Small kidney tumour | 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	The patient decision aid will be updated in an ongoing fashion by authors based on changes in studies published and feedback provided by users.
2.Provides an indication that the shared decision aid is underpinned by evidence.	Met	Referenced - see benefits and risks 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	Every patient is unique. No one can predict the exact outcome of your chosen option. These diagrams have blocks of 100 faces that show a ‘best estimate’ of what happens to 100 people
4.An equality impact assessment has been carried out to identify impact on inequalities groups.	No Info
Content
1.Provides a production or publication date.	Met	Oct-19
2. Provides information about country of publication.	Met	Canada
3. Describes the health condition or issue for which the decision is required.	Met
4.States the decision that needs to be considered.	Met	Sets out 5 options
5. Provides clear information about the potential consequences, benefits and harms of each option	Met	benefits to cancer control 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)	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: 8.1 (eighth grade - age 13/14 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,	Met	WCAG AAA