Decision Aids for Prostate Cancer Screening Choice: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

US guidelines recommend that physicians engage in shared decision-making with men considering prostate cancer screening.

Objective

To estimate the association of decision aids with decisional outcomes in prostate cancer screening.

Data sources

MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Cochrane CENTRAL were searched from inception through June 19, 2018.

Study selection

Randomized trials comparing decision aids for prostate cancer screening with usual care.

Data extraction and synthesis

Independent duplicate assessment of eligibility and risk of bias, rating of quality of the decision aids, random-effects meta-analysis, and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations rating of the quality of evidence.

Main outcomes and me

SUBMITTER: Riikonen JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6593633 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature