Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2000
Randomised controlled trial comparing effectiveness of touch screen system with leaflet for providing women with information on prenatal tests.
Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02246361 (Impact of Six Patient Information Leaflets), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Impact of Six Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) on Doctor Patient Communication and Adherence in Emergency Ward
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Measuring informed choice in population-based reproductive genetic screening: a systematic review.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2015Pooled it
- Interventions to promote informed consent for patients undergoing surgical and other invasive healthcare procedures.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Increasing informed uptake and non-uptake of screening: evidence from a systematic review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2001Pooled it
- Computer-generated patient education materials: do they affect professional practice? A systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIAPooled it
- Does an educational video for aneuploidy screening improve informed choice among pregnant women? A randomised controlled trial.Prenatal diagnosis · 2023Trial
- A randomized trial of a prenatal genetic testing interactive computerized information aid.Prenatal diagnosis · 2014Trial
- The effect of credibility-related design cues on responses to a web-based message about the breast cancer risks from alcohol: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2009Trial
- Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, pharmacotherapy counseling, and patient education about Down syndrome among community pharmacists: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Influence of Prenatal Counseling on the Attitudes and Preferences Toward Invasive Prenatal Testing Among Women in Their First Trimester of Pregnancy (INVASIVE).Frontiers in genetics · 2020Article
- Evaluation of satisfaction and internet self-efficacy of inquirers using an internet-based drug information centre.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2019Article
- Medical utilization of kiosks in the delivery of patient education: a systematic review.Health promotion perspectives · 2014Review
- Developing a computer touch-screen interactive colorectal screening decision aid for a low-literacy African American population: lessons learned.Health promotion practice · 2013Article
- Helping pregnant women make better decisions: a systematic review of the benefits of patient decision aids in obstetrics.BMJ open · 2011Article
- An Evaluation of the Timing and Use of Healthcare during Pregnancy in Birmingham, UK and Pretoria, South Africa.ISRN obstetrics and gynecology · 2011Article
- Evaluation of a decision aid for prenatal testing of fetal abnormalities: a cluster randomised trial [ISRCTN22532458].BMC public health · 2006Article
- The role of the Internet in patient-practitioner relationships: findings from a qualitative research study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2004Article
- Improving communication between health professionals and women in maternity care: a structured review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2002Review
- Patient information systems are not more expensive than leaflets.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2000Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the effectiveness of touch screen system with information leaflet for providing women with information on prenatal tests.
designRandomised controlled trial; participants allocated to intervention group (given access to touch screen and leaflet information) or control group (leaflet information only).
settingAntenatal clinic in university teaching hospital. SUBJECTS: 875 women booking antenatal care.
interventionsAll participants received a leaflet providing information on prenatal tests. Women in the intervention arm also had access to touch screen information system in antenatal clinic.
main outcome measuresWomen's informed decision making on prenatal testing as measured by their uptake of and understanding of the purpose of specific tests; their satisfaction with information provided; and their levels of anxiety.
resultsAll women in the trial had a good baseline knowledge of prenatal tests. Women in the intervention group did not show any greater understanding of the purpose of the tests than control women. However, uptake of detailed anomaly scans was significantly higher in intervention group than the control group (94% (351/375) v 87% (310/358), P=0.0014). Levels of anxiety among nulliparous women in intervention group declined significantly over time (P<0.001).
conclusionsThe touch screen seemed to convey no benefit over well prepared leaflets in improving understanding of prenatal tests among the pregnant women. It did, however, seem to reduce levels of anxiety and may be most effective for providing information to selected women who have a relevant adverse history or abnormal results from tests in their current pregnancy.
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