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Men living through multiple miscarriages: protocol for a qualitative exploration of experiences and support requirements.
Williams, Helen Marie; Jones, Laura L; Coomarasamy, Arri; Topping, Annie E.
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  • Williams HM; Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK h.m.williams.1@bham.ac.uk.
  • Jones LL; Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
  • Coomarasamy A; Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
  • Topping AE; Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
BMJ Open ; 10(5): e035967, 2020 05 15.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32414830
INTRODUCTION: Up to 1 in 4 pregnancies and 1 in 20 subsequent pregnancies end in miscarriage. Despite such prevalence the psychosocial effects are often unrecognised and unsupported. In the absence of any biomedical sequelae among men such marginalisation may be intensified. Men living through multiple miscarriages may also find any grief or anxiety intensified by loss of hope for future parenthood, but robust qualitative studies of these experiences are limited. We aim to rectify the deficiency. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Our qualitative study will adopt the sounds of silence framework designed by Serrant-Green to hear the voices of populations possibly marginalised. We will listen and learn from 30 to 50 men with a history of two or more miscarriages. The research participants will be recruited from a recurrent miscarriage clinic at a large tertiary hospital in England, and from advertisements to be disseminated by the project sponsor and miscarriage charities.Individual telephone interviews supported by a semistructured discussion guide will be audio-recorded, transcribed and anonymised. The transcriptions and any field notes will be interpreted by the framework method of Ritchie and Lewis embedded within the sounds of silence framework. Tentative findings will be presented to research participants in face-to-face focus group discussion, to enable member synthesis to enhance authenticity. The focus group discussion will be audio-recorded, transcribed, anonymised and similarly interpreted to contribute to our final synthesis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The protocol of this project received a favourable opinion from the West Midlands South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee (16/WM/0423). Results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences, and disseminated via newsletters and social media of our clinical collaborators and miscarriage charities. Outputs are anticipated to inform future policy and practice in the management of multiple miscarriages. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN 21828561.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ansiedad / Proyectos de Investigación Límite: Female / Humans / Male / Pregnancy País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: BMJ Open Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ansiedad / Proyectos de Investigación Límite: Female / Humans / Male / Pregnancy País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: BMJ Open Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido