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Table 2 Recruitment and data collection process – Focus 2

From: Protocol for evaluation of the continuum of primary care in the case of a miscarriage in the emergency room: a mixed-method study

Sources/participants

Recruitment method

Instruments

A) Online surveys

 N: 232 parentsa

Advertising on social media, support groups, medical clinics and key emergency room informants

a. Sociodemographic data

b. Institutional support evaluation (unpublished document)

c. Index of Emotional Well-being [38, 39]

d. Dyadic Adjustment Scale [40]

e. Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [41]

f. State Anxiety Inventory [42]

g. Perinatal Grief Scale – Short Version [43]

B) Individual interviews

 N: 80 parents

 Group 1: 20 couples, first perinatal loss

 Group 2: 20 couples, previous perinatal loss

Sampled from those who indicated interest in the online survey

Interview guide based on critical incident technique [44]

  1. aAn a priori calculation of statistical power shows that a minimum sample of 232 parents is necessary to achieve the following criteria: effect size (multivariate) = 0.15; number of predictive variables = 11; significance threshold = 0.05; required power = 0.99