SynthesisMedical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making2021
Are We Improving? Update and Critical Appraisal of the Reporting of Decision Process and Quality Measures in Trials Evaluating Patient Decision Aids.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Operationalizing and Measuring Informed Choice in Health Care: An Umbrella Review.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2026Pooled it
- Updated International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS version 5.0): modified Delphi, evidence informed consensus process.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2026Article
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- Embedding a Choice Experiment in an Online Decision Aid or Tool: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Decision Aid Interventions for Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Women of Average Risk: An Integrative Review.Oncology nursing forum · 2025Review
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- Lessons learned from conducting the first cancer care delivery trial in the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (Alliance A191402CD).Clinical trials (London, England) · 2023Article
- Decision aids to assist patients and professionals in choosing the right treatment for kidney failure.Clinical kidney journal · 2023Review
- The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration: Evidence Update 2.0.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn 2014, a systematic review found large gaps in the quality of reporting of measures used in 86 published trials evaluating the effectiveness of patient decision aids (PtDAs). The purpose of this study was to update that review.
methodsWe examined measures of decision making used in 49 randomized controlled trials included in the 2014 and 2017 Cochrane Collaboration systematic review of PtDAs. Data on development of the measures, reliability, validity, responsiveness, precision, interpretability, feasibility, and acceptability were independently abstracted by 2 paired reviewers.
resultsInformation from 273 measures was abstracted, and 109 of these covered the core domains of decision processes ( LIMITATIONS: The review was limited to reporting of measures in studies included in the Cochrane review and did not consult prior publications.
conclusionThere continues to be very little reported about the development or performance of measures used to evaluate the effectiveness of PtDAs in published trials. Minimum reporting standards have been published, and efforts to require investigators to use them are needed.
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