A Scoping Review of Decision Support Tools for Patients with Lower Extremity Arterial Disease: Toward Shared Decision-Making.

Background: In recent years, decision support tools (DSTs) in various fields of medicine have emerged to aid clinicians and patients in the process of shared decision-making (SDM). This scoping review aims to identify the existing DSTs for selecting treatments in lower extremity arterial disease and to evaluate their effectiveness in facilitating SDM.

Methods: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines for scoping reviews were followed.