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Table 1 Salient features of studies included in the systematic review.

From: Vignette studies of medical choice and judgement to study caregivers' medical decision behaviour: systematic review

Author

Year of publication

Clinical problem

Type1 of decision

Aim2 + reference2

Number of participants

Type3 of participants

Number of vignettes

Number of attributes

Source4 of attributes

Type5 of outcome

Type6 of analysis

Kirwan

1983

Rheumatoid arthritis

3

3

2

4

17

5

2

2

2

Wigton

1986

Pulmonary embolism

1

5 → B

55

4, 1

27

8

1

6

1

Smith

1987

Tube feeding

2

2

222

4, 1

12

6

1

2

2

Holmes

1989

Hypertension

1

3

98

3

16

4

1

2

1

Von Preyss-Friedman

1992

Tube feeding

2

2

141

4, 4

16

6

1

2

1

Lee

1994

Surgical patients

2

2

34

4, 3, 2

30

8

4

2

1

Harries

1996

Diversity of diseases

2

3

32

4

130

13

3

2

1

McKinlay

1997

Breast cancer

4

1

128

4

32

6

1

2, 4

1

Shea

1997

Bile duct stones

4

2

624

4, 4

27

8

1

1, 2, 4

1

Skaner

1998

Heart failure

1

1

27

4

40

10

1

1

2

Timmermans

1997

Colonic emergency

2

2

102

4

16

3

1

2

1

VanMilten-burg-Van Zijl

1997

Unstable angina

2

2

18

4, 4

12

7

2

2

2

Ross

1999

Depression

4

1

407

4

6

2

3

2, 4

1

Backlund

2000

Hypercholesterolemia

2

5 → A

38

4

40

8

2

2

1

Haggerty

2000

Fetal risk situation

3

1

573

2

32

10

1

2

1

Skaner

2000

Heart failure

1

5 → C

70

4, 4, 1

40

8

2

1

2

Bouma

2001

Aortic stenosis

2

2

275

4, 4

32

10

9

2

1

Engelsbel

2001

Ectopic pregnancy

1

4

27

4

16

6

9

2

2

Kee

2002

Renal disease

2

1

8

4

50

11

2

2, 3

1

Sorum

2002

Acute otitis media

4

2

75

4, 4

46

15

3

1, 2

2

Sorum

2002

Acute otitis media

4

4

75

4, 4

46

15

1

1, 4

2

Wahlström

2002

Asthma

2

5 → A

314

4, 4, 4

18

5

3

2

1

Bouma

2004

Aortic stenosis

2

5 → B

34

4

32

9

9

2

1

Sorum

2003

Prostate cancer

4

2

65

4, 4, 4

32

5

1

1, 2

2

Tamayo-Sarver

2003

Opioid analgesic

2

1

2872

4

3

3

3

4

1

Mays

2004

Vaccine program

2

1

224

2

13

4

9

2

1

Raley

2004

Papilloma vaccine

2

1

181

4

13

4

9

2

1

Arnold

2005

Resp. tract infection

2

1

257

4, 4

16

4

1

2

1

Lee

2005

Postoperat. recovery

5

1

60

4, 3, 2

8

3

3

5

2

Tiemeier

2002

Depression

2

5 → A

449

4, 4, 4

22

7

3

4, 6

1

  1. 1) 1 = diagnosis, 2 = treatment, 3 = risk, prognosis, 4 = diagnosis & treatment, 5 = other
  2. 2) 1st digit describes aim: 1 = descriptive, 2 = group comparison, 3 = consistency, 4 = change over time, 5 = comparison with reference
  3. 2nd digit describes reference: A = guidelines, B = actual patients, C = clinical study
  4. 3) 1 = student, 2 = paramedic, 3 = physician in training, 4 = expert
  5. 4) 1 = literature, 2 = patients, 3 = expert, 4 = guidelines, 5 = no information
  6. 5) 1 = probability, 2 = rating, 3 = ranking, 4 = yes/no choice, 5 = discrete choice, 6 = >2 alternatives
  7. 6) 1 = no adjustment for correlated data, 2 = adjustment for correlated data
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