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Quantity Over Quality—Findings From A Systematic Review And Environmental Scan Of Patient Decision Aids On Early Abortion Methods, Kyla Z. Donnelly, Glyn Elwyn, Rachel Thompson Sep 2017

Quantity Over Quality—Findings From A Systematic Review And Environmental Scan Of Patient Decision Aids On Early Abortion Methods, Kyla Z. Donnelly, Glyn Elwyn, Rachel Thompson

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Background: The availability and effectiveness of decision aids (DAs) on early abortion methods remain unknown, despite their potential for supporting women’s decision making. Objective: To describe the availability, impact and quality of DAs on surgical and medical early abortion methods for women seeking induced abortion. Search strategy: For the systematic review, we searched MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, EMBASE and PsycINFO. For the environmental scan, we searched Google and App Stores and consulted key informants. Inclusion criteria: For the systematic review, we included studies evaluating an early abortion method DA (any format and language) vs a comparison group on women’s decision …