An observational study in How Pregnant and Postnatal Women With Two or More Long-term Health Conditions Experience Midwifery Care as Part of Multi-disciplinary Maternity Care, sponsored by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 69 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-10-06.
Sponsored by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Observational
This is a qualitative study using in-depth semi-structured interviews. This study will explore pregnant women with two or more long-term health condition's (MLTC) experience of midwifery care and midwives and health professionals experience of providing midwifery care and multidisciplinary maternity care. This will be considered in relation to Treatment Burden and Minimally Disruptive Healthcare theories. This will be followed by co-design of guidance for midwifery care of pregnant women with MLTC. The aim is to develop a rich understanding of the topic and participant's lived experiences, to enable development of a resource which is meaningful to the key stakeholders. The study is part of a wider mixed methods study.
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Interviews: Women and staff with a range of physical and mental health long term conditions. Midwives and maternity healthcare professionals who provide care for women with MLTC such as obstetricians, obstetric physicians, or those in medicine, perinatal mental health and primary care.
Co-design meetings: Some participants will be purposefully sampled from those who participated in interviews. If the desired sample size is not met through those participating in interviews, a further purposive sample will be recruited through third sector and professional networks and direct approach of potential participants at each site.
Interviews
Women and birthing people
Co-design meetings
Exclusion Criteria:
Interviews Women and birthing people
Midwives and maternity health care professionals NHS maternity staff including midwives and healthcare professionals who do not provide or manage care for women with two or more pre-existing long-term health conditions Co-design meetings
Up to 20 women or birthing people who are pregnant or have experienced pregnancy with two or more long-term health conditions in the last two years. Up to 20 midwives who provide care or manage services for women with two or more long-term health conditions or healthcare professionals who collaborate with midwives
Up to 40 co-design participants including women and birthing people with two or more long-term health conditions who are pregnant or postnatal or have given birth in the last 3 years; partners/supporters/significant others of women with two or more long-term health conditions who are pregnant or postnatal or have given birth in the last 3 years; National Health Service maternity staff including midwives and healthcare professionals who provide care or manage services for women with two or more long-term health conditions; members of the Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Group and Project Advisory Group; representatives from the study third sector Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement partners (Maternal Mental Health Alliance, Action on Pre-eclampsia and Social Action for Health); representatives from other relevant third sector organisations; health policy makers and commissioners
Experiences of care
Pregnant and postnatal women with two or more long-term health conditions experience of midwifery care, as part of multi-disciplinary maternity care
Time frame: 2025-2027
Experiences of providing care
Midwives' experience of providing care for pregnant, birthing, and postnatal women with MLTC
Time frame: 2025-2027
Experiences of providing care
Health professionals experience of providing care for pregnant, birthing, and postnatal women with MLTC
Time frame: 2025-2027
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Plan to share: No
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