Schroy 2011.
Methods | Randomized to detailed vs simple decision aid vs control | |
Participants | 223 + 212 + 231 average‐risk patients considering CRC screening in the USA | |
Interventions | Detailed DA: CRC risk assessment + web‐based interactive audio‐visual DA on options' outcomes, clinical problem, outcome probabilities, others' opinion and guidance Comparator 1: web‐based decision aid only Comparator 2: usual care using pamphlet |
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Outcomes | Knowledge (pre and post‐DA), satisfaction with decision making process (pre and post‐DA), preferred choice (pre and post‐DA) | |
Notes | Primary outcome was not specified | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No mention of randomization process |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No mention of allocation concealment |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Providers were not blinded, subjective outcomes such as satisfaction with decision‐making process could have been affected, unclear if participants were blinded |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Assessors not blinded but outcome measures not believed to be influenced by it |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | No data appears to be missing |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | No mention of examination of selective outcome reporting or study protocol |
Other bias | Low risk | Appears to be free of other sources of bias |