Summary information

Study title

Cambridge Prenatal Screening Study : Main Study, 1990-1991

Creator

Statham, H., University of Cambridge, Centre for Family Research
Green, J. M., University of Cambridge, Centre for Family Research
Snowdon, C., University of Cambridge, Centre for Family Research

Study number / PID

3462 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3462-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The aim of the survey was to examine the experiences of routine prenatal screening of normal pregnant women and to put women's feelings in the context of other aspects of their lives.


Main Topics:

Feelings and attitudes in pregnancy; health in pregnancy; worries; feelings and attitudes to the birth; responses to the baby; health of baby; satisfaction; emotional well-being.

Standard Measures:
Registrar General's Social Class; Spielberger State - Trait Anxiety Inventory (trait at 12 weeks, state at 22 and 35 weeks and 6 weeks post- natal); Edinburgh Post-natal Depression Scale (delivered ante-natally as well as post-natally); Miller Behavioural Style Scale.

Topics

Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1990 - 01/01/1991

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Subnational
Pregnant women
Individuals

Universe

All pregnant women booking in at the study hospitals, within a sixty mile radius of Cambridge, during the recruitment period.

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Postal survey
Psychological measurements

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1996

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

Not available