Examples of Decision Laboratory 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. 


AmnioDex

AmnioDex is a decision support intervention designed for women faced with the decision of whether to undergo amniocentesis.

 BESI
From theories to interventions: the conceptualisation and development of complex interventions for supporting behaviour change.

 

BresDex

BresDex is an interactive patient decision support intervention focusing on surgical treatment choices for women newly diagnosed with early stage breast cancer.

I-CoCO

Examining 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.

Quitex

Quitex is an online interactive decision support intervention for smokers to consider methods and options regarding cessations, with decision support and follow-up.

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MAGIC

The MAGIC (Making Good Decisions in Collaboration) programme aims to design and test interventions to encourage the use of shared decision making in clinical practice.

 

myHeartRisk

myHeartRisk is a web-site that assesses risk of developing heart disease in the future, by using information about health status and lifestyle.

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.

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ProsDex
ProsDex is an interactive decision
support intervention designed for men considering the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test for detecting prostate cancer.

TOGA
Option Grids: easy to use shared decision making tools for disadvantaged groups.

A list of decision support interventions developed by other organisations can be found at: www.Med-Decs.org

The Med-Decs database contains a comprehensive multilingual set of decision aids to help patients make medical treatment choices.