Legacies and Futures: Measuring the roles of resilience and vulnerability in pregnancy and birth outcomes

Legacies and futures: gestational parents' experiences with vulnerability and resilience as it influences parent and neonatal health

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN17628275

Enrollment

800

Registered

2022-04-08

Start date

2022-04-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-04-10

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Conditions

Mental health around reproductive health and childbirth Pregnancy and Childbirth

Interventions

The design is a cohort study that involves both quantitative surveys and qualitative patient journals. There are two points that participants will be asked to use an online survey platform from their

recruitment for #3) 4. Journal sent to relevant participants 5. Second Online Survey at Home (roughly 1-month postpartum) 6. Journal collected from part

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Primary Sample Characteristics: 1.1. Legal adult of reproductive age (18 - 49 years) 1.2. Identifies as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and/or transgender 1.3. Currently pregnant and receiving antenatal care at registered study site - (regardless of sex/gender designation) 2. Secondary Sample Characteristics: 2.1. Matched case to primary sample participant 2.2. Identifies as cisgender and heterosexual 2.3. Currently pregnant and receiving antenatal care at a registered study site

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Any pregnant persons under the age of 18 years 2. Pregnant individuals using site locations for Urgent Care, A&E, non-antenatal services only

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Resilience and vulnerability measured using psychometric scales in two online surveys, once during pregnancy and once postpartum 2. Parent health measured using allostatic load which is assessed using data from routine antenatal tests, including blood pressure, body mass index, blood sugar, urinalysis, and fundal height extracted from patient records throughout the pregnancy. 3. Infant health measured through routine tests and measurements including height, weight, gestational length, Apgar score, length of gestation, and head circumference at birth.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Resilience and vulnerability measured using psychometric scales in two online surveys, once during pregnancy and once postpartum 2. Parent health measured using allostatic load which is assessed using data from routine antenatal tests, including blood pressure, body mass index, blood sugar, urinalysis, and fundal height extracted from patient records throughout the pregnancy. 3. Infant health measured through routine tests and measurements including height, weight, gestational length, Apgar score, length of gestation, and head circumference at birth.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
There are no secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026