Structured Abstract

Contents

• Addendum
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Executive Summary
• Introduction
  • Evidence Gaps
• Methods
  • Identification and Recruitment of Stakeholders
  • Disclosure and Evaluation of Conflicts of Interest
  • Phase 1 Identification of Evidence Gaps
  • Phase 2 Prioritization of Evidence Gaps
  • Identification of Completed and Ongoing Studies
• Results
  • Recruitment and Participation
  • Research Needs
  • Future Research Agenda: Potential Study Designs and Ongoing or Recently Completed Research
• Discussion
• Conclusions
• References
• Abbreviations
• Appendix A Stakeholder Invitation 1
• Appendix B Stakeholder Invitation 2
• Appendix C Semistructured Interview Questions (Interview Guide)
• Appendix D Web-Based Questionnaire 1
• Appendix E Web-Based Questionnaire 2
• Appendix F Search Strategy for Ongoing Studies

Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services¹, Contract No. 290-2007-10057-I. Prepared by: Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, Portland, OR

Suggested citation:

Cottrell EKB, Wasson N, Wagner J, Graham E, Guise J-M. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: Developing and Prioritizing a Future Research Agenda. Future Research Needs Paper No. 15. (Prepared by the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10057-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC072-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2012 (addendum August 2012). www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.

This report is based on research conducted by the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD (Contract No. 290-2007-10057-I). The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. Therefore, no statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The information in this report is intended to help health care researchers and funders of research make well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality of health care services. This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of scientific judgment. Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in the same way as any medical research and in conjunction with all other pertinent information, i.e., in the context of available resources and circumstances.

None of the investigators have any affiliations or financial involvement that conflicts with the material presented in this report.

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