A tale of two studies: The importance of setting, subjects and context in two randomized, controlled trials of a web-based decision support for perimenopausal and postmenopausal health decisions

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-222

  Saver, Barry G ^a   Gustafson, David ^c   Taylor, Thomas R ^b   Hawkins, Robert P ^d   Woods, Nancy F ^b   Dinauer, Susan ^c   Casey, Susan ^b   MacLaren Loranger, Aileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted; Decision making; Decision support techniques; Menopause; Osteoporosis; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING MATERIALS; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 34147137258     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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