Karen Eden

TL;DR: Decision aids reduced the proportion of undecided participants and appeared to have a positive effect on patient-clinician communication, and those exposed to a decision aid were either equally or more satisfied with their decision, the decision-making process, and the preparation for decision making compared to usual care.

TL;DR: The existing IPDASi provides an assessment of the quality of a DST's components and will be used as a tool to provide formative advice to DSTs developers and summative assessments for those who want to compare their tools against an existing benchmark.

TL;DR: This report adds stronger evidence that VBAC is a reasonable and safe choice for the majority of women with prior cesarean, and there is emerging evidence of serious harms relating to multiple cESareans.

TL;DR: A new systematic review of controlled trials published since the 1996 USPSTF guidelines concluded that counseling was moderately effective but did not use study quality as a criterion for inclusion, and assessed the harms associated with increasing physical activity.

TL;DR: Overall the best evidence suggests that VBAC is a reasonable choice for the majority of women and definitive studies are lacking to identify patients who are at greatest risk for adverse outcomes.