Offerhaus, Pien https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3772-6158
Jans, Suze
Hukkelhoven, Chantal
de Vries, Raymond
Nieuwenhuijze, Marianne
Funding for this research was provided by:
KNOV
Article History
Received: 4 June 2019
Accepted: 21 August 2020
First Online: 7 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Participating midwives gave written informed consent for the anonymous use of their LVR1 practice registration numbers, thereby conforming to privacy regulations of the Perined registry who gave permission for the use of the database for this analysis. Because of its non-invasive nature, this type of research does not require further ethical approval in the Netherlands.
: Not applicable.
: One of the authors, dr. M. Nieuwenhuijze, is a member of the editorial board of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.