Table 1 Characteristics of included resources

Adinma 1998 [9]

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N/A

Literature search

Teaching hospital (Nigeria)

Pregnant women attending antenatal clinic

Questionnaire-based, face-to-face interview

Consecutive patients

Factors determining choice of contraception

Reasons for choice, correlation of choice with sociodemographic variables

Ameh 2007 [10]

●

N/A

Literature search

Teaching hospital (Nigeria)

New clients attending a reproductive center

Questionnaire

Consecutive patients

Choice of contraceptive

Reasons for choice, contraception knowledge, source of contraception knowledge

Amin 2012 [11]

●

N/A

Literature search

Family planning clinic (Pakistan)

Women seeking contraceptive services

Questionnaire

Convenience

Factors determining choice of contraceptive

Reasons for choice, correlation of choice with sociodemographic variables

BCS + [12]

●

Cards

†

Web search

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Bedsider - method explorer [13]

●

Online method explorer

†

Web search

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Bedsider - side by side [14]

●

Online comparison grid

†

Web search

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Bedsider - build your own [15]

●

Online side-by-side comparator

†

Web search

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Chewning 1999 [16]

●

Computerized method explorer used before exam consultation

†

Literature search

Family planning clinics (Chicago, IL, USA; Madison, WI, USA)

Females ≤20 years interested in contraceptive

Pseudo-randomized, controlled trial

Consecutive patients

Contraceptive knowledge

Confidence in contraceptive efficacy, contraceptive adoption after stated intent to use, continued use of contraception, pregnancy

WHO DMT [17–22]

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Flipchart used during clinical encounter

†

Literature search

Various (Nicaragua, Mexico, Indonesia, USA)

Various †

Quazi-experimental and randomized controlled trials

Various †

Person-provider interaction

Choice of contraceptive method, contraceptive use rates, provider acceptability of DA, person satisfaction with counseling

Choosing Wisely [23]

●

Online ideal method predictor

†

Web search

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Costa 2011 [24]

●

●

Leaflet used before and during appointment

†

Literature search

Multiple centers (Portugal)

Women ≥16 visiting gynecologist to start or restart combined hormonal contraceptive

Questionnaires before and after leaflet use and counseling

Consecutive patients

Choice of contraceptive

Reasons for choice

Egarter 2012 [25]

●

●

Leaflet used during counseling

†

Literature search

European medical centers

Women 15-40 years starting or restarting hormonal contraception

Questionnaires before and after leaflet use

Consecutive patients

Difference between intended and selected method

Reasons for choice

Fait 2011 [26]

●

●

Leaflet used during counseling

†

Literature search

Multiple centers (Czech Republic)

Women 15-40 years who came to discuss combined hormonal contraception

Questionnaires before and after leaflet use

Consecutive patients

Difference between intended and selected method

Predictors of choice

Garbers 2012 [27]

●

●

Online ideal method predictor used before consultation

†

Literature search

Low-income family planning clinics (New York City, US)

Women ≥16 attending family planning visit

Randomized controlled trial

Consecutive patients

Effectiveness of contraceptive method chosen

Gold 1998 [28]

●

N/A

N/A

Literature search

Multiple clinics (USA)

Women aged 13-21 years attending clinics

Questionnaire

Convenience

Acceptability of contraceptive methods

Menstrual, sexual and gynecologic history

Goldstuck 1989 [29]

●

N/A

N/A

Literature search

Hospital-based and free-standing family planning clinics

Women who elected to use IUD for the first time

Questionnaire

Consecutive patients

Reason for choosing method

Reason for choice

Johnson 2003 [30]

●

Written educational material used during hospitalization

NR

Literature search

Post-partum hospital ward (Oregon, USA)

Women hospitalized post-partum

Quazi-experimental

Consecutive patients

Receipt of DA

Impact of DA on choice of contraception

Leon 2005 [31]

●

●

Flowchart with cards or pamphlets used during encounter

†

Literature search

Multiple health centers (Guatemala)

No direct patient participation studied (provider adoption was outcome)

Nonequivalent control group quasi-experimental trial

N/A

Adoption of DA and counseling strategy

Impact on quality of care, impact on counseling session length.

