Study population | Treatment decision | Study design | Quality of studies** | |||
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Number (gender) | Age (mean) (range) | Patient population | Data collection | |||
Preference retrospectively measured | ||||||
Beaver et al., 1999 UK [48] | 35 Men | 66.6 | Colorectal cancer | General | Cross-sectional, convenience sampling structured interview schedule | 2 |
13 Women | 23-83 | |||||
Beaver and Booth, 2007 UK [38] | 53 Women | 55 | Gynaecological cancers breast cancer colorectal cancer | General | structured interviews, consecutive sample | 2 |
24-82 | ||||||
Bilodeau and Degner, 1996 Canada [37] | 74 Women | - | Breast cancer | Operation | Cross-sectional, convenience sampling survey, Interview schedule | 2 |
18-83 | ||||||
Caldon, 2008 UK [44] | 356 Women | 58.5 | Breast cancer | Operation | Cross-sectional, convenience sampling questionnaire survey | 2 |
30-89 | ||||||
Caress, 1997 UK [34] | 245 Men | 47.2 | Breast cancer | General | Cross-sectional | 3 |
160 Women | 16-82 | |||||
Caress et al., 2005 UK [40] | 97 Men | 51.9 | Asthma | General | Cross sectional survey , structured interviews | 2 |
133 Women | 19-94 | |||||
Carey et al., 2012 Australia [16] | 158 Men | 59.5 | Haemato-logical cancer | General | Cross-sectional design, questionnaire | 2 |
110 Women | - | |||||
Davidson et al., 1999 Canada [53] | 10 Men | 65 | Lung cancer | General | Interview | 2 |
11 Women | - | |||||
Ford et al., 2003 UK [43] | 56 Men | 49 | Patients from general practice | General | Questionnaire | 3 |
115 Women | 16-88 | |||||
Hack et al., 2006 Canada [35] | 205 Women | 59.5 | Breast cancer | Operation | Interviews | 2 |
- | ||||||
Hawley et al., 2007 USA [49]* | 1101 Women | 59 | Breast cancer | Operation | A self-administered survey of a population-based sample | 3 |
29-79 | ||||||
Hawley et al., 2008 USA [58]* | 877 Women | 59 | Breast cancer | Operation | Survey, data questionnaire | 3 |
29-79 | ||||||
Jefford et al., 2011 Australia [41] | 68 Men | 58.4 | Cancer | General | Convenience sample, questionnaires | 3 |
34 Women | 29-85 | |||||
Joliceur et al., 2009 Canada [55] | 13 Women | 57 | Ovarian cancer | General | Retrospective cross-sectional design. Face to face interviews (semi-structured) | 2 |
46-77 | ||||||
Kremer et al., 2007 USA [36] | 51 Men | 42 | HIV | Medication | Cross-sectional study | 2 |
28 Women | - | |||||
Krist et al., 2007 USA [45] | 497 Men | 57 | Prostate cancer | Screening | RCT | 4 |
50-70 | ||||||
Lam et al., 2003 China [18] | 154 Women | 59 | Breast cancer | Operation | Face-to-face interviews | 2 |
28-79 | ||||||
Lantz et al., 2005 USA* [51] | 1633 Women | - | Breast cancer | Operation | Cross-sectional, mailed survey | 3 |
- | ||||||
Mahone, 2008 USA [19] | 49 Men | 43 | Serious mental illness | Medication | Cross-sectional, correlational study | 1 |
35 Women | 20-62 | |||||
Mohamedali et al., 2010 Canada [56] | 18 Men | - | AML | General | Questionnaires | 4 |
17 Women | ||||||
Murray et al., 2007 UK [20] | 2761 | - | American Public | General | Cross-sectional telephone survey | 2 |
- | ||||||
Nakashima et al., 2012 Japan [42] | 104 Women | - | Breast cancer | General | Cross-sectional design, questionnaires | 2 |
- | ||||||
Palmer et al., 2012 USA [21] | 181 Men | 61.3 | Prostate cancer | General | Cross-sectional case–control study, interview | 3 |
43-75 | ||||||
Pardon et al., 2011 Belgium [52] | 102 Men | - | Lung cancer | General | Questionnaire | 4 |
26 Women | 64.4 | |||||
Purbrick et al., 2006, UK [39] | 12 Men | 63 | Ocular cancer | Operation | Questionnaire | 0 |
27 Women | 19-80 | |||||
Ramfelt et al., 2005 Sweden [33] | 26 Men | 69 | Rectal cancer | Operation | Prospective, cross-sectional convenience sampling | 2 |
29 Women | 34-83 | |||||
Sepucha et al., 2009 USA [22] | 32 Women | 55 | Breast cancer | General | Patient survey | 3 |
37-78 | ||||||
Vogel et al., 2008 Germany [46] | 137 Women | 53.75 | Breast cancer | General | Self-explanatory questionnaire | 3 |
19-75 | ||||||
Vogel et al., 2009 Germany* [57] | 135 Women | 54 | Breast cancer | Mastectomy vs breast-concerving therapy vs chemotherapy | Consecutive sample self-administered questionnaire | 3 |
19-75 | ||||||
Wallberg et al., 2000 Sweden [54] | 201 Women | - | Breast cancer | General | Interviews | 4 |
- | ||||||
Wallberg et al., 2009 Sweden [47] | 201 Women | 60.7 | Breast cancer | Medication | Questionnaires | 1 |
55.3- | ||||||
Zhang et al., 2011 China [50] | 104 Men | 45 | Chronic hepatitis | General | Cross-sectional, mailed survey | 3 |
74 Women | 18-69 |