Re: Updated International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS version 5.0): modified Delphi, evidence informed consensus process

Agreement: I Agree Body: Dear Editor, The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) provide an important framework for improving the quality of patient decision aids. However, our work on the Chinese introduction and cultural adaptation of IPDAS 5.0 has highlighted three issues that merit clarification: the number and unit of criteria, the conceptual distinction between EN9 and EN34, and the need to assess interpretive consistency across cultures. First, the IPDAS 5.0 abstract reports 54 enhancing criteria, whereas our count of Table 1 identifies 55 distinct statements.

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