Lete 2007 [32]

●

●

Leaflet used at the time of consultation

NR

Literature search

Multiple outpatient clinics and private institutions (Spain)

Women 18-49 who consulted regarding contraception and initiated or re-initiated combined hormonal contraception

Questionnaire after leaflet use

Consecutive patients

Method acceptance

Reasons for choice

Madden 2012 [33]

●

N/A

N/A

Literature search

University research clinical site and community partner clinics (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)

Women 15-45 interested in starting a new contraceptive method

Questionnaire

Convenience

Impact of standardized counseling on choice

Mercx 2011 [34]

●

●

Leaflet used during encounter

†

Literature search

Hospital or ambulatory gynecological practices

Women 18-40 years consulting for contraception

Questionnaires before and after leaflet use

Convenience

Ability to choose method after counseling

Change of method choice after counseling, choice of method, following gynecologist recommendation

Method match [35]

●

Online method explorer

NR

Web search

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

My contraception Tool [36]

●

Online ideal method predictor

†

Web search

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

My method [37]

●

Online ideal method predictor

NR

Web search

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Proctor 2006 [38]

●

●

Written literature or educational video designed to be used separate from clinical encounter; not available for extraction

NR

Literature search

Urban medical center (USA)

Postpartum women

Randomized, prospective trial of three counseling methods

Consecutive patients

Satisfaction with contraceptive counseling

Associations of sociodemographic variables with satisfaction

Rubin 2010 [39]

●

N/A

N/A

Literature search

Family medicine practices (New York City, USA)

Convenience sample of reproductive-aged women who have heard of the IUD

Semistructured interview

Convenience

Users’ beliefs and attitudes that may act as a barrier to acceptance or use of an IUD

Steiner 2003 [40]

●

●

Pregnancy risk tables used outside of context of clinical encounter

†

Literature search

Five shopping malls across U.S.

Women 18-44 years

Randomized trial of three pregnancy risk tables with questionnaires before and after

Convenience

Reasons for choosing method

Knowledge (pre vs. while looking at table)

Steiner 2006 [41]

●

●

Pregnancy risk charts not used in context of actual decision

NR

Literature search

Convenience sample (Kingston, Jamaica and Bangalore, India)

Reproductive-age women aged 18-44 with basic English literacy

Randomized trial of three pregnancy risk charts with questionnaires before and after

Convenience

Knowledge about contraceptive efficacy

Reason for choice, ease of pregnancy risk chart use

Venkat 2008 [42]

●

N/A

N/A

Literature search

Gynecology outpatient clinics (New York City, USA)

Latina women

Questionnaire

Convenience

Perceptions about contraceptive methods

Whether religiosity and acculturation play a role in contraceptive choice

Vogt 2011 [43]

●

N/A

N/A

Literature search

Representative panel (Germany)

Women aged 18-24

Online survey

Random sampling from representative panel

Ability to identify noncontraceptive benefits and health risks of contraceptive

Self-perceived knowledge of contraceptive effects, interest in contraceptive effects, preferred source of information

Wall 1985 [44]

●

N/A

N/A

Literature search

Private family practice and a family practice residency program

Convenience sample of women having some prior experience with contraception

Questionnaire

Convenience

Attributes relevant to choosing a contraceptive method

Predictive value of most relevant attributes on contraceptive choice, satisfaction with current method

Weldegerima 2008 [45]

●

N/A

N/A

Literature search

Community setting (Ethiopia)

Representative sample of reproductive age women

Questionnaire

Random sampling of residents

Awareness of modern contraceptives

Attitudes toward modern contraceptive use, reasons for nonuse of modern contraceptive methods, most commonly preferred modern contraceptive