Systematic Review of Patient Decision Aids

An international research group maintains an ongoing systematic review of trials of patient decision aids for treatment or screening decisions using Cochrane review methods.

Goal of the systematic review:

To conduct a systematic review of randomized controlled trials of decision aids, for people facing difficult treatment or screening decisions, that aim to improve the quality of decisions and decision making process.

Versions of Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions are available:: Summary (PDF); Full (PDF)

A 4-page evidence bulletin is available for policy makers in English (PDF) and French (PDF).

A plain language summary is available in several languages: English, Deutsch, Español.

Podcasts are available in English or French.

Most recent publication of the systematic review:

Stacey D, Lewis KB, Smith M, Carley M, Volk RJ, Douglas EE, Pacheco-Brousseau L, Finderup J, Gunderson J, Barry M, Bennette CL, Bravo P, Dahl Steffensen K, Gogovor A, Graham ID, Kelly SE, Legare F, Sondergaard H, Thomson R, Trenaman L, Trevena L. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024.
Lewis KB, Smith M, Stacey D, Carley M, Graham ID, and the Cochrane Review of Patient Decision Aids Research Team. (2024). Evaluation of an integrated knowledge translation approach used for updating the Cochrane Review of Patient Decision Aids: a pre-post mixed methods study. Res Involv Engagem. 2024 Feb 9;10(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s40900-024-00550-w.
Rutherford C, King MT, Butow P et al., Stacey D. (2019). Is quality of life a suitable measure of patient decision aid effectiveness? Sub-analysis of a Cochrane systematic review. Qual Life Res. 28(3):593-607.
Stacey D, Suwalska V, Boland L, Lewis KB, Presseau J, Thomson R. Are patient decision aids used in clinical practice after rigorous evaluation? A survey of trial authors. Medical Decision Making. 2019 Oct;39(7):805-815. doi: 10.1177/0272989X19868193. Epub 2019 Aug 17.

Other Publications:

Stacey D, Légaré F, Lewis K, Barry MJ, Bennett CL, Eden KB, Holmes-Rovner M, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Lyddiatt A, Thomson R, Trevena L. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Apr 12;4:CD001431. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001431.pub5. A plain language summary is available in several languages: Français, Hrvatski, Bahasa Malaysia, Polski, Русский, 简体中文, 繁體中文.
Stacey D, Legare F, Lewis K, et al. Aides à la décision dans un processus de décision partagée entre médecin et patient (shared decision making) Revue d'Evidence-Based Medicine Minerva. 2018 Volume 17 Numéro 6 Page 79-83.
Stacey D, Légaré F, Lewis KB. Patient Decision Aids to Engage Adults in Treatment or Screening Decisions. JAMA. 2017 Aug 15;318(7):657-658. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.10289.
Lewis KB, Wood B, Sepucha KR, Thomson RG, Stacey D. Quality of reporting of patient decision aids in recent randomized controlled trials: A descriptive synthesis and comparative analysis. QuaPatient Educ Couns. 2017 Feb 24. pii: S0738-3991(17)30112-X. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2017.02.021. [Epub ahead of print]
Trenaman L, Selva A, Desroches S, Singh K, Bissonnette J, Bansback N, Stacey D. A measurement framework for adherence in patient decision aid trials applied in a systematic review subanalysis. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Sep;77:15-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.03.032. Epub 2016 May 13.
Munro S, Stacey D, Lewis KB, Bansback N. Choosing treatment and screening options congruent with values: Do decision aids help? Sub-analysis of a systematic review. Patient Educ Couns. 2016 Apr;99(4):491-500. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.10.026. Epub 2015 Nov 2.
Légaré F, Stacey D, Turcotte S, Cossi MJ, Kryworuchko J, Graham ID, Lyddiatt A, Politi MC, Thomson R, Elwyn G, Donner-Banzhoff N. Interventions for improving the adoption of shared decision making by healthcare professionals. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Sep 15;(9):CD006732. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006732.pub3.
Stacey D, Légaré F, Col NF, Bennett CL, Barry MJ, Eden KB, Holmes-Rovner M, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Lyddiatt A, Thomson R, Trevena L, Wu JHC. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014 , Issue 1 . Art. No.: CD001431. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001431.pub4
Feenstra B, Boland L, Lawson ML, Harrison D, Kryworuchko J, Leblanc M, Stacey D. Interventions to support children's engagement in health-related decisions: a systematic review. BMC Pediatr. 2014 Apr 23;14:109. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-109.
Gentles SJ, Stacey D, Bennett C, Alshurafa M, Walter SD. Factors explaining the heterogeneity of effects of patient decision aids on knowledge of outcome probabilities: a systematic review sub-analysis. Syst Rev. 2013 Oct 21;2:95. doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-2-95.
Stacey D, Bennett CL, Barry MJ, Col NF, Eden KB, Holmes-Rovner M, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Lyddiatt A, Légaré F, Thomson R. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD001431. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001431.pub3.
O'Connor AM, Bennett CL, Stacey D, Barry M, Col NF, Eden KB, Entwistle VA, Fiset V, Holmes-Rovner M, Khangura S, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Rovner D. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD001431. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001431.pub2.
O'Connor A, Bennett C, Stacey D, Barry M, Col N, Eden K, Entwistle V, Fiset V, Holmes-Rovner M, Khangura S, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Rovner D. Do Patient Decision Aids Meet Effectiveness Criteria of the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Med Decis Making 2007. doi:10.1177/0272989X07307319
Stacey D, Bennett C, O'Connor AM. Patient decision aids: tools to enhance quality of healthcare decisions. Hospital Healthcare Europe 2006/7. 2006/7: C55-57.
O'Connor AM, Stacey D. Should patient decision aids (PtDAs) be introduced in the health care system? Evidence report for the WHO Health Evidence Network (HEN). November, 2005.
Bekker HL, Legare F, Stacey D, O'Connor A, Lemyre L. Is anxiety a suitable measure of decision aid effectiveness: a systematic review? Patient Educ Couns. 2003 Jul;50(3):255-62.
O'Connor AM, Bennett CL, Stacey D, Barry M, Col NF, Eden KB, Entwistle VA, Fiset V, Holmes-Rovner M, Khangura S, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Rovner D. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001431. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001431.
O'Connor AM, Stacey D, Rovner D, Holmes-Rovner M, Tetroe J, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Entwistle V, Rostom A, Fiset V, Barry M, Jones J. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2001, Issue 3.
O'Connor AM, Rostom A, Fiset V, Tetroe J, Entwistle V, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Holmes-Rovner M, Barry M, Jones J. Decision aids for patients facing health treatment or screening decisions: systematic review. BMJ. 1999 Sep 18;319(7212):731-4.

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