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Article: Interactive multimedia aid for prenatal screening evaluated.
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- Science Letter
- Article date:
- October 26, 2004
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2004 OCT 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The utility of an interactive multimedia aid in providing information about prenatal Down syndrome screening has been evaluated.
Researchers in China conducted a study "to compare an interactive multimedia decision aid (IMDA) with a leaflet and a video to give information about prenatal screening for Down syndrome and to determine women's acceptance of IMDA."
"Two hundred and one women were recruited from the prenatal clinic of a university teaching hospital and randomized into the intervention group (IMDA, video, and information leaflet) or the control group (video and information leaflet)," explained K.Y. ...