Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis

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.	Not Met	No information identified
2.Provides an indication that the shared decision aid is underpinned by evidence.	Met	Referenced
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	each year there are about… None that can be worked out from the data ...e fact-gaps mean figures cannot be calculated for all treatments about how well they work or the chance of side effects and health problem
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	Apr 21
2. Provides information about country of publication.	Met	UK
3. Describes the health condition or issue for which the decision is required.	Met	see Section A
4.States the decision that needs to be considered.	Met	See Section C - which DMT?
5. Provides clear information about the potential consequences, benefits and harms of each option	Met	See Table 2 - benefits in relapse reduction - harms on long and short term / minor and serious adverse effects
6.Displays and frames options in a consistent, balanced and impartial way - for example, using the same sized font and neutral language	Met	Tabular format and text - evenly represents options
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 70.7 of 100. It should be easily understood by 14 to 15 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	Not Met	Data given in tables but no charts to illustrate as might be observed in other similar projects
9. Is presented in a digital format that complies with accessibility standards,	Not Met