Studies Evaluating Decision-Support Interventions for Patients

Résumé

A complete version, including search strategy, synopsis, and abstracts, is available on the World Wide Web: http://www.lri.ca Keywords describe target population, decision, decision-support intervention, method of delivery, study design, sample, and results. Results are classified according to the following criteria for evaluation and (codes): _ intervention's feasibility, comprehensibility, length, balance, clarity, amount of information, acceptability, usefulness in decision making; holds interest; recommend to others; coded as (either pos itive, negative, neutral, or mixed) _ impact of decision support on patients' knowledge, satisfaction with decision making, satisfaction with decision support, satisfac tion with care, decisional conflict, uncertainty, feeling informed, having clear values, perceived effective decision making, having realistic expectations, anxiety, involvement in decision making, decision congruence with values, self-efficacy, decision making skills, quality of life, utilization of resources, costs, psychological adaptation, persistence with decision, and health outcomes (coded as increased, decreased, unchanged, or mixed in pretest/posttest studies; or positive, negative, neutral in posttest only studies; or dif ference no difference in comparative studies)