Decisional conflict and regret: shared decision-making about pregnancy affected by β-thalassemia major in Southeast of Iran.

To study the effect of shared decision-making (SDM) on decisional conflict (DC) scores immediately after consultation and to assess the decisional regret (DR) scores in the first 3 months following women's decision regarding termination of pregnancy. This quasi-experimental study was conducted during August 3rd-February 20th, 2016. We included 80 women whose fetuses were diagnosed with β-thalassemia major (β-TM) through chorionic villi sampling and were referred to the only prenatal diagnosis center at Ali-Asghar Hospital, Zahedan, Iran.