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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Pregnant women’s experiences of social distancing behavioural guidelines during the Covid-19 pandemic ‘lockdown’ in the UK, a qualitative interview study

Inclusion

Exclusion

Pregnant women (any stage of pregnancy)

No longer pregnant at time of interview

Access to telephone/ videocall facility and internet (for expression of interest form and receipt of online consent form)

No access to telephone/videocall facility/ internet

Home address in Bristol or immediate surrounding counties (North Somerset/West Wiltshire/South Gloucester)

Home address outside Bristol/immediate surrounding counties.

Aged at least 18 years

Aged less than 18 years

English-speaking

Unable to speak/understand English.*

Provision of informed consent

Women lacking capacity to provide informed consent (determined during phone/videocall prior to interview)

  1. * While it would have been preferable to have an option to include non-English speakers, limited resources and rapid timeline prevented us from offering translation services