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Table 3 Recruitment strategies applied across Europe

From: Is a motivational interviewing based lifestyle intervention for obese pregnant women across Europe implemented as planned? Process evaluation of the DALI study

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

 
  1. 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