This study used a quantitative research approach with a retrospective, matched case-control design. It was conducted in the obstetric units of Sultan Qaboos University Hospital and Al-Rustaq Hospital....
This descriptive qualitative study used a thematic analysis approach (Braun and Clarke, 2006), and was conducted by combining data from urban and rural primary healthcare centres. All centres and all...
A descriptive, exploratory design was used, involving a retrospective chart review. Anonymous data on demographic information, obstetric history, prescribed medications, results of investigations and...
This article presents the process of survey development and the two pre-testing methods that preceded a conventional pilot: cognitive interviews and a discussion group. Cognitive interviews are...
This study used a descriptive, retrospective design to review comprehensive register data for low-risk pregnancies between 2010 and 2015. Ethical approval and permission to use data from the register...
This mixed-methods online survey collected both quantitative and qualitative data simultaneously. These data were analysed separately and synthesised to develop the findings (Creswell and Creswell,...
Table 1 presents the sociodemographic, pregnancy- and birth-related characteristics of the participants. The mean age was 29.67 years (standard deviation: 5.21 years). More than half of the...
The study used a descriptive integrated cross-sectional method for data collection. All data were obtained from medical records at the Merah Putih Government Hospital in Indonesia, a referral hospital...
By adopting a critical feminist stance, this study aimed to illuminate women’s voices in what is described as a predominantly male-orientated NHS organisational culture (Davies, 2003). Despite...
This nationwide mixed-methods study used a sequential quantitative-qualitative design. The quantitative elements were the main focus, complemented by a qualitative component. A survey tool was...
This qualitative study was conducted in the Sumenep district on Madura Island in Indonesia, between January 2017 and March 2018. Three sub-districts were selected as study sites representing coastal...
A group of final year midwifery students participated in the conversation about professionalism. When some of the conversation was performed by one of the researchers, there was consensus that the...
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