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

Taylor 2006.

Methods Randomized to print DA versus video DA versus wait list control
Participants 98 + 95 + 92 African American men with no history of prostate cancer to consider prostate cancer screening
Interventions Print DA: clinical problem; outcome probabilities; guidance (list of questions to ask at next appointment); others' opinions
Video DA: clinical problem; others' opinions
Wait list comparator: no information provided until 1 month postrandomization (baseline assessment for this group coincided with 1‐month assessment of print and video arms)
Outcomes Prostate cancer screening intention (baseline and 1 month; not reported), prostate screening uptake (1 year; not included because wait list received intervention before 1 year) process variables including use and perception of the intervention materials (1 month), prostate cancer knowledge (baseline and 1 month post), decisional conflict (baseline and 1 month post), satisfaction with screening decision (baseline and 1 month post)
Notes No primary outcome reported; not found in trials registry
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information related to random sequence generation
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to judge allocation concealment
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to judge blinding; however, participants were requested to not share intervention materials with others to prevent contamination between groups (p 2180)
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to judge blinding of outcome assessment
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Does not appear to be missing any outcome data
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No protocol registered or published
Other bias Unclear risk "All participants were mailed $25 for their participation following completion of the 1‐month interview" (p 2181)
"Men who reported that they had not yet had a chance to read/watch the materials were given an additional week to do so and called again to complete the follow‐up assessment" (p 2181)