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. 2018 Jul 19;2018(7):CD006732. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006732.pub4

van Roosmalen 2004.

Methods Study design: cluster‐randomized trial
Unit of allocation: family
Unit of analysis: patient
Power calculation: done
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
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
Outcomes Perceived participation in decision making (continuous)
Notes Additional information
Number of approached patients (eligible): 453
Number of patients per physician: not reported
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.