Surgery for kidney 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	Notes Updated by authors based on changes in studies published.
2. Provides an indication that the shared decision aid is underpinned by evidence.	Met	Referenced - see benefits and harms data
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	eg The shaded areas show the average number of people affected based on current research, although there is a range of values for each outcome reported by different studies.
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	Sep-18
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 a kidney tumour?'
4. States the decision that needs to be considered.	Met	Sets out the 3 surgical options
5. Provides clear information about the potential consequences, benefits and harms of each option.	Met	benefits to cancer control, survival and kidney function and harms, complications and hospital stay length set out
6. Displays and frames options in a consistent, balanced and impartial way - for example, using the same sized font and neutral language.	Met	charts side by side for each of the options
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)	charts side by side for each of the options Your direct input has an average reading ease of about 52.6 of 100. It should be easily understood by 15 to 16 year olds.SMOG readability rating: 8.6 (Ninth grade - age 15/16 UK)
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 beneficial and harmful outcomes
9. Is presented in a digital format that complies with accessibility standards.	Not met