Table 5.

Elements of the decision support interventions (N = 5)

Intervention description	Rhee, 2008 [[28]]	Lyon, 2009 [[27],[31]]	Adams, 2009 [[26]]	Hollen, 1999 [[30]]	Adelman, 1990 [[29]]
Type of intervention
Coaching alone		✓			✓
Coaching and educational aid	✓		✓
Education alone				✓
Elements of decision support
Decision defined/explained	✓	✓		✓	✓
Assess/discuss patient’s decision-making needs		✓	✓
Options (including alternatives) presented	✓	✓	✓	✓
Benefits of options discussed	✓	✓	✓	✓
Risks of options discussed	✓	✓		✓
Understanding assessed/clarified		✓	✓
Values/preferences discussed	✓	✓	✓	✓
Build skills in deliberation, communication, and accessing support		✓			✓
Ability/self-efficacy to enact plan discussed					✓
Decision made or explicitly deferred		✓
Facilitate progress in decision-making	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Follow-up arranged		✓
Total Elements	6	11	6	6	4

✓= decision support element present.