage for Cervical Cancer)
Note that, in addition to the articles published above, the evidence review protocols and systematic evidence reviews for individual guidelines developed prior to the launch of the Collection can be accessed via individual topic pages under published guidelines section of the Task Force website.