Table 1.
Study characteristics of included patient decision aid trials
Author and Year | Country | Baseline N‘ (intervention | control) | Poverty, income, or SES | Race/ethnicity | Education | Low (health) literacy | Geographical location | Underinsured | Lower numeracy | Different language | Separate analysis | Medical Area/Decision |
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Boulware et al. 2018§(31) | United States | 61 | 31 | 59% with income of <$20,000/year | 100% Black | 73% high school degree or less | 45% on low-income insurance (Medicaid) | Live kidney transplants for patients on hemodialysis | |||||
Brenner et al. 2016(32) | United States | 131 | 131 | 61% Latinx, 17% Black | 29% on low-income insurance (Medicaid) | 71% of Latinx participants (61% of total) preferred Spanish | Colorectal cancer screening | ||||||
Diefenbach et al. 2018(33) | United States | 181 | 168 | Race, education | Prostate cancer | ||||||||
Hoffman et al. 2017(34) | United States | 59 | 29 | 100% Black | Colorectal cancer screening | ||||||||
Ibrahim et al. 2017(35) | United States | 168 | 168^ | 50.2% household income <$15,000/year | 100% Black | Total knee replacement | |||||||
Jibaja-Weiss et al. 2011(36) | United States | 40 | 36 | 53% Hispanic/Latina, 32% Black | Majority lower health literacy (exact % unknown) | 100% no insurance | Breast cancer surgery | ||||||
Jimenez et al. 2017(37) | United States | 31 | 33 | 88% Black (parents) | Health literacy | Early intervention for developmental concerns | |||||||
Kuppermann et al. 2009(38) | United States | 244 | 252 | 15.7% Black, 18.0% Latina, 13.5% Asian, 5.7% Other | Education | Prenatal genetic testing | |||||||
Kuppermann et al. 2014(39) | United States | 357 | 353 | 48% earning ≤$25,000/year | 45% Hispanic/Latina, 16% Black, 9% Asian/Pacific Islander | 46% high school degree or less | 45% Lower numeracy | Prenatal genetic testing | |||||
Lepore et al. 2012(40) | United States | 244 | 246 | 100% Black | 63% high school degree or less | Prostate cancer screening | |||||||
Marteau et al. 2010(41) | United Kingdom | 633 | 639 | Socioeconomic status | Diabetes screening | ||||||||
Miller et al. 2011(42) | United States | 132 | 132 | 70% earning <$20,000/year | 73% Black | 77% high school degree or less | 56% limited health literacy | Health literacy | Colorectal cancer screening | ||||
Miller et al. 2018(43) | United States | 223 | 227 | 53% earning <$20,000/year | 53% high school degree or lesss | Income, health literacy, race | Colorectal cancer screening | ||||||
Myers et al. 2005(44) | United States | 121 | 121 | 100% Black | 62% high school education or less | Prostate cancer screening | |||||||
Rising et al. 2017(45) | United States | 451 | 457 | 62% lower health literacy | Race, income, insurance, education, health literacy and numeracy | Chest pain testing | |||||||
Ruffin et al. 2007(46) | United States | 87 | 87 | 47% Black | Insurance, education, and race | Colorectal cancer screening | |||||||
Schroy et al. 2011(47) | United States | 212 | 231 | 63% Black, 6% Hispanic/Latinx | 66% Medicaid, Medicare, free care, or none | Colorectal cancer screening | |||||||
Smith et al. 2010§(48) | Australia | 384 | 188 | Recruited in low-income communities | 58% Lower educational attainment (0–10 years) | Colorectal cancer screening | |||||||
Street et al. 1995(49) | United States | 30 | 30 | 73% Less than college education | Education | Breast cancer surgery | |||||||
Taylor et al. 2006(50) | United States | 164 | 74 | 100% Black | 71% Less than a college degree | Prostate cancer screening | |||||||
Trevena et al. 2008(51) | Australia | 157 | 157 | 78% Completed secondary (High school) education or less | Education | Colorectal cancer screening | |||||||
Vina et al. 2016(52) | United States | 240 | 253 | 52% household income < $15,000 | 100% Black | Knee replacement | |||||||
Volk et al. 2008(53) | United States | 224 | 226 | Low-literacy site: 72% Black, 9% Hispanic/Latinx | Low-literacy site: 77% High school education or less | Literacy | Prostate cancer screening | ||||||
Williams et al. 2013§(54) | United States | 272 | 271 | 46% earning less than $50,000/year | 61% Black | 51% Less than a college degree | Race | Prostate cancer screening | |||||
Wolf et al. 1996(55) | United States | 103 | 102 | 65% household income <$15,000 | 69% Less than high school education | 59.3% Public insurance | Prostate cancer screening |
Almost met the threshold or met the threshold at one site
Patient participants only
Intention-to-treat analyses
Included multiple intervention groups
included a clinician intervention however in order to isolate the effect of the patient-facing intervention, we only reported data from the arms that focused on patient interventions.