Acceptability of screening to prevent osteoporotic fractures: a qualitative study with older women.

Background: Osteoporotic fractures have a detrimental impact on health and quality of life, are more common in older women and are costly to treat. Screening to identify older women at high risk of fracture has the potential to offer substantial benefits. Understanding women's and professionals' experiences of screening will inform the implementation of screening in routine care.

Preferences for mode of delivery after previous caesarean section: what do women want, what do they get and how do they value outcomes?

Background: Women with one previous caesarean section must decide which mode of delivery they would prefer in their next pregnancy. This involves a choice between attempted vaginal birth and elective caesarean section.

Objective: To explore women's mode of delivery preferences and the values placed on the outcomes of decision making.

Two decision aids for mode of delivery among women with previous caesarean section: randomised controlled trial.

Objectives: To determine the effects of two computer based decision aids on decisional conflict and mode of delivery among pregnant women with a previous caesarean section.

Design: Randomised trial, conducted from May 2004 to August 2006.

Setting: Four maternity units in south west England, and Scotland.

Decision-making about mode of delivery after previous caesarean section: development and piloting of two computer-based decision aids.

Objective: To develop and pilot two computer-based decision aids to assist women with decision-making about mode of delivery after a previous caesarean section (CS), which could then be evaluated in a randomized-controlled trial.

Background: Women with a previous CS are faced with a decision between repeat elective CS and vaginal birth after caesarean. Research has shown that women may benefit from access to comprehensive information about the risks and benefits of the delivery options.

Three-year follow-up of a factorial randomised controlled trial of two decision aids for newly diagnosed hypertensive patients.

This study is a 3-year follow-up of a factorial randomised controlled trial of two decision aids - decision analysis and information video plus leaflet - for newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. We found no evidence of differences for either of the two decision aids compared with controls for the primary outcome of blood pressure control at follow-up. There were also no differences in any of the secondary outcomes measured - the proportion taking blood pressure lowering drugs, self-reported medication adherence, or consulting behaviour.