SynthesisHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2007
A systematic review of information in decision aids.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Feasibility and Efficacy of Decision Aids to Improve Decision-Making for Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy: A Systematic Review.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Pooled it
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- How best to use and evaluate Patient Information Leaflets given during a consultation: a systematic review of literature reviews.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2017Pooled it
- What information is used in treatment decision aids? A systematic review of the types of evidence populating health decision aids.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2017Pooled it
- Providing information about options in patient decision aids.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2013Pooled it
- Do personal stories make patient decision aids more effective? A critical review of theory and evidence.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2013Pooled it
- A systematic review of decision support needs of parents making child health decisions.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2008Pooled it
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- Development of a decision support intervention for family members of adults who lack capacity to consent to trials.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021Article
- Using nominal group technique to identify barriers, facilitators, and preferences among patients seeking treatment for opioid use disorder: A needs assessment for decision making support.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Article
- Making their decisions for prostate cancer treatment: Patients' experiences and preferences related to process.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2018Article
- [Quality of patient information leaflets on atopic eczema : An analysis using the DISCERN instrument].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2018Article
- Barriers and facilitators to orthopaedic surgeons' uptake of decision aids for total knee arthroplasty: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2017Article
- Implementing shared decision making in routine mental health care.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2017Article
- A 'combined framework' approach to developing a patient decision aid: the PANDAs model.BMC health services research · 2014Article
- Development and pilot testing of a decision aid for drivers with dementia.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe completed a systematic review of information reported as included in decision aids (DAs) for adult patients, to determine if it is complete, balanced and accurate. SEARCH STRATEGY: DAs were identified using the Cochrane Database of DAs and searches of four electronic databases using the terms: 'decision aid'; shared decision making' and 'patients'; 'multimedia or leaflets or pamphlets or videos and patients and decision making'. Additionally, publications reporting DA development and actual DAs that were reported as publicly available on the Internet were consulted. Publications were included up to May 2006. DATA EXTRACTION: Data were extracted on the following variables: external groups consulted in development of the DA, type of study used, categories of information, inclusion of probabilities, use of citation lists and inclusion of patient experiences. MAIN
results68 treatment DAs and 30 screening DAs were identified. 17% of treatment DAs and 47% of screening DAs did not report any external consultation and, of those that did, DA producers tended to rely more heavily on medical experts than on patients' guidance. Content evaluations showed that (i) treatment DAs frequently omit describing the procedure(s) involved in treatment options and (ii) screening DAs frequently focus on false positives but not false negatives. About 1/2 treatment DAs reported probabilities with a greater emphasis on potential benefits than harms. Similarly, screening DAs were more likely to provide false-positive than false-negative rates.
conclusionsThe review led us to be concerned about completeness, balance and accuracy of information included in DAs.
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