Impact of patient information booklet on treatment decision - A randomized trial among women with heavy menstruation

Health Expectations

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 290-297

  Vuorma, Sirkku ^a   Rissanen, Pekka ^b   Aalto, Anna Mari ^a   Hurskainen, Ritva ^a,c   Kujansuu, Erkki ^d   Teperi, Juha ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decision aid; Decision making; Menorrhagia; Patient education; Patient participation; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; HORMONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0345411339     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-7625.2003.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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