Maxwell, Giorgina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4837-2204
Tutty, Erin
Dawson-McClaren, Belinda J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1372-8258
Archibald, Alison D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4496-8262
Article History
Received: 14 February 2025
Revised: 11 February 2026
Accepted: 18 March 2026
First Online: 11 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: RCH HREC provided multicentre ethics approval via the National Mutual Acceptance Scheme (HREC/53433/RCHM-2019) for all states/territories except Tasmania and Northern Territory. Approval was subsequently obtained for these states/territories, as well as for four recruitment sites with independent HRECs. This sub-study was approved via an amendment on the 10th of August 2021 under reference number 2019.097.
: A participant information statement was sent to couples prior to the interview. Participants provided verbal consent following reading this statement and a verbal summary provided at the start of the interview.