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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2021 Jun 21;41(7):870–896. doi: 10.1177/0272989X211020317

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
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.