Specialty: Reproductive Health and Childbirth, Primary sub-specialty: General Gynaecology
Conditions
Interventions
In this pilot study the intervention is type of postal questionnaire design (long form or short form) which is provided to the women.
The question set for the pilot study consists of
Sponsors
Birmingham Women’s & Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women who have delivered under the care of a participating community midwife team during a defined period
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Women who: 1. Are under 16 years of age at the point their notes are reviewed 2. Have a non-live baby on discharge home after birth 3. Have informed the study team that they do not wish to receive the questionnaire
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The response rate for completion of urinary stress incontinence to the full and split questionnaire processes. The process that optimises the response rate for collection of urinary stress incontinence rates will then be used in the subsequent cluster randomised controlled trial (APPEAL). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Stress urinary and bowel incontinence rates at questionnaire completion (10-12 weeks postnatal), the former for use in sample size calculation for the subsequent cluster randomised controlled trial 2. Intra-cluster correlation co-efficient (ICC) for primary outcome for use in the subsequent cluster randomised controlled trial | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed