Table 7.

Recruitment intervention survey: participant characteristics

Total survey responses—n = 54 (Ireland—n = 25, UK—n = 29) Total surveys completed—n = 45 n (%)
Role	Clinical midwife	Research midwife	Clinical nurse	Research nurse	Doctor (obstetrics)	Doctor (other)	Allied health professional	Trial team member
Survey responses initiated	8	25	0	1	6	3	3	8
Dropped out before TFA questions	1	3	-	0	2	1	0	2
Completed TFA questions	7	22	-	1	4	2	3	6
Based in
Ireland	7 (71.43)	5 (20)	-	1	2 (33.33)	3 (100)	3 (100)	4 (50)
UK	1 (28.57)	20 (80)	-	0	4 (66.67)	0	0	4 (50)
Trial experience
< 2 years	4 (50)	4 (16)	-	0	1 (16.67)	0	0	2 (25)
2–5 years	0	9 (36)	-	0	2 (33.33)	2 (66.67)	0	0
> 5 years	4 (50)	12 (48)	-	1 (100)	3 (50)	1 (33.33)	3 (100)	6 (75)
Age
18–24	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
25–34	0	4 (16)	-	0	2 (33.33)	2 (66.67)	2 (66.67)	3 (37.5)
35–44	3 (37.5)	8 (32)	-	0	0	1 (33.33)	0	1 (12.5)
45–54	4 (50)	10 (40)	-	1	2 (33.33)	0	1 (33.33)	3 (37.5)
55–64	1 (12.5)	3 (12)	-	0	2 (33.33)	0	0	1 (12.5)
65 +	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Ethnicity
White	8 (100)	25 (100)	-	1 (100)	6 (100)	3 (100)	3 (100)	8 (100)
Gender
Male	0	1 (4)	-	0	1 (16.67)	0	1 (33.33)	2 (25)
Female	8 (100)	24 (96)	-	1 (100)	6 (83.33)	3 (100)	2 (66.67)	6 (75)
Other	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Response to statement questions
“Improving recruitment to trials in maternity care is something I care about”
Strongly agree	37.5% (3)	80 (20)	-	0	83.33% (5)	50% (2)	100% (3)	100% (8)
Agree	62.5% (5)	20 (5)	-	0	16.67% (1)	50% (2)	0	0
Neutral	0	0	-	100%	0	0	0	0
Disagree	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Strongly disagree	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
“I have a role to play in helping to ensure all eligible people are invited to participate in a clinical trial in maternity care”
Strongly agree	0	76 (19)	-	0	66.67% (4)	50% (2)	66.67% (2)	100% (8)
Agree	100% (8)	24 (6)	-	100%	33.33% (2)	50% (2)	33.33% (1)	0
Neutral	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Disagree	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Strongly disagree	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0