Current studies
The Decision Laboratory group develops and evaluates a range of decision support interventions on a not-for-profit basis. For further information of the decision support interventions currently being developed by the Decision Laboratory group, select the relevant study.
 | AmnioDexAmnioDex is a decision support intervention designed for women faced with the decision of whether to undergo amniocentesis. |
From theories to interventions: the conceptualisation and development of complex interventions for supporting behaviour change. |
 | BresDexBresDex is an interactive patient decision support intervention focusing on surgical treatment choices for women newly diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. |
 | Decision GridDeveloping a generic tool for use in healthcare consultations, which provides structure and support to the decision making process.
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 | I-CoCOExamining the relationship between decision support interventions and outcome measurements: applying the IPDAS instrument to the results of the Cochrane Systematic Review of patient decision aids. |
 | QuitexQuitex is an online interactive decision support intervention for smokers to consider methods and options regarding cessations, with decision support and follow-up. |
 | MAGICThe MAGIC (Making Good Decisions in Collaboration) programme aims to design and test interventions to encourage the use of shared decision making in clinical practice. |
 | myHeartRiskmyHeartRisk is a web-site that assesses risk of developing heart disease in the future, by using information about health status and lifestyle.
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 | OvDex OvDex will be a decision support intervention designed for women at familial risk of ovarian / breast cancer considering risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy to reduce their cancer risk. |
 | ProsDexProsDex is an interactive decision support intervention designed for men considering the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test for detecting prostate cancer. |
A list of decision support interventions developed by other organisations can be found at: www.thedecisionaidcollection.nl
The decisionaid collection contains a comprehensive multilingual set of
decision aids to help patients make medical treatment choices.
