Afib stroke prevention | Right Decisions

Healthcare Improvement Scotland has assessed this shared decision aid against the following quality criteria. The quality criteria are based on national and international standards for shared decision aids.

Criterion	Assessment	More information
Process
1.Has information available about the updating policy.	Met	Decision aid will be reviewed annually
2.Provides an indication that the shared decision aid is underpinned by evidence.	Met	flagged as coming soon - BUT from the CardioSmart pages most likely evidence based.
3.Provides information about the levels of uncertainty around event or outcome probabilities, e.g. by giving a range or by using phases such as ‘our best estimate is.	Met	some attempt to meet this criteria eg nearly 3 out of 100/ less than one out of 100
4.An equality impact assessment has been carried out to identify impact on inequalities groups.	Not met
Content
1.Provides a production or publication date.	Met	Last update July 2017
2. Provides information about country of publication.	Met	USA
3. Describes the health condition or issue for which the decision is required.	Met	Opens by describing what AF is
4.States the decision that needs to be considered.	Met	Your stroke risk and options section
5. Provides clear information about the potential consequences, benefits and harms of each option	Met	uses heart graphics to compare annual stroke risk between those taking meds and those doing nothing
6.Displays and frames options in a consistent, balanced and impartial way - for example, using the same sized font and neutral language	Met	eg Doing something for stroke prevention is almost always recommended by clinicians and usually worth the potential risks.
7. Uses everyday language that is widely understood, or simpler language where necessary.	Not met (reading age over 11 for direct patient use)	Your direct input has an average reading ease of about 65.8 of 100. It should be easily understood by 15 to 16 year olds.
8. Shows that effort has been made to present quantitative information about risks, benefits, chance and uncertainty in a way that is understandable to people with low levels of numeracy	Met	heart symbols to set out stroke risk
9. Is presented in a digital format that complies with accessibility standards,	Not Met