Cost effectiveness analyses confirmed that at one year follow-up, both booklet interventions were highly cost effective.
As documented previously, 12 social cognitive theory 13 was the main psychological theory used to develop the training in behaviour change, design the booklet for intervention patients, 11 and inform the development of tailored plans for patient care.
In particular, it does not address the same exercise-related beliefs and behaviours as the intervention booklet.
At the end of the study the control group will receive the intervention booklet (see Figure 1 for flow chart of study methods).
The Parenting Matters intervention booklet had six weekly sections; content was based on best-practice recommendations and draws on social learning and behavioural models.
The PRN explained the contents of the booklet to each intervention patient and provided contact information for a local community continence advisor (eg, continence nurse, community nurse, OT, physiotherapist) should the patient need assistance post-discharge.
Both are identical in format; the control version was produced directly from the intervention booklet by simply deleting the two pages on overdetection and all other references to it (eg, in Q and A and summary table).
Responses to the question about how much of the information was new to the reader largely fell into the categories 'some' and 'most', with group differences apparently reflecting the additional new content (ie, overdetection) in the intervention booklet.
