Prepared by:
McMaster University
Evidence-based Practice Center
Tim J. Whelan, B.M., B.Ch., M.Sc.
Principal Investigator
Mary Ann O'Brien, M.Sc.
Miguel Villasis-Keever, M.D., M.Sc.
Paula Robinson, M.D., M.Sc.
Aimee Skye, B.A., Ph.D. student
Amiram Gafni, D.Sc.
Melissa Brouwers, Ph.D.
Cathy Charles, Ph.D.
Fulvia Baldassarre, M.Sc., B.Sc.N.
Mary Gauld, B.A.
Investigators
File Name Description Software Version File Size _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01front.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 57KB 7 pages Contents: Front Cover, Title Page, Preface, Structured Abstract _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02conts.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 3 pages Contents: Table of Contents _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03summ.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 58KB 6 pages Contents: Summary: Overview, Reporting the Evidence, Methodology, Findings, Future Research _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 174KB 5 pages Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Decisionmaking About Prevention, Screening, and Treatment; Decision Aids; Commissioning of This Report _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 5 pages Contents: Chapter 2. Methodology: Players and Key Stakeholders; Topic Assessment and Refinement; Literature Search Strategies; Study Screening and Study Selection; Screening of Full Text Articles; Data Extraction; Quality Criteria; Data Synthesis; Peer Reviewers _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06chap3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 298KB 16 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Results of the Literature Search; Results of the Screening Process; General Characteristics of All Included Studies _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 07chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 396KB 31 pages Contents: Chapter 4. Development of Cancer-Related Decision Aids: General Characteristics of Included Studies; Quality Assessment; Description of the Studies According to the Type of Intervention; Summary _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 08chap5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 973KB 42 pages Contents: Chapter 5. The Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Types of Decision Aids; Populations Using Decision Aids; Decision Aids and Outcomes; Effectiveness of Decision Aids; General Characteristics of Included Studies; Quality Assessment; Outcomes by Type of DA Intervention; Summary _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 09chap6.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 177KB 10 pages Contents: Chapter 6. A Review of the Questions Posed and Conclusions: Types of Decision Aids; Effectiveness of Decision Aids; Populations Using Decision Aids; Decision Aids and Outcomes; Conclusions; Final Remarks _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10chap7.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 29KB 2 pages Contents: Chapter 7. Directions for Future Research _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11refs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 57KB 5 pages Contents: References _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12et4-1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.1. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Schapira (1997) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13et4-2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 46KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.2. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Gustafson (1993, Study 1) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14et4-3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 48KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.3. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Gustafson (1993, Study 2) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15et4-4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 49KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.4. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: McTavish (1995) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16et4-5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 46KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.5. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Rolnick (1999) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17et4-6.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.6. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Dolan (1995) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18et4-7.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 48KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.7. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Chapman (1995) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19et4-8.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 38KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.8. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Jenkinson (1998) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20et4-9.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 40KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.9. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Ravdin (2001) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21et4-10.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 47KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.10. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Brundage (1997) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22et4-11.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 42KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.11. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Levine (1992) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23et4-12.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 41KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.12. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Whelan (1995) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24et4-13.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.13. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Sebban (1995) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25et4-14.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 48KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.14. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Elit (1996, Study 1) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26et4-15.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.15. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Elit (1996, Study 2) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27et4-16.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 41KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.16. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Whelan (1999) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 28et4-17.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 47KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.17. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Lawrence (2000) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 29et4-18.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 46KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.18. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Carrère (2000) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 30et4-19.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 50KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.19. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Sawka (1998, Study 1) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 31et4-20.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 44KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.20. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Sawka (1998, Study 2) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 32et4-21.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 47KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.21. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Fiset (2000) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 33et4-22.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 48KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4.22. Studies of Development of Decision Aids: Unic (1998) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 34et5-1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 48KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.1. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Shapira (2000) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 35et5-2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 52KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.2. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Iglehart (1998) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 36et5-3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 46KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.3. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Cassileth (1989) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 37et5-4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.4. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Adler (1999) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 38et5-5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 52KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.5. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Protière (2000) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 39et5-6.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 56KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.6. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Klass (1992) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 40et5-7.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 48KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.7. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Wolf (1996) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 41et5-8.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 57KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.8. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Wolf (2000) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 42et5-9.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 46KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.9. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Watson (1998) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 43et5-10.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 51KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.10. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT Design: Hack (1999) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 44et5-11.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.11. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: North (1992) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 45et5-12.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 53KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.12. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Goel (2001) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 46et5-13.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 53KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.13. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Fiset (2000) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 47et5-14.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 52KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.14. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Volk (1999) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 48et5-15.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 55KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.15. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Pignone (2000) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 49et5-16.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 43KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.16. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Nonrandomized controlled trial design: Flood (1996) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 50et5-17.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.17. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Nonrandomized controlled trial design: Flood (1996) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 51et5-18.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 49KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.18. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Onel (1998) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 52et5-19.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 43KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.19. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Wilson (1988) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 53et5-20.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 51KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.20. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Maslin (1998) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 54et5-21.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 47KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.21. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Street (1995) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 55et5-22.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 58KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.22. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Nonrandomized controlled trial: Molenaar (2001) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 56et5-23.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.23. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids for Treatment: Case series design: Gramlich (1998) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 57et5-24.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 53KB 5 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.24. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Davison (1999) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 58et5-25.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 47KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.25. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Cotton (1995) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 59et5-26.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 41KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.26. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Cotton (1991) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 60et5-27.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 3 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.27. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Sandison (1996) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 61et5-28.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 44KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.28. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Okamato (1999) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 62et5-29.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 42KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.29. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Ashcroft (1996) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 63et5-30.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 48KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.30. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids for Treatment: RCT design: Irwin (1999) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 64et5-31.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 51KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.31. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Nonconcurrent cohort design: Whelan (1995) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 65et5-32.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 54KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.32. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Nonconcurrent cohort design: Whelan (1999) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 66et5-33.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.33. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Levine (1992) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 67et5-34.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 54KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.34. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Lerman (1997) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 68et5-35.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 46KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.35. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: RCT design: Davison (1997) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 69et5-36.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 55KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.36. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Nonrandomized controlled trial: Sepucha (2000) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 70et5-37.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 49KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.37. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Stalmeier (1999) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 71et5-38.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.38. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Wolberg (1987) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 72et5-39.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 48KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5.39. Studies of Effectiveness of Decision Aids: Case series design: Brundage (2000) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 73biblio.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 581KB 81 pages Contents: Bibliography _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 74appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 43KB 5 pages Contents: Appendix A. McMaster Research Team _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 75appb.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 37KB 1 page Contents: Appendix B. Search Strategy (Medline) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 76appc.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 50KB 3 pages Contents: Appendix C. Algorithm and Descriptive Guidelines for Initial Screening of Title and Abstract Citations _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 77appd.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 63KB 5 pages Contents: Appendix D. Guidelines for Decision Aid Relevance Form _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 78appe.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 32KB 2 pages Contents: Appendix E. Peer Reviewers for the Cancer Related Decision Aid Systematic Review _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 79appf.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 618KB 27 pages Contents: Appendix F. Quality Assessment of Effectiveness and Development Studies _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 80appg.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 55KB 2 pages Contents: Appendix G. Acronyms and Abbreviations _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 02-E004
Current as of July 2002
Internet Citation:
Impact of Cancer-Related Decision Aids. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 46. AHRQ Publication No. 02-E004, July 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/cadecinv.htm
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