"It only takes two minutes to ask"-a qualitative study with women on using the FIGO Nutrition Checklist in pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To gain an in-depth understanding of how the FIGO Nutrition Checklist could work in clinical practice, from the perspective of pregnant women.

Methods

This qualitative study was part of a pilot study of the FIGO Nutrition Checklist in the antenatal department of a tertiary-level university maternity hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Individual semistructured phone interviews were conducted with pregnant women who had completed the FIGO Nutrition Checklist as part of the pilot. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using content analysis after manual coding of transcripts. Themes and subthemes are described.

Results

Ten interviews were completed. Subthemes related to the FIGO Nutrition Checklist emerged including ease of use and comprehension. Particip

SUBMITTER: Killeen SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7589222 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature