Recommendations of professional organisations in terms of communicating about prostate screening
| Items included in recommendation and guidance | Professional organisation | |||||||||
| PCFA/CCA | NHMRC | RACGP | USANZ | NICE | NHS/PHE | USPSTF | ACS | NCI | AUA | |
| Is GP advised about whether to raise the topic with men if men do not raise it first? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Is a decision aid recommended? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Is a decision aid provided? | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Is IDM* recommended? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Is SDM† recommended? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Is guideline accompanied by a clinician information sheet?‡ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Is guideline accompanied by a patient information sheet?§ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Does guideline recommend clinician to share their own PSA screening decision? | ✓ | |||||||||
| Consider medico-legal responsibilities? | ✓ | |||||||||
*The patient is presented with all the information pertinent to making a decision and then assumes final authority for the decision.30
†The patient is provided with all the relevant information and works with the healthcare provider to reach a decision that reflects the health preference of the patient.30
‡A clinician information sheet is a fact sheet summarising the evidence of benefits, limitations and associated risks of prostate screening to help clinicians to accurately inform men.
§A patient information sheet is a fact sheet outlining the benefits, limitations and associated risks of having a PSA test for prostate cancer risk.
ACS, American Cancer Society; AUA, American Urological Association; GP, general practitioner; IDM, informed decision making; NCI, National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health; NHMRC, National Health and Medical Research Council; NHS/PHE, National Health Service/Public Health England; NICE, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; PCFA/CCA, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia/Cancer Council Australia; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; RACGP, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; SDM, shared decision making; USANZ, Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand; USPSTF, United States Preventive Services Task Force.