"I had given up on being a mother": a survey of 183 women's experience of transabdominal cerclage (TAC).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transabdominal cerclage (TAC) is a relatively uncommon intervention for preventing preterm birth. This study aimed to investigate the experience of women who had undergone this procedure.

Methods

The survey was designed in collaboration with a preterm birth studies public and patient involvement (PPI) group and ethical approval was granted by KCL BDM Research Ethics Panel (LRS-19/20-13205). Members of closed Facebook group, UK TAC Support, were invited to complete an online questionnaire about their experience of TAC, and pregnancies before and after having it placed. The survey was open between December 2019 and May 2020. Open and closed questions provided both qualitative and quantitative data for analysis, which was carried out using NVivo Pro 2020 v.1.4.1 qual

SUBMITTER: Carter J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10599032 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature