Antipsychotics for dementia

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	See methodology document section 9
2. Provides an indication that the shared decision aid is underpinned by evidence.	Met	Links to NICE guideline - NG97
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	It might be hard to tell if the antipsychotic is helping with this. It is not possible to know in advance what will happen to any individual person.
4. An equality impact assessment has been carried out to identify impact on inequalities groups.	Met	developed in line with NICE equality scheme'
Content
1. Provides a production or publication date.	Met	June 2018
2. Provides information about country of publication.	Met	UK
3. Describes the health condition or issue for which the decision is required.	Met	Under the 'what are the options section'
4. States the decision that needs to be considered.	Met	Consideration of antipsychotics for agitation aggression and distress
5. Provides clear information about the potential consequences, benefits and harms of each option.	Met	Likely benefits and side effects - including risk of stroke and death
6. Displays and frames options in a consistent, balanced and impartial way - for example, using the same sized font and neutral language.	Met	Benefits and side effects mainly presented as text
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 44.2 of 100. It should be easily understood by 18 to 19 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	Diagrams on outcomes of 1000 people who take antipsychotic - illustration around risk of stroke and death
9. Is presented in a digital format that complies with accessibility standards.	Not Met