ADORe
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Antenatal Discussion of Risk in Obstetrics
IRAS ID
315584
Contact name
Susan Ayers
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
City, University of London
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
During pregnancy, some women have a higher risk of complications. Examples of high-risk pregnancies include women who have gestational diabetes, or women who have had a previous caesarean birth. Research suggests that women and health professionals (doctors, midwives) have different understandings of what is considered risky during pregnancy and birth. Differences in understanding can lead to a mismatch and difficulties in communication between health professionals and women. This may lead to women feeling unsatisfied with their care. Learning how women and health professionals understand risk during pregnancy and birth can help us to improve women’s care.
This research will find out how women and health professionals understand and communicate about risk during pregnancy and birth. To do this we will ask women with high-risk pregnancies if we can video their appointments with health professionals in antenatal clinics. This will help us to see how people understand risk and safety during pregnancy and birth. After this, we will interview women and health professionals to see what they felt about the consultation. We will ask about their understanding of their own or the others risk, and their satisfaction with how the consultation went.
We will compare the results from the video recordings and interviews to see how information about risk and safety is communicated in antenatal care. This will be used to develop a tool to help health professionals and women communicate in a way that encourages a shared understanding of risk and agreed ways to manage this. It is hoped that this will improve maternity care for women by creating a tool to aid and improve conversations about risk.REC name
East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 1
REC reference
22/ES/0026
Date of REC Opinion
1 Aug 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion