Rafferty, Anthony R.
Geraghty, Aisling A.
Kennelly, Maria A.
O’Brien, Eileen C.
Reji, Reshma Merin
Mehegan, John
Segurado, Ricardo
Smith, Thomas
Maguire, Orla
Cronin, Martina
McAuliffe, Fionnuala M.
Article History
Received: 19 December 2018
Accepted: 2 September 2019
First Online: 10 January 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study presents a secondary analysis of the PEARS database, which was a single-centred–randomised controlled trial conducted at the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, with institutional ethical approval. The trial was registered as ISRCTN29316280.
: Full written, informed consent was obtained from all participants.