Finucane, Elaine M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6052-7205
Biesty, Linda
Murphy, Deirdre
Cotter, Amanda
Molloy, Eleanor
O’Donnell, Martin
Treweek, Shaun
Gillespie, Paddy
Campbell, Marian
Morrison, John J.
Alvarez-Iglesias, Alberto
Gyte, Gill
Devane, Declan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Research Board (DIFA-FA-2018-005)
Article History
Received: 20 May 2020
Accepted: 13 January 2021
First Online: 2 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was granted by the National University of Ireland Galway (08 August 2019) and by participating clinical sites, The University of Limerick Hospitals Group, Limerick, Ireland (29 August 2019), and the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (19 December 2019). The ethical application included the research protocol, the patient information sheet, and the informed consent forms for all work packages. Written informed consent will be obtained from all participants prior to their involvement in the study.
: Participant information sheets, approved by the Research Ethics Committees, advises participants that the results of the MILO Study will be submitted for publication in a scientific journal. Participants acknowledge that they have read and understood the contents of the participant information sheets when consenting to participate in the MILO Study. Participants will not be identified in any reports or publications.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.