Table 3.
Recruitment strategies applied across Europe
| Strategies: | AUT | BEL | DNK- CO | DNK- OD | ESP | GBR | ITA | IRL | NLD | POL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referral based on BMI: | ||||||||||
| Medical file (hospital) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Early ultrasound | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| General practitioner | x | x | x | |||||||
| Obstetrician | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Midwife | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Community midwife | x | x | x | |||||||
| Other clinics (e.g. antenatal clinic, endocrinology department, private obstetrician) | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| In medical setting: | ||||||||||
| Approached by research nurse waiting room | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Information on all research projects combined | x | |||||||||
| TV advertisement in waiting room | x | x | ||||||||
| poster, leaflets advertisement | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Hospital website advertisement | x | |||||||||
| Outside medical setting: | ||||||||||
| Advertisement in newspaper | x | x | x | |||||||
| Advertisement in clothe shops | x | |||||||||
| Advertisement in day-care | x | |||||||||
| Radio | x | |||||||||
| Pregnancy exhibition | x | |||||||||
| QR codes | x | |||||||||
| Website (local language) | x | x | ||||||||
Abbreviations: AUT Austria, BEL Belgium, DNK-CO Denmark Copenhagen, DNK-OD Denmark Odense, ITA Italy, IRL Ireland, NLD The Netherlands, ESP Spain, POL Poland, GBR United Kingdom, BMI body mass index