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Table 2 Comparison to clinical practice guidelines and patient decision aids

From: The development and feasibility of a personal health-optimization system for people with bipolar disorder

Feature

System

AGREE

IPDAS

Predefined treatment options

x

x

x

Predefined patient-important criteria

x

xa

xa

Expected performances for all options on all criteria

x

0b

x

Patient’s relative preferences for the outcomes, integrated in the mathematical calculation of expected values

x

0

0c

Data collection plans

x

0

0

Notifications and reminders on smartphone

x

0

0

Collection of former treatment results

x

0

0

Collection of current treatment results

x

0

0

Collection of life events, health data and decision quality

x

0

0

Measurement of treatment and monitoring fidelity

x

0

0

Automatic modification of core decision components based on patient characteristics

x

0

0

The priorities of the individual patient, and relevant data from the patient, clinician and research, integrated mathematically to provide a ranking of treatments

x

0

0

Direct modification of core decision components available

x

0

0

Ranking of treatments based on mathematical integration includes uncertainty or quality of the evidence assessments

x

0d

0d

Comparison of expected performance of options

x

0

x

Expected performance of all options provided

x

x

x

Visualization of individual patient results over time

x

0

0

Statistical summaries and analyzes for the individual

x

0

0

Treatment strategy for the individual patient available

x

0

0

Agreed, main treatments for the individual accessible

x

0

0

Agreed, additional treatments for the individual accessible

x

0

0

Agreed, healthy habits for the individual accessible

x

0

0

Support for help from collaborators integrated in system

x

0

0

  1. Comparison of core features in the health optimization system to the requirements in the AGREE and IPDAS standards for clinical practice guidelines and patient decision aids, respectively
  2. a According to AGREE, the benefits and risks should be considered but they do not have to be patient-important. According to IPDAS, criteria have to be provided but it is not explicitly stated that they have to be patient-important
  3. b Evidence should be searched systematically in general
  4. c Patients should be asked to consider which positive and negative features matter most
  5. d Uncertainty is included in the criteria but mathemathical integration is not a requirement