Leahy-Warren, Patricia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4443-4471
Mulcahy, Helen
Corcoran, Paul
Bradley, Róisín
O’Connor, Mary
O’Connell, Rhona
Funding for this research was provided by:
South/South West Hospital Group (NA)
Article History
Received: 24 July 2020
Accepted: 7 September 2021
First Online: 1 October 2021
Declarations
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: The Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Cork teaching hospitals (CREC) granted approval for the study Ref: ECM 4 (f) 07/02/2017 as did the Southern-Eastern Area Ethics Committee for the Maternity Unit in University Hospital Waterford. As outlined in the manuscript, the verbal consent procedure was approved by the relevant ethics committees. All participants provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.