biostudies-literatureSepucha KRAgency for Healthcare Research and QualityAHRQ HHSUnited Kingdom Health FoundationShared Decision Making Collaborative of the Duncan Family Institute for Cancer Prevention and Risk Assessment at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center380-388https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5965362biostudies-literatureUnknown27(5)<h4>Background</h4>Patient decision aids (PDAs) are evidence-based tools designed to help patients make specific and deliberated choices among healthcare options. The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration review papers and Cochrane systematic review of PDAs have found significant gaps in the reporting of evaluations of PDAs, including poor or limited reporting of PDA content, development methods and delivery. This study sought to develop and reach consensus on reporting guidelines to improve the quality of publications evaluating PDAs.<h4>Methods</h4>An international workgroup, consisting of members from IPDAS Collaboration, followed established methods to develop reporting guidelines for PDA evaluation studies. This paper describes the results from three complBMJ quality & safetyStandards for UNiversal reporting of patient Decision Aid Evaluation studies: the development of SUNDAE Checklist.PMC5965362R13 HS024250Sepucha KRAbhyankar PBekker HLStacey DWills CEVo HLeBlanc AHoffman ASShaffer VAStalmeier PSheridan SLRopka MLevin CAThomson RfalseStandards for UNiversal reporting of patient Decision Aid Evaluation studies: the development of SUNDAE Checklist.<h4>Background</h4>Patient decision aids (PDAs) are evidence-based tools designed to help patients make specific and deliberated choices among healthcare options. The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration review papers and Cochrane systematic review of PDAs have found significant gaps in the reporting of evaluations of PDAs, including poor or limited reporting of PDA content, development methods and delivery. This study sought to develop and reach consensus on reporting guidelines to improve the quality of publications evaluating PDAs.<h4>Methods</h4>An international workgroup, consisting of members from IPDAS Collaboration, followed established methods to develop reporting guidelines for PDA evaluation studies. This paper describes the results from three compl2018-01-01T00:00:00Z2018 May2026-06-14T06:09:31.937Z2026-06-14T03:15:22.059ZS-EPMC59653622926956710.1136/bmjqs-2017-006986