Surgery for bladder cancer | 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	assumed from methodology document
2. Provides an indication that the shared decision aid is underpinned by evidence.	Met	references section
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	egThese rates are estimates based on the studies that are currently available
4. An equality impact assessment has been carried out to identify impact on inequalities groups.	Not Met	No information
Content
1. Provides a production or publication date.	Met	Feb-19
2. Provides information about country of publication.	Met	Canada
3. Describes the health condition or issue for which the decision is required.	Met	see what is bladder cancer?
4. States the decision that needs to be considered.	Met	sets out the two main options and a mentions a third - less available - option
5. Provides clear information about the potential consequences, benefits and harms of each option	Met	Advantages of each procedure and related urinary outcomes
6. Displays and frames options in a consistent, balanced and impartial way - for example, using the same sized font and neutral language	Met	Not possible to directly compare since options have very different issues eg leakage vs hernia (note this is highlighed in the IPDAS assessment )
7. Uses everyday language that is widely understood, or simpler language where necessary.	Not met (reading age over 14 for aid to be explained by HCP)	Not possible to directly compare since options have very different issues eg leakage vs hernia (note this is highlighed in the IPDAS assessment )
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	charts with images to visualise incidence of different aspects of urinary leakage and complications eg hernia
9. Is presented in a digital format that complies with accessibility standards.	Not met