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There is substantial misunderstanding about sterilization among those who have undergone the procedure, suggesting suboptimal decision-making about a method that permanently ends reproductive capacity.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To test the efficacy of a web-based decision aid for improving tubal sterilization decision quality.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>This randomized clinical trial conducted between March 2020 and November 2023 included English- or Spanish-speaking pregnant cisgender women aged 21 to 45 years who had Medicaid insurance and were contemplating tubal sterilization after delivery. Participants were recruited from outpatient obstetric clinics in 3 US cities.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Intervention<\/jats:title>Participants were randomized 1:1 to usual care (control arm) or to usual care plus a web-based decision aid (MyDecision\/MiDecisi\u00f3n) (intervention arm). The aid includes written, audio, and video information about tubal sterilization procedures; an interactive table comparing contraceptive options; values-clarifying exercises; knowledge checks; and a summary report.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>The co\u2013primary outcomes were tubal sterilization knowledge and decisional conflict regarding the contraceptive decision. Knowledge was measured as the percentage of correct responses to 10 true-false items. Decisional conflict was measured using the low-literacy Decision Conflict Scale, with lower scores on a range from 0 to 100 indicating less conflict.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Among the 350 participants, mean (SD) age was 29.7 (5.1) years. Compared with the usual care group, participants randomized to the decision aid had significantly higher tubal sterilization knowledge (mean [SD] proportion of questions answered correctly, 76.5% [16.9%] vs 55.6% [22.6%]; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) and lower decisional conflict scores (mean [SD], 12.7 [16.6] vs 18.7 [20.8] points; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.002). The greatest knowledge differences between the 2 groups were for items about permanence, with more participants in the intervention arm answering correctly that tubal sterilization is not easily reversible (90.1% vs 39.3%; odds ratio [OR], 14.2 [95% CI, 7.9-25.4]; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) and that the tubes do not spontaneously \u201ccome untied\u201d (86.6% vs 33.7%; OR, 13.0 [95% CI, 7.6-22.4]; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>MyDecision\/MiDecisi\u00f3n significantly improved tubal sterilization decision-making quality compared with usual care only. This scalable decision aid can be implemented into clinical practice to supplement practitioner counseling. 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