Pregnant womens' concerns when invited to a randomized trial: A qualitative case control study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Oude Rengerink, Katrien ^a   Logtenberg, Sabine ^b   Hooft, Lotty ^c   Bossuyt, Patrick M ^a   Mol, Ben Willem ^d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 84940772258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0641-x     Document Type: Article

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