Leahy-Warren, Patricia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4443-4471
Coleman, Chelsea
Bradley, Róisín
Mulcahy, Helen
Article History
Received: 14 November 2019
Accepted: 20 April 2020
First Online: 29 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: To carry out this study ethical approval was granted from the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Cork Teaching Hospitals (CREC). Reference number ECM 4 (b) 06/09/2016. In order to gain consent, mothers of preterm infants were asked to indicate their willingness to partake in the study by selecting yes/no of Question 1 in Section 1 of the online survey. Participants were provided with information on the aims, objectives of the study and inclusion and exclusion criteria for participants. Mothers were also made aware of their right to withdraw from the study at any time point. This consent procedure was approved by the relevant ethics committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.