van Roosmalen 2004.
Methods |
Study design: cluster‐randomized trial Unit of allocation: family Unit of analysis: patient Power calculation: done |
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Participants |
Care setting: specialized care; setting: unclear; the Netherlands Health professionals: number unknown; type: unclear; level of training: unknown Patients: 88, deleterious BRCA1/2 mutation; female |
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Interventions |
Multifaceted intervention: patient‐mediated intervention (SDMI+DA) Quote: "The SDMI was provided by a trained research assistant and consisted of three sessions with an interval of 1 to 2 weeks. In the first session, individual values for the treatment options (screening and prophylactic surgery) were assessed in a face‐to‐face interview by use of the TTO method.In the second session, the TTO interview was repeated by telephone...In the first part of the study (T1 to T3; Fig 1), not reported here, women were randomly assigned to the DA group (the DA was provided 2 weeks after blood sampling) or to the control group (receiving usual care)." see figure 1 pages 3294‐3295 Single intervention (control): patient‐mediated intervention (DA) Quote: "The DA was added to usual care and was to be viewed at home. It consisted of a brochure and video providing information on screening and prophylactic surgery, and the physical, emotional, and social consequences." page 3295 |
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Outcomes | Perceived participation in decision making (continuous) | |
Notes |
Additional information Number of approached patients (eligible): 453 Number of patients per physician: not reported |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Comment: computer generated. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Comment: not specified. |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) Participant‐reported outcome | High risk | Quote: "Neither study participants nor members of the study staff were blinded to intervention assignment." page 3296 |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) Participant‐reported outcome | Low risk | Comment: the follow‐up at T4 was 100%. At T5, one woman from the control group was lost to follow‐up. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Comment: study protocol not available. |
Other bias | Low risk | Comment: no evidence of other risk of biases. |
Baseline measurement? Participant‐reported outcome | Unclear risk | Comment: no baseline measure of our primary outcome. |
Protection against contamination? | Low risk | Quote: "Randomization took place by family to avoid contamination." page 3296 |
Baseline characteristics patients | Low risk | Comment: reported and similar (See table 1). |
Baseline characteristics healthcare professionals | Unclear risk | Comment: no report of characteristics. |