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. 2017 Apr 12;2017(4):CD001431. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001431.pub5

Berry 2013.

Methods Randomized to decision aid vs usual care
Participants 266 + 228 men considering prostate cancer treatment in the USA
Interventions DA: interactive web based video on options' outcomes, clinical problem, outcome probabilities, others' opinion, guidance (list of questions to ask doctor and automated summary)
Comparator: usual care
Outcomes Primary outcome: decisional conflict
Secondary outcome: preferred/actual treatment choice (pre‐ and post‐DA), proportion undecided
Other outcomes (Bosco 2012): choice concordance (6 months post‐DA). (Data from 239 + 209 men)
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Methods section‐ second paragraph, p 3: "Participants were randomized automatically by the P3P application to study groups (1:1 using a simple randomization scheme with no blocking)"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Methods section, p 3: "Participants were randomized automatically by the P3P application to study groups"
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Participants were not blinded and study does not address the effect on the results
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Unclear whether outcome assessors are blinded, but outcomes are not subject to interpretation
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Used intention‐to‐treat analysis and low dropout (p 4)
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Protocol made available
Other bias Unclear risk Was a multicentre trial which could have lead to contamination, protocol violation and biased questionnaire completion