Explanation and Elaboration of the Standards for UNiversal Reporting of Patient Decision Aid Evaluations (SUNDAE) Guidelines: Examples of Reporting SUNDAE Items from Patient Decision Aid Evaluation Literature

Overview

Journal BMJ Qual Saf

Specialty Health Services

Date 2018 Feb 23

PMID 29467235

Citations 15

Authors

Aubri S Hoffman

Karen R Sepucha

Purva Abhyankar

Stacey Sheridan

Hilary Bekker

Annie Leblanc

Carrie Levin

Mary Ropka

Victoria Shaffer

Dawn Stacey

Peep Stalmeier

Ha Vo

Celia Wills

Richard Thomson

Affiliations

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Abstract

This Explanation and Elaboration (E&E) article expands on the 26 items in the Standards for UNiversal reporting of Decision Aid Evaluations guidelines. The E&E provides a rationale for each item and includes examples for how each item has been reported in published papers evaluating patient decision aids. The E&E focuses on items key to reporting studies evaluating patient decision aids and is intended to be illustrative rather than restrictive. Authors and reviewers may wish to use the E&E broadly to inform structuring of patient decision aid evaluation reports, or use it as a reference to obtain details about how to report individual checklist items.

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