Table 1 IPDAS minimal qualifying and certification criteria for decision aids
Prototype 1 | Prototype 2 | Final tool | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Criterion | |||||
Qualifying criteria | 1 | DA describes health condition or problem for which index decision is required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
2 | DA explicitly states the decision that needs to be considered (index decision) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
3 | DA describes the options available for the index decision | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
4 | DA describes the positive features (benefits/advantages) of each option | ✓ | |||
5 | DA describes the negative features (harms, side effects, or disadvantages) of each option | ✓ | |||
6 | DA describes what it is like to experience the consequences of the options (physical, psychological, social) | ✓ | |||
Certification criteria | 7 | DA shows the negative and positive features of options in equal detail (using similar fonts, sequence, and representation of statistical information) | ✓ | ||
8 | DA (or associated documentation) provides citations to the evidence selected | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
9 | DA (or associated documentation) provides a production or a publication date | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
10 | DA (or associated documentation) provides information about the update policy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
11 | DA provides information about the levels of uncertainty around event or outcome probabilities | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
12 | DA (or associated documentation) provides information about the funding source used for development | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |