Funding for this research was provided by:
School of Nursing & Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway
Article History
Received: 15 June 2019
Accepted: 30 January 2020
First Online: 12 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee for the Galway University Hospitals (C.A. 1989). All potential participants received an information pack which included a cover letter, participant information sheet, consent form, the interview guide and a stamped addressed envelope. All participants who agreed to participate in a short semi-structured telephone interview during the follow up telephone call, were asked at that time to return the written consent form to the researcher (MB), if they had not already done so. Two women provided written consent before their telephone interviews. The remainder returned the consent form following their interview. However, one participant did not return the completed consent form despite a follow up reminder and therefore, her interview data were not used in the analysis. All participants provided verbal consent prior to commencing their interview.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.