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Table 5.

Summary of Decisional Conflict Scale Before and After the Use of Tools

Study	Overall	Uncertainty	Informed	Values Clarity	Support	Effective Decision
Lau et al¹⁶ (2015)	↓^a	↓^a	↓^a	↓^a	↓^a	NR
Fagan et al²³ (2020)	↓	↓	↓	↓	↑	NR
Manners et al²⁵ (2020)	↓^a	↓^a	↓^a	↓^a	↓^a	↓^a

The downward arrow (↓) indicates reduction; the upward arrow (↑) indicates increase of scale between the pre- and poststudy periods. Lower score indicates less decisional conflict. See Table 2 legend for expansion of abbreviation.

Statistically significant.