Table 2 The recruitment process
From: Understanding delayed access to antenatal care: a qualitative interview study
Women recruited in South Yorkshire maternity unit, September 2006 – July 2008 | |
Women attending for first antenatal (booking) appointment with gestation (confirmed by USS) > 19 +6 /40. | |
Potential candidates identified from referral letters by research midwife and through discussion with antenatal clinic midwives and specialist midwifery teams. | |
Eligible women given information pack and asked for initial consent for research midwife to contact (n = 83) | |
Not meeting entry criteria (n = 3) | |
Contacted by telephone and/or post by research midwife (n = 80) | |
Unable to contact by telephone/post (n = 39) | |
Contacted by phone and interview arranged at home or next antenatal appointment (n = 41) | |
Did not attend for interview and unable to contact by telephone/post (n = 10) | |
Declined to be interviewed (n = 4) | |
Interviewed at home, community children’s centre or hospital (n = 27) | |