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

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
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)
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