Decision Aid Effects by Sex and Gender

Knowledge improved similarly for females/women and males/men receiving patient decision aids compared with usual care. Both females/women and males/men were less likely to remain undecided after patient decision aid use, with no statistically significant difference between categories. Patient decision aids reduced feelings of being uninformed for both females/women and males/men, without a statistically significant between-category difference. Patient decision aids improved clarity of values for both females/women and males/men, without a statistically significant between-category difference. Males/men receiving patient decision aids reported significantly less clinician-controlled decision making than females/women did. Males/men receiving patient decision aids reported significantly higher patient-controlled decision making than females/women did. Decision regret did not differ significantly by sex or gender category.