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Research type:

Primary Research (e.g. trial) 

Title (lead author) etc:

Amniocentesis results: investigation of anxiety. The ARIA trial  (Hewison) 96 pages, Volume 10, number 50

DOI

10.3310/hta10500
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Headline:

Study of ways to issue amniocentesis results found that giving out interim results early reduces total anxiety, but that there are no clear advantages in issuing the results as soon as available rather than on a fixed date; whenever possible women should choose the method that suits them. 

Project ref:

99/48/04 

Original project title:

Amniocentesis results: investigation of anxiety (ARIA) 

Chief Investigator:

Professor Jenny Hewison, Professor of the Psychology of Health Care, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds

Start Date:

September 2001  

Date of publication in HTA journal series

December 2006

Cost:

£254,139 

MeSH* index primary terms:

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANXIETY-DISORDERS Q-etiology (* = Medical Subject Headings)

MeSH* index secondary terms:

HUMAN; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; COHORT-STUDIES; CLINICAL-TRIAL; FEMALE; PREGNANCY  (* = Medical Subject Headings)

ISRCTN* number:

ISRCTN 54376052 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) 
URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website:
http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN54376052 

NRR* number, if applicable:

N0484099121 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.

Project Protocol:

Project protocol not available

Printed copies of this title despatched:

109 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)

Downloads/Views of electronic version from website:

20920 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 27th July 2010.

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