Purpose and methodology
This sub-study is part of the SwAP to care project and aims to reach a consensus regarding the core human elements and specific activities associated with the contemporary Flemish midwife. With this study we aim to draw a picture of how the midwife can provide humane care. It is not so much an attempt to predict developments as accurately as possible, but instead an attempt is made to arrive at indicators.
Participate: online questionnaire
We are currently looking for experts (care recipients and caregivers) with expertise in (human) midwifery and humane care during pregnancy and/or birth. Are you the person we are looking for and do you want to share your insights with us? Please participate in our online questionnaire: https://surveys.ap.be/limesurvey/index.php/261923?lang=en
Participation in the study
If you participate in this study, you should know that:
- This study was evaluated by an independent ethical advisory committee (SHW_21_36). Ethics committees are tasked with protecting individuals who participate in clinical studies. They check whether your rights as a participant in a study are respected; whether the study is scientifically relevant and ethically justified. The ethics committees issue an opinion on this in accordance with the Belgian law of 7 May 2004. Under no circumstances should you consider the positive advice of the ethics committees as an incentive to participate in this research.
- Information obtained from this research will not be disclosed to third parties (published, but also shown in talks, or in mutual consultation) in such a way that the results or other findings can be traced back to you as a participant. We will treat your answers confidentially and will do everything we can to protect your anonymity. Your data will be encrypted as much as possible, and in any case will not be disclosed to persons other than those involved in conducting the investigations. In that case, of course, the data will be anonymized after data collection and publication, etc. will always be anonymous in that case too. We will delete your IP address, which you personally link to your internet address, when we have received your answers. This data is destroyed so that we keep and process your answers anonymously.
- Your participation in this study means that you agree to the researchers collecting data about you. You have the right to ask the researchers what data is collected and what it is used for. You have the right to access and save your own answers; this can be done by printing out your own answers. We would like to emphasize once again that we will treat your answers confidentially and process them anonymously.
- Because your participation is anonymous and no personal data is collected that identifies you. As a result, it is also not possible to view or adjust your data afterwards.
- We keep your answers for a period of 10 years. If you object to this, you can indicate this at the end of the questionnaire. Your answers may still be used for analysis at a later date. At the moment we don't know that yet.
- You may be refused entry at any time and you reserve the right to withdraw from the study at any time without further disadvantage or consequence. Participation is completely voluntary. The researchers have a known identity and are available for comments or questions.
- You will not be compensated for your participation in this study. However, your participation will not entail any additional costs.
- Your participation in this study does not pose any health risk. But your participation will also bring a personal benefit. The questions we ask you sometimes have a very personal character. If you notice that these questions trigger emotions such as anger or sadness and you prefer to stop completing the questionnaire, simply stop completing the questionnaire.
- You may be contacted again for a follow-up round of this study.
Contact
If you would like additional information, or if you have any questions or comments, please contact the researcher Prof. dr. Dr. Yvonne Kuipers (yvonne.fontein-kuipers@ap.be) or dr. Eveline Mestdagh (eveline.mestdagh@ap.be)
