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

Montgomery 2003.

Methods Randomized to decision aid + decision analysis vs decision analysis vs decision aid vs usual care
Participants 51 + 52 + 55 + 59 newly diagnosed hypertensive patients considering drug therapy for blood pressure in the UK
Interventions DA: decision analysis plus information video and leaflet on options' outcomes, clinical problem, outcome probability, explicit values clarification
 Comparator: decision analysis on options' outcomes, outcome probability, explicit values clarification
 Comparator: video and leaflet on options' outcomes, clinical problem
 Comparator: usual care
Outcomes Primary outcomes: decisional conflict
Secondary outcomes: uptake of option, knowledge, anxiety
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Allocation schedule was computer‐generated by an individual not involved in the study (p 2)
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk "[A]llocation was concealed to the author in advance by the nature of the minimization procedure" (p 2)
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not blinded ‐ unclear if this would introduce bias to outcome assessed
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Unclear blinding but outcomes were objectively measured and not subjective to interpretation
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Flow diagram (p 5)
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No information provided
Other bias Low risk Appears to be free of other potential biases