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

Mathieu 2007.

Methods Randomized to decision aid versus usual care
Participants 367 + 367 women aged 70 to 71 years and considering a subsequent screening mammography in Australia
Interventions DA: booklet on options' outcomes, clinical problem, outcome probability, explicit values clarification, others' opinions, guidance with worksheet (Ottawa Decision Support Framework)
Comparator: BreastScreen NSW brochure ‐ includes information for women 70 + but no numeric information about the outcomes of screening
Outcomes Primary outcomes: actual decision, informed choice
Secondary outcomes: knowledge (includes 5 questions about risk perceptions), anxiety, decisional conflict, breast cancer worry, preference/intension, attitudes about screening, relationship between objective and perceived risk of breast cancer
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Computer programme, which assigned allocations in accordance with a simple randomization schedule (p 2, Methods)
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Randomized by interview staff who accessed a previously concealed computer programme (p 2, Methods)
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear blinding
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Interviewers [at follow‐up] were blinded, outcomes were objectively measured and not subjective to to interpretation
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Fig 1 flow diagram (p 2)
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk "The trial was registered with the Australian Clinical Trials Registry and the Clinical Trials Registration System" (p 5)
Other bias Low risk Appears to be free of other potential biases