Williams 2013.
Methods | Randomized to decision aid at home or in clinic versus usual care at home or in clinic | |
Participants | 134 + 138 + 134 +137 men aged 40‐70 years with no history of prostate cancer who had pre‐registered for screening | |
Interventions | DA: content adapted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's PCS educational tool. Includes clinical problem, treatment options, outcome probabilities, explicit values clarification, others' stories, summary worksheet Comparator: information booklet. A 3‐page fact sheet requiring 5 minutes to read. Information presented in a Q&A format on who is recommended for testing, how to interpret results, and the limitations of testing |
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Outcomes | Knowledge, decisional conflict, screening outcomes, satisfaction with decision Outcomes assessed at baseline, 2 months, 13 months, except satisfaction with decision (2 months and 13 months) |
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Notes | No primary outcome reported; trial registration not provided | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to judge 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 of participants and personnel |
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 | There does not appear to be any outcome data missing |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | No registered or published protocol |
Other bias | Low risk | Appears to be free of other potential biases |