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Table 3.

Characteristics of included studies (N = 5)

Author (year)	Study design	Decision	Participants (n) and setting	Comparisons	Primary outcome(s)	Quality assessment
Rhee, 2008 [28]	RCT	Partaking in risk behaviors	41 children with asthma (20^a + 21^b); 4 rural outpatient clinics and 1 high school	Coaching and computer based program v. attention placebo	Feasibility of the decision-making program	^d: Low Risk	^g: Low Risk	^j: Low Risk
						^e: Low Risk	^h: Unclear
						^f: Low Risk	ⁱ: Unclear
Lyon, 2009 [27,31]	RCT	End of life decision-making	40 children with HIV and their parents (21^a + 19^b); 2 hospital outpatient clinics	Coaching v. attention placebo	Communication quality, congruence of treatment preferences, decisional conflict satisfaction	^d: Low Risk	^gg: Unclear	^j: Low Risk
						^e: Low Risk	^h: Low Risk
						^f: Unclear	ⁱⁱ: Unclear
Adams, 2009 [26]	RCT	Sun exposure v. sun protection	819 children (395^a + 424^b); primary care physicians office	Coaching and computer program v. attention placebo	Sun protection behaviors, pros for protection, pros for exposure, decisional balance	^d: Unclear	^g: Unclear	^j: Low Risk
						^e: Unclear	^h: Unclear
						^f: Low Risk	ⁱ: Unclear
Hollen, 1999 [30]	CBA	Partaking in risk behaviors	64 cancer-surviving children (21^a + 43^c); campground	Workshop and weekly assignments v. no intervention	Decision-making, risk motivation, risk behaviors	^d: High Risk	^g: Unclear	^j: Low Risk
						^e: High Risk	^h: Unclear
						^f: High Risk	ⁱ: Low Risk
Adelman, 1990 [29]	Non-randomized CT	Psycho-educational decision-making	85 families (32^a + 20^b + 33^c); university clinic	Pre-conference coaching v. no intervention v. attention placebo	Child participation	^d: High Risk	^g: High Risk	^j: Low Risk
						^e: High Risk	^h: Unclear
						^f: High Risk	ⁱ: High Risk

^aIntervention group.

^bPlacebo group.

^cNo intervention group.

^dRandom sequence generation.

^eAllocation concealment.

^fBlinding of participants AND personnel.

^gBlinding of outcome assessment.

^hIncomplete outcome data.

ⁱSelective reporting.

^jOther sources of bias.