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Table 5 Elements of the decision support interventions (N = 5)

From: Interventions to support children’s engagement in health-related decisions: a systematic review

Intervention description

Rhee, 2008 [[28]]

Lyon, 2009 [[27],[31]]

Adams, 2009 [[26]]

Hollen, 1999 [[30]]

Adelman, 1990 [[29]]

Type of intervention

   Coaching alone

 

  

   Coaching and educational aid

 

  

   Education alone

   

 

Elements of decision support

   Decision defined/explained

 

   Assess/discuss patient’s decision-making needs

 

  

   Options (including alternatives) presented

 

   Benefits of options discussed

 

   Risks of options discussed

 

 

   Understanding assessed/clarified

 

  

   Values/preferences discussed

 

   Build skills in deliberation, communication, and accessing support

 

  

   Ability/self-efficacy to enact plan discussed

    

   Decision made or explicitly deferred

 

   

   Facilitate progress in decision-making

   Follow-up arranged

 

   

Total Elements

6

11

6

6

4

  1. = decision support element present.