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

Ozanne 2007.

Methods Randomized to decision aid + standard counselling vs usual care (standard counselling)
Participants 15 + 15 women considering breast cancer prevention in the USA
Interventions DA (in consultation): interactive computer decision aid on options outcomes, outcome probability
 Comparator: standard counselling
Outcomes Primary outcomes: consultation length
Secondary outcomes: knowledge, decisional conflict, satisfaction with the decision, acceptability of the decision aid, physician satisfaction with the consultation
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Patients were randomized evenly between groups; no information provided about generation (p 149)
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information provided (p 149)
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear blinding
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Unclear blinding but outcomes were objectively measured and not subjective to to interpretation
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Demographic data included; reasons for attrition mentioned
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No reference to study protocol
Other bias Unclear risk Small sample size, does not say how many physicians participated in study, mentions that there were observed changes in physician behaviour (based on doing both intervention and control)