Yifan Wang|Antoinette Anazodo|Shanna Logan
Systematic review of fertility preservation patient decision aids for cancer patients
UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney|Sydney Children's Hospital|Prince of Wales Hospital|UNSW Sydney|Sydney Children's Hospital|Prince of Wales Hospital|Royal Hospital for Women
despite recommendations internationally timely provision fertility information cancer patients report unmet information needs poor provision inadequate written information assist fertility preservation decisionmaking patient decision aids ptdas may useful resource setting inform patients guide decisionmaking systematic review literature decision aids fertility preservation cancer patients would determine effectiveness tools supporting decisionmaking fertility preservation indicate current use clinical carea systematic review conducted march 2018 within electronic search databases medline embase psych info pubmed web science initial search identified 718 potentially relevant articles databases screening relevant reference listsa total 12 papers detailing 11 studies total 772 participants evaluating nine decision aids included within review ptdas shown significantly increase fertility preservation knowledge decrease decisional conflict overall satisfaction decision aids high currently two reviewed decision aids available cancer patients another tool integrated web page one implementation study completedptdas serve effective complements current fertility counselling practices increasing information satisfaction decisionmaking outcomes research needed appropriateness resources patients across reproductive age range future implementation studies may assist aiding dissemination tools clinical practice